Shadow raid

Shadow Donphan counters

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groundShadow Tier 5

A Shadow raid boss hits harder than its normal form (Shadow Frenzy), and the Pokemon you catch afterwards is a Shadow. Purified Gems weaken it mid-fight; the simulation does not use them.

Lobby CP

39,663

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

187

Defense

164

Difficulty

2.92

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Donphan should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,583-1,722.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Shadow Donphan counters are Mega Greninja, Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Chesnaught & Shadow Venusaur.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
Kyurem (Black)
S. Chesnaught
S. Venusaur

10 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+2.7613:02
2Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+2.8313:22
3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+2.8613:32
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.9513:56
5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn3.0514:26
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.0914:35
7Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant3.1614:56
8Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse3.2915:32
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+3.3315:43
10Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock3.3815:59
14Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant3.5816:55
16Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant3.6016:59

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Donphan counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	13:02	2.76	6.0	40.9%
2	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	13:22	2.83	5.9	39.9%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	13:32	2.86	6.0	39.4%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	13:56	2.95	6.0	38.3%
5	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	14:26	3.05	6.0	37.0%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	14:35	3.09	6.0	36.6%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	14:56	3.16	6.0	35.7%
8	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	15:32	3.29	6.0	34.3%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	15:43	3.33	6.0	33.9%
10	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	15:59	3.38	6.0	33.4%
11	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	16:11	3.43	6.0	32.9%
12	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	16:36	3.51	5.7	32.1%
13	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	16:37	3.52	5.7	32.1%
14	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	16:55	3.58	6.0	31.5%
15	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	16:59	3.59	6.0	31.4%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Shadow Donphan.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Donphan's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	35%	35%	34.4%	15:30	6.0	3.28
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	32%	29%	32.9%	16:11	6.0	3.43
Charm / Earthquake	33%	28%	33.1%	16:07	6.0	3.41
Counter / Earthquake	33%	29%	33.1%	16:07	6.0	3.41
Tackle / Play Rough	17%	30%	33.2%	16:03	6.0	3.40
Tackle / Earthquake	17%	32%	33.3%	16:01	6.0	3.39
Charm / Play Rough	21%	30%	33.3%	15:60	6.0	3.39
Mud-Slap / Play Rough	22%	30%	33.7%	15:49	6.0	3.35
Counter / Play Rough	24%	31%	33.8%	15:46	6.0	3.34
Charm / Heavy Slam	49%	35%	34.3%	15:31	6.0	3.29
Charm / Trailblaze	33%	43%	34.9%	15:17	6.0	3.24
Counter / Heavy Slam	47%	38%	34.9%	15:16	6.0	3.23
Tackle / Trailblaze	33%	52%	35.2%	15:09	6.0	3.21
Tackle / Heavy Slam	43%	42%	35.2%	15:09	6.0	3.21
Mud-Slap / Trailblaze	43%	45%	35.2%	15:09	6.0	3.21
Mud-Slap / Heavy Slam	50%	39%	35.4%	15:04	6.0	3.19
Charm / Body Slam	36%	43%	35.4%	15:04	6.0	3.19
Counter / Trailblaze	49%	47%	35.5%	15:02	6.0	3.18
Mud-Slap / Body Slam	44%	46%	35.5%	15:01	6.0	3.18
Counter / Body Slam	44%	46%	35.6%	14:58	6.0	3.17
Tackle / Body Slam	49%	52%	36.0%	14:49	6.0	3.14

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 3 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Donphan weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Donphan throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
fairyCharm	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
steelHeavy Slam	70	-50	2.0s	1.40s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
fairyPlay Rough	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,583	1,979
7/7/7	1,598	1,998
8/8/8	1,613	2,017
9/9/9	1,629	2,036
10/10/10	1,644	2,055
11/11/11	1,659	2,074
12/12/12	1,675	2,094
13/13/13	1,690	2,113
14/14/14	1,706	2,133
15/15/15hundo	1,722	2,152

Caught CP range 1,583 - 1,722, or 1,979 - 2,152 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 6/6/6 — a Shadow raid's floor is 6, not the usual 10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 1,583, not at the 1,644 a 10/10/10 catch would give. pokebattler.com's own page for a Shadow boss prints that 10/10/10 value as its floor — it is applying the standard-raid rule — so expect its range to start 61 CP higher than this one. LeekDuck's published band agrees with the table above.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Donphan is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Shadow Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 187 / Defense 164 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	96%	40.9%	2.76	13:02	42.3	98%	3,784	20.8	376
2	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	39.9%	2.83	13:22	22.7	100%	4,093	19.4	664
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	95%	39.4%	2.86	13:32	31.7	94%	3,701	19.6	476
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	95%	38.3%	2.95	13:56	25.4	96%	5,902	18.7	599
5	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	88%	37.0%	3.05	14:26	37.5	78%	4,605	18.4	426
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	36.6%	3.09	14:35	27.2	80%	6,428	17.9	541
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	84%	35.7%	3.16	14:56	39.9	56%	4,056	17.8	401
8	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	81%	34.3%	3.29	15:32	38.0	26%	4,115	17.0	397
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	82%	33.9%	3.33	15:43	33.4	0%	6,112	16.7	451
10	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	79%	33.4%	3.38	15:59	40.6	8%	4,605	16.6	393
11	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	78%	32.9%	3.43	16:11	38.2	0%	4,401	16.3	434
12	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	78%	32.1%	3.51	16:36	30.4	0%	5,713	15.7	550
13	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	78%	32.1%	3.52	16:37	29.6	0%	3,698	15.7	549
14	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	73%	31.5%	3.58	16:55	44.8	0%	2,954	15.7	343
15	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	74%	31.4%	3.59	16:59	38.2	0%	3,941	15.5	400
16	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	74%	31.4%	3.60	16:59	42.2	0%	2,720	15.6	375
17	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	75%	30.8%	3.66	17:18	30.7	0%	3,592	15.1	514
18	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	74%	30.8%	3.67	17:20	35.1	0%	3,833	15.1	436
19	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	70%	30.7%	3.67	17:21	52.7	0%	3,677	15.6	347
20	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	72%	30.7%	3.68	17:22	42.1	0%	3,030	15.2	352
21	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	30.6%	3.69	17:27	51.9	0%	2,974	15.3	303
22	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	69%	30.3%	3.73	17:37	53.7	0%	2,757	15.2	275
23	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	67%	30.1%	3.75	17:44	70.3	0%	2,829	15.6	228
24	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	67%	29.4%	3.84	18:07	54.8	0%	2,857	14.8	284
25	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Leafage / Weather Ball (Ice)	Leafage / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	69%	29.4%	3.84	18:07	42.7	0%	3,405	14.6	353
26	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash	Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	70%	29.2%	3.86	18:14	33.2	0%	4,172	14.3	510
27	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	68%	28.9%	3.90	18:26	39.7	0%	4,115	14.2	387
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	67%	28.9%	3.91	18:27	45.3	0%	4,346	14.4	324
29	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	63%	28.6%	3.94	18:37	80.4	0%	2,654	15.0	201
30	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	65%	28.4%	3.97	18:45	55.4	0%	2,900	14.5	349

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com (its Shadow boss page; the ordinary boss's page is a different, easier fight). Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 2.5 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.