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.
Beating Shadow Hitmonchan should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,210-1,332.
Weak toflying1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x
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only these three change a raidOf 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 40The best Shadow Hitmonchan counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Moltres, Mewtwo & Rayquaza.
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Moltres- Mewtwo
Rayquaza
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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.792:19
- 2
Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.952:46 - 3
Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.972:50 - 4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.063:06
- 5
Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+1.143:21 - 6
Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic1.203:31 - 7Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly1.213:33
- 8
Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+1.263:41 - 9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly1.273:43
- 10MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.293:46
- 13RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.313:49
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Top 15 Shadow Hitmonchan 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.
| # | Attacker | Moveset | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick | psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+ | 6,428 | 2:19 | 0.79 | 2.3 | 168.2% | |
| 2 | Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting | psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike | 6,112 | 2:46 | 0.95 | 2.9 | 141.0% | |
| 3 | Mega Rayquazadragonflying | flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent | 5,713 | 2:50 | 0.97 | 3.5 | 138.2% | |
| 4 | Shadow Mewtwopsychic | psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike | 4,178 | 3:06 | 1.06 | 5.1 | 126.2% | |
| 5 | Mega Staraptorfightingflying | flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+ | 3,979 | 3:21 | 1.14 | 4.7 | 116.8% | |
| 6 | Mega Alakazampsychic | psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic | 4,510 | 3:31 | 1.20 | 5.5 | 111.4% | |
| 7 | Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying | psychicPsycho CutflyingFly | 3,590 | 3:33 | 1.21 | 4.5 | 110.2% | |
| 8 | Mega Skarmorysteelflying | flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+ | 3,741 | 3:41 | 1.26 | 5.6 | 106.1% | |
| 9 | Shadow Moltresfireflying | flyingWing AttackflyingFly | 3,465 | 3:43 | 1.27 | 4.8 | 105.1% | |
| 10 | Mewtwopsychic | psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike | 4,178 | 3:46 | 1.29 | 4.2 | 103.9% | |
| 11 |  Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy | psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic | 4,512 | 3:49 | 1.30 | 3.9 | 102.6% | |
| 12 |  Mega Delphoxfirepsychic | psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic | 4,783 | 3:49 | 1.31 | 3.1 | 102.4% | |
| 13 | Rayquazadragonflying | flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent | 3,835 | 3:49 | 1.31 | 4.5 | 102.3% | |
| 14 |  Mega Latiosdragonpsychic | psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic | 5,007 | 3:50 | 1.31 | 3.5 | 102.0% | |
| 15 |  Mega Galladepsychicfighting | psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic | 4,521 | 3:51 | 1.32 | 4.3 | 101.6% |
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 Hitmonchan.
Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Hitmonchan'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.
Simulating each boss moveset…
Hitmonchan 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.
- Weak (3)
- Neutral (12)
- Resists (3)
It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.
What Hitmonchan throws at you
Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.
Fast moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fightingCounterSTAB | 13 | +9 | 1.0s | 0.80s |
| steelBullet Punch | 10 | +11 | 1.0s | 0.40s |
Charged moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fightingClose CombatSTAB | 105 | -100 | 2.5s | 1.20s |
| fightingPower-Up PunchSTAB | 50 | -33 | 2.0s | 1.70s |
| fireFire Punch | 50 | -33 | 2.0s | 1.30s |
| iceIce Punch | 50 | -33 | 2.0s | 1.40s |
| electricThunder Punch | 50 | -33 | 2.0s | 1.90s |
Catch CP
What the encounter after the fight can hand you.
| IV spread | CP at L20 | CP at L25 (weather boosted) |
|---|---|---|
| 6/6/6floor | 1,210 | 1,512 |
| 7/7/7 | 1,223 | 1,529 |
| 8/8/8 | 1,236 | 1,546 |
| 9/9/9 | 1,250 | 1,562 |
| 10/10/10 | 1,263 | 1,579 |
| 11/11/11 | 1,277 | 1,596 |
| 12/12/12 | 1,291 | 1,613 |
| 13/13/13 | 1,304 | 1,631 |
| 14/14/14 | 1,318 | 1,648 |
| 15/15/15hundo | 1,332 | 1,665 |
Caught CP range 1,210 - 1,332, or 1,512 - 1,665 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 1,210, not at the 1,263 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 53 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.
Hitmonchan 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 158 / Defense 161 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).
