Shadow raid

Shadow Trapinch counters

#0328

groundShadow Tier 5

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

20,905

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

145

Defense

Difficulty

1.33

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Trapinch should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 636-728.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

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 Trapinch counters are Mega Greninja, Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Greninja & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
Kyurem (Black)
S. Greninja
S. Kingler

8 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+1.185:36
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+1.296:06
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.346:20
4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.376:28
5Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.386:31
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.396:35
7Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.436:45
8Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.487:00
9Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.517:07
10Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon1.527:10
13Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon1.627:39
14Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer1.647:45

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Trapinch 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	5:36	1.18	5.9	95.3%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	6:06	1.29	6.0	87.5%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	6:20	1.34	5.6	84.2%
4	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	6:28	1.37	6.0	82.4%
5	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	6:31	1.38	4.1	81.7%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	6:35	1.39	5.9	81.1%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	6:45	1.43	5.9	79.0%
8	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	7:00	1.48	6.0	76.2%
9	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	7:07	1.51	6.0	74.9%
10	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	7:10	1.52	6.0	74.3%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	7:23	1.56	6.0	72.3%
12	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	7:39	1.62	3.9	69.7%
13	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	7:39	1.62	6.0	69.7%
14	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	7:45	1.64	6.0	68.8%
15	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	7:50	1.66	6.0	68.1%

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 Trapinch.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Trapinch'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%	103%	77.0%	6:55	6.0	1.47
Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	100%	83%	74.5%	7:09	6.0	1.51
Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	100%	83%	74.5%	7:09	6.0	1.51
Struggle Bug / Scorching Sands	100%	83%	75.0%	7:06	6.0	1.50
Mud Shot / Dig	100%	91%	75.8%	7:02	6.0	1.49
Sand Attack / Dig	100%	91%	75.8%	7:02	6.0	1.49
Struggle Bug / Dig	100%	90%	76.1%	7:01	6.0	1.48
Struggle Bug / Sand Tomb	100%	119%	77.5%	6:53	6.0	1.46
Struggle Bug / Crunch	100%	125%	78.6%	6:47	6.0	1.44
Mud Shot / Sand Tomb	100%	127%	78.8%	6:46	6.0	1.43
Sand Attack / Sand Tomb	100%	127%	78.8%	6:46	6.0	1.43
Mud Shot / Crunch	100%	138%	79.0%	6:45	6.0	1.43
Sand Attack / Crunch	100%	138%	79.0%	6:45	6.0	1.43

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…

Trapinch 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.

water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x electric0.39x

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

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Trapinch throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugStruggle Bug	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s
groundSand AttackSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundScorching SandsSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
groundDigSTAB	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s
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	636	795
7/7/7	646	807
8/8/8	656	820
9/9/9	666	832
10/10/10	676	845
11/11/11	686	858
12/12/12	697	871
13/13/13	707	884
14/14/14	717	897
15/15/15hundo	728	910

Caught CP range 636 - 728, or 795 - 910 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 636, not at the 676 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 40 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.

Trapinch 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 145 / Defense 76 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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%	95.3%	1.18	5:36	10.6	100%	3,784	46.7	1378
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	90%	87.5%	1.29	6:06	12.7	100%	3,701	43.1	1114
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	91%	84.2%	1.34	6:20	7.9	100%	5,902	40.5	1708
4	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	87%	82.4%	1.37	6:28	10.1	100%	4,605	40.0	1362
5	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	92%	81.7%	1.38	6:31	5.4	100%	4,093	38.9	2391
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	85%	81.1%	1.39	6:35	10.2	100%	6,428	39.4	1362
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	83%	79.0%	1.43	6:45	10.8	100%	4,056	38.4	1296
8	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	79%	76.2%	1.48	6:60	12.6	100%	4,115	37.0	1131
9	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	78%	74.9%	1.51	7:07	11.1	100%	4,605	36.4	1254
10	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	78%	74.3%	1.52	7:10	10.3	100%	4,401	36.0	1332
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	72.3%	1.56	7:23	10.5	100%	6,112	35.1	1320
12	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	78%	69.7%	1.62	7:39	6.0	100%	5,713	33.2	2287
13	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	69.7%	1.62	7:39	20.6	100%	2,654	34.8	742
14	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	67%	68.8%	1.64	7:45	21.3	100%	2,829	34.3	682
15	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	66%	68.1%	1.66	7:50	21.5	100%	3,105	34.0	682
16	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	67%	68.1%	1.66	7:50	20.7	100%	3,677	33.8	713
17	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	75%	67.5%	1.67	7:54	6.4	100%	3,592	32.1	2352
18	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	67.1%	1.68	7:57	12.8	100%	3,941	32.4	1103
19	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	67%	67.1%	1.68	7:57	16.7	100%	2,757	32.9	862
20	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	66%	66.8%	1.69	7:59	17.6	100%	3,328	32.9	822
21	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	70%	66.6%	1.69	8:00	10.8	100%	2,954	32.1	1288
22	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	68%	66.1%	1.71	8:04	12.1	100%	3,030	32.0	1151
23	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	66%	65.8%	1.72	8:06	16.2	100%	2,974	32.2	870
24	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	65%	65.8%	1.72	8:06	19.1	100%	2,826	32.4	765
25	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	65.6%	1.72	8:07	12.6	100%	3,698	31.7	1113
26	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	68%	65.5%	1.72	8:08	12.5	100%	4,115	31.6	1123
27	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	69%	64.6%	1.75	8:15	9.1	100%	3,391	31.0	1555
28	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	64%	64.1%	1.76	8:19	17.8	100%	2,857	31.4	804
29	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	67%	63.9%	1.77	8:20	11.2	100%	4,717	30.9	1305
30	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	63%	63.9%	1.77	8:21	18.5	100%	2,720	31.4	782

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 0.9 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.