Shadow raid

Shadow Bastiodon counters

#0411

rock steelShadow 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

4,632

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

179

Difficulty

0.12

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Bastiodon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 773-879.

Weak tofighting2.56xground2.56xwater1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Bastiodon counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Lucario & Shadow Galarian Zapdos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
Lucario
S. Galarian Zapdos

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 %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.100:17
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.110:20
3Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.110:20
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.120:21
5Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.120:22
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.130:23
7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.130:24
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.130:24
9KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.140:24
10LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.140:25
12Shadow Galarian ZapdosShadowLegendarypartyCounter / Close Combat0.140:25

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 Bastiodon 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:17	0.10	2546.1%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:20	0.11	2181.9%
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:20	0.11	2139.1%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:21	0.12	2089.8%
5	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:22	0.12	1981.5%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:23	0.13	1867.6%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:24	0.13	1832.4%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:24	0.13	1816.4%
9	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:24	0.14	1785.2%
10	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	0:25	0.14	1767.8%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,424	0:25	0.14	1743.7%
12	Shadow Galarian Zapdosfightingflying	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	3,548	0:25	0.14	1735.4%
13	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	0:25	0.14	1709.5%
14	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingUpper Hand	4,814	0:26	0.14	1708.2%
15	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	0:26	0.14	1691.6%

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 Bastiodon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Bastiodon'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%	450%	1961.1%	0:22	0.12
Smack Down / Stone Edge	100%	465%	1949.5%	0:22	0.12
Iron Tail / Stone Edge	100%	447%	1950.7%	0:22	0.12
Smack Down / Flash Cannon	100%	451%	1953.8%	0:22	0.12
Iron Tail / Flash Cannon	100%	440%	1953.8%	0:22	0.12
Smack Down / Flamethrower	100%	461%	1972.2%	0:22	0.12
Iron Tail / Flamethrower	100%	459%	1983.4%	0:22	0.12

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…

Bastiodon 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.

fighting2.56x ground2.56x water1.6x ghost1x steel1x fire1x grass1x electric1x dark1x rock0.63x bug0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x flying0.39x poison0.24x

Double weak (2)
Weak (1)
Neutral (6)
Resists (8)
Double resists (1)

It resists poison0.24xnormal0.39xflying0.39xrock0.625xbug0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Bastiodon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron TailSTAB	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
rockSmack DownSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
fireFlamethrower	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	773	967
7/7/7	785	981
8/8/8	796	996
9/9/9	808	1,010
10/10/10	820	1,025
11/11/11	832	1,040
12/12/12	843	1,054
13/13/13	855	1,069
14/14/14	867	1,084
15/15/15hundo	879	1,100

Caught CP range 773 - 879, or 967 - 1,100 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 773, not at the 820 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 47 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.

Bastiodon 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 65 / Defense 179 (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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	2546.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	6,112	35.2	602
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	79%	2181.9%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,826	33.0	660
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	74%	2139.1%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,922	29.9	609
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	75%	2089.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	4,161	32.0	666
5	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	66%	1981.5%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	2,848	27.9	613
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	69%	1867.6%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,670	32.0	747
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	65%	1832.4%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,521	27.1	645
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	70%	1816.4%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	5,902	25.1	602
9	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	67%	1785.2%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	3,698	25.9	634
10	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	1767.8%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	2,703	25.6	632
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	65%	1743.7%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	5,424	24.0	600
12	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	58%	1735.4%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,548	24.0	602
13	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	53%	1709.5%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,328	24.2	616
14	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	57%	1708.2%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	4,814	24.3	619
15	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	57%	1691.6%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	3,244	24.1	620
16	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	49%	1679.2%	0.14	0:26	0.3	100%	2,842	23.8	506
17	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	57%	1669.0%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	3,698	24.2	631
18	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	56%	1662.6%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	3,337	25.7	675
19	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	54%	1648.1%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	3,093	23.9	632
20	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	55%	1647.5%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	4,178	24.7	653
21	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	57%	1645.0%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	4,115	22.8	604
22	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Earthquake	Counter / Earthquake+9 more movesets	53%	1625.4%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,593	23.2	621
23	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	51%	1614.6%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	2,985	22.5	608
24	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	49%	1613.4%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,057	22.6	610
25	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	53%	1607.4%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	4,510	24.6	666
26	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	58%	1601.5%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	6,428	28.3	771
27	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	53%	1595.7%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	2,848	23.7	647
28	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	56%	1585.2%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,962	22.0	604
29	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	52%	1574.9%	0.15	0:28	0.0	100%	2,829	22.4	619
30	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	51%	1567.0%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	3,588	24.4	678

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.