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Shadow Overqwil counters

darkpoisonShadow Tier 3

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
20,442
HP
4,000
Timer
3:00
Attack
180
Defense
141
Difficulty
1.24
Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Overqwil should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,546-1,683.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others
Try a Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

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 Overqwil counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Garchomp & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. Primal Groudon
  2. S. Groudon
  3. S. Landorus (Therian)
  4. S. Excadrill
  5. S. Garchomp
  6. S. Mamoswine

4 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 %

  1. 1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.093:11
  2. 2Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.183:27
  3. 3Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power1.203:31
  4. 4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.263:41
  5. 5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.323:51
  6. 6Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent1.333:53
  7. 7Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+1.333:54
  8. 8Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Scorching Sands1.364:00
  9. 9Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power1.374:00
  10. 10Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower1.374:00

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

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Top 15 Shadow Overqwil 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pickgroundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades5,9023:111.094.9123.0%
2Shadow GroudongroundgroundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades4,1153:271.185.9113.2%
3Mega GarchompdragongroundgroundMud ShotgroundEarth Power5,4243:311.204.9111.3%
4Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingfightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+6,1123:411.265.5106.1%
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyinggroundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm3,9223:511.326.0101.6%
6Mega RayquazadragonflyingdragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent5,7133:531.335.4100.7%
7Mega StaraptorfightingflyinggroundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+3,9793:541.335.6100.2%
8Shadow ExcadrillgroundsteelgroundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands3,2444:001.365.498.0%
9Shadow GarchompdragongroundgroundMud ShotgroundEarth Power3,9624:001.375.897.8%
10Shadow MamoswineicegroundgroundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower3,3284:001.376.097.6%
11Shadow RegigigasnormalnormalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip4,3464:041.395.496.1%
12Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteelsteelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash4,1724:081.413.594.5%
13GroudongroundgroundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades4,1154:121.445.793.1%
14Shadow RhyperiorgroundrockgroundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake3,7334:141.455.592.4%
15Mega LucariofightingsteelfightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere3,8264:191.475.490.8%

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 Overqwil.

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

Simulating each boss moveset…

Overqwil 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.

  • Weak (1)
  • Neutral (12)
  • Resists (5)

It resists poison0.625xghost0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Overqwil throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB13+91.0s0.40s
poisonPoison StingSTAB4+60.5s0.28s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB85-502.5s1.30s
ghostShadow Ball100-503.0s2.40s
darkDark PulseSTAB80-503.0s1.40s
iceIce Beam95-503.5s1.50s
waterAqua Tail50-332.0s1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor1,5461,932
7/7/71,5611,951
8/8/81,5761,970
9/9/91,5911,989
10/10/101,6062,008
11/11/111,6212,027
12/12/121,6372,046
13/13/131,6522,065
14/14/141,6682,085
15/15/15hundo1,6832,104

Caught CP range 1,546 - 1,683, or 1,932 - 2,104 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 1,546, not at the 1,606 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 60 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.

Overqwil 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 180 / Defense 141 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Primal Groudon
groundfiremega
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
1.093:115.5
2
Shadow Groudon
groundshadow
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
1.183:278.1
3
Mega Garchomp
dragongroundmega
Mud Shot / Earth Power
1.203:316.3
4
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Counter / Dynamic Punch+
1.263:417.5
5
Shadow Landorus (Therian)
groundflyingshadow
Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm
1.323:5113.9
6
Mega Rayquaza
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent
1.333:538.3
7
Mega Staraptor
fightingflyingmega
Sand Attack / Brave Bird+
1.333:548.7
8
Shadow Excadrill
groundsteelshadow
Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands
1.363:6011.3
9
Shadow Garchomp
dragongroundshadow
Mud Shot / Earth Power
1.374:0010.5
10
Shadow Mamoswine
icegroundshadow
Mud-Slap / High Horsepower
1.374:0011.5
11
Shadow Regigigas
normalshadow
Hidden Power / Crush Grip
1.394:048.3
12
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
fightingsteel
Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash
1.414:084.8
13
Groudon
ground
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
1.444:129.0
14
Shadow Rhyperior
groundrockshadow
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
1.454:1410.5
15
Mega Lucario
fightingsteelmega
Force Palm / Aura Sphere
1.474:198.8
16
Eternatus
poisondragon
Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon
1.474:197.0
17
Landorus (Therian)
groundflying
Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm
1.494:2113.2
18
Mega Delphox
firepsychicmega
Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+
1.494:2211.3
19
Mega Swampert
watergroundmega
Mud Shot / Earthquake
1.494:227.2
20
Mega Greninja
waterdarkmega
Water Shuriken / Surf+
1.494:229.0
21
Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)
groundflyingshadow
Mud Shot / Earth Power
1.504:2315.3
22
Mega Beedrill
bugpoisonmega
Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+
1.524:2613.0
23
Excadrill
groundsteel
Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands
1.534:289.6
24
Mega Dragonite
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Outrage+
1.534:298.7
25
Mega Heracross
bugfightingmega
Fury Cutter / Earthquake
1.544:318.8
26
Garchomp
dragonground
Mud Shot / Earth Power
1.554:329.4
27
Mega Blaziken
firefightingmega
Counter / Aura Sphere
1.574:3512.0
28
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
psychicsteel
Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike
1.574:359.9
29
Mega Raichu Y
electricmega
Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+
1.574:3514.4
30
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
fairysteel
Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade
1.574:367.2
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 0.6 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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