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Shadow Muk counters

poisonShadow Tier 5

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
34,333
HP
15,000
Timer
5:00
Attack
168
Defense
153
Difficulty
2.43
Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Muk should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,442-1,575.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMegaLegendaryShadow
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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to
No boostSunny or clear ★RainyPartly cloudyCloudyWindy ★SnowFog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend
NoneGood 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
Off2 trainers3 trainers4 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 Muk counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Excadrill.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Mewtwo Y
  2. S. Mewtwo
  3. S. Landorus (Therian)
  4. Mewtwo
  5. S. Groudon
  6. S. Excadrill

8 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 %

  1. 1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.808:29
  2. 2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike2.1910:19
  3. 3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.5011:48
  4. 4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.6012:17
  5. 5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.6212:22
  6. 6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic2.8213:20
  7. 7Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.8913:40
  8. 8MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.9914:08
  9. 9Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.9914:08
  10. 10Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic3.0214:17
  11. 14Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Scorching Sands3.1214:44

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid
Super Mega LegendarySuper MegaPrimalMega LegendaryMegaEliteShadow Tier 5Tier 5Shadow Tier 3Tier 3Shadow Tier 1Tier 1Tier 4Tier 2
Related countersAlolan Muk
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Top 15 Shadow Muk 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pickpsychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+6,4288:291.805.562.8%
2Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingpsychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike6,11210:192.195.551.7%
3Shadow MewtwopsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike4,17811:482.506.045.2%
4Primal GroudongroundfiregroundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades5,90212:172.604.543.4%
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyinggroundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm3,92212:222.625.543.1%
6Mega AlakazampsychicpsychicConfusionpsychicPsychic4,51013:202.826.040.0%
7Mega GarchompdragongroundgroundMud ShotgroundEarth Power5,42413:402.894.439.0%
8MewtwopsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike4,17814:082.995.837.7%
9Shadow GroudongroundgroundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades4,11514:082.995.037.7%
10Mega GalladepsychicfightingpsychicConfusionpsychicPsychic4,52114:173.025.737.3%
11Mega LatiosdragonpsychicpsychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic5,00714:313.075.536.7%
12Mega MalamardarkpsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+3,14314:333.085.736.6%
13Mega DelphoxfirepsychicpsychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic4,78314:373.095.636.5%
14Shadow ExcadrillgroundsteelgroundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands3,24414:443.124.836.2%
15Landorus (Therian)groundflyinggroundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm3,92214:493.145.336.0%

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 Muk.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Muk'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…

Muk 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.

ground1.6xpsychic1.6xnormal1xflying1xrock1xghost1xsteel1xfire1xwater1xelectric1xice1xdragon1xdark1xfighting0.63xpoison0.63xbug0.63xgrass0.63xfairy0.63x
  • Weak (2)
  • Neutral (11)
  • Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Muk throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB13+91.0s0.40s
poisonAcidSTAB11+101.0s0.60s
bugInfestation9+131.0s0.75s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
poisonGunk ShotSTAB130-1003.0s1.60s
poisonSludge WaveSTAB105-1003.0s1.80s
darkDark Pulse80-503.0s1.40s
electricThunder Punch50-332.0s1.90s
poisonAcid SpraySTAB20-503.0s2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor1,4421,803
7/7/71,4571,821
8/8/81,4711,839
9/9/91,4861,858
10/10/101,5011,876
11/11/111,5151,894
12/12/121,5301,913
13/13/131,5451,932
14/14/141,5601,950
15/15/15hundo1,5751,969

Caught CP range 1,442 - 1,575, or 1,803 - 1,969 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 1,442, not at the 1,501 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 59 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.

Muk 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 168 / Defense 153 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Future Sight+
1.808:2914.5
2
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Confusion / Psystrike
2.1910:1917.0
3
Shadow Mewtwo
psychicshadow
Psycho Cut / Psystrike
2.5011:4830.6
4
Primal Groudon
groundfiremega
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
2.6012:1712.2
5
Shadow Landorus (Therian)
groundflyingshadow
Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm
2.6212:2222.0
6
Mega Alakazam
psychicmega
Confusion / Psychic
2.8213:2034.7
7
Mega Garchomp
dragongroundmega
Mud Shot / Earth Power
2.8913:4014.7
8
Mewtwo
psychic
Psycho Cut / Psystrike
2.9914:0832.3
9
Shadow Groudon
groundshadow
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
2.9914:0820.3
10
Mega Gallade
psychicfightingmega
Confusion / Psychic
3.0214:1729.3
11
Mega Latios
dragonpsychicmega
Zen Headbutt / Psychic
3.0714:3127.7
12
Mega Malamar
darkpsychicmega
Psycho Cut / Psybeam+
3.0814:3327.0
13
Mega Delphox
firepsychicmega
Zen Headbutt / Psychic
3.0914:3729.4
14
Shadow Excadrill
groundsteelshadow
Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands
3.1214:4418.2
15
Landorus (Therian)
groundflying
Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm
3.1414:4922.1
16
Mega Gardevoir
psychicfairymega
Confusion / Psychic
3.1414:5039.5
17
Shadow Regigigas
normalshadow
Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip
3.1414:5030.1
18
Shadow Latios
dragonpsychicshadow
Zen Headbutt / Psychic
3.2015:0636.4
19
Hoopa (Unbound)
psychicdark
Confusion / Psychic
3.2115:0936.6
20
Shadow Metagross
steelpsychicshadow
Zen Headbutt / Psychic
3.2415:1726.4
21
Shadow Garchomp
dragongroundshadow
Mud Shot / Earth Power
3.2615:2421.9
22
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
psychicsteel
Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike
3.2715:2720.1
23
Mega Rayquaza
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent
3.3215:4126.8
24
Shadow Rhyperior
groundrockshadow
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
3.3215:4217.5
25
Mega Metagross
steelpsychicmega
Zen Headbutt / Psychic
3.3315:4318.1
26
Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)
groundflyingshadow
Mud Shot / Earth Power
3.3515:4828.0
27
Groudon
ground
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
3.3515:5019.8
28
Shadow Mamoswine
icegroundshadow
Mud-Slap / High Horsepower
3.3615:5128.9
29
Shadow Galarian Articuno
psychicflyingshadow
Confusion / Future Sight
3.5116:3442.3
30
Shadow Alakazam
psychicshadow
Confusion / Psychic
3.5216:3964.7
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 2.0 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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