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% | 168.2% | 0.79 | 2:19 | 2.2 | 100% | 6,428 | 29.0 | 1249 |
| 2 | Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike | Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets | 80% | 141.0% | 0.95 | 2:46 | 2.8 | 100% | 6,112 | 24.2 | 1035 |
| 3 | Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent | Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets | 76% | 138.2% | 0.97 | 2:50 | 3.6 | 98% | 5,713 | 24.1 | 960 |
| 4 | Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike | Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets | 66% | 126.2% | 1.06 | 3:06 | 5.0 | 10% | 4,178 | 22.1 | 660 |
| 5 | Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+ | Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets | 61% | 116.8% | 1.14 | 3:21 | 5.1 | 0% | 3,979 | 20.5 | 676 |
| 6 | Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic | Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets | 57% | 111.4% | 1.20 | 3:31 | 6.1 | 0% | 4,510 | 19.8 | 562 |
| 7 | Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly | Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets | 57% | 110.2% | 1.21 | 3:33 | 5.8 | 0% | 3,590 | 19.4 | 652 |
| 8 | Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+ | Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets | 53% | 106.1% | 1.26 | 3:41 | 7.0 | 0% | 3,741 | 19.0 | 505 |
| 9 | Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly | Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets | 54% | 105.1% | 1.27 | 3:43 | 6.1 | 0% | 3,465 | 18.5 | 585 |
| 10 | Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike | Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets | 54% | 103.9% | 1.29 | 3:46 | 5.1 | 0% | 4,178 | 18.1 | 650 |
| 11 | Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets | 54% | 102.6% | 1.30 | 3:49 | 4.9 | 0% | 4,512 | 17.9 | 698 |
| 12 | Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic | Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets | 56% | 102.4% | 1.31 | 3:49 | 3.8 | 0% | 4,783 | 17.6 | 835 |
| 13 | Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent | Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets | 52% | 102.3% | 1.31 | 3:49 | 6.7 | 0% | 3,835 | 18.1 | 592 |
| 14 | Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic | Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets | 55% | 102.0% | 1.31 | 3:50 | 4.3 | 0% | 5,007 | 17.6 | 795 |
| 15 | Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets | 53% | 101.6% | 1.32 | 3:51 | 5.4 | 0% | 4,521 | 17.8 | 627 |
| 16 | Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++ | Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets | 56% | 100.9% | 1.32 | 3:53 | 3.7 | 0% | 3,703 | 17.5 | 945 |
| 17 | Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly | Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets | 50% | 100.7% | 1.33 | 3:53 | 7.6 | 0% | 3,749 | 17.9 | 511 |
| 18 | Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast | Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets | 47% | 100.5% | 1.33 | 3:53 | 11.2 | 0% | 2,689 | 18.3 | 327 |
| 19 | Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+ | Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets | 52% | 100.2% | 1.33 | 3:54 | 5.8 | 0% | 3,143 | 17.6 | 594 |
| 20 | Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly | Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets | 49% | 99.3% | 1.35 | 3:56 | 7.7 | 0% | 3,425 | 17.5 | 504 |
| 21 | Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic | Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets | 50% | 97.7% | 1.37 | 4:00 | 6.2 | 0% | 3,812 | 17.1 | 579 |
| 22 | Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly | Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets | 44% | 96.2% | 1.39 | 4:04 | 12.0 | 0% | 2,825 | 17.4 | 307 |
| 23 | Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets | 45% | 95.6% | 1.40 | 4:05 | 9.9 | 0% | 3,057 | 17.1 | 364 |
| 24 | Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+ | Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets | 49% | 94.6% | 1.41 | 4:08 | 5.8 | 0% | 3,701 | 16.5 | 620 |
| 25 | Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly | Counter / Fly+7 more movesets | 46% | 94.5% | 1.41 | 4:08 | 8.1 | 0% | 3,548 | 16.8 | 451 |
| 26 | Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets | 46% | 94.5% | 1.42 | 4:08 | 8.0 | 0% | 4,006 | 16.7 | 442 |
| 27 | Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly | Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets | 49% | 94.0% | 1.42 | 4:10 | 4.9 | 0% | 5,031 | 16.3 | 745 |
| 28 | Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam | Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets | 51% | 93.7% | 1.43 | 4:11 | 4.0 | 0% | 4,099 | 16.3 | 923 |
| 29 | Tapu Lele psychicfairy Confusion / Nature's Madness | Confusion / Nature's Madness+11 more movesets | 48% | 93.4% | 1.43 | 4:11 | 5.7 | 0% | 3,494 | 16.4 | 612 |
| 30 | Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip | Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets | 44% | 92.0% | 1.45 | 4:15 | 8.9 | 0% | 4,346 | 16.5 | 427 |
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%.
- 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 0.5 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.