Shadow raid

Shadow Flygon 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

36,449

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

180

Defense

150

Difficulty

2.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Flygon should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,390-1,520.

Weak toice2.56xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Flygon counters are Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mamoswine, Eternatus & Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mamoswine
Eternatus
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)

3 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 %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.758:17
2Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.989:21
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Ice Beam2.089:50
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam2.1410:05
5Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche2.1810:18
6Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.3411:04
7Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+2.3911:18
8EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon2.4111:22
9Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche2.4211:26
10Mega AbomasnowMegaPowder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)2.4511:34

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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Top 15 Shadow Flygon 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	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	8:17	1.75	6.0	64.4%
2	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	9:21	1.98	6.0	57.1%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	9:50	2.08	6.0	54.2%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	10:05	2.14	6.0	52.9%
5	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	10:18	2.18	6.0	51.8%
6	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	11:04	2.34	5.6	48.2%
7	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	11:18	2.39	5.3	47.2%
8	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	11:22	2.41	6.0	46.9%
9	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	11:26	2.42	6.0	46.6%
10	Mega Abomasnowgrassice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	3,405	11:34	2.45	5.9	46.1%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	11:50	2.50	6.0	45.1%
12	Baxcaliburdragonice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,550	11:52	2.51	6.0	44.9%
13	Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	11:54	2.52	6.0	44.8%
14	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	11:58	2.53	6.0	44.5%
15	Mega Glalieice	iceFrost BreathiceAvalanche	3,229	12:01	2.55	6.0	44.3%

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 Flygon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Flygon'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	56%	52%	52.6%	10:09	6.0	2.15
Sand Attack / Earthquake	26%	44%	48.2%	11:03	6.0	2.34
Mud Shot / Earthquake	26%	44%	48.3%	11:03	6.0	2.34
Mud Shot / Boomburst	44%	47%	48.7%	10:57	6.0	2.32
Sand Attack / Boomburst	44%	47%	48.7%	10:57	6.0	2.32
Dragon Tail / Earthquake	38%	42%	49.3%	10:50	6.0	2.29
Sand Attack / Stone Edge	44%	52%	49.5%	10:46	6.0	2.28
Mud Shot / Stone Edge	44%	52%	49.5%	10:46	6.0	2.28
Dragon Tail / Boomburst	33%	45%	50.1%	10:39	6.0	2.26
Dragon Tail / Stone Edge	50%	51%	52.6%	10:09	6.0	2.15
Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	49%	52%	53.2%	10:01	6.0	2.12
Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	49%	52%	53.2%	10:01	6.0	2.12
Dragon Tail / Scorching Sands	47%	49%	53.5%	9:58	6.0	2.11
Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw	76%	58%	56.1%	9:30	6.0	2.01
Mud Shot / Sand Tomb	81%	81%	56.1%	9:30	6.0	2.01
Sand Attack / Sand Tomb	81%	81%	56.1%	9:30	6.0	2.01
Mud Shot / Twister	83%	73%	56.2%	9:29	6.0	2.01
Sand Attack / Twister	83%	73%	56.2%	9:29	6.0	2.01
Dragon Tail / Sand Tomb	75%	72%	56.2%	9:29	6.0	2.01
Mud Shot / Dragon Claw	83%	67%	56.3%	9:29	6.0	2.01
Sand Attack / Dragon Claw	83%	67%	56.3%	9:29	6.0	2.01
Dragon Tail / Twister	82%	66%	56.6%	9:25	6.0	2.00

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…

Flygon 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.

ice2.56x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x grass1x psychic1x dark1x poison0.63x rock0.63x fire0.63x electric0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists electric0.24xpoison0.625xrock0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Flygon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s
groundSand AttackSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalBoomburst	150	-100	2.5s	1.20s
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
dragonDragon ClawSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	0.90s
groundScorching SandsSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
dragonTwisterSTAB	50	-33	3.0s	1.15s
groundSand TombSTAB	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,390	1,738
7/7/7	1,404	1,756
8/8/8	1,419	1,773
9/9/9	1,433	1,791
10/10/10	1,447	1,809
11/11/11	1,462	1,827
12/12/12	1,476	1,846
13/13/13	1,491	1,864
14/14/14	1,506	1,882
15/15/15hundo	1,520	1,901

Caught CP range 1,390 - 1,520, or 1,738 - 1,901 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 1,390, not at the 1,447 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.

