Shadow raid

Shadow Ralts 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

1,980

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Ralts should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 250-308.

Weak topoison1.6xghost1.6xsteel1.6x

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 Ghost Mega — most top counters attack with Ghost

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 Ralts counters are Mega Gengar, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Gengar, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) & Shadow Metagross.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Gengar
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Gengar
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Metagross

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 %

1Mega GengarMegapartyShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.050:09
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.060:10
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.060:10
4Mega BanetteMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.060:10
5Shadow GengarShadowpartyShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.060:10
6Mega VictreebelMegaSucker Punch / Acid Spray+0.060:10
7Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.060:10
8Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.060:10
9Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.060:10
10Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyShadow Claw / Meteor Mash0.060:11

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 Ralts 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Gengarghostpoisonjoint top pick	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:09	0.05	4817.6%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
5	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
6	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	darkSucker PunchpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:10	0.06	4333.0%
7	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.06	4232.0%
8	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
9	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
10	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	ghostShadow ClawsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
11	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostPoltergeist	3,268	0:11	0.06	3899.6%
12	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:11	0.06	3831.1%
13	Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:11	0.06	3807.7%
14	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelFlash Cannon	3,826	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
15	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:12	0.07	3722.5%

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 Ralts.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Ralts'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%	1238%	4320.9%	0:10	0.06
Charge Beam / Disarming Voice	100%	1323%	4309.0%	0:10	0.06
Charge Beam / Shadow Sneak	100%	1213%	4320.9%	0:10	0.06
Confusion / Psyshock	100%	1224%	4323.8%	0:10	0.06
Confusion / Disarming Voice	100%	1344%	4323.8%	0:10	0.06
Confusion / Shadow Sneak	100%	1187%	4323.8%	0:10	0.06
Charge Beam / Psyshock	100%	1274%	4323.8%	0:10	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…

Ralts 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.

poison1.6x ghost1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dark1x fairy1x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x dragon0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists fighting0.39xdragon0.39xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Ralts throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
electricCharge Beam	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s
fairyDisarming VoiceSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.30s
ghostShadow Sneak	50	-33	3.0s	2.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	250	313
7/7/7	256	320
8/8/8	262	328
9/9/9	269	336
10/10/10	275	344
11/11/11	281	352
12/12/12	288	360
13/13/13	294	368
14/14/14	301	376
15/15/15hundo	308	385

Caught CP range 250 - 308, or 313 - 385 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 250, not at the 275 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 25 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.

Ralts 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 56 / Defense 44 (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 Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	90%	4817.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,336	68.9	623
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	95%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	72.9	729
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	100%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	72.9	729
4	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	80%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,594	60.1	601
5	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,878	60.5	605
6	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	84%	4333.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,505	70.3	706
7	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	79%	4232.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,780	58.5	603
8	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	86%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,172	58.4	613
9	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	73%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,383	57.6	605
10	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Shadow Claw / Meteor Mash	Shadow Claw / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	82%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,791	55.5	610
11	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Poltergeist	Hex / Poltergeist+19 more movesets	72%	3899.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,268	60.8	679
12	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	86%	3831.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,911	62.2	707
13	Metagross steelpsychic Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	81%	3807.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,791	53.4	611
14	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Flash Cannon	Bullet Punch / Flash Cannon+23 more movesets	70%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,826	52.8	607
15	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	73%	3722.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,701	52.7	617
16	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	73%	3654.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	58.2	692
17	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	74%	3630.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,038	55.3	667
18	Shadow Haunter ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	56%	3626.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	1,963	57.4	679
19	Gengar ghostpoison Hex / Sludge Bomb	Hex / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	60%	3561.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,878	50.8	621
20	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	73%	3555.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	56.9	698
21	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	56%	3550.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,488	50.6	621
22	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	73%	3515.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,842	51.9	643
23	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	66%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,683	48.5	606
24	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	67%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,946	48.6	608
25	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Poltergeist	Hex / Poltergeist+19 more movesets	63%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,268	48.0	600
26	Genesect bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	69%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,353	48.2	602
27	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	69%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,353	48.2	602
28	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	69%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,353	48.2	602
29	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	69%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,353	48.2	602
30	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	66%	3414.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,429	51.7	662

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.