Shadow raid

Shadow Nidorino counters

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poisonShadow 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

20,896

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

124

Defense

103

Difficulty

1.61

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Nidorino should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 702-796.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Nidorino counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Regigigas.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Mewtwo
S. Groudon
S. Regigigas

7 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+1.175:33
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.446:49
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.657:48
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.778:23
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.808:30
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic1.848:43
7MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.969:16
8Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic2.009:25
9Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic2.019:31
10Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.019:31
13Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Crush Grip2.079:47

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 Nidorino 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	5:33	1.17	5.6	96.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	6:49	1.44	5.6	78.2%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	7:48	1.65	6.0	68.4%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	8:23	1.77	5.2	63.6%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	8:30	1.80	5.5	62.7%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	8:43	1.84	6.0	61.2%
7	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	9:16	1.96	6.0	57.6%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	9:25	2.00	6.0	56.6%
9	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	9:31	2.01	5.8	56.0%
10	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	9:31	2.01	5.9	56.0%
11	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	9:31	2.02	5.7	56.0%
12	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	9:32	2.02	6.0	55.9%
13	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	9:47	2.07	6.0	54.5%
14	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	9:50	2.08	5.8	54.2%
15	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	9:56	2.10	5.2	53.6%

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 Nidorino.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Nidorino'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	97%	105%	63.4%	8:25	5.9	1.78
Poison Sting / Ice Beam	89%	91%	61.6%	8:40	6.0	1.83
Poison Jab / Ice Beam	100%	89%	62.4%	8:33	6.0	1.81
Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	96%	96%	63.0%	8:28	6.0	1.79
Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	96%	93%	63.4%	8:25	6.0	1.78
Poison Sting / Dig	96%	123%	63.4%	8:24	5.7	1.78
Poison Jab / Dig	99%	119%	63.9%	8:21	5.8	1.77
Poison Jab / Horn Attack	100%	135%	64.6%	8:15	5.8	1.75
Poison Sting / Horn Attack	100%	148%	64.9%	8:13	5.5	1.74

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…

Nidorino 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 psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Nidorino 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
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
normalHorn Attack	45	-33	2.0s	0.95s
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	702	878
7/7/7	712	890
8/8/8	722	903
9/9/9	733	916
10/10/10	743	929
11/11/11	753	942
12/12/12	764	955
13/13/13	774	968
14/14/14	785	982
15/15/15hundo	796	995

Caught CP range 702 - 796, or 878 - 995 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 702, not at the 743 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 41 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.

Nidorino 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 124 / Defense 103 (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

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	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	96.2%	1.17	5:33	6.8	100%	6,428	46.3	1957
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	78.2%	1.44	6:49	8.7	100%	6,112	37.6	1569
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	68.4%	1.65	7:48	14.9	100%	4,178	33.4	963
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	64%	63.6%	1.77	8:23	9.3	100%	5,902	30.6	1509
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	60%	62.7%	1.80	8:30	15.5	100%	3,922	30.7	1140
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	57%	61.2%	1.84	8:43	17.9	100%	4,510	30.1	808
7	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	55%	57.6%	1.96	9:16	14.8	100%	4,178	27.9	963
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	56.6%	2.00	9:25	15.4	100%	4,521	27.5	929
9	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	54%	56.0%	2.01	9:31	14.9	100%	5,007	27.2	1001
10	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	54%	56.0%	2.01	9:31	14.8	100%	4,115	27.2	992
11	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	54%	56.0%	2.02	9:31	14.6	100%	4,783	27.1	1033
12	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	55.9%	2.02	9:32	18.3	90%	4,512	27.3	835
13	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	52%	54.5%	2.07	9:47	15.8	86%	4,346	26.5	906
14	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	52%	54.2%	2.08	9:50	14.0	72%	3,143	26.3	1025
15	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	51%	53.6%	2.10	9:56	15.2	74%	5,424	26.0	1158
16	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	53.5%	2.11	9:58	12.4	70%	3,791	25.8	1265
17	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	50%	53.2%	2.12	10:01	16.9	72%	3,922	26.0	1119
18	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	49%	52.9%	2.13	10:05	18.9	36%	4,006	25.9	767
19	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	48%	52.3%	2.16	10:12	21.6	40%	3,812	25.7	709
20	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	46%	51.8%	2.18	10:17	29.6	34%	3,057	26.0	506
21	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	51.5%	2.19	10:22	9.0	0%	4,911	24.5	1719
22	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	48%	51.4%	2.19	10:22	18.4	34%	3,244	25.1	1013
23	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	48%	51.2%	2.20	10:24	19.0	0%	3,328	25.0	758
24	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	47%	50.2%	2.25	10:38	19.7	0%	3,962	24.6	863
25	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	46%	49.8%	2.27	10:43	19.5	0%	3,588	24.3	920
26	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	47%	49.7%	2.27	10:43	17.9	0%	5,713	24.2	1133
27	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+14 more movesets	48%	49.7%	2.27	10:44	14.0	0%	4,801	23.9	1046
28	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	48%	49.3%	2.29	10:48	12.2	0%	4,099	23.7	1322
29	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	47%	49.2%	2.29	10:50	16.8	0%	3,701	23.9	867
30	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	45%	49.0%	2.30	10:53	23.6	0%	3,093	24.2	618

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