Shadow raid

Shadow Dewpider counters

#0751

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

2,448

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Dewpider should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 341-408.

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Dewpider counters are Mega Skarmory, Shadow Rampardos, Regieleki, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Raikou & Zekrom.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Skarmory
S. Rampardos
Regieleki
S. Electivire
S. Raikou
Zekrom

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 SkarmoryMegapartyAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.090:15
2Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.090:15
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.090:16
4Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.090:16
5Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.090:17
6RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.090:17
7Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.090:17
8Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.100:17
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.100:18
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.100:18
11ZekromLegendarypartyCharge Beam / Fusion Bolt0.100:18

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 Dewpider 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 Skarmorysteelflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:15	0.09	2852.2%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:16	0.09	2785.7%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
5	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:17	0.09	2613.6%
6	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:17	0.09	2595.0%
7	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:17	0.09	2561.4%
8	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:17	0.10	2491.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:18	0.10	2479.5%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
11	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
12	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
13	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:18	0.10	2394.0%
14	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingBrave Bird	3,590	0:18	0.10	2356.5%
15	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:18	0.10	2356.5%

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 Dewpider.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Dewpider'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	667%	2554.0%	0:17	0.10
Bug Bite / Mirror Coat	100%	689%	2547.5%	0:17	0.10
Infestation / Mirror Coat	100%	692%	2547.7%	0:17	0.10
Bug Bite / Water Pulse	100%	662%	2556.9%	0:17	0.10
Infestation / Water Pulse	100%	661%	2559.4%	0:17	0.09
Bug Bite / Bubble Beam	100%	669%	2568.2%	0:17	0.09
Infestation / Bubble Beam	100%	663%	2575.4%	0:17	0.09

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…

Dewpider 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 Dewpider 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
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	341	426
7/7/7	348	435
8/8/8	355	444
9/9/9	362	453
10/10/10	370	462
11/11/11	377	472
12/12/12	385	481
13/13/13	392	491
14/14/14	400	500
15/15/15hundo	408	510

Caught CP range 341 - 408, or 426 - 510 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 341, not at the 370 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 29 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.

Dewpider 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 51 / Defense 78 (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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Skarmory top picksteelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	98%	2852.2%	0.09	0:15	100%	3,741	40.3	615
2	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	87%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	100%	3,780	39.9	618
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	2785.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	5,713	40.2	631
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	91%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,979	37.9	606
5	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	73%	2613.6%	0.09	0:17	100%	3,298	37.4	623
6	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	82%	2595.0%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,803	40.6	681
7	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	2561.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	4,346	35.8	609
8	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	76%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,079	34.9	611
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	85%	2479.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	6,428	40.4	711
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	75%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,452	33.7	606
11	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	81%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	4,038	34.2	616
12	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	72%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,689	33.3	600
13	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	73%	2394.0%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,659	37.6	685
14	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Brave Bird	Psycho Cut / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	74%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,590	32.5	601
15	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	74%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,527	32.5	602
16	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Spark / Fly	Spark / Fly+15 more movesets	70%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,117	32.5	602
17	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	72%	2353.9%	0.10	0:19	100%	3,580	34.3	634
18	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	71%	2346.3%	0.10	0:19	100%	3,465	37.7	700
19	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	70%	2346.3%	0.10	0:19	100%	2,825	35.4	658
20	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	71%	2341.3%	0.10	0:19	100%	3,937	34.1	634
21	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	74%	2336.3%	0.10	0:19	100%	3,205	33.1	617
22	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	78%	2301.7%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,835	37.0	701
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	67%	2299.3%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,733	33.5	635
24	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	75%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	6,112	31.6	600
25	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	74%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,749	31.7	603
26	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	71%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,510	31.7	602
27	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	68%	2283.6%	0.11	0:19	100%	2,888	31.6	603
28	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Brave Bird	Snarl / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	67%	2280.1%	0.11	0:19	100%	2,711	32.7	625
29	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	67%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,345	31.0	604
30	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	62%	2232.2%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,331	31.6	617

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.