Shadow raid

Shadow Gengar 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

8,657

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Gengar should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,505-1,644.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xpsychic1.6xdark1.6x

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 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 Gengar counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Mewtwo & Shadow Gengar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
Mewtwo
S. Gengar

8 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+0.070:12
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.090:16
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.100:17
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.100:18
5Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.100:18
6Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.110:19
7Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.110:20
8Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.110:20
9Mega GengarMegaHex / Shadow Ball0.110:20
10MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.110:21
14Shadow GengarShadowpartyLick / Shadow Ball0.120:22

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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Related countersMega Gengar

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Top 15 Shadow Gengar 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	0:12	0.07	0.0	3592.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.1	2792.4%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:17	0.10	0.2	2500.7%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:18	0.10	0.0	2373.1%
5	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:18	0.10	0.0	2358.8%
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:19	0.11	0.0	2235.5%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:20	0.11	0.3	2226.4%
8	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:20	0.11	0.0	2173.7%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:20	0.11	0.2	2171.2%
10	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:21	0.11	0.2	2116.8%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:21	0.12	0.0	2096.3%
12	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:21	0.12	0.1	2036.2%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,521	0:22	0.12	0.3	1993.8%
14	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:22	0.12	0.7	1986.6%
15	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:22	0.12	0.5	1981.3%

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 Gengar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Gengar'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%	348%	2344.4%	0:19	0.2	0.10
Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	100%	247%	2063.5%	0:21	0.8	0.12
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	255%	2078.9%	0:21	0.8	0.12
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	100%	246%	2082.2%	0:21	0.8	0.12
Sucker Punch / Drain Punch	100%	492%	2398.0%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Shadow Claw / Drain Punch	100%	468%	2408.1%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Hex / Sludge Bomb	100%	336%	2414.2%	0:18	0.2	0.10
Hex / Drain Punch	100%	454%	2414.6%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb	100%	357%	2421.1%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb	100%	343%	2436.9%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Sucker Punch / Focus Blast	100%	447%	2438.4%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Shadow Claw / Focus Blast	100%	415%	2450.8%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Hex / Focus Blast	100%	406%	2451.4%	0:18	0.0	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…

Gengar 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 ghost1.6x psychic1.6x dark1.6x flying1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x grass0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x poison0.39x bug0.39x fighting0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (5)
Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xpoison0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Gengar throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fightingDrain Punch	50	-33	2.5s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,505	1,881
7/7/7	1,520	1,900
8/8/8	1,535	1,919
9/9/9	1,551	1,939
10/10/10	1,566	1,958
11/11/11	1,582	1,977
12/12/12	1,597	1,997
13/13/13	1,613	2,016
14/14/14	1,628	2,036
15/15/15hundo	1,644	2,055

Caught CP range 1,505 - 1,644, or 1,881 - 2,055 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 1,505, not at the 1,566 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 61 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.

Gengar 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 97 (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%	3592.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,428	50.4	603
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	74%	2792.4%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	6,112	38.9	588
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	60%	2500.7%	0.10	0:17	0.2	100%	4,178	35.3	548
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	64%	2373.1%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,902	33.1	607
5	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	60%	2358.8%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,842	40.3	743
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	57%	2235.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,922	35.4	682
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	51%	2226.4%	0.11	0:20	0.3	100%	4,510	32.1	528
8	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	54%	2173.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,115	30.0	590
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	53%	2171.2%	0.11	0:20	0.2	100%	4,336	31.3	561
10	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	51%	2116.8%	0.11	0:21	0.2	100%	4,178	30.6	571
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	55%	2096.3%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	5,424	29.6	609
12	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	51%	2036.2%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	5,347	29.2	588
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	48%	1993.8%	0.12	0:22	0.3	100%	4,521	28.9	542
14	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	44%	1986.6%	0.12	0:22	0.7	100%	2,878	28.9	505
15	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	46%	1981.3%	0.12	0:22	0.5	100%	3,739	29.9	501
16	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	49%	1980.5%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	3,922	27.6	561
17	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	45%	1960.7%	0.12	0:22	0.4	100%	3,625	28.2	500
18	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	43%	1955.9%	0.12	0:22	0.8	100%	3,301	29.0	396
19	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	45%	1937.4%	0.13	0:22	0.2	100%	3,791	27.7	547
20	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	47%	1934.6%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	4,783	30.4	627
21	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	45%	1934.1%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	4,006	29.3	559
22	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	45%	1927.9%	0.13	0:23	0.4	100%	4,512	28.4	516
23	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	46%	1906.7%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	5,007	28.7	581
24	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	43%	1891.7%	0.13	0:23	0.6	100%	3,834	27.1	459
25	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	43%	1886.1%	0.13	0:23	0.4	100%	3,812	28.4	510
26	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	41%	1882.8%	0.13	0:23	0.9	100%	2,526	27.6	351
27	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	46%	1879.6%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	3,962	26.1	556
28	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	46%	1872.6%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	4,911	26.8	565
29	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	43%	1840.6%	0.13	0:24	0.2	100%	4,605	26.0	537
30	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	45%	1829.5%	0.13	0:24	0.1	100%	3,683	28.3	623

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.