Shadow raid

Shadow Beldum 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

3,296

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Beldum should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 480-558.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xdark1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Beldum counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Chandelure, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
S. Darkrai
S. Chandelure
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Blacephalon

3 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.080:15
2Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.100:18
3Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.100:18
4Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.100:18
5Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.100:18
6Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.100:18
7Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Shadow Ball0.100:18
8Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.100:18
9BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.100:18
10Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.100:18

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 Beldum 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
2	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:18	0.10	2485.5%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:18	0.10	2457.4%
4	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:18	0.10	2446.4%
5	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
6	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
7	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
8	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
9	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
10	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
11	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
12	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	fireFire FangdarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
13	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,848	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
14	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:19	0.11	2241.4%
15	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:19	0.11	2235.6%

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 Beldum.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Beldum'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	Faints	Estimator
Take Down / Iron Head	100%	639%	2491.1%	0:17	0.0	0.10

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…

Beldum 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.

ground1.6x ghost1.6x fire1.6x dark1.6x fighting1x bug1x water1x electric1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (4)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xpsychic0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Beldum throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTake Down	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	480	600
7/7/7	488	610
8/8/8	496	621
9/9/9	505	631
10/10/10	513	642
11/11/11	522	653
12/12/12	531	664
13/13/13	540	675
14/14/14	549	686
15/15/15hundo	558	697

Caught CP range 480 - 558, or 600 - 697 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 480, not at the 513 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 33 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.

Beldum 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 66 / Defense 87 (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

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	4,783	40.9	614
2	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	76%	2485.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,336	35.0	614
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	79%	2457.4%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,161	36.9	655
4	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	81%	2446.4%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,455	35.6	634
5	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	78%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,038	33.8	609
6	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	71%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,739	34.2	615
7	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	76%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,268	34.2	616
8	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	77%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,099	33.4	602
9	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	75%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,297	35.3	636
10	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,301	33.6	604
11	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	70%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	4,115	33.2	630
12	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	73%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,842	32.5	617
13	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	68%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	2,848	31.8	604
14	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	76%	2241.4%	0.11	0:19	100%	5,902	36.1	701
15	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	59%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	100%	2,526	33.3	650
16	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	72%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	100%	6,428	30.8	600
17	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	74%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,754	31.2	609
18	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	61%	2197.3%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,878	34.7	687
19	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	63%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,105	30.8	616
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	66%	2175.4%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,594	31.4	630
21	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Brutal Swing	Fire Fang / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	60%	2128.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,749	30.0	613
22	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	59%	2104.0%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,834	32.1	665
23	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	62%	2099.6%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,780	29.0	602
24	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	2080.9%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,625	31.7	665
25	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	54%	2075.9%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,005	30.9	649
26	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	63%	2075.9%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,465	29.1	610
27	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	Mud Shot / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	64%	2073.9%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,244	28.6	600
28	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	63%	2067.1%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,922	32.1	677
29	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	62%	2047.6%	0.12	0:21	100%	5,347	31.1	663
30	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Bulldoze	Mud Shot / Bulldoze+9 more movesets	58%	2027.6%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,922	28.4	611

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.