Shadow raid

Shadow Magnezone 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

45,959

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

207

Defense

180

Difficulty

2.22

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Magnezone should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,687-1,831.

Weak toground2.56xfighting1.6xfire1.6x

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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Magnezone counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill & Shadow Landorus (Incarnate).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Groudon
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
S. Garchomp
S. Excadrill
S. Landorus (Incarnate)

2 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 %

1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.009:27
2Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.1410:05
3Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.2110:26
4Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.2110:26
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.3711:13
6Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power2.3811:14
7Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Scorching Sands2.3911:17
8Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Earth Power2.4811:42
9Landorus (Therian)LegendaryMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.5412:01
10GroudonLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.5812:10

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 Magnezone 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	Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	9:27	2.00	5.3	56.5%
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	10:05	2.14	6.0	52.8%
3	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	10:26	2.21	4.9	51.1%
4	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	10:26	2.21	6.0	51.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	11:13	2.37	6.0	47.6%
6	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	11:14	2.38	5.5	47.4%
7	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	11:17	2.39	6.0	47.2%
8	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	11:42	2.48	6.0	45.6%
9	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	12:01	2.54	6.0	44.4%
10	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	12:10	2.58	6.0	43.8%
11	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,733	12:23	2.62	6.0	43.0%
12	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	4,401	13:03	2.76	5.9	40.9%
13	Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	13:08	2.78	5.2	40.6%
14	Shadow Golurkgroundghost	groundMud-SlapgroundEarth Power	2,854	13:14	2.80	6.0	40.3%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	13:16	2.81	6.0	40.2%

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 Magnezone.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Magnezone'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	25%	71%	49.7%	10:44	5.8	2.27
Spark / Flash Cannon	18%	54%	47.2%	11:18	6.0	2.39
Charge Beam / Flash Cannon	24%	57%	47.9%	11:08	6.0	2.36
Volt Switch / Flash Cannon	17%	56%	48.0%	11:07	6.0	2.35
Metal Sound / Flash Cannon	22%	54%	48.0%	11:07	6.0	2.35
Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	17%	80%	49.8%	10:43	5.8	2.27
Metal Sound / Zap Cannon	18%	75%	49.9%	10:41	5.9	2.26
Spark / Zap Cannon	18%	79%	50.1%	10:38	5.9	2.25
Spark / Mirror Shot	29%	74%	50.2%	10:37	5.8	2.25
Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	24%	80%	50.3%	10:36	5.8	2.25
Metal Sound / Mirror Shot	29%	74%	50.3%	10:36	5.8	2.24
Charge Beam / Mirror Shot	31%	80%	50.4%	10:35	5.8	2.24
Spark / Wild Charge	35%	85%	50.6%	10:33	5.7	2.23
Volt Switch / Wild Charge	29%	89%	50.6%	10:32	5.6	2.23
Metal Sound / Wild Charge	40%	82%	50.9%	10:29	5.8	2.22
Charge Beam / Wild Charge	33%	89%	51.0%	10:28	5.5	2.22
Volt Switch / Mirror Shot	38%	81%	51.0%	10:27	5.8	2.21

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 2 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…

Magnezone 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.

ground2.56x fighting1.6x fire1.6x ghost1x water1x dark1x normal0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x flying0.39x poison0.39x steel0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (3)
Resists (12)

It resists flying0.39xpoison0.39xsteel0.39xnormal0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Magnezone throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricVolt SwitchSTAB	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s
electricSparkSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.10s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s
electricCharge BeamSTAB	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricZap CannonSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.80s
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
steelMirror ShotSTAB	50	-33	2.5s	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	1,687	2,109
7/7/7	1,703	2,129
8/8/8	1,719	2,148
9/9/9	1,734	2,168
10/10/10	1,750	2,188
11/11/11	1,766	2,208
12/12/12	1,782	2,228
13/13/13	1,798	2,248
14/14/14	1,815	2,269
15/15/15hundo	1,831	2,289

Caught CP range 1,687 - 1,831, or 2,109 - 2,289 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 1,687, not at the 1,750 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 63 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.

Magnezone 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 207 / Defense 180 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	56.5%	2.00	9:27	10.1	100%	5,902	27.0	1340
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	85%	52.8%	2.14	10:05	26.1	40%	3,922	26.3	545
3	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	88%	51.1%	2.21	10:26	12.7	0%	5,424	24.6	1230
4	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	84%	51.1%	2.21	10:26	20.3	10%	4,115	25.0	743
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	47.6%	2.37	11:13	25.8	0%	6,112	23.5	574
6	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	79%	47.4%	2.38	11:14	18.6	0%	3,962	23.1	883
7	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	76%	47.2%	2.39	11:17	25.0	0%	3,244	23.3	583
8	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	72%	45.6%	2.48	11:42	31.2	0%	3,588	22.7	458
9	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	44.4%	2.54	12:01	28.6	0%	3,922	22.0	507
10	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	43.8%	2.58	12:10	19.8	0%	4,115	21.3	735
11	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	69%	43.0%	2.62	12:23	26.5	0%	3,733	21.2	596
12	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	67%	40.9%	2.76	13:03	20.4	0%	4,401	19.9	717
13	Garchomp dragonground Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	68%	40.6%	2.78	13:08	18.0	0%	3,962	19.6	890
14	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	63%	40.3%	2.80	13:14	31.6	0%	2,854	19.9	461
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	64%	40.2%	2.81	13:16	29.3	0%	4,783	19.9	541
16	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	65%	40.1%	2.81	13:17	24.4	0%	3,244	19.6	585
17	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	58%	38.8%	2.91	13:45	47.1	0%	3,328	20.3	422
18	Shadow Flygon grounddragonshadow Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	Sand Attack / Scorching Sands+23 more movesets	61%	38.7%	2.92	13:46	28.3	0%	2,661	19.0	557
19	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	60%	38.3%	2.95	13:56	30.1	0%	3,013	18.9	490
20	Landorus (Incarnate) groundflying Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	59%	38.1%	2.96	13:59	33.7	0%	3,588	18.9	431
21	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	60%	37.5%	3.01	14:14	24.9	0%	2,934	18.3	656
22	Mamoswine iceground Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	58%	37.3%	3.02	14:17	36.2	0%	3,328	18.6	461
23	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	56%	37.3%	3.03	14:19	46.5	0%	3,826	18.9	367
24	Shadow Hippowdon groundshadow Sand Attack / Earth Power	Sand Attack / Earth Power+29 more movesets	59%	36.9%	3.06	14:28	28.4	0%	3,085	18.1	527
25	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	57%	36.3%	3.11	14:40	32.3	0%	2,974	18.0	465
26	Rhyperior groundrock Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	57%	36.0%	3.13	14:48	28.5	0%	3,733	17.7	561
27	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	53%	34.9%	3.23	15:16	46.0	0%	4,521	17.5	326
28	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	54%	34.6%	3.26	15:24	33.5	0%	4,038	17.1	456
29	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Earthquake	Counter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	52%	34.3%	3.29	15:33	39.5	0%	4,814	17.1	371
30	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	50%	33.6%	3.36	15:52	52.7	0%	3,179	17.6	406

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