Shadow raid

Shadow Runerigus 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

17,871

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

135

Defense

191

Difficulty

1.40

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Runerigus should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,178-1,299.

Weak toghost1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Runerigus counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Darkrai, Kyurem (White), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Kyurem (Black) & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Darkrai
Kyurem (White)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Kyogre

9 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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+1.223:34
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.343:55
3Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+1.404:05
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.424:09
5Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.434:11
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.444:13
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.454:15
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Foul Play1.474:18
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.474:18
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.494:22
11Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam1.494:22
12Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock1.514:25
15Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.544:30

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Runerigus 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	3:34	1.22	4.3	109.4%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	3:55	1.34	5.0	100.0%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	4:05	1.40	5.2	95.8%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	4:09	1.42	2.7	94.4%
5	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	4:11	1.43	3.5	93.5%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:13	1.44	4.5	92.6%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	4:15	1.45	5.8	92.1%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchdarkFoul Play	3,739	4:18	1.47	5.0	91.1%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	4:18	1.47	4.5	91.0%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	4:22	1.49	3.8	89.5%
11	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	4:22	1.49	5.1	89.4%
12	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	4:25	1.51	4.6	88.7%
13	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	4:27	1.52	5.7	88.0%
14	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	4:27	1.52	4.9	87.8%
15	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	4:30	1.54	4.7	87.0%

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 Runerigus.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Runerigus'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	57%	91.9%	4:15	4.8	1.45
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	100%	47%	89.4%	4:23	5.8	1.50
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	49%	89.9%	4:21	5.7	1.49
Shadow Claw / Brutal Swing	100%	60%	90.9%	4:18	4.7	1.47
Astonish / Brutal Swing	100%	63%	92.5%	4:14	4.4	1.45
Astonish / Rock Tomb	100%	62%	93.2%	4:12	4.6	1.43
Shadow Claw / Rock Tomb	100%	60%	93.4%	4:11	4.9	1.43
Shadow Claw / Sand Tomb	100%	67%	93.7%	4:10	4.2	1.43
Astonish / Sand Tomb	100%	69%	95.5%	4:06	4.0	1.40

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 2 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…

Runerigus 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.

ghost1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x fairy1x rock0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.39xelectric0.39xrock0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Runerigus throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkBrutal Swing	65	-33	2.0s	1.30s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
groundSand TombSTAB	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,178	1,472
7/7/7	1,191	1,489
8/8/8	1,204	1,505
9/9/9	1,217	1,522
10/10/10	1,231	1,539
11/11/11	1,244	1,555
12/12/12	1,258	1,572
13/13/13	1,271	1,589
14/14/14	1,285	1,607
15/15/15hundo	1,299	1,624

Caught CP range 1,178 - 1,299, or 1,472 - 1,624 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 1,178, not at the 1,231 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 53 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.

Runerigus 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 135 / Defense 191 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	109.4%	1.22	3:34	5.1	100%	3,784	19.1	660
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	88%	100.0%	1.34	3:55	6.5	100%	3,842	17.7	556
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	80%	95.8%	1.40	4:05	9.0	100%	3,701	17.2	452
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	91%	94.4%	1.42	4:09	3.5	100%	4,093	16.4	1002
5	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	86%	93.5%	1.43	4:11	4.8	100%	5,902	16.1	709
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	81%	92.6%	1.44	4:13	6.9	100%	6,428	16.2	564
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	74%	92.1%	1.45	4:15	11.1	100%	4,336	16.6	348
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	79%	91.1%	1.47	4:18	7.0	100%	3,739	16.1	498
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	80%	91.0%	1.47	4:18	6.5	100%	4,605	16.0	541
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	79%	89.5%	1.49	4:22	6.3	100%	6,112	15.7	640
11	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	73%	89.4%	1.49	4:22	10.7	100%	4,099	16.3	426
12	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	77%	88.7%	1.51	4:25	6.8	100%	4,605	15.6	519
13	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	88.0%	1.52	4:27	9.3	100%	3,301	15.6	389
14	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	75%	87.8%	1.52	4:27	7.7	100%	4,056	15.5	490
15	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	75%	87.0%	1.54	4:30	7.3	100%	4,115	15.4	500
16	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	86.6%	1.54	4:31	4.1	100%	5,347	14.9	799
17	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	77%	85.6%	1.56	4:34	5.5	100%	4,401	14.9	668
18	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	74%	85.0%	1.57	4:36	6.8	100%	3,625	14.9	514
19	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	74%	84.7%	1.58	4:37	6.7	100%	3,834	14.8	538
20	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Snarl / Crabhammer	Snarl / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	66%	81.9%	1.63	4:47	10.7	100%	2,474	14.5	338
21	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	63%	80.5%	1.66	4:52	13.6	100%	3,594	14.5	295
22	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	66%	80.2%	1.67	4:53	9.9	100%	2,654	14.2	367
23	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	63%	80.1%	1.67	4:53	13.1	100%	2,526	14.4	287
24	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	79.8%	1.68	4:54	6.9	100%	3,941	14.0	513
25	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	79.3%	1.68	4:56	8.5	100%	2,974	14.0	447
26	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	62%	78.4%	1.71	4:59	12.0	100%	4,178	14.1	338
27	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Hydro Pump	Bite / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	72%	78.1%	1.71	5:00	4.9	100%	4,717	13.5	685
28	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Avalanche	Snarl / Avalanche+11 more movesets	63%	77.4%	1.73	5:03	10.8	100%	3,005	13.8	348
29	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	60%	76.2%	1.76	5:08	12.8	100%	2,964	13.6	304
30	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	61%	76.1%	1.76	5:08	12.0	100%	3,677	13.6	343

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.