Shadow raid

Shadow Pignite 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

5,065

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

112

Defense

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Pignite should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 986-1,099.

Weak toflying1.6xground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Pignite counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Alakazam & Hoopa (Unbound).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Toucannon
S. Alakazam
Hoopa (Unbound)

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+0.050:08
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.070:12
3Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.070:13
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.080:13
5Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.080:13
6Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.080:14
7Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.080:14
8Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.080:14
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Fly0.080:14
10Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.080:15
11Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.080:15
12Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyConfusion / Psychic0.090:15
13Hoopa (Unbound)LegendarypartyConfusion / Psychic0.090:15

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 Pignite 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.07	3647.9%
3	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:13	0.07	3245.4%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:13	0.08	3229.4%
5	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:13	0.08	3229.4%
6	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:14	0.08	3182.2%
7	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
8	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:14	0.08	3006.6%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingFly	3,590	0:14	0.08	3006.6%
10	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:15	0.08	2990.1%
11	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:15	0.08	2900.6%
12	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:15	0.09	2832.7%
13	Hoopa (Unbound)psychicdark	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,006	0:15	0.09	2821.7%
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	psychicExtrasensorygroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
15	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:15	0.09	2812.6%

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 Pignite.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Pignite'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%	702%	3177.3%	0:14	0.08
Ember / Flame Charge	100%	625%	3142.3%	0:14	0.08
Ember / Rock Tomb	100%	702%	3158.1%	0:14	0.08
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	609%	3166.1%	0:14	0.08
Tackle / Flame Charge	100%	883%	3172.5%	0:14	0.08
Tackle / Rock Tomb	100%	730%	3172.5%	0:14	0.08
Tackle / Flamethrower	100%	617%	3190.2%	0:14	0.08

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…

Pignite 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.

flying1.6x ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

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

It resists bug0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Pignite throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	986	1,233
7/7/7	998	1,248
8/8/8	1,011	1,264
9/9/9	1,023	1,279
10/10/10	1,036	1,295
11/11/11	1,048	1,311
12/12/12	1,061	1,326
13/13/13	1,074	1,342
14/14/14	1,086	1,358
15/15/15hundo	1,099	1,374

Caught CP range 986 - 1,099, or 1,233 - 1,374 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 986, not at the 1,036 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 50 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.

Pignite 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 112 / Defense 72 (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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	6,428	76.6	628
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	59%	3647.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,112	50.5	602
3	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	48%	3245.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,741	46.6	625
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	53%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	5,713	45.9	620
5	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	52%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	3,701	44.7	603
6	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	48%	3182.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,178	45.6	626
7	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	49%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,979	44.1	618
8	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	44%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,510	41.8	606
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	44%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,590	41.6	603
10	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	50%	2990.1%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	5,902	44.2	644
11	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	40%	2900.6%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,689	40.7	612
12	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	39%	2832.7%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,057	41.8	642
13	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	41%	2821.7%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,006	39.6	611
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	41%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,922	38.8	602
15	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	44%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,115	40.3	625
16	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	42%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,521	38.8	601
17	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	42%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,178	39.5	612
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	43%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,784	38.9	603
19	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	42%	2794.6%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,512	41.0	640
20	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	40%	2783.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,654	39.6	620
21	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Sand Attack / Fly	Sand Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	38%	2769.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,825	38.6	608
22	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	43%	2728.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,783	40.1	640
23	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	40%	2717.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,749	38.3	615
24	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	43%	2691.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,007	39.8	645
25	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	41%	2687.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,812	38.4	623
26	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	43%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	5,424	35.7	606
27	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	36%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,829	36.1	613
28	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	35%	2543.8%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,791	36.0	605
29	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	36%	2483.1%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,465	40.8	677
30	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	32%	2458.1%	0.10	0:18	0.2	100%	3,244	34.9	564

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.