Shadow raid

Shadow Electrode counters

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electricShadow Tier 5

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

31,570

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

154

Defense

154

Difficulty

2.89

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Electrode should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,084-1,199.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Electrode counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Garchomp.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Groudon
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
S. Excadrill
Landorus (Therian)
S. Garchomp

3 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 %

1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.6212:22
2Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.6712:36
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.7412:56
4Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.0614:26
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power3.0914:35
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+3.1614:55
7Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Scorching Sands3.1815:02
8Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm3.2615:24
9Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power3.2915:33
10GroudonLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.3515:50

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 countersHisuian Electrode

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Top 15 Shadow Electrode 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	12:22	2.62	4.4	43.1%
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyingjoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	12:36	2.67	6.0	42.3%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	12:56	2.74	6.0	41.2%
4	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	14:26	3.06	5.3	36.9%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	14:35	3.09	3.9	36.6%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	14:55	3.16	6.0	35.7%
7	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	15:02	3.18	5.9	35.4%
8	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	15:24	3.26	6.0	34.6%
9	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	15:33	3.29	4.3	34.3%
10	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	15:50	3.35	4.8	33.7%
11	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	15:54	3.37	5.8	33.5%
12	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,733	15:57	3.38	5.2	33.4%
13	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	16:00	3.39	6.0	33.3%
14	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	16:58	3.59	6.0	31.4%
15	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	16:58	3.59	5.7	31.4%

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 Electrode.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Electrode'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	64%	62%	37.3%	14:17	5.4	3.02
Spark / Hyper Beam	47%	40%	34.7%	15:21	6.0	3.25
Volt Switch / Hyper Beam	42%	43%	35.5%	15:01	6.0	3.18
Spark / Foul Play	53%	53%	37.3%	14:17	6.0	3.02
Volt Switch / Foul Play	60%	56%	37.7%	14:08	5.9	2.99
Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	76%	92%	38.4%	13:52	4.9	2.94
Spark / Thunderbolt	79%	90%	38.5%	13:52	4.9	2.94
Volt Switch / Discharge	82%	105%	38.7%	13:47	4.5	2.92
Spark / Discharge	88%	105%	38.8%	13:44	4.6	2.91

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…

Electrode 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.

ground1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (1)
Neutral (14)
Resists (3)

It resists flying0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Electrode throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricVolt SwitchSTAB	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s
electricSparkSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricThunderboltSTAB	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
darkFoul Play	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
electricDischargeSTAB	65	-33	2.5s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,084	1,355
7/7/7	1,096	1,371
8/8/8	1,109	1,387
9/9/9	1,122	1,402
10/10/10	1,134	1,418
11/11/11	1,147	1,434
12/12/12	1,160	1,450
13/13/13	1,173	1,466
14/14/14	1,186	1,483
15/15/15hundo	1,199	1,499

Caught CP range 1,084 - 1,199, or 1,355 - 1,499 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 1,084, not at the 1,134 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 50 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Electrode 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 154 / Defense 154 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Groudon top pickgroundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	43.1%	2.62	12:22	13.1	100%	5,902	20.7	1253
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian) top pickgroundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	91%	42.3%	2.67	12:36	25.7	100%	3,922	20.8	567
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	41.2%	2.74	12:56	23.8	100%	6,428	20.2	599
4	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	81%	36.9%	3.06	14:26	22.7	76%	4,115	18.0	764
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	84%	36.6%	3.09	14:35	14.1	94%	5,424	17.5	1348
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	35.7%	3.16	14:55	25.7	66%	6,112	17.4	553
7	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	76%	35.4%	3.18	15:02	27.4	68%	3,244	17.3	577
8	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	74%	34.6%	3.26	15:24	28.8	42%	3,922	17.0	529
9	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	75%	34.3%	3.29	15:33	21.3	2%	3,962	16.6	983
10	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	75%	33.7%	3.35	15:50	19.5	0%	4,115	16.2	831
11	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	71%	33.5%	3.37	15:54	29.1	4%	3,328	16.4	572
12	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	74%	33.4%	3.38	15:57	20.3	0%	3,733	16.1	757
13	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	70%	33.3%	3.39	15:60	32.7	0%	3,588	16.4	450
14	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	31.4%	3.59	16:58	36.8	0%	4,346	15.5	393
15	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	69%	31.4%	3.59	16:58	22.5	0%	4,429	15.2	653
16	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	67%	31.0%	3.64	17:11	23.8	0%	4,401	15.0	610
17	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	64%	31.0%	3.64	17:11	38.1	0%	4,783	15.3	384
18	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	66%	30.6%	3.69	17:25	25.9	0%	3,179	14.8	601
19	Garchomp dragonground Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	68%	30.4%	3.72	17:33	19.4	0%	3,962	14.6	998
20	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	64%	30.3%	3.73	17:36	32.7	0%	5,713	14.8	437
21	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	62%	30.0%	3.77	17:48	39.7	0%	4,099	14.9	461
22	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	64%	29.8%	3.79	17:54	27.4	0%	3,244	14.4	569
23	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	62%	29.5%	3.82	18:04	34.0	0%	4,814	14.5	441
24	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	60%	29.5%	3.83	18:05	41.5	0%	3,826	14.6	357
25	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	58%	29.4%	3.84	18:09	55.5	0%	3,701	14.8	265
26	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Breath / Outrage+	Dragon Breath / Outrage++26 more movesets	62%	29.3%	3.85	18:11	29.2	0%	4,823	14.3	487
27	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	60%	29.2%	3.86	18:14	38.2	0%	2,854	14.5	499
28	Landorus (Incarnate) groundflying Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	61%	29.1%	3.88	18:19	34.1	0%	3,588	14.2	450
29	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	60%	28.7%	3.93	18:34	32.6	0%	3,013	14.0	516
30	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+11 more movesets	61%	28.6%	3.95	18:40	28.9	0%	2,949	13.9	535

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