Shadow raid

Shadow Charmeleon counters

#0005

fireShadow 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

5,031

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

103

Defense

Difficulty

0.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Charmeleon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 842-944.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Charmeleon counters are Primal Kyogre, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Kingler & Shadow Rhyperior.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Kyogre
S. Groudon
S. Rampardos
S. Kyogre
S. Kingler
S. Rhyperior

7 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 %

1Primal KyogreMegaLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.090:16
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.090:17
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.090:17
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.090:17
5Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.100:18
6Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.100:18
7Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.100:18
8Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.100:18
9Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.110:19
10Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.110:19
13Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.110:19

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 Charmeleon 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	Primal Kyogrewaterjoint top pick	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:16	0.09	2642.1%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:17	0.09	2638.6%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:17	0.09	2637.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:17	0.09	2600.8%
5	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:18	0.10	2439.6%
6	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
7	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:18	0.10	2356.5%
8	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:18	0.10	2356.5%
9	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
10	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
11	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:19	0.11	2285.8%
12	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:19	0.11	2284.8%
13	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:19	0.11	2277.7%
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:19	0.11	2246.0%
15	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	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 Charmeleon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Charmeleon'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”: 4 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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	507%	2401.5%	0:18	0.10
Ember / Fire Punch	100%	528%	2390.6%	0:18	0.10
Fire Fang / Fire Punch	100%	516%	2397.0%	0:18	0.10
Ember / Flame Burst	100%	504%	2399.7%	0:18	0.10
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	501%	2399.7%	0:18	0.10
Fire Fang / Flamethrower	100%	489%	2405.2%	0:18	0.10
Fire Fang / Flame Burst	100%	491%	2406.2%	0:18	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…

Charmeleon 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 rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Charmeleon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire FangSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.74s
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
fireFlame BurstSTAB	70	-50	2.5s	0.90s
fireFire PunchSTAB	50	-33	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	842	1,053
7/7/7	853	1,067
8/8/8	864	1,081
9/9/9	875	1,094
10/10/10	887	1,109
11/11/11	898	1,123
12/12/12	909	1,137
13/13/13	921	1,151
14/14/14	932	1,166
15/15/15hundo	944	1,180

Caught CP range 842 - 944, or 1,053 - 1,180 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 842, not at the 887 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 45 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.

Charmeleon 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 103 / Defense 84 (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	Primal Kyogre top pickwatermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	100%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,902	36.5	603
2	Mega Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	97%	2638.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,784	46.1	761
3	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	91%	2637.0%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	6,112	37.1	612
4	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	2600.8%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	6,428	39.7	665
5	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	81%	2439.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,115	37.1	662
6	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,298	34.1	613
7	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	82%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,115	32.6	603
8	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	82%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,701	32.6	603
9	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,346	32.2	612
10	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	73%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,829	32.1	610
11	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	70%	2285.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,780	31.9	608
12	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	86%	2284.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	5,902	37.4	713
13	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	79%	2277.7%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,733	31.5	603
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	73%	2246.0%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,922	41.0	795
15	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	80%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,401	31.1	606
16	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	71%	2228.8%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,964	30.9	604
17	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	77%	2217.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,941	31.0	609
18	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	72%	2208.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,922	34.3	676
19	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	2166.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,654	31.0	623
20	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	67%	2128.6%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,588	31.9	653
21	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	74%	2122.4%	0.11	0:21	0.0	100%	3,228	33.4	685
22	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	64%	2108.0%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	2,474	30.1	622
23	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	Mud Shot / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	60%	2094.9%	0.12	0:21	0.4	100%	3,244	30.5	520
24	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	2075.9%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	5,713	28.9	606
25	Greninja waterdark Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	67%	2068.0%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	2,654	28.5	601
26	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	65%	2058.3%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	2,802	28.7	608
27	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	71%	2042.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,962	31.2	665
28	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	62%	2031.4%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	2,900	31.3	670
29	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	73%	2008.0%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	5,424	33.6	728
30	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	55%	1958.6%	0.12	0:22	0.5	100%	3,328	29.5	496

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.