Shadow raid

Shadow Pidgey 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

2,297

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Pidgey should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 324-388.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Pidgey counters are Mega Raichu X, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Kyurem (White), Shadow Electivire & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Kyurem (White)
S. Electivire
S. Raikou

3 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 Raichu XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
4RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.060:10
5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.060:11
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.060:12
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
8Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.070:12
9Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.070:12
10Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowIce Fang / Avalanche0.070:12

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

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Top 15 Shadow Pidgey 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 Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4790.1%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4475.4%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.06	3790.4%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	3725.6%
8	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:12	0.07	3685.3%
9	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:12	0.07	3657.5%
10	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:12	0.07	3530.1%
11	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
12	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
13	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
14	Deoxys (Attack)psychic	psychicZen HeadbuttelectricZap Cannon	2,580	0:13	0.07	3422.0%
15	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:13	0.07	3374.4%

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 Pidgey.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Pidgey'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1122%	4025.9%	0:11	0.06
Tackle / Aerial Ace	100%	1152%	4018.1%	0:11	0.06
Tackle / Air Cutter	100%	1173%	4018.1%	0:11	0.06
Tackle / Twister	100%	1130%	4033.6%	0:11	0.06
Quick Attack / Twister	100%	1055%	4038.8%	0:11	0.06
Quick Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	1055%	4049.2%	0:11	0.06
Quick Attack / Air Cutter	100%	1093%	4049.2%	0:11	0.06

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…

Pidgey 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Pidgey throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalQuick AttackSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
normalTackleSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
flyingAir CutterSTAB	55	-50	2.5s	1.60s
dragonTwister	50	-33	3.0s	1.15s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	324	405
7/7/7	330	413
8/8/8	337	422
9/9/9	345	431
10/10/10	352	440
11/11/11	359	449
12/12/12	366	458
13/13/13	374	467
14/14/14	381	476
15/15/15hundo	388	486

Caught CP range 324 - 388, or 405 - 486 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 324, not at the 352 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 28 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Pidgey 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 59 / Defense 52 (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 Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	74.6	679
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	91%	4475.4%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	80.3	782
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	88%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	66.1	661
4	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	81%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,803	57.8	607
5	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	78%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,605	56.4	649
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	3790.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	6,112	57.4	660
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	78%	3725.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	6,428	60.5	708
8	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	3685.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,079	52.6	622
9	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	73%	3657.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	51.2	610
10	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	64%	3530.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,105	51.4	635
11	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	48.9	611
12	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	64%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,298	50.5	631
13	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	74%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,205	49.4	617
14	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon	Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon+5 more movesets	52%	3422.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,580	50.7	644
15	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	66%	3374.4%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,580	50.0	646
16	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	65%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,527	46.3	602
17	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	65%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,659	47.9	622
18	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	3351.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,888	46.1	600
19	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,605	53.7	711
20	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	66%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,733	45.1	609
21	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	60%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,345	44.5	600
22	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	62%	3186.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,128	51.9	710
23	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	58%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,178	43.3	606
24	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	60%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,346	43.5	609
25	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	66%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,228	52.0	728
26	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Triple Axel	Snarl / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	55%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,005	43.3	606
27	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rollout / Wild Charge	Rollout / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	64%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,949	43.4	608
28	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	66%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,228	44.1	618
29	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	55%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,340	44.1	617
30	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	60%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,783	44.1	617

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.