Shadow raid

Shadow Cresselia counters

#0488

psychicShadow 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

6,758

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

163

Difficulty

0.18

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Cresselia should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,494-1,633.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Cresselia counters are Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Chandelure & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Tyranitar
S. Chandelure
S. Hydreigon

4 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 %

1Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.160:29
2Mega HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+0.160:30
3Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.170:31
4Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.180:33
5Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.190:34
6Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.190:34
7Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.190:34
8Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball0.190:34
9Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.190:34
10Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.190:35

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 Cresselia 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	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:29	0.16	0.0	1490.4%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:30	0.16	0.0	1476.6%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:31	0.17	0.6	1415.2%
4	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:33	0.18	0.4	1319.9%
5	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:34	0.19	0.4	1286.9%
6	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:34	0.19	0.1	1278.9%
7	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:34	0.19	0.5	1275.4%
8	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:34	0.19	0.4	1275.3%
9	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:34	0.19	0.0	1263.6%
10	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:35	0.19	0.5	1262.4%
11	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:35	0.19	0.5	1251.3%
12	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:35	0.19	1.0	1247.3%
13	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:35	0.20	0.6	1246.4%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:36	0.20	0.0	1227.3%
15	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:36	0.20	0.9	1226.4%

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 Cresselia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Cresselia'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”: 2 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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	274%	1330.1%	0:33	0.2	0.18
Confusion / Moonblast	100%	230%	1327.4%	0:33	0.6	0.18
Psycho Cut / Future Sight	100%	328%	1327.7%	0:33	0.2	0.18
Confusion / Future Sight	100%	298%	1341.8%	0:32	0.2	0.18
Psycho Cut / Moonblast	100%	246%	1343.3%	0:32	0.3	0.18
Confusion / Aurora Beam	100%	268%	1348.7%	0:32	0.2	0.18
Psycho Cut / Aurora Beam	100%	282%	1356.4%	0:32	0.2	0.18

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…

Cresselia 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists fighting0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cresselia throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fairyMoonblast	130	-100	4.0s	2.30s
iceAurora Beam	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,494	1,867
7/7/7	1,509	1,886
8/8/8	1,524	1,905
9/9/9	1,539	1,924
10/10/10	1,555	1,944
11/11/11	1,570	1,963
12/12/12	1,586	1,982
13/13/13	1,601	2,002
14/14/14	1,617	2,021
15/15/15hundo	1,633	2,041

Caught CP range 1,494 - 1,633, or 1,867 - 2,041 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 1,494, not at the 1,555 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 61 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.

Cresselia 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 99 / Defense 163 (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	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) top pickpsychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	99%	1490.4%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	4,099	21.1	618
2	Mega Houndoom top pickdarkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	1476.6%	0.16	0:30	0.0	100%	3,842	23.8	701
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	81%	1415.2%	0.17	0:31	0.6	100%	3,383	21.8	490
4	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	77%	1319.9%	0.18	0:33	0.4	100%	4,336	19.2	510
5	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	78%	1286.9%	0.19	0:34	0.3	100%	3,739	18.8	519
6	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	80%	1278.9%	0.19	0:34	0.1	100%	3,834	17.9	573
7	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	76%	1275.4%	0.19	0:34	0.4	100%	3,301	18.5	485
8	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	74%	1275.3%	0.19	0:34	0.4	100%	3,268	17.8	485
9	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	1263.6%	0.19	0:34	0.0	100%	5,347	17.8	615
10	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	1262.4%	0.19	0:35	0.5	100%	3,625	17.7	445
11	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	73%	1251.3%	0.19	0:35	0.5	100%	4,814	17.3	457
12	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	67%	1247.3%	0.19	0:35	1.0	100%	2,878	17.9	367
13	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	72%	1246.4%	0.20	0:35	0.6	100%	3,594	17.5	414
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	1227.3%	0.20	0:36	0.0	100%	6,112	17.7	622
15	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	1226.4%	0.20	0:36	0.9	100%	2,526	17.3	399
16	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	71%	1197.5%	0.20	0:36	0.2	100%	3,683	17.2	570
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	1184.3%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	6,428	17.9	657
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	70%	1130.6%	0.22	0:39	0.3	100%	3,784	15.7	501
19	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	68%	1128.7%	0.22	0:39	0.3	100%	3,005	16.6	548
20	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	65%	1124.5%	0.22	0:39	0.4	100%	4,182	16.0	489
21	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	62%	1116.8%	0.22	0:39	0.9	100%	3,117	15.7	342
22	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	64%	1116.0%	0.22	0:39	0.4	100%	2,994	16.1	481
23	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	65%	1107.3%	0.22	0:39	0.3	100%	3,268	15.5	515
24	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	66%	1103.6%	0.22	0:39	0.0	100%	3,001	15.6	610
25	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	1102.9%	0.22	0:40	0.3	100%	4,346	15.2	505
26	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	66%	1102.7%	0.22	0:40	0.2	100%	4,605	15.4	550
27	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	67%	1100.2%	0.22	0:40	0.3	100%	3,739	15.6	505
28	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	63%	1099.6%	0.22	0:40	0.6	100%	3,297	16.6	450
29	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	70%	1095.3%	0.22	0:40	0.0	100%	4,042	15.3	608
30	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	60%	1075.2%	0.23	0:41	0.9	100%	2,959	15.1	342

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.