Shadow raid

Shadow Gastly counters

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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

22,291

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

164

Defense

Difficulty

1.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Gastly should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 608-702.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xpsychic1.6xdark1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Gastly counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Darkrai
Mewtwo

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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.803:46
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.974:35
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.115:14
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam1.155:26
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.165:30
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.205:40
7Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.235:49
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.275:59
9Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball1.306:09
10Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.316:12
12MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.326:13

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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Top 15 Shadow Gastly 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	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	3:46	0.80	6.0	141.7%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	4:35	0.97	6.0	116.3%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	5:14	1.11	6.0	102.0%
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	5:26	1.15	6.0	98.1%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	5:30	1.16	6.0	96.9%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	5:40	1.20	6.0	94.0%
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	5:49	1.23	6.0	91.6%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	5:59	1.27	6.0	89.1%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	6:09	1.30	6.0	86.8%
10	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	6:12	1.31	4.7	85.9%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	6:13	1.32	6.0	85.8%
12	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	6:13	1.32	6.0	85.7%
13	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	6:14	1.32	6.0	85.6%
14	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	6:14	1.32	6.0	85.6%
15	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	6:16	1.33	6.0	85.1%

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 Gastly.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Gastly'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	19%	104%	97.8%	5:27	6.0	1.15
Lick / Dark Pulse	17%	101%	96.3%	5:32	6.0	1.17
Astonish / Dark Pulse	17%	106%	97.5%	5:28	6.0	1.16
Lick / Night Shade	17%	104%	97.9%	5:27	6.0	1.15
Astonish / Night Shade	17%	108%	98.3%	5:26	6.0	1.15
Lick / Sludge Bomb	25%	114%	98.4%	5:25	6.0	1.15
Astonish / Sludge Bomb	22%	118%	99.1%	5:23	6.0	1.14

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…

Gastly 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 ghost1.6x psychic1.6x dark1.6x flying1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x grass0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x poison0.39x bug0.39x fighting0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (5)
Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xpoison0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Gastly throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostLickSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.20s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
ghostNight ShadeSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	2.00s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	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	608	760
7/7/7	618	773
8/8/8	628	786
9/9/9	639	799
10/10/10	649	812
11/11/11	660	825
12/12/12	670	838
13/13/13	681	851
14/14/14	691	864
15/15/15hundo	702	878

Caught CP range 608 - 702, or 760 - 878 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 608, not at the 649 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 41 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.

Gastly 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 164 / Defense 67 (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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	141.7%	0.80	3:46	8.2	100%	6,428	70.2	1639
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	81%	116.3%	0.97	4:35	9.3	100%	6,112	56.7	1457
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	71%	102.0%	1.11	5:14	9.1	10%	3,842	50.0	1607
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	64%	98.1%	1.15	5:26	16.8	12%	4,099	49.5	935
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	63%	96.9%	1.16	5:30	18.1	0%	4,178	49.0	782
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	94.0%	1.20	5:40	7.4	0%	5,902	45.5	1770
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	61%	91.6%	1.23	5:49	13.4	0%	3,922	45.3	1027
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	59%	89.1%	1.27	5:59	13.7	0%	3,739	43.7	1145
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	56%	86.8%	1.30	6:09	18.4	0%	4,336	43.4	889
10	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	63%	85.9%	1.31	6:12	5.7	0%	5,347	40.8	2238
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	60%	85.8%	1.32	6:13	9.0	0%	5,424	41.4	1482
12	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	85.7%	1.32	6:13	17.0	0%	4,178	42.8	820
13	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	58%	85.6%	1.32	6:14	11.2	0%	3,625	41.5	1280
14	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	56%	85.6%	1.32	6:14	16.5	0%	3,301	42.6	916
15	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	54%	85.1%	1.33	6:16	21.8	0%	4,510	43.2	650
16	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	59%	84.9%	1.33	6:17	8.7	0%	3,834	40.9	1544
17	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	57%	84.2%	1.34	6:20	11.8	0%	4,115	41.2	1152
18	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	55%	83.7%	1.35	6:22	15.3	0%	4,521	41.4	917
19	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	82.9%	1.36	6:26	15.6	0%	5,007	40.9	891
20	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	54%	82.1%	1.37	6:29	16.4	0%	4,783	40.7	850
21	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	53%	81.7%	1.38	6:31	19.5	0%	2,526	40.8	748
22	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	80.7%	1.40	6:36	18.9	0%	4,512	40.6	800
23	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	80.6%	1.40	6:37	12.6	0%	3,143	39.5	1108
24	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	53%	80.3%	1.41	6:38	16.0	0%	4,006	39.6	873
25	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	53%	80.1%	1.41	6:39	15.0	0%	3,683	39.4	957
26	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	53%	79.6%	1.42	6:42	14.4	0%	3,244	39.2	1073
27	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	53%	78.5%	1.44	6:47	12.8	0%	3,962	38.5	1067
28	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	49%	78.2%	1.44	6:49	23.6	0%	3,268	39.7	614
29	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	53%	78.2%	1.44	6:49	12.2	0%	5,713	38.1	1133
30	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	52%	77.4%	1.46	6:53	13.4	0%	3,922	38.0	1025

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