Shadow raid

Shadow Machop counters

#0066

fightingShadow Tier 1In raids until Tue 6 Oct, 20:00

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

3,666

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Machop should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 638-730.

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 Machop counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Regigigas, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Alakazam & Shadow Lugia.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Regigigas
S. Moltres
S. Alakazam
S. Lugia

5 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+0.050:08
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.050:09
3Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.060:10
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.060:11
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.060:12
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.070:12
7Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Crush Grip0.070:12
8Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.070:12
9Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyPsycho Cut / Psychic0.070:12
10Mega DelphoxMegaZen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
11Shadow LugiaShadowLegendarypartyExtrasensory / Aeroblast++0.070:12

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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Top 15 Shadow Machop 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	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.8%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:10	0.06	4359.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:12	0.06	3771.4%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
7	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
8	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:12	0.07	3493.4%
9	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:12	0.07	3493.4%
10	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3492.4%
11	Shadow Lugiapsychicflying	psychicExtrasensoryflyingAeroblast++	3,703	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
12	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingBrave Bird	3,590	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
13	Shadow Tornadus (Therian)flying	flyingGustflyingBleakwind Storm	3,215	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
14	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:13	0.07	3379.6%
15	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:13	0.07	3353.6%

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 Machop.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Machop'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1016%	3770.9%	0:12	0.06
Karate Chop / Brick Break	100%	1007%	3744.0%	0:12	0.06
Karate Chop / Low Sweep	100%	1035%	3746.2%	0:12	0.06
Karate Chop / Cross Chop	100%	1024%	3752.9%	0:12	0.06
Rock Smash / Cross Chop	100%	1006%	3780.0%	0:12	0.06
Rock Smash / Low Sweep	100%	1057%	3786.9%	0:12	0.06
Rock Smash / Brick Break	100%	1006%	3796.0%	0:11	0.06

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…

Machop 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 Machop throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingRock SmashSTAB	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
fightingKarate ChopSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCross ChopSTAB	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s
fightingBrick BreakSTAB	40	-33	1.5s	0.70s
fightingLow SweepSTAB	40	-33	2.0s	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	638	798
7/7/7	648	810
8/8/8	658	823
9/9/9	668	835
10/10/10	678	848
11/11/11	689	861
12/12/12	699	874
13/13/13	709	887
14/14/14	720	900
15/15/15hundo	730	913

Caught CP range 638 - 730, or 798 - 913 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.

LeekDuck publishes 638 - 730 normal and 798 - 913 boosted for this boss — both match the table above exactly, computed from base stats rather than copied from it.

Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 638, not at the 678 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 40 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.

in raids nowShadow MachopShadow Tier 1Shadowshiny availableWed 9 Sept, 06:00 – Tue 6 Oct, 20:00 · ends in 1 day

All settings

Shadow Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 90 / Defense 57 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	94.3	773
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	66.0	627
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	74%	4359.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,979	64.0	640
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	65%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,112	57.2	658
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	61%	3771.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,178	60.2	695
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	56%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,510	50.2	602
7	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	50%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	50.5	606
8	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	54%	3493.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,465	50.8	634
9	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	51%	3493.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,057	50.5	631
10	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+	Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	56%	3492.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	49.5	618
11	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	63%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,703	48.8	610
12	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Brave Bird	Confusion / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	58%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,590	50.6	632
13	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	53%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,215	50.1	626
14	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	3379.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,521	49.5	638
15	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	53%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,178	46.8	608
16	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	46%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,825	47.0	611
17	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	50%	3302.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,741	59.8	788
18	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	46%	3263.2%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,689	53.7	716
19	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Psychic	Charm / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	4,512	45.0	607
20	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	51%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	5,007	45.2	610
21	Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) flyingshadow Air Slash / Hurricane	Air Slash / Hurricane+7 more movesets	47%	3150.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,345	44.6	617
22	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	50%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,425	42.9	600
23	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Air Slash / Brave Bird	Air Slash / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	44%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,680	43.6	611
24	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	41%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,711	43.7	612
25	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	43%	3109.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,689	43.3	606
26	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	48%	3083.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,749	46.3	655
27	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	47%	3078.8%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,548	44.9	635
28	Shadow Unfezant normalflyingshadow Air Slash / Sky Attack	Air Slash / Sky Attack+5 more movesets	41%	3061.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,734	43.2	614
29	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	45%	3044.4%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,014	44.2	632
30	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	46%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,812	42.7	619

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 ahead of time for these settings (seed 1, 50 Monte Carlo runs each) and served instantly. Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.