Shadow raid

Shadow Dialga counters

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steel dragonShadow Tier 5Next in raids Wed 14 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 9 days)

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

53,394

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

237

Defense

185

Difficulty

3.19

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Dialga should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,145-2,307.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Dialga counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Blaziken, Lucario & Terrakion.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Groudon
S. Blaziken
Lucario
Terrakion

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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.5011:47
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere2.9613:58
3KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword3.2515:22
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.2915:32
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere3.5216:37
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+3.6117:04
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast3.6217:05
8Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword3.6617:16
9Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.7817:52
10Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere3.9318:34
11LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere3.9418:37
12TerrakionLegendarypartyDouble Kick / Sacred Sword3.9918:52

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

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Related countersDialga (Origin)

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Top 15 Shadow Dialga 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.

Trainers3small group

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	11:47	2.50	6.0	45.2%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	13:58	2.96	6.0	38.2%
3	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	15:22	3.25	6.0	34.7%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	15:32	3.29	5.6	34.3%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	16:37	3.52	6.0	32.1%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	17:04	3.61	6.0	31.2%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	17:05	3.62	6.0	31.2%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	17:16	3.66	6.0	30.9%
9	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	17:52	3.78	6.0	29.8%
10	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	18:34	3.93	6.0	28.7%
11	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	18:37	3.94	6.0	28.6%
12	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	18:52	3.99	6.0	28.3%
13	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud ShotgroundScorching Sands	3,244	18:53	4.00	6.0	28.2%
14	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	19:20	4.09	6.0	27.6%
15	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	19:35	4.15	6.0	27.2%

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 Dialga.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Dialga'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	24%	28%	31.6%	16:51	6.0	3.57
Metal Claw / Draco Meteor	17%	23%	28.7%	18:33	6.0	3.93
Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	17%	22%	29.2%	18:14	6.0	3.86
Dragon Breath / Thunder	17%	35%	32.8%	16:14	6.0	3.44
Metal Claw / Thunder	19%	35%	33.1%	16:06	6.0	3.41
Dragon Breath / Iron Head	33%	34%	33.3%	16:00	6.0	3.39
Metal Claw / Iron Head	32%	35%	33.4%	15:57	6.0	3.38

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 3 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…

Dialga 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x ghost1x fire1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x water0.63x electric0.63x psychic0.63x poison0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (6)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xgrass0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xwater0.625xelectric0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dialga throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDraco MeteorSTAB	150	-100	3.5s	2.90s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
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	2,145	2,682
7/7/7	2,163	2,704
8/8/8	2,181	2,726
9/9/9	2,199	2,749
10/10/10	2,217	2,771
11/11/11	2,235	2,794
12/12/12	2,253	2,816
13/13/13	2,271	2,839
14/14/14	2,289	2,862
15/15/15hundo	2,307	2,884

Caught CP range 2,145 - 2,307, or 2,682 - 2,884 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 2,145, not at the 2,217 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 72 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

comingDialgaTier 5shiny availableWed 14 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 20 Oct, 22:00 · starts in 9 days

All settings

Shadow Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 237 / Defense 185 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	45.2%	2.50	11:47	28.8	100%	6,112	22.4	500
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	81%	38.2%	2.96	13:58	41.3	100%	3,826	19.1	353
3	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	73%	34.7%	3.25	15:22	45.2	38%	3,698	17.4	343
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	76%	34.3%	3.29	15:32	27.6	32%	5,902	16.7	623
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	65%	32.1%	3.52	16:37	63.6	66%	4,161	16.9	291
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	64%	31.2%	3.61	17:04	58.2	2%	3,670	16.0	267
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	67%	31.2%	3.62	17:05	40.2	0%	6,428	15.5	361
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	63%	30.9%	3.66	17:16	62.2	0%	4,521	15.7	240
9	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	29.8%	3.78	17:52	55.1	0%	4,115	15.1	332
10	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	57%	28.7%	3.93	18:34	79.3	0%	2,848	15.2	210
11	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	28.6%	3.94	18:37	61.5	0%	2,703	14.5	237
12	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	56%	28.3%	3.99	18:52	73.7	0%	3,698	14.5	198
13	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	Mud Shot / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	59%	28.2%	4.00	18:53	51.6	0%	3,244	14.1	291
14	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	56%	27.6%	4.09	19:20	57.9	0%	4,814	13.9	248
15	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	54%	27.2%	4.15	19:35	74.5	0%	3,922	14.4	230
16	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	55%	26.6%	4.24	20:00	59.8	0%	5,424	13.7	429
17	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	53%	26.4%	4.28	20:13	66.0	0%	3,677	13.3	220
18	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	54%	26.1%	4.33	20:28	48.6	0%	4,115	12.9	336
19	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	51%	25.9%	4.35	20:33	86.1	0%	3,337	13.6	185
20	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	50%	25.7%	4.39	20:43	96.4	0%	3,093	13.7	165
21	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	51%	25.5%	4.42	20:52	74.8	0%	5,007	13.4	259
22	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	51%	25.4%	4.44	20:58	68.0	0%	3,962	13.1	321
23	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	48%	24.3%	4.64	21:56	83.3	0%	3,588	12.7	203
24	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	46%	23.6%	4.78	22:35	100.8	0%	3,056	12.6	160
25	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	46%	23.6%	4.79	22:38	90.3	0%	2,848	12.5	194
26	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	44%	22.9%	4.92	23:15	97.6	0%	2,829	12.0	160
27	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	45%	22.9%	4.93	23:16	95.2	0%	3,328	12.2	199
28	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	44%	22.6%	4.99	23:33	95.2	0%	4,178	12.0	182
29	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	43%	22.1%	5.11	24:09	99.3	0%	4,510	11.7	171
30	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Earthquake	Counter / Earthquake+9 more movesets	40%	21.0%	5.36	25:20	109.1	0%	3,593	11.1	152

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 2.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.