Shadow raid

Shadow Kabutops counters

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rock waterShadow Tier 3

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

21,071

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

178

Defense

152

Difficulty

0.82

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Kabutops should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,418-1,550.

Weak tograss2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Grass Mega — most top counters attack with Grass

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 Kabutops counters are Mega Chesnaught, Kartana, Shadow Chesnaught, Zarude, Shadow Tangrowth & Shadow Sceptile.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Chesnaught
Kartana
S. Chesnaught
Zarude
S. Tangrowth
S. Sceptile

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 %

1Mega ChesnaughtMegapartyVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.712:05
2Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.772:14
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.832:25
4KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.852:29
5Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.862:32
6ZarudeLegendarypartyVine Whip / Power Whip0.922:41
7Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip0.922:42
8Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.922:42
9Shadow SceptileShadowpartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.922:42
10Shaymin (Sky)LegendaryMagical Leaf / Grass Knot0.932:44

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Kabutops 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 Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	2:05	0.71	1.9	187.2%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	2:14	0.77	3.7	174.6%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	2:25	0.83	3.1	161.8%
4	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	2:29	0.85	5.1	157.2%
5	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	2:32	0.86	3.8	154.9%
6	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	2:41	0.92	3.7	145.6%
7	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	2:42	0.92	4.7	145.2%
8	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	2:42	0.92	3.7	145.0%
9	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	2:42	0.92	5.5	144.7%
10	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	2:44	0.93	4.5	143.2%
11	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	2:45	0.94	5.0	142.0%
12	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	2:47	0.95	5.2	140.7%
13	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	2:48	0.96	4.7	139.6%
14	Rillaboomgrass	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	3,324	2:54	0.99	4.7	134.9%
15	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	2:54	0.99	5.2	134.7%

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 Kabutops.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Kabutops'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%	102%	154.4%	2:32	4.1	0.87
Rock Smash / Stone Edge	100%	83%	150.8%	2:36	5.2	0.89
Mud Shot / Stone Edge	100%	98%	151.5%	2:35	4.6	0.88
Waterfall / Stone Edge	100%	90%	151.6%	2:35	4.8	0.88
Mud Shot / Ancient Power	99%	99%	151.7%	2:35	4.3	0.88
Rock Smash / Ancient Power	100%	91%	151.7%	2:35	4.9	0.88
Waterfall / Ancient Power	99%	97%	152.4%	2:34	4.5	0.88
Rock Smash / Water Pulse	100%	100%	154.6%	2:32	4.3	0.86
Waterfall / Water Pulse	100%	109%	155.7%	2:31	3.9	0.86
Mud Shot / Water Pulse	100%	114%	156.5%	2:30	3.6	0.85
Rock Smash / Aqua Jet	100%	112%	157.3%	2:29	3.8	0.85
Mud Shot / Aqua Jet	100%	133%	157.3%	2:29	2.7	0.85
Waterfall / Aqua Jet	100%	123%	157.7%	2:29	3.0	0.85

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…

Kabutops 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.

grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x electric1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x ice0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fire0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kabutops throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
groundMud Shot	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,418	1,772
7/7/7	1,432	1,790
8/8/8	1,446	1,808
9/9/9	1,461	1,827
10/10/10	1,476	1,845
11/11/11	1,490	1,863
12/12/12	1,505	1,882
13/13/13	1,520	1,900
14/14/14	1,535	1,919
15/15/15hundo	1,550	1,938

Caught CP range 1,418 - 1,550, or 1,772 - 1,938 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 1,418, not at the 1,476 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 58 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.

Kabutops 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 178 / Defense 152 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

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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	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	187.2%	0.71	2:05	1.8	100%	4,093	32.9	1479
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	84%	174.6%	0.77	2:14	3.6	100%	4,056	30.4	979
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	79%	161.8%	0.83	2:25	3.0	100%	6,112	27.9	1020
4	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	71%	157.2%	0.85	2:29	5.1	100%	3,677	27.5	660
5	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	74%	154.9%	0.86	2:32	3.6	100%	2,954	26.7	865
6	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	70%	145.6%	0.92	2:41	3.6	100%	3,833	25.1	924
7	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	67%	145.2%	0.92	2:42	4.6	100%	3,030	25.5	737
8	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	69%	145.0%	0.92	2:42	3.6	100%	3,698	25.1	912
9	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	144.7%	0.92	2:42	6.6	98%	2,757	25.9	562
10	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	64%	143.2%	0.93	2:44	5.5	96%	3,592	25.2	717
11	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	142.0%	0.94	2:45	5.1	100%	2,720	25.0	677
12	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	64%	140.7%	0.95	2:47	5.2	100%	2,934	24.7	656
13	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	64%	139.6%	0.96	2:48	4.7	100%	3,505	24.5	744
14	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	62%	134.9%	0.99	2:54	4.8	78%	3,324	23.7	724
15	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	60%	134.7%	0.99	2:54	5.7	86%	3,826	23.8	627
16	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	58%	134.1%	1.00	2:55	7.1	92%	3,937	24.3	495
17	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	57%	131.1%	1.02	2:59	6.3	52%	2,825	23.3	570
18	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	58%	130.1%	1.03	3:00	5.8	42%	2,971	23.0	609
19	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+11 more movesets	57%	128.7%	1.04	3:02	6.1	38%	3,014	22.7	578
20	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	54%	128.1%	1.04	3:03	8.5	38%	3,780	23.4	428
21	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+7 more movesets	58%	127.9%	1.05	3:04	5.3	20%	3,014	22.4	690
22	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	57%	126.4%	1.06	3:06	5.1	32%	2,775	22.2	683
23	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	57%	126.0%	1.06	3:06	5.0	30%	3,419	22.2	707
24	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade	Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	57%	125.9%	1.06	3:06	4.9	6%	4,521	21.9	677
25	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	59%	125.2%	1.07	3:07	3.8	0%	2,954	21.5	832
26	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	52%	124.6%	1.07	3:08	8.8	2%	4,161	22.5	415
27	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	54%	124.0%	1.08	3:09	6.9	34%	5,902	22.3	566
28	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	52%	123.9%	1.08	3:09	8.4	14%	2,431	22.3	451
29	Tangrowth grass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	57%	123.8%	1.08	3:10	4.6	0%	3,030	21.6	741
30	Breloom grassfighting Force Palm / Grass Knot	Force Palm / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	54%	123.4%	1.08	3:10	6.7	6%	2,628	22.2	524

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