Shadow raid

Shadow Hitmontop counters

#0237

fightingShadow 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

6,861

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

112

Defense

132

Difficulty

0.12

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Hitmontop should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,114-1,232.

Weak toflying1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Hitmontop counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Salamence & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Toucannon
S. Salamence
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+0.100:17
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.120:22
3Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.120:22
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.130:23
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.130:23
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Future Sight0.140:25
7Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.140:26
8Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.140:26
9Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.150:26
10Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.150:27
11Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Fly0.150:27
12MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.150:27

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 Hitmontop 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	0:17	0.10	0.0	2546.1%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:22	0.12	0.0	2001.6%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:22	0.12	0.0	1981.4%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:23	0.13	0.0	1898.6%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:23	0.13	0.0	1892.1%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight	4,510	0:25	0.14	0.0	1762.1%
7	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:26	0.14	0.0	1698.8%
8	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:26	0.14	0.2	1698.7%
9	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:26	0.15	0.0	1653.6%
10	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:27	0.15	0.6	1618.5%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	0:27	0.15	0.3	1616.0%
12	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:27	0.15	0.0	1588.7%
13	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:28	0.15	0.3	1583.8%
14	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,521	0:28	0.16	0.0	1530.7%
15	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:29	0.16	0.3	1511.6%

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 Hitmontop.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Hitmontop'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%	334%	1784.4%	0:24	0.1	0.14
Counter / Stone Edge	100%	303%	1706.2%	0:26	0.4	0.14
Rock Smash / Stone Edge	100%	316%	1739.9%	0:25	0.3	0.14
Counter / Close Combat	100%	366%	1767.4%	0:25	0.1	0.14
Rock Smash / Close Combat	100%	373%	1768.7%	0:25	0.1	0.14
Rock Smash / Triple Axel	100%	320%	1789.0%	0:24	0.3	0.14
Counter / Triple Axel	100%	314%	1795.8%	0:24	0.3	0.14
Rock Smash / Gyro Ball	100%	340%	1802.5%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Counter / Gyro Ball	100%	335%	1823.6%	0:24	0.0	0.13

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…

Hitmontop 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.

flying1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x

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

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hitmontop 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
fightingRock SmashSTAB	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
iceTriple Axel	60	-33	2.0s	1.50s
steelGyro Ball	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,114	1,393
7/7/7	1,127	1,409
8/8/8	1,140	1,425
9/9/9	1,153	1,441
10/10/10	1,166	1,458
11/11/11	1,179	1,474
12/12/12	1,192	1,490
13/13/13	1,205	1,507
14/14/14	1,219	1,524
15/15/15hundo	1,232	1,540

Caught CP range 1,114 - 1,232, or 1,393 - 1,540 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 1,114, not at the 1,166 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 52 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Hitmontop 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 112 / Defense 132 (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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	2546.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	6,428	39.6	677
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	75%	2001.6%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	6,112	29.9	650
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	70%	1981.4%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,979	28.1	617
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	66%	1898.6%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	5,713	29.6	668
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	63%	1892.1%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,178	26.2	604
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+17 more movesets	58%	1762.1%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,510	24.4	604
7	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	57%	1698.8%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	3,741	26.4	677
8	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	56%	1698.7%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	3,590	24.4	573
9	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	55%	1653.6%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	3,143	23.1	608
10	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	48%	1618.5%	0.15	0:27	0.6	100%	2,689	23.5	437
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	50%	1616.0%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	3,749	23.0	535
12	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	53%	1588.7%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	4,178	23.3	639
13	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	50%	1583.8%	0.15	0:28	0.3	100%	3,835	22.4	534
14	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	51%	1530.7%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	4,521	22.2	631
15	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	48%	1511.6%	0.16	0:29	0.3	100%	3,465	23.1	582
16	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Dazzling Gleam	Confusion / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	50%	1504.6%	0.16	0:29	0.2	100%	4,512	21.0	559
17	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	47%	1499.1%	0.16	0:29	0.5	100%	3,425	20.8	453
18	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	46%	1485.4%	0.16	0:29	0.2	100%	4,006	21.8	589
19	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	42%	1460.3%	0.17	0:30	0.9	100%	2,825	20.6	326
20	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	46%	1453.4%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,812	21.8	606
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+	Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	49%	1452.1%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	4,783	20.0	594
22	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	47%	1450.6%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,791	20.8	609
23	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	46%	1448.2%	0.17	0:30	0.2	100%	3,548	21.1	583
24	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	48%	1445.1%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	5,007	22.2	664
25	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	47%	1438.8%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	5,031	20.1	567
26	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	47%	1437.9%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,590	20.3	608
27	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Future Sight	Psycho Cut / Future Sight+17 more movesets	42%	1399.9%	0.17	0:31	0.6	100%	3,057	19.9	416
28	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	44%	1395.8%	0.17	0:31	0.3	100%	3,093	19.6	517
29	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Extrasensory / Brave Bird	Extrasensory / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	46%	1374.5%	0.18	0:32	0.1	100%	3,863	20.4	609
30	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Charm / Zap Cannon+	Charm / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	41%	1354.7%	0.18	0:32	0.4	100%	3,780	19.9	507

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