Shadow raid

Shadow Garchomp 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

9,750

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

124

Difficulty

0.11

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Garchomp should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,104-2,264.

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 Garchomp counters are Kyurem (White), Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard), Shadow Weavile, Shadow Mamoswine & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
M. Mewtwo X
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
S. Weavile
S. Mamoswine
Kyurem (Black)

2 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 Burn0.080:15
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.110:19
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.110:19
4Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.110:20
5Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.120:21
6Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Triple Axel0.120:21
7Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche0.120:22
8Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.120:22
9EternatusLegendaryDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.130:22
10Mega GlalieMegaFrost Breath / Avalanche0.130:23

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow 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 Garchomp

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Top 15 Shadow Garchomp 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	0:15	0.08	0.0	2900.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	0:19	0.11	0.0	2275.3%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	0:19	0.11	0.0	2255.3%
4	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:20	0.11	0.6	2203.8%
5	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:21	0.12	0.2	2092.1%
6	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	0:21	0.12	0.8	2047.8%
7	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:22	0.12	0.5	2008.0%
8	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:22	0.12	0.1	1986.5%
9	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:22	0.13	0.2	1940.1%
10	Mega Glalieice	iceFrost BreathiceAvalanche	3,229	0:23	0.13	0.4	1931.8%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	0:23	0.13	0.2	1918.7%
12	Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:23	0.13	0.3	1901.9%
13	Shadow Mr. Rimeicepsychic	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	2,827	0:23	0.13	0.6	1890.2%
14	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmiceTriple Axel	4,512	0:23	0.13	0.1	1877.1%
15	Shadow Aurorusrockice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	2,802	0:23	0.13	0.5	1873.3%

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 Garchomp.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Garchomp'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%	297%	2191.0%	0:20	0.4	0.11
Mud Shot / Fire Blast	100%	291%	2015.5%	0:22	0.6	0.12
Dragon Tail / Earthquake	100%	249%	2095.5%	0:21	0.7	0.12
Dragon Tail / Fire Blast	100%	264%	2110.6%	0:21	0.7	0.12
Mud Shot / Earthquake	100%	292%	2149.2%	0:20	0.4	0.11
Mud Shot / Sand Tomb	100%	407%	2236.4%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Dragon Tail / Outrage	100%	269%	2264.7%	0:19	0.4	0.11
Mud Shot / Breaking Swipe	100%	312%	2284.6%	0:19	0.2	0.11
Mud Shot / Twister	100%	372%	2293.7%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	100%	283%	2317.2%	0:19	0.3	0.10
Mud Shot / Outrage	100%	306%	2318.9%	0:19	0.1	0.10
Dragon Tail / Sand Tomb	100%	344%	2319.5%	0:19	0.1	0.10
Dragon Tail / Twister	100%	328%	2335.3%	0:19	0.1	0.10

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…

Garchomp 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 Garchomp 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

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonBreaking SwipeSTAB	45	-33	1.0s	0.47s
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
fireFire Blast	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
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	2,104	2,630
7/7/7	2,121	2,652
8/8/8	2,139	2,674
9/9/9	2,156	2,696
10/10/10	2,174	2,718
11/11/11	2,192	2,740
12/12/12	2,210	2,762
13/13/13	2,227	2,785
14/14/14	2,245	2,807
15/15/15hundo	2,264	2,830

Caught CP range 2,104 - 2,264, or 2,630 - 2,830 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 2,104, not at the 2,174 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 70 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.

Garchomp 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 164 / Defense 124 (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	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	2900.6%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,605	41.7	624
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	80%	2275.3%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	6,112	32.8	627
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	80%	2255.3%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	6,428	33.5	647
4	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	68%	2203.8%	0.11	0:20	0.6	100%	3,105	33.3	466
5	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	69%	2092.1%	0.12	0:21	0.2	100%	5,713	29.8	558
6	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	61%	2047.8%	0.12	0:21	0.7	100%	3,005	29.9	413
7	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	62%	2008.0%	0.12	0:22	0.5	100%	3,328	32.5	545
8	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	1986.5%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	4,605	33.8	702
9	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	63%	1940.1%	0.13	0:22	0.2	100%	4,429	32.2	640
10	Mega Glalie icemega Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+11 more movesets	60%	1931.8%	0.13	0:23	0.4	100%	3,229	27.7	493
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	61%	1918.7%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	5,424	27.0	557
12	Mamoswine iceground Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	60%	1901.9%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	3,328	27.0	513
13	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	58%	1890.2%	0.13	0:23	0.5	100%	2,827	28.0	468
14	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	64%	1877.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,512	26.9	586
15	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	58%	1873.3%	0.13	0:23	0.4	100%	2,802	27.5	505
16	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Ice Beam	Confusion / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	59%	1867.4%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	4,178	27.7	563
17	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	60%	1866.0%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	3,405	27.9	580
18	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Avalanche	Waterfall / Avalanche+5 more movesets	62%	1827.1%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	5,902	25.9	618
19	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+17 more movesets	59%	1824.8%	0.13	0:24	0.2	100%	3,051	25.6	543
20	Glaceon ice Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+9 more movesets	56%	1804.8%	0.13	0:24	0.5	100%	3,126	25.5	471
21	Kyurem dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaciate	Dragon Breath / Glaciate+7 more movesets	57%	1784.4%	0.14	0:24	0.2	100%	3,575	29.0	605
22	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	50%	1756.2%	0.14	0:25	1.1	100%	3,593	25.1	319
23	Cetitan ice Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+14 more movesets	55%	1734.1%	0.14	0:25	0.2	100%	3,113	25.2	550
24	Shadow Walrein icewatershadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+11 more movesets	53%	1707.7%	0.14	0:26	0.4	100%	2,726	24.7	504
25	Shadow Regice iceshadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+11 more movesets	55%	1699.4%	0.14	0:26	0.1	100%	3,122	24.6	592
26	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	56%	1696.9%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	4,823	27.6	630
27	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Blizzard	Lock-On / Blizzard+14 more movesets	52%	1687.0%	0.14	0:26	0.5	100%	3,266	26.7	507
28	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	52%	1648.7%	0.15	0:26	0.3	100%	4,178	24.0	533
29	Mr. Rime icepsychic Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	48%	1586.9%	0.15	0:27	0.6	100%	2,827	23.0	444
30	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	48%	1581.8%	0.15	0:28	0.4	100%	4,142	24.1	506

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.