Shadow raid

Shadow Alolan Marowak counters

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fire ghostShadow Tier 1

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

5,521

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

120

Difficulty

0.12

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Alolan Marowak should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 941-1,048.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xdark1.6x

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 a Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Alolan Marowak counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Greninja & Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Darkrai
S. Rampardos
S. Greninja
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+0.110:19
2Mega GreninjaMegaFeint Attack / Surf+0.120:21
3Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.120:22
4Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.130:23
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.140:24
6Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.140:24
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.140:24
8Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.140:24
9Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Surf0.140:24
10Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.140:25
12Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.140:25
13Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.140:25
14Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.140:25

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 Alolan Marowak 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 Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:19	0.11	0.0	2291.8%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	0:21	0.12	0.0	2069.8%
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:22	0.12	0.0	1981.5%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:23	0.13	0.1	1889.4%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:24	0.14	0.0	1799.9%
6	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:24	0.14	0.1	1793.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:24	0.14	0.0	1791.1%
8	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:24	0.14	0.2	1783.3%
9	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	5,902	0:24	0.14	0.0	1779.3%
10	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:25	0.14	0.2	1743.6%
11	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:25	0.14	0.3	1734.0%
12	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:25	0.14	0.3	1723.2%
13	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:25	0.14	0.0	1720.0%
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:25	0.14	0.2	1718.8%
15	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:26	0.14	0.2	1701.0%

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 Alolan Marowak.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Alolan Marowak'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%	328%	1854.6%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Rock Smash / Shadow Ball	100%	271%	1819.0%	0:24	0.3	0.13
Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	100%	288%	1820.9%	0:24	0.3	0.13
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	296%	1821.4%	0:24	0.3	0.13
Hex / Fire Blast	100%	326%	1828.8%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Hex / Bone Club	100%	373%	1849.2%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Fire Spin / Fire Blast	100%	325%	1850.1%	0:24	0.0	0.13
Hex / Flame Wheel	100%	368%	1852.0%	0:24	0.0	0.13
Rock Smash / Fire Blast	100%	315%	1854.6%	0:24	0.2	0.13
Fire Spin / Bone Club	100%	357%	1856.8%	0:23	0.1	0.13
Fire Spin / Flame Wheel	100%	361%	1857.4%	0:23	0.0	0.13
Rock Smash / Bone Club	100%	376%	1876.8%	0:23	0.2	0.13
Rock Smash / Flame Wheel	100%	350%	1878.6%	0:23	0.0	0.13

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…

Alolan Marowak 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 rock1.6x ghost1.6x water1.6x dark1.6x flying1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x poison0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x bug0.39x

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

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Alolan Marowak throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
groundBone Club	40	-33	1.5s	0.90s
fireFlame WheelSTAB	55	-50	2.5s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	941	1,176
7/7/7	952	1,191
8/8/8	964	1,205
9/9/9	976	1,220
10/10/10	988	1,235
11/11/11	1,000	1,250
12/12/12	1,012	1,265
13/13/13	1,024	1,280
14/14/14	1,036	1,295
15/15/15hundo	1,048	1,311

Caught CP range 941 - 1,048, or 1,176 - 1,311 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 941, not at the 988 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 47 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Alolan Marowak 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 94 / Defense 120 (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 Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	2291.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,842	32.9	624
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	89%	2069.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,784	29.9	629
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	81%	1981.5%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,922	27.3	600
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	78%	1889.4%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	3,701	26.0	582
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	1799.9%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	6,428	25.7	622
6	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	70%	1793.9%	0.14	0:24	0.1	100%	3,739	25.2	583
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	74%	1791.1%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	6,112	24.9	600
8	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	68%	1783.3%	0.14	0:24	0.2	100%	4,336	26.2	564
9	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	78%	1779.3%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	5,902	24.5	600
10	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	66%	1743.6%	0.14	0:25	0.2	100%	3,301	25.7	570
11	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	64%	1734.0%	0.14	0:25	0.3	100%	3,594	24.2	533
12	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	63%	1723.2%	0.14	0:25	0.3	100%	3,298	24.4	524
13	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	66%	1720.0%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	2,654	24.4	605
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	68%	1718.8%	0.14	0:25	0.2	100%	4,099	24.7	567
15	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	64%	1701.0%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	3,268	24.6	571
16	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	1695.6%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	3,625	24.7	635
17	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	59%	1685.4%	0.14	0:26	0.7	100%	2,878	23.8	414
18	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	73%	1676.7%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	5,902	23.2	602
19	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	1674.4%	0.15	0:26	0.6	100%	2,526	23.6	437
20	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	71%	1672.2%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	4,401	23.3	606
21	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	69%	1666.0%	0.15	0:26	0.1	100%	3,683	23.0	577
22	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Power Gem	Rock Throw / Power Gem+5 more movesets	66%	1662.2%	0.15	0:26	0.1	100%	4,346	23.0	584
23	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	71%	1635.8%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	5,347	24.2	645
24	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	64%	1624.1%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	3,128	22.8	579
25	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	66%	1622.4%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	4,115	25.0	663
26	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	59%	1616.8%	0.15	0:27	0.4	100%	3,297	22.6	500
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	65%	1614.0%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,733	22.8	610
28	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	65%	1613.4%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,834	23.0	623
29	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	60%	1601.2%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	2,829	22.9	561
30	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	65%	1594.5%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	4,115	23.0	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.