Shadow raid

Shadow Tornadus (Therian) counters

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flyingShadow 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

8,851

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

151

Defense

121

Difficulty

0.13

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Tornadus (Therian) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,693-1,837.

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 Tornadus (Therian) counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Rampardos & Zeraora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Rampardos
Zeraora

2 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.110:20
2Mega Raichu XMegaSpark / Volt Tackle+0.110:20
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.130:23
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.140:25
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.140:25
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.140:25
7Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.150:27
8ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists0.150:27
9RegielekiLegendaryLock-On / Thunder Cage0.150:27
10Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.150:27

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Related countersTornadus (Incarnate)

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Top 15 Shadow Tornadus (Therian) 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:20	0.11	0.1	2216.5%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricSparkelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:20	0.11	0.0	2160.0%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:23	0.13	0.2	1859.3%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:25	0.14	0.1	1777.7%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:25	0.14	0.0	1737.3%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:25	0.14	0.1	1719.4%
7	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:27	0.15	0.8	1633.6%
8	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:27	0.15	0.1	1631.4%
9	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:27	0.15	0.4	1623.9%
10	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:27	0.15	0.3	1614.8%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,112	0:27	0.15	0.2	1605.2%
12	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:27	0.15	0.2	1600.8%
13	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:27	0.15	0.2	1596.3%
14	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:27	0.15	0.2	1589.0%
15	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:28	0.15	0.1	1583.6%

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 Tornadus (Therian).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Tornadus (Therian)'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	263%	1783.5%	0:24	0.2	0.14
Astonish / Focus Blast	100%	249%	1722.5%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Gust / Focus Blast	100%	241%	1752.8%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Astonish / Psychic	100%	237%	1758.9%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Gust / Psychic	100%	235%	1787.8%	0:24	0.3	0.14
Gust / Hurricane	100%	254%	1813.3%	0:24	0.3	0.13
Astonish / Heat Wave	100%	303%	1824.0%	0:24	0.0	0.13
Astonish / Hurricane	100%	296%	1827.6%	0:24	0.0	0.13
Gust / Heat Wave	100%	265%	1847.1%	0:24	0.1	0.13

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…

Tornadus (Therian) 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 flying1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Tornadus (Therian) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingGustSTAB	25	+20	2.0s	0.90s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingHurricaneSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.00s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,693	2,117
7/7/7	1,709	2,136
8/8/8	1,725	2,156
9/9/9	1,740	2,176
10/10/10	1,756	2,196
11/11/11	1,772	2,216
12/12/12	1,788	2,236
13/13/13	1,805	2,256
14/14/14	1,821	2,276
15/15/15hundo	1,837	2,296

Caught CP range 1,693 - 1,837, or 2,117 - 2,296 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 1,693, not at the 1,756 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 63 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.

Tornadus (Therian) 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 151 / Defense 121 (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

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	2216.5%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,780	35.4	653
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Spark / Volt Tackle+	Spark / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	99%	2160.0%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,510	30.3	604
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	80%	1859.3%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	3,659	26.3	553
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	78%	1777.7%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	4,605	24.7	574
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	80%	1737.3%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	6,428	27.1	679
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	76%	1719.4%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	4,605	26.3	623
7	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	66%	1633.6%	0.15	0:27	0.8	100%	3,298	23.3	393
8	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	71%	1631.4%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	3,419	23.4	591
9	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	68%	1623.9%	0.15	0:27	0.4	100%	2,803	24.9	520
10	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	1614.8%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	4,346	22.7	526
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	68%	1605.2%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	6,112	22.6	538
12	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	1600.8%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,452	23.5	580
13	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	70%	1596.3%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,733	22.3	535
14	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	68%	1589.0%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,527	22.1	557
15	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	71%	1583.6%	0.15	0:28	0.1	100%	4,038	22.1	574
16	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	67%	1572.7%	0.15	0:28	0.3	100%	3,228	23.9	551
17	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	63%	1520.5%	0.16	0:29	0.5	100%	3,079	23.2	473
18	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	63%	1519.2%	0.16	0:29	0.6	100%	3,937	21.7	443
19	Mega Manectric electricmega Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	64%	1511.0%	0.16	0:29	0.3	100%	3,580	21.2	505
20	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	63%	1502.3%	0.16	0:29	0.4	100%	3,128	21.5	489
21	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	66%	1482.5%	0.16	0:29	0.2	100%	5,713	21.3	561
22	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	62%	1466.8%	0.17	0:30	0.3	100%	3,659	20.6	526
23	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	67%	1442.3%	0.17	0:30	0.2	100%	5,347	20.4	562
24	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	60%	1426.2%	0.17	0:31	0.5	100%	3,205	21.4	516
25	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	58%	1417.2%	0.17	0:31	0.7	100%	2,888	21.1	417
26	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	61%	1406.6%	0.17	0:31	0.3	100%	4,118	20.3	522
27	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rollout / Wild Charge	Rollout / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	59%	1405.5%	0.17	0:31	0.4	100%	2,949	19.8	497
28	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	62%	1403.0%	0.17	0:31	0.2	100%	4,245	20.2	572
29	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	59%	1398.8%	0.17	0:31	0.4	100%	3,834	19.6	514
30	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	55%	1382.8%	0.18	0:32	1.0	100%	3,005	19.6	355

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.