Shadow raid

Shadow Galarian Meowth counters

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steelShadow Tier 3

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

8,504

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.53

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Galarian Meowth should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 511-591.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Galarian Meowth counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Blaziken, Blacephalon, Keldeo & Shadow Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
S. Blaziken
Blacephalon
Keldeo
S. Landorus (Therian)

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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.441:17
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.511:29
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.511:30
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.541:35
5Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.581:42
6Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.581:42
7Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.601:45
8Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.611:46
9Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.611:48
10BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.611:48
11KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.611:48
13Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.621:49

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

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Related countersAlolan Meowth Meowth

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Top 15 Shadow Galarian Meowth 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 Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:17	0.44	0.8	303.8%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:29	0.51	1.3	262.7%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:30	0.51	1.4	259.7%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:35	0.54	1.5	247.9%
5	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:42	0.58	1.7	230.4%
6	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:42	0.58	1.6	230.1%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:45	0.60	1.0	224.1%
8	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	1:46	0.61	2.7	220.6%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	1:48	0.61	1.8	218.2%
10	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	1:48	0.61	3.4	218.1%
11	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:48	0.61	1.7	217.6%
12	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:48	0.62	1.2	216.7%
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:49	0.62	2.1	214.8%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	1:49	0.62	1.5	214.7%
15	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	1:57	0.66	2.3	201.2%

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 Galarian Meowth.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Galarian Meowth'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%	181%	229.4%	1:42	2.0	0.58
Metal Sound / Dig	100%	172%	222.0%	1:46	3.0	0.60
Scratch / Dig	100%	171%	222.1%	1:46	3.0	0.60
Metal Claw / Dig	100%	169%	222.7%	1:45	3.0	0.60
Metal Claw / Night Slash	100%	219%	231.3%	1:41	1.5	0.58
Scratch / Night Slash	100%	218%	232.7%	1:41	1.5	0.57
Metal Sound / Night Slash	100%	224%	232.9%	1:41	1.4	0.57
Scratch / Gyro Ball	100%	181%	232.9%	1:41	1.9	0.57
Metal Sound / Trailblaze	100%	202%	233.1%	1:41	1.8	0.57
Scratch / Trailblaze	100%	197%	233.3%	1:41	1.8	0.57
Metal Claw / Trailblaze	100%	198%	233.6%	1:40	1.8	0.57
Metal Sound / Gyro Ball	100%	186%	233.7%	1:40	1.8	0.57
Metal Claw / Gyro Ball	100%	184%	233.7%	1:40	1.9	0.57

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…

Galarian Meowth 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x fire1.6x ghost1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (4)
Resists (11)

It resists poison0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Galarian Meowth throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
steelGyro BallSTAB	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s
groundDig	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	511	639
7/7/7	519	649
8/8/8	528	660
9/9/9	537	671
10/10/10	546	682
11/11/11	555	694
12/12/12	564	705
13/13/13	573	716
14/14/14	582	728
15/15/15hundo	591	739

Caught CP range 511 - 591, or 639 - 739 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 511, not at the 546 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 35 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Galarian Meowth 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 98 / Defense 81 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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 X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	303.8%	0.44	1:17	0.8	100%	6,112	53.5	2472
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	83%	262.7%	0.51	1:29	1.3	100%	4,783	46.7	1848
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	80%	259.7%	0.51	1:30	1.4	100%	3,826	45.0	1777
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	75%	247.9%	0.54	1:35	1.5	100%	4,161	42.7	1724
5	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	230.4%	0.58	1:42	1.6	100%	3,670	40.6	1591
6	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	70%	230.1%	0.58	1:42	1.5	100%	4,038	40.4	1766
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	72%	224.1%	0.60	1:45	0.9	100%	4,455	38.5	2149
8	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	62%	220.6%	0.61	1:46	2.6	100%	2,848	38.3	1277
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	65%	218.2%	0.61	1:48	1.7	100%	4,521	37.5	1492
10	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	60%	218.1%	0.61	1:48	3.3	100%	3,297	38.1	1019
11	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	66%	217.6%	0.61	1:48	1.7	100%	3,698	37.6	1594
12	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	69%	216.7%	0.62	1:48	1.2	100%	5,902	37.3	1858
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	63%	214.8%	0.62	1:49	2.1	100%	3,922	38.3	1432
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	66%	214.7%	0.62	1:49	1.5	100%	6,428	37.3	1703
15	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	58%	201.2%	0.66	1:57	2.2	100%	4,115	35.1	1340
16	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	58%	199.5%	0.67	1:58	2.3	100%	3,337	34.7	1339
17	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	58%	198.1%	0.67	1:58	2.2	100%	3,754	34.5	1628
18	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	54%	197.2%	0.68	1:59	3.3	100%	3,105	34.8	1018
19	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	61%	196.8%	0.68	1:59	1.3	100%	4,814	34.0	1809
20	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	55%	196.6%	0.68	1:59	2.7	100%	2,703	34.1	1265
21	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	60%	195.7%	0.68	1:60	1.5	100%	4,038	33.7	1771
22	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	54%	195.4%	0.68	2:00	2.9	100%	3,093	33.5	1047
23	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	53%	195.2%	0.68	2:00	3.5	100%	3,268	34.3	980
24	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	62%	194.6%	0.69	2:01	1.1	100%	3,863	33.8	1970
25	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	60%	194.3%	0.69	2:01	1.5	100%	5,424	33.7	1683
26	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	59%	193.6%	0.69	2:01	1.6	100%	3,465	34.0	1579
27	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	54%	192.5%	0.69	2:02	2.9	100%	3,059	33.3	1101
28	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	55%	188.1%	0.71	2:05	1.9	100%	2,889	32.6	1464
29	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	52%	188.0%	0.71	2:05	3.1	100%	3,698	32.3	1140
30	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	56%	187.7%	0.71	2:05	1.9	100%	3,850	32.4	1554

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.