Shadow raid

Shadow Dusclops counters

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ghostShadow 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

5,372

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

148

Difficulty

0.16

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Dusclops should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 806-909.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 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 Dusclops counters are Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Mega Gengar, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Absol, Shadow Hydreigon & Shadow Tyranitar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
M. Gengar
S. Darkrai
S. Absol
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar

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 %

1Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.150:27
2Mega GengarMegapartyLick / Shadow Ball0.150:27
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.160:28
4Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Foul Play0.160:30
5Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.170:30
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.170:30
7Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.170:30
8Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.180:32
9Mega BanetteMegaHex / Shadow Ball0.180:32
10Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.180:32
11Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.180:33

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 Dusclops 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	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:27	0.15	0.1	1640.4%
2	Mega Gengarghostpoisonjoint top pick	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:27	0.15	0.1	1610.8%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:28	0.16	0.0	1531.0%
4	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchdarkFoul Play	3,739	0:30	0.16	0.0	1477.2%
5	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:30	0.17	0.0	1470.7%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:30	0.17	0.0	1455.0%
7	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:30	0.17	0.0	1437.7%
8	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:32	0.18	0.3	1366.0%
9	Mega Banetteghost	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:32	0.18	0.4	1351.6%
10	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:32	0.18	0.0	1347.1%
11	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:33	0.18	0.0	1329.4%
12	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:33	0.18	0.5	1328.2%
13	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	0:33	0.18	0.0	1321.0%
14	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:34	0.19	0.0	1281.0%
15	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	0:34	0.19	0.2	1274.9%

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 Dusclops.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Dusclops'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%	290%	1449.9%	0:30	0.1	0.17
Feint Attack / Poltergeist	100%	257%	1425.3%	0:31	0.3	0.17
Hex / Poltergeist	100%	254%	1434.1%	0:30	0.3	0.17
Hex / Fire Punch	100%	317%	1434.2%	0:30	0.1	0.17
Feint Attack / Fire Punch	100%	315%	1436.5%	0:30	0.1	0.17
Feint Attack / Shadow Punch	100%	323%	1451.9%	0:30	0.0	0.17
Hex / Ice Punch	100%	293%	1458.0%	0:30	0.1	0.17
Hex / Shadow Punch	100%	325%	1458.5%	0:30	0.0	0.17
Feint Attack / Ice Punch	100%	290%	1460.4%	0:30	0.1	0.17

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…

Dusclops 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.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dusclops throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostPoltergeistSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.70s
ghostShadow PunchSTAB	35	-33	1.5s	1.10s
iceIce Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.40s
fireFire Punch	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	806	1,008
7/7/7	817	1,022
8/8/8	829	1,036
9/9/9	840	1,050
10/10/10	851	1,064
11/11/11	863	1,078
12/12/12	874	1,093
13/13/13	886	1,107
14/14/14	897	1,122
15/15/15hundo	909	1,136

Caught CP range 806 - 909, or 1,008 - 1,136 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 806, not at the 851 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.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Dusclops 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 83 / Defense 148 (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 Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	99%	1640.4%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	4,099	24.1	609
2	Mega Gengar top pickghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	96%	1610.8%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	4,336	22.4	568
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	96%	1531.0%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	6,428	21.1	600
4	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	93%	1477.2%	0.16	0:30	0.0	100%	3,739	20.5	604
5	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	90%	1470.7%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,301	20.7	613
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	91%	1455.0%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	6,112	21.0	630
7	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	1437.7%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,842	24.9	754
8	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	79%	1366.0%	0.18	0:32	0.3	100%	2,526	19.3	511
9	Mega Banette ghostmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	77%	1351.6%	0.18	0:32	0.4	100%	3,594	19.0	482
10	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	85%	1347.1%	0.18	0:32	0.0	100%	3,625	19.0	610
11	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	88%	1329.4%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	3,834	18.8	615
12	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	75%	1328.2%	0.18	0:33	0.4	100%	3,268	20.0	508
13	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	87%	1321.0%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	3,784	18.5	611
14	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	91%	1281.0%	0.19	0:34	0.0	100%	5,347	18.7	636
15	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	74%	1274.9%	0.19	0:34	0.2	100%	3,749	18.0	548
16	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	77%	1274.4%	0.19	0:34	0.1	100%	3,005	17.7	562
17	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	70%	1262.2%	0.19	0:35	0.6	100%	3,297	17.9	456
18	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	75%	1253.4%	0.19	0:35	0.2	100%	3,683	18.3	565
19	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	79%	1245.5%	0.20	0:35	0.0	100%	3,739	17.2	602
20	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	67%	1244.7%	0.20	0:35	0.9	100%	2,878	18.1	385
21	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	1243.5%	0.20	0:35	0.1	100%	5,713	17.4	578
22	Gengar ghostpoison Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	66%	1210.7%	0.20	0:36	0.5	100%	2,878	17.0	441
23	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	67%	1197.3%	0.20	0:36	0.4	100%	2,994	17.4	487
24	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	69%	1193.7%	0.20	0:37	0.3	100%	4,178	18.1	559
25	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	74%	1182.6%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	4,605	16.5	609
26	Shadow Haunter ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	59%	1167.2%	0.21	0:37	1.4	100%	1,963	16.6	268
27	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	71%	1164.9%	0.21	0:37	0.2	100%	4,783	17.0	562
28	Shadow Giratina (Altered) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	71%	1164.0%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	3,379	16.3	612
29	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	66%	1159.4%	0.21	0:38	0.3	100%	2,711	16.7	519
30	Giratina (Origin) ghostdragon Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	70%	1154.5%	0.21	0:38	0.0	100%	3,683	16.2	612

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.