Shadow raid

Shadow Abra counters

#0063

psychicShadow 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

5,066

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

125

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Abra should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 669-767.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 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 Abra counters are Mega Beedrill, Shadow Darkrai, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Absol, Shadow Chandelure & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Beedrill
S. Darkrai
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Absol
S. Chandelure
Blacephalon

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 BeedrillMegapartyBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.050:09
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.050:09
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.070:12
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Moongeist Beam0.070:12
5Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.070:13
6Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.070:13
7Mega GengarMegaSucker Punch / Shadow Ball0.070:13
8Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball0.070:13
9Mega BanetteMegaHex / Shadow Ball0.070:13
10BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Shadow Ball0.070:13

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 Abra 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 Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:09	0.05	0.0	4821.0%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	0.0	4687.1%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:12	0.07	0.0	3633.1%
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	steelMetal ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:12	0.07	0.0	3510.2%
5	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:13	0.07	0.0	3476.6%
6	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:13	0.07	0.1	3437.6%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	darkSucker PunchghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:13	0.07	0.0	3403.3%
8	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:13	0.07	0.0	3395.4%
9	Mega Banetteghost	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:13	0.07	0.0	3390.1%
10	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishghostShadow Ball	3,297	0:13	0.07	0.0	3384.8%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:13	0.07	0.0	3374.4%
12	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:13	0.07	0.1	3345.6%
13	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:14	0.08	0.0	3227.0%
14	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	0:14	0.08	0.0	3217.4%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:14	0.08	0.0	3189.2%

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 Abra.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Abra'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%	578%	3628.4%	0:12	0.07
Charge Beam / Signal Beam	100%	709%	3564.1%	0:12	0.07
Charge Beam / Shadow Ball	100%	557%	3590.6%	0:12	0.07
Charge Beam / Psyshock	100%	698%	3630.1%	0:12	0.07
Zen Headbutt / Signal Beam	100%	641%	3632.2%	0:12	0.07
Zen Headbutt / Shadow Ball	100%	552%	3657.6%	0:12	0.07
Zen Headbutt / Psyshock	100%	682%	3672.6%	0:12	0.07

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…

Abra 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

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

What Abra throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
electricCharge Beam	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s
bugSignal Beam	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	669	836
7/7/7	680	850
8/8/8	690	863
9/9/9	701	876
10/10/10	712	890
11/11/11	723	903
12/12/12	733	917
13/13/13	744	931
14/14/14	755	945
15/15/15hundo	767	958

Caught CP range 669 - 767, or 836 - 958 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 669, not at the 712 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 43 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.

Abra 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 125 / Defense 57 (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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	86%	4821.0%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,383	69.8	631
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	4687.1%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,842	70.5	655
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	68%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,739	51.5	618
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	66%	3510.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,099	51.2	635
5	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	63%	3476.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,301	53.0	663
6	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	59%	3437.6%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,526	49.8	612
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	60%	3403.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	55.5	709
8	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	59%	3395.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,268	51.3	658
9	Mega Banette ghostmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	59%	3390.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,594	48.9	627
10	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	58%	3384.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,297	48.1	618
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	68%	3374.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	6,428	48.4	625
12	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	55%	3345.6%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,878	48.9	585
13	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	66%	3227.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	5,347	45.1	609
14	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	60%	3217.4%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,683	44.5	602
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	3189.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,625	46.8	640
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	61%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,112	43.1	604
17	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	59%	3105.1%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,834	45.9	644
18	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	53%	3063.5%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,994	44.1	623
19	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	52%	3042.3%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,117	45.4	650
20	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	54%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,784	41.6	603
21	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	54%	3002.5%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,182	41.6	604
22	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	47%	2997.8%	0.08	0:15	0.3	100%	2,842	45.3	550
23	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	49%	2959.7%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,959	42.2	622
24	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	49%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,659	40.7	611
25	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Fly	Bite / Fly+20 more movesets	50%	2883.3%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,749	40.5	613
26	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Feint Attack / Foul Play	Feint Attack / Foul Play+11 more movesets	49%	2868.7%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	3,005	40.3	569
27	Darkrai dark Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	51%	2865.3%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,739	40.0	596
28	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	49%	2830.9%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	2,711	41.8	644
29	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Struggle Bug / Megahorn	Struggle Bug / Megahorn+17 more movesets	50%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,814	41.0	635
30	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	51%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,605	39.2	608

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