Shadow raid

Shadow Galarian Meowth counters

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steelShadow 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

3,293

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Galarian Meowth should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 511-591.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Galarian Meowth counters are Mega Lucario, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken & Shadow Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Lucario
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
S. Landorus (Therian)

6 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 LucarioMegapartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:11
2Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.060:12
4Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
5Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.070:13
6BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.070:13
7KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.070:13
8Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyEmber / Aura Sphere0.070:13
9Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.080:13
10Mega BlazikenMegaEmber / Aura Sphere0.080:13
12Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.080:14

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersAlolan Meowth Meowth

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Top 15 Shadow Galarian Meowth 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 Lucariofightingsteeljoint top pick	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
2	Mega Falinksfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3892.0%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.06	3790.4%
4	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3632.5%
5	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:13	0.07	3460.1%
6	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
7	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:13	0.07	3300.3%
8	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:13	0.07	3243.8%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:13	0.08	3229.4%
10	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:13	0.08	3229.4%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	0:14	0.08	3163.7%
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
13	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)fire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	3,105	0:14	0.08	3087.5%
14	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,268	0:14	0.08	3031.7%
15	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	4,178	0:14	0.08	3006.6%

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 Galarian Meowth.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Galarian Meowth'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	843%	3369.8%	0:13	0.07
Metal Sound / Night Slash	100%	903%	3337.5%	0:13	0.07
Scratch / Night Slash	100%	868%	3373.4%	0:13	0.07
Metal Claw / Night Slash	100%	862%	3373.4%	0:13	0.07
Metal Sound / Gyro Ball	100%	897%	3377.0%	0:13	0.07
Scratch / Gyro Ball	100%	868%	3378.9%	0:13	0.07
Metal Claw / Gyro Ball	100%	853%	3380.7%	0:13	0.07
Metal Sound / Trailblaze	100%	893%	3382.5%	0:13	0.07
Scratch / Trailblaze	100%	861%	3384.3%	0:13	0.07
Metal Claw / Trailblaze	100%	848%	3386.2%	0:13	0.07
Metal Sound / Dig	100%	804%	3386.2%	0:13	0.07
Scratch / Dig	100%	811%	3388.0%	0:13	0.07
Metal Claw / Dig	100%	797%	3389.8%	0:13	0.07

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…

Galarian Meowth 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x fire1.6x ghost1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (4)
Resists (11)

It resists poison0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Galarian Meowth throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
steelGyro BallSTAB	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s
groundDig	100	-50	4.5s	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	511	639
7/7/7	519	649
8/8/8	528	660
9/9/9	537	671
10/10/10	546	682
11/11/11	555	694
12/12/12	564	705
13/13/13	573	716
14/14/14	582	728
15/15/15hundo	591	739

Caught CP range 511 - 591, or 639 - 739 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 511, not at the 546 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 35 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.

Galarian Meowth 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 77 / Defense 63 (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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Lucario top pickfightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	97%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,826	54.8	603
2	Mega Falinks top pickfightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	95%	3892.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,670	58.2	651
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	3790.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	6,112	55.2	635
4	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	91%	3632.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	63.8	765
5	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	84%	3460.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	52.4	660
6	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	77%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,297	48.6	632
7	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	78%	3300.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,698	47.9	632
8	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Ember / Aura Sphere	Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	71%	3243.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,848	45.7	614
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	74%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	4,521	44.5	600
10	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Ember / Aura Sphere	Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	4,161	51.6	696
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	76%	3163.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	6,428	48.8	672
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	71%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,922	43.0	602
13	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	68%	3087.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,105	47.3	667
14	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	67%	3031.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,268	48.3	695
15	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	65%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,178	41.9	608
16	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	72%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,814	42.8	621
17	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	67%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,337	41.5	602
18	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	65%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,510	42.9	622
19	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	66%	3004.5%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,244	42.5	616
20	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	71%	3002.5%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,465	44.9	652
21	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Fire Blast	Fire Spin / Fire Blast+29 more movesets	72%	2953.7%	0.08	0:15	100%	4,455	43.4	641
22	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	71%	2949.7%	0.08	0:15	100%	5,424	43.2	638
23	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	73%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,863	43.7	656
24	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Fire Blast	Fire Spin / Fire Blast+11 more movesets	68%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,754	41.5	623
25	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	67%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,473	41.5	623
26	Shadow Magmortar fireshadow Fire Spin / Fire Blast	Fire Spin / Fire Blast+11 more movesets	63%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,132	40.5	607
27	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+9 more movesets	69%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	4,038	40.1	601
28	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Fire Blast	Fire Fang / Fire Blast+17 more movesets	67%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,842	40.1	601
29	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	62%	2860.6%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,056	40.9	622
30	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	64%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	100%	3,588	38.9	603

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.