Shadow raid

Shadow Piplup counters

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waterShadow Tier 1

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

3,364

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Piplup should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 532-614.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Piplup counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kartana, Shadow Sceptile, Regieleki & Shadow Zapdos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kartana
S. Sceptile
Regieleki
S. Zapdos

5 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 YMegapartyVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.060:10
2Mega Raichu XMegaSpark / Volt Tackle+0.090:16
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.090:16
4KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.090:16
5Shadow SceptileShadowpartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
7Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.090:16
8RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.090:17
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Thunderbolt0.090:17
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Thunderbolt0.090:17
11Shadow ZapdosShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunderbolt0.100:17

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 Piplup 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 Yelectricjoint top pick	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.06	4232.0%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricSparkelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:16	0.09	2721.3%
4	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:16	0.09	2709.5%
5	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:16	0.09	2684.4%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	2679.5%
7	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:16	0.09	2642.1%
8	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:17	0.09	2599.6%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionelectricThunderbolt	6,428	0:17	0.09	2564.4%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	6,112	0:17	0.09	2564.4%
11	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:17	0.10	2552.4%
12	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:17	0.10	2550.9%
13	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:17	0.10	2543.5%
14	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,452	0:17	0.10	2517.0%
15	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:17	0.10	2491.1%

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 Piplup.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Piplup'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%	628%	2826.2%	0:15	0.09
Pound / Bubble Beam	100%	652%	2817.4%	0:15	0.09
Pound / Drill Peck	100%	658%	2817.4%	0:15	0.09
Bubble / Drill Peck	100%	618%	2822.4%	0:15	0.09
Pound / Icy Wind	100%	612%	2822.4%	0:15	0.09
Bubble / Bubble Beam	100%	642%	2836.5%	0:15	0.09
Bubble / Icy Wind	100%	581%	2839.0%	0:15	0.09

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…

Piplup 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Piplup throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
normalPound	6	+5	0.5s	0.24s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingDrill Peck	70	-33	2.5s	1.90s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
iceIcy Wind	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	532	665
7/7/7	541	676
8/8/8	550	687
9/9/9	559	698
10/10/10	568	710
11/11/11	577	721
12/12/12	586	732
13/13/13	595	744
14/14/14	604	756
15/15/15hundo	614	767

Caught CP range 532 - 614, or 665 - 767 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 532, not at the 568 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 36 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.

Piplup 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 75 / Defense 69 (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 Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	4232.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,780	59.0	608
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Spark / Volt Tackle+	Spark / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	60%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,510	37.9	606
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	57%	2721.3%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,659	38.9	623
4	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	57%	2709.5%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,677	37.8	609
5	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	55%	2684.4%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,757	37.2	604
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	59%	2679.5%	0.09	0:16	100%	4,056	43.8	712
7	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	58%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	100%	4,093	36.7	605
8	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	58%	2599.6%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,803	45.5	763
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Thunderbolt	Confusion / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	59%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	6,428	36.2	616
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	57%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	6,112	36.0	612
11	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	54%	2552.4%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,527	37.1	633
12	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	55%	2550.9%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,937	38.4	656
13	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	54%	2543.5%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,079	40.0	685
14	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	56%	2517.0%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,452	35.6	616
15	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	55%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,419	34.4	602
16	Mega Manectric electricmega Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	54%	2485.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,580	36.9	648
17	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	55%	2465.8%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,205	36.9	653
18	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	49%	2457.4%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,340	36.6	649
19	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	56%	2438.2%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,038	34.8	621
20	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	53%	2432.7%	0.10	0:18	100%	5,713	37.2	666
21	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	51%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,659	35.4	637
22	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	Razor Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	49%	2398.0%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,505	34.1	620
23	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	50%	2398.0%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,949	33.7	613
24	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	48%	2395.3%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,345	33.9	617
25	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Snarl / Wild Charge	Snarl / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	50%	2392.7%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,888	33.8	616
26	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	50%	2387.2%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,979	32.9	601
27	Shadow Cacturne grassdarkshadow Sucker Punch / Grass Knot	Sucker Punch / Grass Knot+14 more movesets	44%	2381.4%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,298	33.1	594
28	Shadow Zebstrika electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+5 more movesets	47%	2373.1%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,428	33.1	608
29	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	47%	2366.4%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,383	34.5	634
30	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	49%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,178	32.6	603

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.