Shadow raid

Shadow Kabutops counters

#0141

rock waterShadow Tier 5

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

40,804

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

192

Defense

164

Difficulty

2.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Kabutops should take 2 trainers 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, Shadow Venusaur, Shadow Tangrowth & Shadow Torterra.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Chesnaught
Kartana
S. Chesnaught
S. Venusaur
S. Tangrowth
S. Torterra

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+1.838:39
2Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.979:17
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.109:55
4KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade2.1810:18
5Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant2.2610:40
6Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant2.2910:50
7Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant2.3411:03
8Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip2.3911:17
9Shadow TorterraShadowpartyRazor Leaf / Frenzy Plant2.4011:20
10ZarudeLegendaryVine Whip / Power Whip2.4011:20

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	8:39	1.83	5.3	61.6%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	9:17	1.97	5.8	57.4%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	9:55	2.10	6.0	53.7%
4	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	10:18	2.18	6.0	51.8%
5	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	10:40	2.26	6.0	50.0%
6	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	10:50	2.29	5.8	49.2%
7	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	11:03	2.34	6.0	48.2%
8	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	11:17	2.39	6.0	47.2%
9	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	11:20	2.40	6.0	47.1%
10	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	11:20	2.40	5.8	47.0%
11	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	11:23	2.41	6.0	46.8%
12	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	11:24	2.41	6.0	46.8%
13	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	11:34	2.45	6.0	46.1%
14	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	11:52	2.51	6.0	44.9%
15	Rillaboomgrass	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	3,324	11:55	2.52	6.0	44.8%

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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	72%	50.6%	10:32	5.9	2.23
Mud Shot / Stone Edge	17%	61%	49.5%	10:47	6.0	2.28
Waterfall / Stone Edge	17%	58%	49.7%	10:44	6.0	2.27
Rock Smash / Stone Edge	17%	56%	49.9%	10:41	6.0	2.26
Rock Smash / Water Pulse	17%	72%	50.3%	10:36	6.0	2.25
Mud Shot / Ancient Power	17%	77%	50.5%	10:34	5.8	2.24
Waterfall / Ancient Power	17%	73%	50.5%	10:34	5.9	2.24
Rock Smash / Ancient Power	17%	70%	50.5%	10:33	6.0	2.24
Waterfall / Water Pulse	18%	76%	50.7%	10:31	5.9	2.23
Mud Shot / Water Pulse	19%	80%	50.8%	10:30	5.9	2.22
Rock Smash / Aqua Jet	19%	85%	51.2%	10:25	5.8	2.20
Waterfall / Aqua Jet	24%	91%	51.3%	10:24	5.7	2.20
Mud Shot / Aqua Jet	29%	98%	51.3%	10:24	5.6	2.20

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 2 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 192 / Defense 164 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	61.6%	1.83	8:39	9.4	100%	4,093	29.5	1443
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	87%	57.4%	1.97	9:17	17.9	98%	4,056	28.1	924
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	83%	53.7%	2.10	9:55	15.0	74%	6,112	26.1	939
4	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	75%	51.8%	2.18	10:18	25.9	16%	3,677	25.7	574
5	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	75%	50.0%	2.26	10:40	19.0	0%	2,954	24.4	750
6	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	75%	49.2%	2.29	10:50	17.8	0%	3,698	23.9	856
7	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	70%	48.2%	2.34	11:03	25.6	0%	2,720	23.8	591
8	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	69%	47.2%	2.39	11:17	24.4	0%	3,030	23.2	627
9	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	69%	47.1%	2.40	11:20	24.9	0%	2,934	23.2	574
10	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	71%	47.0%	2.40	11:20	19.2	0%	3,833	22.9	798
11	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	67%	46.8%	2.41	11:23	32.3	0%	2,757	23.5	480
12	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	68%	46.8%	2.41	11:24	27.5	0%	3,592	23.2	646
13	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	68%	46.1%	2.45	11:34	24.3	0%	3,505	22.7	650
14	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	63%	44.9%	2.51	11:52	34.3	0%	3,937	22.5	420
15	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	66%	44.8%	2.52	11:55	23.9	0%	3,324	22.0	653
16	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	64%	44.7%	2.53	11:56	31.4	0%	2,825	22.2	489
17	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	64%	44.1%	2.56	12:05	27.3	0%	3,826	21.8	552
18	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	62%	43.1%	2.62	12:22	28.6	0%	2,971	21.3	534
19	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	63%	41.9%	2.69	12:44	19.6	0%	2,954	20.3	735
20	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	61%	41.8%	2.70	12:45	26.6	0%	2,775	20.5	580
21	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Leaf Blade	Low Kick / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	61%	41.7%	2.71	12:47	25.1	0%	4,521	20.4	576
22	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	60%	41.5%	2.72	12:51	28.9	0%	2,410	20.5	529
23	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	58%	41.5%	2.72	12:51	40.3	0%	4,161	20.9	361
24	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	60%	41.4%	2.73	12:53	25.4	0%	3,419	20.3	611
25	Sceptile grass Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	59%	41.3%	2.73	12:54	30.1	0%	2,757	20.4	505
26	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	57%	41.1%	2.75	12:59	42.0	0%	3,780	20.8	348
27	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	59%	41.1%	2.75	12:59	28.1	0%	3,014	20.4	618
28	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	58%	41.0%	2.75	12:60	33.1	0%	3,510	20.5	434
29	Venusaur grasspoison Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	59%	40.7%	2.77	13:06	26.7	0%	2,720	20.0	587
30	Breloom grassfighting Force Palm / Grass Knot	Force Palm / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	57%	40.4%	2.79	13:11	33.2	0%	2,628	20.1	440

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