Shadow raid

Shadow Araquanid counters

#0752

water bugShadow 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

5,283

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

139

Difficulty

0.14

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Araquanid should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 934-1,044.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Araquanid counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Toucannon, Rayquaza, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Staraptor & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Toucannon
Rayquaza
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Staraptor
S. Moltres

5 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+0.120:21
2Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.130:23
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.150:26
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.150:27
5Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.150:28
6Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.160:28
7RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.160:28
8Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.160:29
9Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.160:29
10Shadow StaraptorShadowpartyWing Attack / Fly0.160:29
11Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.160:29

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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Top 15 Shadow Araquanid 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	0:21	0.12	0.0	2081.4%
2	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:23	0.13	0.0	1883.8%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:26	0.15	0.0	1671.7%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:27	0.15	0.0	1623.6%
5	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:28	0.15	0.0	1572.5%
6	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:28	0.16	0.0	1553.5%
7	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:28	0.16	0.0	1529.6%
8	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:29	0.16	0.0	1524.7%
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:29	0.16	0.0	1511.0%
10	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:29	0.16	0.0	1507.5%
11	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:29	0.16	0.0	1496.3%
12	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:29	0.16	0.0	1484.3%
13	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	0:29	0.16	0.0	1480.7%
14	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:30	0.17	0.1	1444.7%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:30	0.17	0.5	1436.0%

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 Araquanid.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Araquanid'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%	313%	1590.7%	0:27	0.15
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	322%	1571.5%	0:28	0.15
Bug Bite / Mirror Coat	100%	317%	1575.4%	0:28	0.15
Infestation / Bug Buzz	100%	320%	1578.7%	0:28	0.15
Infestation / Mirror Coat	100%	312%	1588.3%	0:27	0.15
Infestation / Bubble Beam	100%	318%	1591.8%	0:27	0.15
Bug Bite / Water Pulse	100%	299%	1604.4%	0:27	0.15
Bug Bite / Bubble Beam	100%	316%	1605.6%	0:27	0.15
Infestation / Water Pulse	100%	299%	1609.9%	0:27	0.15

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…

Araquanid 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x electric1.6x normal1x poison1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Araquanid throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
bugInfestationSTAB	9	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
psychicMirror Coat	60	-50	2.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	934	1,168
7/7/7	946	1,183
8/8/8	958	1,198
9/9/9	970	1,213
10/10/10	982	1,228
11/11/11	994	1,243
12/12/12	1,007	1,258
13/13/13	1,019	1,274
14/14/14	1,031	1,289
15/15/15hundo	1,044	1,305

Caught CP range 934 - 1,044, or 1,168 - 1,305 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 934, not at the 982 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 48 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Araquanid 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 84 / Defense 139 (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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	2081.4%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,780	28.8	604
2	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	98%	1883.8%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,979	25.9	600
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	84%	1671.7%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	6,428	23.7	618
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	90%	1623.6%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	5,713	28.2	756
5	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	82%	1572.5%	0.15	0:28	0.0	100%	3,741	23.7	657
6	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	72%	1553.5%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	2,689	21.6	600
7	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	1529.6%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	3,835	21.3	606
8	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	74%	1524.7%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,510	26.8	765
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	70%	1511.0%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,659	21.8	629
10	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	68%	1507.5%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	2,825	21.1	596
11	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	70%	1496.3%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,465	22.0	634
12	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	1484.3%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,659	21.3	625
13	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	72%	1480.7%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,749	20.6	606
14	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	66%	1444.7%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	2,803	23.2	655
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	61%	1436.0%	0.17	0:30	0.5	100%	3,298	20.8	466
16	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	67%	1426.7%	0.17	0:31	0.0	100%	3,590	21.1	632
17	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	66%	1426.0%	0.17	0:31	0.0	100%	3,580	19.8	599
18	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	64%	1424.1%	0.17	0:31	0.0	100%	3,937	20.3	608
19	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	66%	1390.1%	0.17	0:31	0.0	100%	3,680	19.5	611
20	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	64%	1384.3%	0.18	0:31	0.1	100%	4,346	20.7	620
21	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	64%	1377.3%	0.18	0:32	0.0	100%	3,527	19.1	604
22	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Fly	Volt Switch / Fly+15 more movesets	61%	1370.0%	0.18	0:32	0.1	100%	3,117	20.1	593
23	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	63%	1330.7%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	3,425	19.0	623
24	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	64%	1321.0%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	4,245	18.2	600
25	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	62%	1319.6%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	5,347	18.3	598
26	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	61%	1319.0%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	3,215	19.1	632
27	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	58%	1317.0%	0.18	0:33	0.3	100%	3,079	20.1	582
28	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	59%	1315.3%	0.18	0:33	0.1	100%	3,128	18.2	572
29	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	57%	1307.3%	0.19	0:33	0.2	100%	3,228	18.0	534
30	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Brave Bird	Peck / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	55%	1270.6%	0.19	0:34	0.4	100%	2,711	19.0	508

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