Shadow raid

Shadow Nidoqueen 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

32,746

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

159

Defense

154

Difficulty

2.35

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Nidoqueen should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,296-1,421.

Weak toground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Nidoqueen counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Mewtwo & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
Mewtwo
S. Kyogre

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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.828:36
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike2.2110:25
3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+2.4211:25
4Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+2.4611:37
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.5311:58
6Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.6512:31
7Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.6812:41
8Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.7012:46
9Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic2.8913:38
10Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.9013:42
11MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.9714:02
14Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse3.0414:21

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 Nidoqueen 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:36	1.82	5.9	62.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	10:25	2.21	5.9	51.2%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	11:25	2.42	6.0	46.7%
4	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	11:37	2.46	6.0	45.9%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	11:58	2.53	6.0	44.6%
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	12:31	2.65	5.9	42.6%
7	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	12:41	2.68	5.4	42.0%
8	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	12:46	2.70	5.7	41.8%
9	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	13:38	2.89	6.0	39.1%
10	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	13:42	2.90	6.0	38.9%
11	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	14:02	2.97	6.0	38.0%
12	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	14:02	2.97	5.6	38.0%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	14:19	3.03	6.0	37.3%
14	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	14:21	3.04	6.0	37.2%
15	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	14:32	3.08	6.0	36.7%

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 Nidoqueen.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Nidoqueen'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%	54%	42.4%	12:34	6.0	2.66
Poison Sting / Earthquake	17%	49%	40.9%	13:02	6.0	2.76
Bite / Earthquake	17%	46%	41.0%	13:01	6.0	2.75
Poison Jab / Earthquake	17%	46%	41.3%	12:55	6.0	2.73
Bite / Stone Edge	17%	50%	41.4%	12:53	6.0	2.73
Poison Jab / Stone Edge	17%	50%	41.7%	12:46	6.0	2.70
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	17%	49%	42.0%	12:42	6.0	2.69
Poison Jab / Sludge Wave	17%	51%	42.3%	12:37	6.0	2.67
Poison Sting / Stone Edge	17%	56%	42.3%	12:37	6.0	2.67
Mud-Slap / Sludge Wave	17%	52%	42.3%	12:36	6.0	2.67
Poison Jab / Earth Power	17%	53%	42.4%	12:35	6.0	2.66
Bite / Earth Power	17%	54%	42.6%	12:30	6.0	2.65
Poison Sting / Earth Power	17%	55%	42.7%	12:30	6.0	2.65
Bite / Sludge Wave	17%	54%	42.7%	12:29	6.0	2.64
Mud-Slap / Stone Edge	17%	51%	42.8%	12:27	6.0	2.64
Mud-Slap / Earth Power	17%	55%	42.8%	12:27	6.0	2.64
Poison Sting / Sludge Wave	17%	55%	42.9%	12:26	6.0	2.63
Mud-Slap / Poison Fang	17%	83%	44.2%	12:04	5.9	2.55
Poison Jab / Poison Fang	17%	84%	44.3%	12:03	5.9	2.55
Bite / Poison Fang	17%	89%	44.4%	12:01	5.8	2.54
Poison Sting / Poison Fang	17%	96%	44.7%	11:55	5.6	2.52

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…

Nidoqueen 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 water1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x normal1x flying1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x grass1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists poison0.39xelectric0.39xfighting0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Nidoqueen throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
poisonSludge WaveSTAB	105	-100	3.0s	1.80s
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
groundEarth PowerSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
poisonPoison FangSTAB	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,296	1,620
7/7/7	1,309	1,637
8/8/8	1,323	1,654
9/9/9	1,337	1,671
10/10/10	1,351	1,689
11/11/11	1,365	1,706
12/12/12	1,379	1,724
13/13/13	1,393	1,741
14/14/14	1,407	1,759
15/15/15hundo	1,421	1,777

Caught CP range 1,296 - 1,421, or 1,620 - 1,777 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 1,296, not at the 1,351 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 55 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.

Nidoqueen 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 159 / Defense 154 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	62.0%	1.82	8:36	15.1	100%	6,428	30.3	975
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	80%	51.2%	2.21	10:25	19.2	0%	6,112	25.0	791
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	71%	46.7%	2.42	11:25	25.4	0%	3,701	23.1	580
4	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	69%	45.9%	2.46	11:37	29.2	0%	3,784	22.8	517
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	44.6%	2.53	11:58	32.5	0%	4,178	22.2	465
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	42.6%	2.65	12:31	21.7	0%	3,922	20.8	705
7	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	65%	42.0%	2.68	12:41	22.4	0%	5,902	20.5	812
8	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	65%	41.8%	2.70	12:46	20.7	0%	5,902	20.3	716
9	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	57%	39.1%	2.89	13:38	38.7	0%	4,510	19.6	395
10	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	58%	38.9%	2.90	13:42	31.7	0%	4,605	19.2	502
11	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	38.0%	2.97	14:02	32.7	0%	4,178	18.8	463
12	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	58%	38.0%	2.97	14:02	23.5	0%	4,401	18.5	700
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	37.3%	3.03	14:19	30.8	0%	4,521	18.3	500
14	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	55%	37.2%	3.04	14:21	32.1	0%	4,115	18.3	471
15	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	55%	36.7%	3.08	14:32	28.0	0%	3,143	18.0	535
16	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	55%	36.6%	3.09	14:35	27.1	0%	4,115	17.9	602
17	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	53%	36.5%	3.10	14:37	38.0	0%	4,512	18.1	388
18	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	57%	36.4%	3.10	14:38	21.2	0%	5,424	17.7	749
19	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	54%	36.1%	3.13	14:46	31.0	0%	5,007	17.8	493
20	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	56%	36.0%	3.14	14:50	21.3	0%	3,922	17.4	702
21	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	53%	35.9%	3.15	14:51	32.8	0%	4,346	17.7	464
22	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	51%	35.2%	3.20	15:08	40.6	0%	4,783	17.6	401
23	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	50%	34.6%	3.26	15:24	41.5	0%	3,812	17.3	366
24	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	50%	34.5%	3.27	15:27	40.6	0%	4,006	17.2	376
25	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	51%	34.2%	3.30	15:35	33.4	0%	4,605	16.9	468
26	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	51%	34.1%	3.31	15:37	29.7	0%	3,962	16.7	545
27	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Avalanche	Mud-Slap / Avalanche+11 more movesets	49%	33.9%	3.33	15:42	40.6	0%	3,328	16.9	411
28	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	50%	33.9%	3.33	15:43	35.5	0%	2,974	16.7	461
29	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	51%	33.8%	3.34	15:47	25.7	0%	5,713	16.4	639
30	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	46%	33.3%	3.39	16:01	56.7	0%	2,654	17.0	283

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