Shadow raid

Shadow Ninetales counters

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fireShadow 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

32,265

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

150

Defense

168

Difficulty

3.01

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Ninetales should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,182-1,302.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Ninetales counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Groudon, Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Garchomp.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Kyogre
S. Groudon
Landorus (Therian)
S. Garchomp

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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+2.7713:06
2Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.9513:55
3Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+3.0314:18
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.0414:22
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm3.1114:40
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.1514:52
7Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse3.2615:24
8Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power3.3115:39
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+3.4016:05
10Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.4316:11
11Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm3.4516:17
13Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power3.5616:50

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 Ninetales 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	13:06	2.77	5.7	40.7%
2	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	13:55	2.95	5.5	38.3%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	14:18	3.03	6.0	37.3%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	14:22	3.04	5.5	37.1%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	14:40	3.11	6.0	36.3%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	14:52	3.15	5.8	35.9%
7	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	15:24	3.26	6.0	34.6%
8	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	15:39	3.31	5.8	34.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	16:05	3.40	6.0	33.2%
10	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	16:11	3.43	6.0	32.9%
11	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	16:17	3.45	5.9	32.7%
12	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	16:24	3.47	5.9	32.5%
13	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	16:50	3.56	6.0	31.7%
14	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	17:01	3.60	6.0	31.3%
15	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	17:03	3.61	5.5	31.3%

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 Ninetales.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Ninetales'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	31%	42%	34.6%	15:24	5.9	3.26
Feint Attack / Solar Beam	11%	28%	31.4%	16:60	6.0	3.60
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	11%	28%	31.5%	16:56	6.0	3.59
Fire Spin / Overheat	19%	38%	33.9%	15:43	6.0	3.33
Feint Attack / Overheat	26%	40%	34.2%	15:35	6.0	3.30
Fire Spin / Heat Wave	42%	50%	35.2%	15:10	6.0	3.21
Feint Attack / Heat Wave	28%	52%	35.3%	15:07	6.0	3.20
Fire Spin / Scorching Sands	38%	53%	35.5%	15:00	6.0	3.18
Feint Attack / Scorching Sands	33%	56%	35.7%	14:55	5.9	3.16
Feint Attack / Weather Ball (Fire)	38%	54%	35.7%	14:55	6.0	3.16
Fire Spin / Weather Ball (Fire)	39%	53%	35.9%	14:51	6.0	3.14
Fire Spin / Psyshock	49%	62%	35.9%	14:51	5.8	3.14
Feint Attack / Psyshock	46%	66%	36.4%	14:38	5.7	3.10

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 3 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…

Ninetales 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.

ground1.6x rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Ninetales throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
fireWeather Ball (Fire)STAB	55	-33	1.5s	1.25s
fireHeat WaveSTAB	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
groundScorching Sands	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
psychicPsyshock	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,182	1,478
7/7/7	1,195	1,494
8/8/8	1,208	1,511
9/9/9	1,222	1,527
10/10/10	1,235	1,544
11/11/11	1,248	1,561
12/12/12	1,262	1,577
13/13/13	1,275	1,594
14/14/14	1,289	1,611
15/15/15hundo	1,302	1,628

Caught CP range 1,182 - 1,302, or 1,478 - 1,628 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 1,182, not at the 1,235 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 53 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.

Ninetales 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 150 / Defense 168 (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

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	40.7%	2.77	13:06	30.7	84%	3,784	20.4	650
2	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	98%	38.3%	2.95	13:55	20.1	92%	5,902	18.6	783
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	91%	37.3%	3.03	14:18	32.5	84%	3,701	18.6	545
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	95%	37.1%	3.04	14:22	20.2	96%	5,902	17.9	754
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	88%	36.3%	3.11	14:40	35.0	68%	3,922	18.0	444
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	89%	35.9%	3.15	14:52	26.6	66%	6,428	17.5	578
7	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	85%	34.6%	3.26	15:24	31.5	36%	4,115	17.0	510
8	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	87%	34.1%	3.31	15:39	22.1	0%	5,424	16.5	661
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	82%	33.2%	3.40	16:05	30.1	0%	6,112	16.2	494
10	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	79%	32.9%	3.43	16:11	38.9	2%	4,115	16.4	400
11	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	80%	32.7%	3.45	16:17	33.7	0%	3,922	16.1	459
12	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	79%	32.5%	3.47	16:24	36.0	28%	4,401	16.3	570
13	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	77%	31.7%	3.56	16:50	31.9	0%	3,962	15.5	465
14	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	31.3%	3.60	17:01	59.2	0%	3,298	16.1	282
15	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	80%	31.3%	3.61	17:03	21.4	0%	5,713	15.1	690
16	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	77%	31.2%	3.61	17:04	30.6	0%	3,941	15.2	496
17	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	74%	30.8%	3.67	17:19	35.9	0%	3,128	15.1	463
18	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	73%	30.7%	3.68	17:23	41.5	0%	3,588	15.2	373
19	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	71%	30.5%	3.70	17:30	51.9	0%	2,654	15.5	356
20	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	30.3%	3.72	17:34	49.6	0%	4,346	15.3	378
21	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	71%	30.2%	3.73	17:38	44.0	0%	3,733	15.3	444
22	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	70%	29.8%	3.78	17:52	48.4	0%	2,900	14.9	318
23	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	73%	29.8%	3.79	17:55	31.9	0%	4,118	14.5	477
24	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	74%	29.7%	3.79	17:55	26.3	0%	4,717	14.4	658
25	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	72%	29.7%	3.80	17:57	33.8	0%	3,979	14.5	468
26	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	68%	29.6%	3.82	18:02	56.6	0%	2,829	15.1	289
27	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	73%	29.4%	3.84	18:09	26.2	0%	5,347	14.2	714
28	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	28.8%	3.92	18:32	48.8	0%	2,974	14.5	370
29	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	28.7%	3.94	18:36	51.6	0%	2,826	14.5	339
30	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	65%	28.4%	3.97	18:46	56.2	0%	2,964	14.5	296

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