Shadow raid

Shadow Garbodor counters

#0569

poisonShadow Tier 1

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

6,423

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

117

Defense

106

Difficulty

0.11

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Garbodor should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,218-1,339.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Garbodor counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Mewtwo, Mewtwo, Shadow Alakazam & Hoopa (Unbound).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Mewtwo
Mewtwo
S. Alakazam
Hoopa (Unbound)

5 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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.090:16
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.100:17
3Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.110:20
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.110:20
5Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.120:21
6MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.120:22
7Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Synchronoise0.130:23
8Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Synchronoise0.130:23
9Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.130:23
10Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyConfusion / Psychic0.130:23
11Hoopa (Unbound)LegendarypartyConfusion / Psychic0.130:23

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 Garbodor 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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:16	0.09	0.0	2724.7%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:17	0.10	0.0	2547.9%
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:20	0.11	0.0	2145.4%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:20	0.11	0.1	2141.9%
5	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:21	0.12	0.1	2087.3%
6	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:22	0.12	0.0	1961.9%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,521	0:23	0.13	0.0	1932.4%
8	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,512	0:23	0.13	0.1	1924.0%
9	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:23	0.13	0.0	1900.3%
10	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:23	0.13	0.2	1886.5%
11	Hoopa (Unbound)psychicdark	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,006	0:23	0.13	0.1	1884.0%
12	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	0:23	0.13	0.0	1864.6%
13	Shadow Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	3,812	0:23	0.13	0.1	1859.1%
14	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,424	0:23	0.13	0.0	1855.1%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:24	0.13	0.0	1845.9%

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 Garbodor.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Garbodor'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	403%	2099.2%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Infestation / Gunk Shot	100%	313%	2023.3%	0:22	0.3	0.12
Take Down / Acid Spray	100%	555%	2048.1%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Take Down / Gunk Shot	100%	354%	2101.7%	0:21	0.2	0.12
Infestation / Acid Spray	100%	506%	2102.3%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Take Down / Body Slam	100%	432%	2123.7%	0:21	0.0	0.11
Infestation / Body Slam	100%	393%	2136.0%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Infestation / Seed Bomb	100%	381%	2136.0%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Take Down / Seed Bomb	100%	420%	2136.7%	0:20	0.0	0.11

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…

Garbodor 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.

ground1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Garbodor throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugInfestation	9	+13	1.0s	0.75s
normalTake Down	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonGunk ShotSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.60s
grassSeed Bomb	55	-33	2.0s	1.10s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
poisonAcid SpraySTAB	20	-50	3.0s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,218	1,522
7/7/7	1,231	1,539
8/8/8	1,244	1,556
9/9/9	1,258	1,572
10/10/10	1,271	1,589
11/11/11	1,285	1,606
12/12/12	1,298	1,623
13/13/13	1,312	1,640
14/14/14	1,326	1,657
15/15/15hundo	1,339	1,675

Caught CP range 1,218 - 1,339, or 1,522 - 1,675 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 1,218, not at the 1,271 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 53 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.

Garbodor 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 117 / Defense 106 (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

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,428	39.1	626
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	92%	2547.9%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	6,112	36.3	621
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	73%	2145.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,922	30.9	628
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	70%	2141.9%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	4,178	32.4	629
5	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	67%	2087.3%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	4,510	29.5	598
6	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	64%	1961.9%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,178	28.6	635
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	63%	1932.4%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,521	26.8	604
8	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	61%	1924.0%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,512	26.7	586
9	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	70%	1900.3%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	5,902	26.6	609
10	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	56%	1886.5%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	3,057	27.9	568
11	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	59%	1884.0%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,006	26.9	600
12	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	63%	1864.6%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	5,007	27.2	635
13	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	60%	1859.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	3,812	26.6	601
14	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	66%	1855.1%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	5,424	25.5	600
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+	Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	63%	1845.9%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,783	27.5	649
16	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	62%	1844.1%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,346	28.0	661
17	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	56%	1795.6%	0.14	0:24	0.1	100%	3,328	25.5	582
18	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	63%	1789.6%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	3,791	25.0	608
19	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	59%	1780.8%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	3,244	25.1	608
20	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	58%	1777.2%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,115	24.5	594
21	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	59%	1750.6%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,979	25.7	640
22	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	64%	1743.7%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,911	24.2	606
23	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	58%	1743.7%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,922	24.4	610
24	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+7 more movesets	56%	1728.2%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	3,590	25.1	606
25	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	1689.3%	0.14	0:26	0.1	100%	3,093	23.4	561
26	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	56%	1676.7%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	3,962	23.2	604
27	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	55%	1667.6%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	3,143	29.2	761
28	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	57%	1632.7%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	5,713	24.3	647
29	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Psychic	Psywave / Psychic+44 more movesets	49%	1604.2%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,701	22.6	547
30	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	51%	1591.7%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,733	22.4	549

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.