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.
Beating Shadow Meowth should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 359-427.
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only these three change a raidOf 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 40The best Shadow Meowth counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Lucario, Shadow Conkeldurr & Terrakion.
M. Mewtwo X
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
Lucario
S. Conkeldurr
Terrakion
6 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+0.974:36
- 2
Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.125:18 - 3
Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.175:33 - 4
Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.235:49 - 5
Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+1.276:01 - 6Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere1.346:20
- 7KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.366:26
- 8
Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.396:35 - 9LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.466:54
- 10Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch1.466:55
- 12TerrakionLegendarypartyDouble Kick / Sacred Sword1.567:21
More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.
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Top 15 Shadow 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.
| # | Attacker | Moveset | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick | fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+ | 6,112 | 4:36 | 0.97 | 3.8 | 116.0% | |
| 2 | Mega Lucariofightingsteel | fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere | 3,826 | 5:18 | 1.12 | 4.2 | 100.6% | |
| 3 | Mega Blazikenfirefighting | fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere | 4,161 | 5:33 | 1.17 | 4.1 | 96.1% | |
| 4 | Mega Falinksfighting | fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+ | 3,670 | 5:49 | 1.23 | 3.6 | 91.7% | |
| 5 | Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic | fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+ | 6,428 | 6:01 | 1.27 | 5.6 | 88.6% | |
| 6 | Shadow Blazikenfirefighting | fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere | 2,848 | 6:20 | 1.34 | 5.5 | 84.2% | |
| 7 | Keldeowaterfighting | fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword | 3,698 | 6:26 | 1.36 | 3.6 | 83.0% | |
| 8 | Mega Galladepsychicfighting | fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword | 4,521 | 6:35 | 1.39 | 5.3 | 81.1% | |
| 9 | Lucariofightingsteel | fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere | 2,703 | 6:54 | 1.46 | 4.9 | 77.3% | |
| 10 | Shadow Conkeldurrfighting | fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch | 3,337 | 6:55 | 1.46 | 4.2 | 77.2% | |
| 11 |  Mega Heracrossbugfighting | fightingCounterfightingClose Combat | 4,814 | 7:02 | 1.49 | 3.2 | 75.9% | |
| 12 | Terrakionrockfighting | fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword | 3,698 | 7:21 | 1.56 | 3.4 | 72.5% | |
| 13 |  Shadow Galladepsychicfighting | fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword | 3,093 | 7:25 | 1.57 | 6.0 | 71.9% | |
| 14 |  Shadow Machampfighting | fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch | 3,056 | 7:31 | 1.59 | 4.8 | 71.0% | |
| 15 | Blazikenfirefighting | fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere | 2,848 | 7:36 | 1.61 | 4.9 | 70.1% |
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 Meowth.
Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow 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.
Simulating each boss moveset…
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.
What Meowth throws at you
Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.
Fast moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| normalScratchSTAB | 6 | +4 | 0.5s | 0.30s |
| darkBite | 6 | +4 | 0.5s | 0.30s |
Charged moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| darkFoul Play | 70 | -50 | 2.0s | 1.70s |
| darkDark Pulse | 80 | -50 | 3.0s | 1.40s |
| darkNight Slash | 45 | -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 | 359 | 449 |
| 7/7/7 | 367 | 458 |
| 8/8/8 | 374 | 468 |
| 9/9/9 | 381 | 477 |
| 10/10/10 | 389 | 486 |
| 11/11/11 | 396 | 496 |
| 12/12/12 | 404 | 505 |
| 13/13/13 | 412 | 515 |
| 14/14/14 | 420 | 525 |
| 15/15/15hundo | 427 | 534 |
Caught CP range 359 - 427, or 449 - 534 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 359, not at the 389 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 30 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.
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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 87 / Defense 76 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).
