Shadow raid

Shadow Marshtomp 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

25,478

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

140

Defense

121

Difficulty

1.57

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Marshtomp should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 909-1,015.

Weak tograss2.56x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Grass Mega — most top counters attack with Grass

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 Marshtomp counters are Mega Chesnaught, Kartana, Shadow Sceptile, Shadow Tangrowth, Shadow Chesnaught & Shaymin (Sky).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Chesnaught
Kartana
S. Sceptile
S. Tangrowth
S. Chesnaught
Shaymin (Sky)

1 more Mega 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 ChesnaughtMegapartyVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.366:26
2Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.426:41
3KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade1.567:22
4Shadow SceptileShadowpartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.697:59
5Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip1.697:59
6Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant1.708:01
7Shaymin (Sky)LegendarypartyMagical Leaf / Grass Knot1.708:01
8Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant1.708:02
9Shadow VenusaurShadowVine Whip / Frenzy Plant1.728:08
10Shadow TorterraShadowRazor Leaf / Frenzy Plant1.778:21

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 Marshtomp 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	6:26	1.36	4.7	82.9%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	6:41	1.42	5.7	79.7%
3	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	7:22	1.56	6.0	72.3%
4	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	7:59	1.69	6.0	66.8%
5	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	7:59	1.69	6.0	66.8%
6	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	8:01	1.70	6.0	66.5%
7	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	8:01	1.70	4.8	66.5%
8	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	8:02	1.70	5.7	66.4%
9	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	8:08	1.72	6.0	65.5%
10	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	8:21	1.77	6.0	63.8%
11	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	8:22	1.77	6.0	63.7%
12	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	8:28	1.79	5.1	62.9%
13	Rillaboomgrass	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	3,324	8:37	1.83	5.9	61.8%
14	Roseradegrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	2,971	8:51	1.88	6.0	60.2%
15	Meowscaradagrassdark	grassLeafagegrassFrenzy Plant	2,825	8:55	1.89	6.0	59.8%

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 Marshtomp.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Marshtomp'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	100%	117%	70.0%	7:37	5.6	1.61
Mud Shot / Sludge	100%	98%	69.0%	7:43	6.0	1.63
Water Gun / Sludge	100%	98%	69.3%	7:42	6.0	1.63
Water Gun / Surf	100%	127%	70.2%	7:36	5.7	1.61
Mud Shot / Surf	100%	129%	70.3%	7:35	5.7	1.61
Water Gun / Mud Bomb	100%	159%	70.5%	7:34	5.1	1.60
Mud Shot / Mud Bomb	100%	168%	70.6%	7:33	4.9	1.60

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…

Marshtomp 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.

grass2.56x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x electric0.63x

Double weak (1)
Neutral (12)
Resists (5)

It resists poison0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Marshtomp throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
groundMud BombSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.90s
poisonSludge	50	-33	2.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	909	1,136
7/7/7	920	1,151
8/8/8	932	1,165
9/9/9	944	1,180
10/10/10	955	1,194
11/11/11	967	1,209
12/12/12	979	1,224
13/13/13	991	1,239
14/14/14	1,003	1,254
15/15/15hundo	1,015	1,269

Caught CP range 909 - 1,015, or 1,136 - 1,269 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 909, not at the 955 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 46 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.

Marshtomp 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 140 / Defense 121 (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	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	82.9%	1.36	6:26	6.5	100%	4,093	39.5	2097
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	92%	79.7%	1.42	6:41	10.0	100%	4,056	38.6	1482
3	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	81%	72.3%	1.56	7:22	13.9	100%	3,677	35.3	1049
4	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	73%	66.8%	1.69	7:59	17.0	100%	2,757	32.9	866
5	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	75%	66.8%	1.69	7:59	12.6	100%	3,030	32.3	1139
6	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	75%	66.5%	1.70	8:01	12.9	100%	2,954	32.3	1108
7	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	76%	66.5%	1.70	8:01	10.6	100%	3,592	32.0	1758
8	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	77%	66.4%	1.70	8:02	9.7	100%	3,698	31.9	1388
9	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	73%	65.5%	1.72	8:08	14.7	100%	2,720	31.9	939
10	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	71%	63.8%	1.77	8:21	14.0	100%	2,934	31.0	1037
11	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	71%	63.7%	1.77	8:22	13.3	100%	3,505	30.9	1039
12	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	73%	62.9%	1.79	8:28	9.9	100%	3,833	30.2	1444
13	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	69%	61.8%	1.83	8:37	13.1	100%	3,324	30.0	1103
14	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	66%	60.2%	1.88	8:51	16.1	100%	2,971	29.3	864
15	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	65%	59.8%	1.89	8:55	17.5	100%	2,825	29.3	849
16	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	62%	58.1%	1.94	9:11	21.6	100%	2,431	28.7	652
17	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	65%	57.4%	1.97	9:18	12.2	100%	2,954	27.6	1165
18	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	64%	57.3%	1.97	9:18	13.3	100%	2,775	27.7	1035
19	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	62%	57.2%	1.98	9:20	16.8	100%	3,419	27.9	978
20	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade	Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	63%	57.0%	1.98	9:21	15.4	100%	4,521	27.7	911
21	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	57.0%	1.98	9:21	15.9	100%	2,410	27.7	906
22	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+11 more movesets	61%	56.9%	1.98	9:22	19.6	100%	3,014	27.9	766
23	Shadow Tangela grassshadow Vine Whip / Grass Knot	Vine Whip / Grass Knot+7 more movesets	61%	56.7%	1.99	9:24	21.0	100%	2,238	27.9	689
24	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+7 more movesets	62%	56.6%	1.99	9:25	17.6	100%	3,014	27.6	915
25	Shadow Shiftry grassdarkshadow Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+15 more movesets	60%	56.5%	2.00	9:26	22.3	100%	2,333	27.9	645
26	Tsareena grass Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+17 more movesets	62%	56.3%	2.01	9:28	15.2	100%	2,964	27.3	965
27	Venusaur grasspoison Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	62%	55.8%	2.02	9:33	14.7	100%	2,720	27.1	942
28	Sceptile grass Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	60%	55.7%	2.03	9:34	18.4	98%	2,757	27.3	809
29	Shadow Serperior grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+7 more movesets	60%	55.3%	2.04	9:38	16.9	100%	2,277	26.9	859
30	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	59%	54.4%	2.07	9:48	17.3	66%	5,902	26.9	1123

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