Shadow raid

Shadow Drifblim counters

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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

5,166

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

116

Defense

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Drifblim should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,230-1,361.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Drifblim counters are Mega Raichu Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Darkrai & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Darkrai
S. Hydreigon

6 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 Raichu YMegapartyVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.060:10
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.070:13
3Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.070:13
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyBite / Wildbolt Storm0.080:14
5Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.080:14
6Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.080:14
7Mega BanetteMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.080:15
8Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.080:15
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Shadow Ball0.090:15
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Shadow Ball0.090:16
12Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.090:16

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Drifblim 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.06	0.0	4232.0%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:13	0.07	0.0	3366.5%
3	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:13	0.07	0.0	3330.5%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	darkBiteelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:14	0.08	0.0	3217.4%
5	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:14	0.08	0.0	3114.0%
6	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:14	0.08	0.0	3006.6%
7	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:15	0.08	0.0	2877.6%
8	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:15	0.08	0.0	2868.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:15	0.09	0.0	2838.3%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchghostShadow Ball	3,739	0:16	0.09	0.0	2803.6%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.0	2800.0%
12	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:16	0.09	0.0	2771.5%
13	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:16	0.09	0.1	2765.9%
14	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:16	0.09	0.0	2738.4%
15	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:16	0.09	0.0	2729.4%

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 Drifblim.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Drifblim'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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	570%	3162.3%	0:14	0.08
Astonish / Mystical Fire	100%	589%	3138.5%	0:14	0.08
Hex / Mystical Fire	100%	582%	3148.0%	0:14	0.08
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	520%	3154.3%	0:14	0.08
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	512%	3157.5%	0:14	0.08
Astonish / Ominous Wind	100%	585%	3176.7%	0:14	0.08
Astonish / Icy Wind	100%	588%	3178.3%	0:14	0.08
Hex / Ominous Wind	100%	578%	3181.5%	0:14	0.08
Hex / Icy Wind	100%	579%	3186.3%	0:14	0.08

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 1 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…

Drifblim 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.

rock1.6x ghost1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x flying1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x grass0.63x normal0.39x ground0.39x bug0.39x fighting0.24x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (5)
Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xground0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Drifblim throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fireMystical Fire	60	-33	2.0s	1.30s
ghostOminous WindSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.05s
iceIcy Wind	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,230	1,537
7/7/7	1,244	1,555
8/8/8	1,258	1,573
9/9/9	1,273	1,591
10/10/10	1,287	1,609
11/11/11	1,302	1,627
12/12/12	1,316	1,646
13/13/13	1,331	1,664
14/14/14	1,346	1,683
15/15/15hundo	1,361	1,701

Caught CP range 1,230 - 1,361, or 1,537 - 1,701 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 1,230, not at the 1,287 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 57 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.

Drifblim 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 116 / Defense 69 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	4232.0%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	59.0	608
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	74%	3366.5%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,099	49.2	636
3	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	73%	3330.5%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	47.6	622
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	3217.4%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,659	45.2	612
5	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	78%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,842	43.9	615
6	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	71%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,605	42.0	609
7	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	60%	2877.6%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,594	42.6	644
8	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	2868.1%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,301	42.6	647
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	67%	2838.3%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	6,428	42.4	650
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	64%	2803.6%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,739	38.9	606
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	64%	2800.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,112	40.6	632
12	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	2771.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,625	41.4	649
13	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	58%	2765.9%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	3,298	42.3	626
14	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	61%	2738.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,346	40.9	651
15	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	57%	2729.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,526	41.9	661
16	Mega Raichu X electricmega Spark / Volt Tackle+	Spark / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	60%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,510	37.9	606
17	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	65%	2696.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,605	44.3	716
18	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	58%	2684.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,527	38.2	620
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	57%	2663.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,079	41.2	665
20	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	64%	2658.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,834	38.9	637
21	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	58%	2656.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,005	38.7	627
22	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	52%	2656.0%	0.09	0:16	0.3	100%	2,878	40.5	560
23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	59%	2648.6%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,452	40.1	659
24	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	60%	2616.8%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,739	37.1	617
25	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	53%	2608.7%	0.09	0:17	0.2	100%	3,268	36.9	555
26	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	56%	2607.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,328	36.6	605
27	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	56%	2579.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,205	38.0	642
28	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	53%	2577.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,340	37.6	619
29	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	57%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,228	36.0	612
30	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	54%	2495.4%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,683	36.3	635

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