Shadow raid

Shadow Infernape 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

7,479

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

141

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Infernape should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,401-1,533.

Weak toflying1.6xground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Infernape counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Galarian Articuno, Mewtwo & Shadow Toucannon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Galarian Articuno
Mewtwo
S. Toucannon

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 YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
2Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.090:16
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.090:16
4Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.100:17
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.100:17
6Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.100:18
7Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.100:18
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.100:19
9Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.110:19
10Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.110:20
11Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Fly0.110:20
12MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.110:20
13Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.110:20

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 Infernape 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	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	0.0	3676.7%
2	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:16	0.09	0.0	2689.1%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
4	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:17	0.10	0.2	2556.5%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:17	0.10	0.0	2543.5%
6	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:18	0.10	0.0	2432.7%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:18	0.10	0.0	2384.1%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:19	0.10	0.0	2335.0%
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:19	0.11	0.0	2269.4%
10	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:20	0.11	0.2	2232.9%
11	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingFly	3,590	0:20	0.11	0.0	2225.3%
12	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:20	0.11	0.0	2143.3%
13	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:20	0.11	0.4	2134.1%
14	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	0:21	0.12	0.0	2110.1%
15	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:21	0.12	0.0	2087.8%

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 Infernape.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Infernape'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%	421%	2404.2%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Rock Smash / Close Combat	100%	519%	2341.3%	0:19	0.1	0.10
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	100%	431%	2345.3%	0:19	0.0	0.10
Rock Smash / Solar Beam	100%	493%	2382.5%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Rock Smash / Flamethrower	100%	402%	2409.1%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Fire Spin / Close Combat	100%	420%	2418.8%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Fire Spin / Flamethrower	100%	347%	2436.0%	0:18	0.1	0.10

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…

Infernape 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 ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Infernape throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
fightingRock SmashSTAB	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,401	1,752
7/7/7	1,416	1,770
8/8/8	1,430	1,788
9/9/9	1,444	1,806
10/10/10	1,459	1,824
11/11/11	1,474	1,842
12/12/12	1,488	1,861
13/13/13	1,503	1,879
14/14/14	1,518	1,898
15/15/15hundo	1,533	1,916

Caught CP range 1,401 - 1,533, or 1,752 - 1,916 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 1,401, not at the 1,459 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 58 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.

Infernape 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 141 / Defense 99 (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 Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	3676.7%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,428	51.0	604
2	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	64%	2689.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,979	39.4	638
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	64%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,112	40.6	669
4	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	56%	2556.5%	0.10	0:17	0.2	100%	3,784	39.3	573
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	2543.5%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,178	35.8	613
6	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	62%	2432.7%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,713	39.6	709
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	52%	2384.1%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,510	33.2	601
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	56%	2335.0%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	5,902	32.5	607
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	50%	2269.4%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,922	35.4	679
10	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	53%	2232.9%	0.11	0:20	0.2	100%	3,701	40.2	709
11	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	50%	2225.3%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,590	31.8	623
12	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	47%	2143.3%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,178	30.7	624
13	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	44%	2134.1%	0.11	0:20	0.4	100%	2,689	31.0	504
14	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	47%	2110.1%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,749	30.0	619
15	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	48%	2087.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	5,424	29.2	610
16	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	45%	2043.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	4,521	29.4	627
17	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	46%	2036.2%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	5,902	29.9	640
18	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	44%	2033.3%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,922	28.6	614
19	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	45%	2026.7%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,512	29.3	631
20	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	42%	1999.6%	0.12	0:22	0.2	100%	4,006	29.2	579
21	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	44%	1970.8%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,812	28.2	623
22	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	44%	1939.2%	0.13	0:22	0.0	100%	3,465	31.0	697
23	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Sand Attack / Fly	Sand Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	39%	1936.9%	0.13	0:23	0.6	100%	2,825	28.0	425
24	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	39%	1934.1%	0.13	0:23	0.4	100%	3,791	27.2	493
25	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	44%	1897.0%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	5,007	29.4	676
26	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	44%	1897.0%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,783	29.4	676
27	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	45%	1890.5%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	5,031	26.3	606
28	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	39%	1884.6%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	3,741	29.2	564
29	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	40%	1884.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	3,548	28.5	638
30	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	43%	1871.0%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,835	29.9	698

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