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% | 116.0% | 0.97 | 4:36 | 3.7 | 100% | 6,112 | 54.8 | 3225 |
| 2 | Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere | Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets | 85% | 100.6% | 1.12 | 5:18 | 4.2 | 0% | 3,826 | 47.4 | 2912 |
| 3 | Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 81% | 96.1% | 1.17 | 5:33 | 4.5 | 0% | 4,161 | 45.4 | 2737 |
| 4 | Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+ | Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets | 78% | 91.7% | 1.23 | 5:49 | 3.9 | 0% | 3,670 | 43.5 | 3088 |
| 5 | Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+ | Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets | 71% | 88.6% | 1.27 | 6:01 | 7.1 | 0% | 6,428 | 42.5 | 1863 |
| 6 | Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 68% | 84.2% | 1.34 | 6:20 | 7.1 | 0% | 2,848 | 40.4 | 1869 |
| 7 | Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword | Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets | 70% | 83.0% | 1.36 | 6:26 | 4.4 | 0% | 3,698 | 39.2 | 2764 |
| 8 | Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword | Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets | 66% | 81.1% | 1.39 | 6:35 | 6.8 | 0% | 4,521 | 38.7 | 1921 |
| 9 | Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere | Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets | 63% | 77.3% | 1.46 | 6:54 | 6.6 | 0% | 2,703 | 36.9 | 1989 |
| 10 | Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch | Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets | 64% | 77.2% | 1.46 | 6:55 | 5.9 | 0% | 3,337 | 36.8 | 2208 |
| 11 | Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets | 64% | 75.9% | 1.49 | 7:02 | 4.5 | 0% | 4,814 | 35.8 | 2720 |
| 12 | Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword | Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets | 61% | 72.5% | 1.56 | 7:21 | 5.0 | 0% | 3,698 | 34.3 | 2505 |
| 13 | Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword | Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets | 56% | 71.9% | 1.57 | 7:25 | 10.5 | 0% | 3,093 | 34.8 | 1298 |
| 14 | Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch | Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets | 57% | 71.0% | 1.59 | 7:31 | 7.1 | 0% | 3,056 | 33.9 | 1861 |
| 15 | Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 56% | 70.1% | 1.61 | 7:36 | 7.4 | 0% | 2,848 | 33.5 | 1778 |
| 16 | Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent | Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets | 57% | 69.8% | 1.62 | 7:39 | 6.5 | 0% | 5,713 | 33.3 | 2004 |
| 17 | Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere | Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets | 55% | 69.7% | 1.62 | 7:39 | 9.0 | 0% | 3,452 | 33.4 | 1501 |
| 18 | Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets | 57% | 69.5% | 1.62 | 7:40 | 6.3 | 0% | 3,548 | 33.0 | 2061 |
| 19 | Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere | Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets | 54% | 69.4% | 1.63 | 7:41 | 10.5 | 0% | 5,007 | 33.6 | 1321 |
| 20 | Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast | Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets | 52% | 69.1% | 1.63 | 7:43 | 14.1 | 0% | 4,178 | 33.6 | 1003 |
| 21 | Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword | Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets | 53% | 69.1% | 1.63 | 7:43 | 11.8 | 0% | 3,677 | 33.4 | 1174 |
| 22 | Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip | Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets | 54% | 68.0% | 1.66 | 7:51 | 8.3 | 0% | 4,346 | 32.6 | 1640 |
| 23 | Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch | Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets | 55% | 67.8% | 1.66 | 7:52 | 6.9 | 0% | 2,829 | 32.4 | 1900 |
| 24 | Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast | Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets | 51% | 67.6% | 1.67 | 7:53 | 12.3 | 0% | 2,842 | 32.8 | 1135 |
| 25 | Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere | Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets | 51% | 67.6% | 1.67 | 7:53 | 14.3 | 0% | 3,812 | 32.9 | 985 |
| 26 | Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets | 53% | 67.6% | 1.67 | 7:53 | 8.9 | 0% | 2,985 | 32.4 | 1517 |
| 27 | Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast | Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets | 50% | 66.7% | 1.69 | 7:59 | 15.4 | 0% | 4,510 | 32.7 | 919 |
| 28 | Mega Lopunny normalfightingmega Double Kick / Focus Blast | Double Kick / Focus Blast+17 more movesets | 54% | 65.9% | 1.71 | 8:05 | 6.5 | 0% | 3,745 | 31.5 | 2008 |
| 29 | Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+ | Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets | 49% | 64.9% | 1.74 | 8:13 | 12.5 | 0% | 3,780 | 31.5 | 1112 |
| 30 | Conkeldurr fighting Force Palm / Dynamic Punch | Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets | 53% | 64.3% | 1.75 | 8:17 | 5.9 | 0% | 3,337 | 30.6 | 2188 |
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%.
- 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 0.8 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.