Shadow raid

Shadow Lugia 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

9,185

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

124

Defense

194

Difficulty

0.21

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Lugia should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,959-2,115.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Lugia counters are Mega Raichu Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Darkrai & Shadow Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Darkrai
S. Thundurus (Therian)

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.190:33
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.200:35
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Moongeist Beam0.200:37
4Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.210:38
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.210:38
6Mega Raichu XMegaVolt Switch / Volt Tackle+0.220:39
7Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.220:39
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Foul Play0.220:40
9Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyBite / Wildbolt Storm0.230:40
10Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.230:41

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 Lugia 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	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:33	0.19	0.8	1304.8%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:35	0.20	0.7	1242.9%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	steelMetal ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:37	0.20	0.4	1190.9%
4	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:38	0.21	1.4	1145.6%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:38	0.21	0.6	1138.8%
6	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:39	0.22	0.7	1127.5%
7	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:39	0.22	0.7	1108.5%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchdarkFoul Play	3,739	0:40	0.22	1.0	1102.2%
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	darkBiteelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:40	0.23	1.0	1077.0%
10	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:41	0.23	0.2	1073.7%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:41	0.23	1.4	1072.4%
12	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:41	0.23	0.8	1062.2%
13	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:41	0.23	0.5	1054.2%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:42	0.24	0.4	1025.8%
15	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:43	0.24	1.1	1016.7%

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 Lugia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Lugia'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%	169%	1139.9%	0:38	0.8	0.21
Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	100%	158%	1088.8%	0:40	1.1	0.22
Dragon Tail / Aeroblast++	100%	144%	1106.6%	0:39	1.1	0.22
Extrasensory / Fly	100%	162%	1124.0%	0:39	0.9	0.22
Dragon Tail / Fly	100%	155%	1129.3%	0:39	1.0	0.22
Extrasensory / Sky Attack	100%	169%	1133.6%	0:38	0.8	0.21
Dragon Tail / Sky Attack	100%	164%	1143.3%	0:38	0.8	0.21
Dragon Tail / Earth Power	100%	169%	1147.3%	0:38	0.8	0.21
Dragon Tail / Future Sight	100%	186%	1150.1%	0:38	0.6	0.21
Extrasensory / Earth Power	100%	179%	1159.1%	0:38	0.6	0.21
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	100%	205%	1163.1%	0:37	0.4	0.21
Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	100%	188%	1163.5%	0:37	0.5	0.21
Extrasensory / Future Sight	100%	212%	1171.5%	0:37	0.4	0.21

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…

Lugia 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.

rock1.6x ghost1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fairy1x grass0.63x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x ground0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists fighting0.39xground0.39xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lugia throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon Tail	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
psychicExtrasensorySTAB	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAeroblast++STAB	225	-100	3.5s	3.30s
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
waterHydro Pump	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,959	2,450
7/7/7	1,976	2,471
8/8/8	1,994	2,492
9/9/9	2,011	2,514
10/10/10	2,028	2,535
11/11/11	2,045	2,557
12/12/12	2,063	2,579
13/13/13	2,080	2,601
14/14/14	2,098	2,623
15/15/15hundo	2,115	2,645

Caught CP range 1,959 - 2,115, or 2,450 - 2,645 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 1,959, not at the 2,028 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 69 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.

Lugia 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 124 / Defense 194 (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	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	1304.8%	0.19	0:33	0.8	100%	3,780	20.5	413
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	96%	1242.9%	0.20	0:35	0.6	100%	3,842	17.4	408
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	95%	1190.9%	0.20	0:37	0.3	100%	4,099	16.8	499
4	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	82%	1145.6%	0.21	0:38	1.3	100%	4,336	16.1	270
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	89%	1138.8%	0.21	0:38	0.6	100%	4,605	16.1	428
6	Mega Raichu X electricmega Volt Switch / Volt Tackle+	Volt Switch / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	86%	1127.5%	0.22	0:39	0.7	100%	3,510	15.6	383
7	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	86%	1108.5%	0.22	0:39	0.6	100%	4,605	15.6	410
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	82%	1102.2%	0.22	0:40	1.0	100%	3,739	15.8	360
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	80%	1077.0%	0.23	0:40	1.0	100%	3,659	16.3	340
10	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	89%	1073.7%	0.23	0:41	0.2	100%	5,347	15.2	561
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	76%	1072.4%	0.23	0:41	1.3	100%	3,301	15.1	291
12	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	80%	1062.2%	0.23	0:41	0.8	100%	3,625	15.1	391
13	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	1054.2%	0.23	0:41	0.5	100%	3,834	15.0	450
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	82%	1025.8%	0.24	0:42	0.4	100%	6,428	15.3	519
15	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	75%	1016.7%	0.24	0:43	1.1	100%	3,937	14.3	300
16	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	1004.5%	0.24	0:43	1.0	100%	4,346	14.3	335
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	75%	1000.9%	0.24	0:44	0.8	100%	6,112	14.7	420
18	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	69%	1000.9%	0.24	0:44	1.8	100%	3,298	14.1	230
19	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	991.0%	0.25	0:44	1.7	100%	2,526	14.1	244
20	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	69%	987.1%	0.25	0:44	1.6	100%	3,268	14.2	245
21	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	70%	985.2%	0.25	0:44	1.4	100%	3,594	14.3	272
22	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	75%	985.2%	0.25	0:44	0.9	100%	3,659	13.8	317
23	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	74%	985.2%	0.25	0:44	0.8	100%	3,419	13.9	371
24	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	71%	980.8%	0.25	0:44	1.2	100%	2,803	15.6	312
25	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	969.9%	0.25	0:45	1.2	100%	3,079	14.2	293
26	Mega Manectric electricmega Snarl / Wild Charge	Snarl / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	72%	968.9%	0.25	0:45	1.1	100%	3,580	13.5	291
27	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Avalanche	Snarl / Avalanche+11 more movesets	69%	961.8%	0.25	0:45	1.3	100%	3,005	13.6	293
28	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	69%	957.3%	0.25	0:46	1.1	100%	3,128	13.5	290
29	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Snarl / Wild Charge	Snarl / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	67%	950.1%	0.26	0:46	1.2	100%	2,888	13.7	289
30	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	70%	930.0%	0.26	0:47	0.8	100%	3,683	13.2	357

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.