Flygon 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 180 / Defense 150 (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	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	64.4%	1.75	8:17	21.8	100%	4,605	32.1	678
2	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	88%	57.1%	1.98	9:21	23.6	84%	4,605	28.4	624
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	85%	54.2%	2.08	9:50	19.2	74%	6,428	26.6	778
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	83%	52.9%	2.14	10:05	19.4	52%	6,112	25.9	788
5	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	78%	51.8%	2.18	10:18	30.4	42%	3,328	26.0	497
6	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	75%	48.2%	2.34	11:04	22.2	0%	5,713	23.6	797
7	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	75%	47.2%	2.39	11:18	18.3	0%	4,823	22.9	948
8	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	71%	46.9%	2.41	11:22	29.4	0%	4,429	23.4	510
9	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	67%	46.6%	2.42	11:26	46.2	42%	3,105	24.7	368
10	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	71%	46.1%	2.45	11:34	24.9	0%	3,405	22.7	627
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	69%	45.1%	2.50	11:50	25.4	0%	5,424	22.1	591
12	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	67%	44.9%	2.51	11:52	33.5	0%	3,550	22.5	446
13	Mamoswine iceground Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	67%	44.8%	2.52	11:54	30.4	0%	3,328	22.3	490
14	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	64%	44.5%	2.53	11:58	48.7	0%	3,005	23.3	359
15	Mega Glalie icemega Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+11 more movesets	66%	44.3%	2.55	12:01	34.6	0%	3,229	22.2	439
16	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	66%	44.2%	2.55	12:03	33.2	0%	4,178	22.1	450
17	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	65%	44.2%	2.55	12:03	38.8	0%	2,827	22.3	394
18	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	67%	43.9%	2.57	12:09	25.5	0%	4,512	21.6	711
19	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)	Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	61%	42.3%	2.67	12:36	42.9	0%	2,802	21.8	405
20	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Avalanche	Waterfall / Avalanche+5 more movesets	66%	42.3%	2.67	12:36	21.6	0%	5,902	20.6	676
21	Glaceon ice Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+9 more movesets	62%	41.7%	2.71	12:48	34.6	0%	3,126	20.8	433
22	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	62%	41.7%	2.71	12:48	34.7	0%	3,962	20.8	435
23	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	60%	41.4%	2.72	12:52	40.0	0%	3,005	20.8	381
24	Kyurem dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaciate	Dragon Breath / Glaciate+7 more movesets	61%	41.0%	2.75	13:00	33.0	0%	3,575	20.5	449
25	Shadow Abomasnow grassiceshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	59%	40.6%	2.78	13:07	39.2	0%	2,362	20.4	405
26	Cetitan ice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+14 more movesets	60%	40.3%	2.80	13:14	31.8	0%	3,113	20.0	492
27	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Frost Breath / Triple Axel	Frost Breath / Triple Axel+17 more movesets	60%	40.3%	2.80	13:14	32.1	0%	3,051	20.1	667
28	Shadow Walrein icewatershadow Frost Breath / Icicle Spear	Frost Breath / Icicle Spear+11 more movesets	58%	39.5%	2.86	13:31	36.5	0%	2,726	19.7	415
29	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Avalanche	Waterfall / Avalanche+5 more movesets	58%	39.2%	2.88	13:36	31.8	0%	4,115	19.4	464
30	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	56%	38.3%	2.95	13:55	36.4	0%	3,749	19.2	502

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