Shadow raid

Shadow Aerodactyl 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

38,126

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

193

Defense

142

Difficulty

2.35

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Aerodactyl should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,456-1,590.

Weak torock1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 a Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Aerodactyl counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
M. Greninja
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
Kyurem (White)

6 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 %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade2.2410:35
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash2.2710:43
3Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+2.2910:48
4Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike2.3311:00
5Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+2.4311:30
6Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+2.4711:41
7Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.5211:53
8Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.5311:57
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.5912:13
10Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Meteor Mash2.6712:36
11Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash2.7312:53
12Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.7412:57

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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Related countersMega Aerodactyl

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Top 15 Shadow Aerodactyl 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	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	10:35	2.24	6.0	50.4%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	10:43	2.27	5.1	49.7%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	10:48	2.29	6.0	49.4%
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	11:00	2.33	6.0	48.5%
5	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	11:30	2.43	6.0	46.4%
6	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	11:41	2.47	6.0	45.6%
7	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	11:53	2.52	6.0	44.9%
8	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	11:57	2.53	5.9	44.6%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	12:13	2.59	6.0	43.6%
10	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	12:36	2.67	6.0	42.3%
11	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	12:53	2.73	6.0	41.4%
12	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	12:57	2.74	6.0	41.2%
13	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	12:58	2.75	5.9	41.1%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	13:08	2.78	6.0	40.6%
15	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	13:25	2.84	6.0	39.7%

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 Aerodactyl.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Aerodactyl'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.

“Joint top pick”: 3 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	59%	46.3%	11:31	5.8	2.44
Dragon Breath / Earth Power	100%	41%	44.4%	11:60	6.0	2.54
Bite / Earth Power	100%	41%	44.5%	11:58	6.0	2.53
Steel Wing / Earth Power	100%	41%	45.0%	11:51	6.0	2.51
Rock Throw / Earth Power	100%	41%	45.1%	11:50	6.0	2.50
Bite / Hyper Beam	100%	60%	45.7%	11:40	6.0	2.47
Rock Throw / Rock Slide	100%	69%	45.9%	11:38	5.7	2.46
Dragon Breath / Rock Slide	99%	71%	45.9%	11:36	5.7	2.46
Bite / Rock Slide	99%	70%	46.0%	11:36	5.7	2.45
Rock Throw / Hyper Beam	100%	60%	46.0%	11:35	6.0	2.45
Dragon Breath / Hyper Beam	100%	62%	46.1%	11:35	6.0	2.45
Steel Wing / Hyper Beam	100%	60%	46.2%	11:33	6.0	2.45
Steel Wing / Rock Slide	100%	68%	46.2%	11:32	5.8	2.44
Steel Wing / Brutal Swing	100%	66%	46.5%	11:27	6.0	2.43
Bite / Brutal Swing	100%	70%	46.8%	11:23	5.9	2.41
Rock Throw / Ancient Power	100%	83%	46.9%	11:22	5.6	2.41
Dragon Breath / Brutal Swing	100%	71%	46.9%	11:22	5.9	2.41
Rock Throw / Brutal Swing	100%	68%	46.9%	11:22	5.9	2.41
Dragon Breath / Ancient Power	100%	86%	47.0%	11:21	5.5	2.40
Bite / Ancient Power	100%	83%	47.0%	11:21	5.6	2.40
Steel Wing / Ancient Power	100%	81%	47.3%	11:17	5.7	2.39
Bite / Iron Head	100%	79%	47.6%	11:13	5.8	2.37
Rock Throw / Iron Head	100%	77%	47.6%	11:12	5.8	2.37
Dragon Breath / Iron Head	100%	82%	47.8%	11:09	5.8	2.36
Steel Wing / Iron Head	100%	79%	48.0%	11:07	5.9	2.35

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 3 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…

Aerodactyl 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 steel1.6x water1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x fighting1x ghost1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x ground0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x

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

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xground0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Aerodactyl throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
steelSteel Wing	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
dragonDragon Breath	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
darkBrutal Swing	65	-33	2.0s	1.30s
steelIron Head	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,456	1,821
7/7/7	1,471	1,839
8/8/8	1,486	1,857
9/9/9	1,500	1,876
10/10/10	1,515	1,894
11/11/11	1,530	1,913
12/12/12	1,545	1,931
13/13/13	1,560	1,950
14/14/14	1,575	1,969
15/15/15hundo	1,590	1,988

Caught CP range 1,456 - 1,590, or 1,821 - 1,988 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 1,456, not at the 1,515 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 59 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.

Aerodactyl 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 193 / Defense 142 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword) top pickfairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	97%	50.4%	2.24	10:35	20.1	100%	4,979	24.7	778
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	100%	49.7%	2.27	10:43	13.9	100%	4,172	23.9	1146
3	Mega Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	93%	49.4%	2.29	10:48	26.8	100%	3,784	24.6	563
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	93%	48.5%	2.33	11:00	22.5	100%	4,099	23.8	710
5	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	86%	46.4%	2.43	11:30	28.8	100%	3,701	23.2	528
6	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	81%	45.6%	2.47	11:41	43.1	94%	3,780	23.7	389
7	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	83%	44.9%	2.52	11:53	32.0	100%	3,510	22.5	475
8	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	86%	44.6%	2.53	11:57	20.2	100%	5,902	21.7	725
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	82%	43.6%	2.59	12:13	26.1	100%	6,428	21.5	556
10	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	79%	42.3%	2.67	12:36	26.6	100%	3,826	20.8	610
11	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	77%	41.4%	2.73	12:53	30.6	100%	3,791	20.5	514
12	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	74%	41.2%	2.74	12:57	37.9	100%	4,605	20.7	391
13	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	78%	41.1%	2.75	12:58	22.9	100%	4,911	20.1	695
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	40.6%	2.78	13:08	24.5	100%	6,112	19.9	611
15	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	73%	39.7%	2.84	13:25	31.1	100%	4,115	19.6	474
16	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	39.6%	2.85	13:27	24.5	100%	4,401	19.3	634
17	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	68%	38.7%	2.92	13:47	50.0	78%	3,659	20.0	331
18	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	72%	38.7%	2.92	13:48	30.2	100%	4,038	19.0	501
19	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	68%	37.9%	2.98	14:03	40.3	90%	4,605	19.0	368
20	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	37.4%	3.02	14:15	38.7	98%	3,452	18.7	391
21	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	68%	37.2%	3.03	14:20	36.0	82%	3,419	18.5	422
22	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	66%	37.2%	3.04	14:21	46.6	86%	4,346	18.8	343
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	68%	37.1%	3.04	14:21	34.8	80%	3,733	18.4	443
24	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	37.0%	3.05	14:25	31.4	92%	3,941	18.2	479
25	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Steel Wing / Hydro Cannon	Steel Wing / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	67%	36.7%	3.07	14:31	34.8	84%	2,900	18.2	461
26	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	36.6%	3.08	14:33	34.8	88%	2,974	18.1	434
27	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	64%	36.5%	3.10	14:37	47.2	70%	3,937	18.4	327
28	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	65%	36.4%	3.10	14:38	42.3	82%	3,580	18.3	359
29	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	61%	35.0%	3.23	15:14	52.8	78%	2,654	18.0	305
30	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	60%	34.8%	3.25	15:20	57.3	74%	2,829	17.9	279

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