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

25,832

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

159

Defense

Difficulty

1.67

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Drifblim should take 2 trainers 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, Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai & Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

7 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.507:06
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.517:09
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.657:47
4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.748:13
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock1.748:13
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.788:24
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.808:29
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.808:29
9Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing1.838:40
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.848:41
13Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam1.908:59

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 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	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	7:06	1.50	6.0	75.0%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	7:09	1.51	5.8	74.6%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	7:47	1.65	6.0	68.5%
4	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	8:13	1.74	6.0	64.9%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	8:13	1.74	6.0	64.8%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	8:24	1.78	6.0	63.4%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	8:29	1.80	6.0	62.9%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	8:29	1.80	6.0	62.9%
9	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	8:40	1.83	6.0	61.5%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:41	1.84	6.0	61.4%
11	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DowndarkBrutal Swing	5,347	8:46	1.86	4.5	60.8%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	8:54	1.88	6.0	59.9%
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	8:59	1.90	6.0	59.4%
14	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	8:59	1.90	6.0	59.4%
15	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	9:00	1.91	5.8	59.2%

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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	96%	78%	64.8%	8:13	6.0	1.74
Astonish / Shadow Ball	83%	58%	59.6%	8:57	6.0	1.89
Hex / Shadow Ball	83%	58%	59.6%	8:56	6.0	1.89
Hex / Ominous Wind	100%	85%	65.5%	8:08	6.0	1.72
Astonish / Ominous Wind	100%	86%	65.7%	8:07	6.0	1.72
Astonish / Icy Wind	100%	96%	66.3%	8:02	6.0	1.70
Hex / Icy Wind	100%	96%	66.5%	8:01	6.0	1.70
Astonish / Mystical Fire	100%	90%	66.8%	7:59	6.0	1.69
Hex / Mystical Fire	100%	89%	67.1%	7:57	6.0	1.68

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 2 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.

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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 159 / Defense 95 (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

Share these exact settings

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	94%	75.0%	1.50	7:06	18.6	100%	3,780	37.4	772
2	Mega Houndoom top pickdarkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	74.6%	1.51	7:09	9.5	100%	3,842	36.0	1450
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	86%	68.5%	1.65	7:47	17.2	100%	3,510	33.9	862
4	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	84%	64.9%	1.74	8:13	13.7	100%	4,605	31.6	1033
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	84%	64.8%	1.74	8:13	13.5	100%	4,605	31.6	1051
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	77%	63.4%	1.78	8:24	24.4	100%	3,659	31.9	593
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	76%	62.9%	1.80	8:29	24.0	100%	4,336	31.4	644
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	80%	62.9%	1.80	8:29	16.5	100%	3,739	30.7	856
9	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	76%	61.5%	1.83	8:40	20.5	100%	3,301	30.4	691
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	61.4%	1.84	8:41	17.6	98%	6,428	30.2	925
11	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	83%	60.8%	1.86	8:46	8.0	100%	5,347	29.0	1681
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	75%	59.9%	1.88	8:54	18.5	100%	6,112	29.5	864
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	71%	59.4%	1.90	8:59	30.1	76%	4,099	31.0	685
14	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	76%	59.4%	1.90	8:59	15.2	100%	3,625	28.9	948
15	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	77%	59.2%	1.91	9:00	12.1	100%	3,834	28.5	1147
16	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	58.6%	1.93	9:06	25.7	100%	3,298	29.3	572
17	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	71%	56.7%	1.99	9:24	17.4	100%	3,733	27.7	845
18	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	56.4%	2.00	9:27	20.0	80%	4,346	27.7	760
19	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	56.4%	2.00	9:27	20.4	94%	3,452	27.7	720
20	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	68%	56.2%	2.01	9:29	25.5	90%	2,803	28.1	569
21	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	67%	56.1%	2.01	9:30	29.0	100%	2,526	28.2	498
22	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	68%	55.6%	2.03	9:36	23.6	80%	3,937	27.6	622
23	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	55.5%	2.03	9:36	25.8	90%	3,079	27.7	563
24	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	69%	55.5%	2.03	9:36	19.2	92%	3,419	27.3	751
25	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	67%	55.1%	2.05	9:40	24.6	78%	3,659	27.4	597
26	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Avalanche	Snarl / Avalanche+11 more movesets	67%	54.8%	2.06	9:44	23.1	76%	3,005	27.2	707
27	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	65%	54.7%	2.06	9:45	28.6	60%	3,105	27.5	560
28	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	68%	54.4%	2.08	9:48	17.6	72%	4,038	26.5	847
29	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	67%	54.0%	2.09	9:53	18.6	64%	5,713	26.4	855
30	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	66%	54.0%	2.09	9:53	23.4	76%	3,580	26.7	639

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