Shadow raid

Shadow Gallade 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

44,725

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

206

Defense

172

Difficulty

2.98

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Gallade should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,626-1,767.

Weak toflying1.6xghost1.6xfairy1.6x

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 a Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Gallade counters are Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Moltres, Rayquaza & Shadow Salamence.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Moltres
Rayquaza
S. Salamence

4 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.4611:37
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam2.9313:50
3Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+2.9513:57
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.1414:49
5Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly3.2015:06
6Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly3.2015:06
7RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent3.2615:23
8Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+3.2615:24
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.2815:29
10Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Fly3.4216:09

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

Related countersMega Gallade

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Top 15 Shadow Gallade 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 Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	11:37	2.46	5.8	45.9%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	13:50	2.93	5.3	38.5%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	13:57	2.95	6.0	38.2%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	14:49	3.14	6.0	36.0%
5	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	15:06	3.20	6.0	35.3%
6	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	15:06	3.20	6.0	35.3%
7	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	15:23	3.26	6.0	34.7%
8	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	15:24	3.26	5.9	34.6%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	15:29	3.28	6.0	34.5%
10	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	16:09	3.42	6.0	33.0%
11	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,425	16:24	3.47	6.0	32.5%
12	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	16:26	3.48	5.9	32.5%
13	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	16:34	3.51	6.0	32.2%
14	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	5,031	16:35	3.51	5.7	32.2%
15	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	4,512	16:38	3.52	6.0	32.1%

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 Gallade.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Gallade'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	56%	47%	36.7%	14:32	5.9	3.08
Charm / Psychic	33%	32%	35.0%	15:13	6.0	3.22
Psycho Cut / Psychic	33%	36%	35.2%	15:08	6.0	3.21
Low Kick / Psychic	33%	36%	35.2%	15:08	6.0	3.20
Confusion / Psychic	33%	35%	35.4%	15:04	6.0	3.19
Charm / Sacred Sword	57%	50%	36.9%	14:26	6.0	3.06
Confusion / Sacred Sword	53%	55%	37.0%	14:25	5.8	3.05
Charm / Close Combat	40%	45%	37.0%	14:25	6.0	3.05
Confusion / Close Combat	50%	50%	37.0%	14:24	5.9	3.05
Psycho Cut / Close Combat	54%	59%	37.0%	14:23	5.7	3.05
Charm / Leaf Blade	69%	54%	37.2%	14:20	6.0	3.03
Confusion / Leaf Blade	79%	57%	37.3%	14:19	6.0	3.03
Low Kick / Close Combat	53%	65%	37.3%	14:17	5.5	3.02
Low Kick / Sacred Sword	69%	72%	37.5%	14:12	5.5	3.01
Low Kick / Leaf Blade	81%	73%	37.6%	14:12	5.8	3.01
Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword	76%	67%	37.6%	14:11	5.6	3.00
Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade	81%	71%	37.6%	14:10	5.8	3.00

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 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…

Gallade 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.

flying1.6x ghost1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x poison1x ground1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x rock0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists fighting0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Gallade throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
fairyCharm	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingSacred SwordSTAB	50	-33	1.0s	0.30s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
grassLeaf Blade	70	-33	2.5s	1.35s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,626	2,033
7/7/7	1,641	2,052
8/8/8	1,657	2,071
9/9/9	1,672	2,091
10/10/10	1,688	2,110
11/11/11	1,704	2,130
12/12/12	1,720	2,150
13/13/13	1,735	2,170
14/14/14	1,751	2,189
15/15/15hundo	1,767	2,209

Caught CP range 1,626 - 1,767, or 2,033 - 2,209 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 1,626, not at the 1,688 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 62 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.

Gallade 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 206 / Defense 172 (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 Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	45.9%	2.46	11:37	22.2	100%	5,713	22.5	713
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	85%	38.5%	2.93	13:50	20.2	98%	4,099	18.7	833
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	79%	38.2%	2.95	13:57	35.9	98%	3,979	19.1	449
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	36.0%	3.14	14:49	24.8	88%	6,428	17.5	576
5	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	75%	35.3%	3.20	15:06	29.1	36%	3,590	17.3	506
6	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	72%	35.3%	3.20	15:06	38.6	58%	3,465	17.5	417
7	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	34.7%	3.26	15:23	38.0	34%	3,835	17.2	429
8	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	72%	34.6%	3.26	15:24	33.6	28%	3,741	17.1	479
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	72%	34.5%	3.28	15:29	31.9	0%	6,112	16.9	461
10	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	67%	33.0%	3.42	16:09	44.9	0%	3,749	16.5	358
11	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	66%	32.5%	3.47	16:24	41.2	0%	3,425	16.1	379
12	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	68%	32.5%	3.48	16:26	31.0	0%	3,683	15.9	514
13	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	62%	32.2%	3.51	16:34	65.1	8%	2,689	16.6	238
14	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	68%	32.2%	3.51	16:35	29.0	0%	5,031	15.7	544
15	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	67%	32.1%	3.52	16:38	31.1	0%	4,512	15.7	484
16	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	62%	31.5%	3.58	16:56	59.8	66%	4,336	16.6	476
17	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	62%	31.1%	3.63	17:08	47.8	0%	3,268	15.6	327
18	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	63%	31.0%	3.65	17:13	42.3	0%	4,178	15.4	341
19	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	60%	30.3%	3.73	17:37	50.2	0%	3,215	15.2	301
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	60%	30.2%	3.74	17:39	52.2	0%	3,594	15.2	301
21	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	62%	30.0%	3.76	17:47	36.5	0%	4,979	14.7	417
22	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	66%	30.0%	3.77	17:47	20.3	0%	3,703	14.5	725
23	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	57%	29.9%	3.78	17:51	70.6	0%	2,825	15.4	220
24	Enamorus (Therian) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+23 more movesets	61%	29.8%	3.79	17:54	40.1	0%	3,388	14.7	404
25	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	60%	29.8%	3.79	17:55	46.4	0%	4,510	14.8	312
26	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	64%	29.7%	3.80	17:56	24.9	0%	4,042	14.4	664
27	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	59%	29.6%	3.81	17:59	48.8	0%	3,527	14.8	309
28	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	60%	29.1%	3.87	18:17	37.5	0%	3,781	14.3	429
29	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	56%	29.1%	3.88	18:20	74.1	4%	2,878	15.4	311
30	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	58%	28.8%	3.92	18:30	49.7	0%	2,994	14.4	319

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