Shadow raid

Shadow Donphan counters

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groundShadow 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

7,932

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

136

Defense

119

Difficulty

0.13

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Donphan should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,583-1,722.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

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 Donphan counters are Mega Greninja, Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre, Kartana & Shadow Greninja.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
Kartana
S. Greninja

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 %

1Mega GreninjaMegapartyBubble / Surf+0.120:21
2Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.120:22
3Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.130:23
4Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.130:24
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.130:24
6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Surf0.140:25
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.140:25
8Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.140:25
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.140:25
10Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.140:26
11Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.140:26
12KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.150:27
13Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.150:27

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 Donphan 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterBubblewaterSurf+	3,784	0:21	0.12	0.3	2035.4%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:22	0.12	0.0	1963.2%
3	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:23	0.13	0.0	1855.7%
4	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:24	0.13	0.2	1821.7%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:24	0.13	0.0	1805.3%
6	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	5,902	0:25	0.14	0.0	1775.7%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:25	0.14	0.0	1770.1%
8	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:25	0.14	0.2	1766.5%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:25	0.14	0.1	1721.4%
10	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:26	0.14	0.2	1684.7%
11	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:26	0.14	0.2	1684.0%
12	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:27	0.15	0.3	1615.3%
13	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:27	0.15	0.9	1613.4%
14	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:28	0.16	0.3	1548.3%
15	Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:28	0.16	0.2	1542.4%

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 Donphan.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Donphan'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
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	245%	1714.2%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Counter / Earthquake	100%	217%	1659.2%	0:26	0.6	0.15
Tackle / Earthquake	100%	247%	1681.1%	0:26	0.4	0.14
Charm / Earthquake	100%	214%	1681.3%	0:26	0.7	0.14
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	100%	216%	1682.8%	0:26	0.5	0.14
Tackle / Trailblaze	100%	304%	1694.0%	0:26	0.3	0.14
Charm / Play Rough	100%	216%	1712.6%	0:25	0.6	0.14
Counter / Trailblaze	100%	254%	1716.5%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Counter / Play Rough	100%	207%	1721.4%	0:25	0.6	0.14
Charm / Trailblaze	100%	250%	1721.5%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Mud-Slap / Play Rough	100%	219%	1728.8%	0:25	0.5	0.14
Charm / Heavy Slam	100%	244%	1729.5%	0:25	0.3	0.14
Mud-Slap / Trailblaze	100%	262%	1731.9%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Counter / Heavy Slam	100%	255%	1737.1%	0:25	0.3	0.14
Mud-Slap / Heavy Slam	100%	249%	1737.3%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Tackle / Play Rough	100%	239%	1740.6%	0:25	0.4	0.14
Tackle / Body Slam	100%	325%	1746.1%	0:25	0.0	0.14
Counter / Body Slam	100%	276%	1751.0%	0:25	0.2	0.14
Tackle / Heavy Slam	100%	299%	1769.5%	0:25	0.0	0.14
Charm / Body Slam	100%	271%	1774.1%	0:25	0.2	0.14
Mud-Slap / Body Slam	100%	279%	1779.8%	0:24	0.1	0.14

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…

Donphan 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.

water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Donphan throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
fairyCharm	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
steelHeavy Slam	70	-50	2.0s	1.40s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
fairyPlay Rough	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
normalBody Slam	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	1,583	1,979
7/7/7	1,598	1,998
8/8/8	1,613	2,017
9/9/9	1,629	2,036
10/10/10	1,644	2,055
11/11/11	1,659	2,074
12/12/12	1,675	2,094
13/13/13	1,690	2,113
14/14/14	1,706	2,133
15/15/15hundo	1,722	2,152

Caught CP range 1,583 - 1,722, or 1,979 - 2,152 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 1,583, not at the 1,644 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.

Donphan 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 136 / Defense 119 (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	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	97%	2035.4%	0.12	0:21	0.3	100%	3,784	28.3	527
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	100%	1963.2%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,701	32.0	700
3	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	98%	1855.7%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,093	25.7	604
4	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	88%	1821.7%	0.13	0:24	0.2	100%	4,056	25.6	548
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	94%	1805.3%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	6,428	25.2	608
6	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	91%	1775.7%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	5,902	24.8	609
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	89%	1770.1%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	6,112	25.7	625
8	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	86%	1766.5%	0.14	0:25	0.2	100%	4,605	24.9	563
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	84%	1721.4%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	4,605	26.9	633
10	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	82%	1684.7%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	4,401	23.9	567
11	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	82%	1684.0%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	4,115	25.8	615
12	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	75%	1615.3%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	3,677	22.4	508
13	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	70%	1613.4%	0.15	0:27	0.9	100%	2,654	23.3	368
14	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	75%	1548.3%	0.16	0:28	0.3	100%	3,941	22.1	541
15	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	75%	1542.4%	0.16	0:28	0.2	100%	4,115	21.3	553
16	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	67%	1541.1%	0.16	0:28	0.9	100%	2,829	22.2	370
17	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	1537.7%	0.16	0:28	0.5	100%	2,826	22.2	450
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	75%	1488.9%	0.16	0:29	0.1	100%	5,713	21.5	585
19	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	66%	1488.1%	0.16	0:29	0.8	100%	2,964	21.7	390
20	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	75%	1485.1%	0.16	0:29	0.1	100%	3,698	20.8	592
21	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	69%	1480.1%	0.16	0:29	0.3	100%	2,954	21.2	518
22	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	72%	1469.6%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,505	20.4	576
23	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	69%	1454.0%	0.17	0:30	0.4	100%	2,720	20.5	485
24	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	63%	1447.9%	0.17	0:30	0.9	100%	2,802	20.4	354
25	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	61%	1437.8%	0.17	0:30	1.1	100%	3,005	20.3	310
26	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	68%	1420.1%	0.17	0:31	0.2	100%	4,717	20.9	574
27	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	72%	1419.7%	0.17	0:31	0.1	100%	4,823	19.6	572
28	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump+7 more movesets	65%	1418.4%	0.17	0:31	0.4	100%	3,991	20.5	493
29	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	68%	1416.6%	0.17	0:31	0.2	100%	3,391	20.9	575
30	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	71%	1415.0%	0.17	0:31	0.1	100%	3,592	21.6	646

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.