Shadow raid

Shadow Obstagoon 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

34,526

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

159

Defense

171

Difficulty

1.75

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Obstagoon should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,386-1,515.

Weak tofighting2.56xbug1.6xfairy1.6x

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 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 Obstagoon counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Gallade, Lucario & Shadow Conkeldurr.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
S. Gallade
Lucario
S. Conkeldurr

5 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+1.406:37
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.667:50
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.718:03
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.848:40
5KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.919:02
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast1.989:22
7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.999:24
8Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere2.1310:04
9Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword2.1610:13
10LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere2.1810:18
11Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch2.1910:20

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 Obstagoon 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	6:37	1.40	5.7	80.6%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	7:50	1.66	6.0	68.0%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	8:03	1.71	6.0	66.2%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	8:40	1.84	5.9	61.5%
5	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	9:02	1.91	5.9	59.0%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	9:22	1.98	5.6	57.0%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	9:24	1.99	6.0	56.8%
8	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	10:04	2.13	6.0	53.0%
9	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	10:13	2.16	6.0	52.2%
10	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	10:18	2.18	6.0	51.7%
11	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	10:20	2.19	6.0	51.6%
12	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	10:21	2.19	5.6	51.5%
13	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	10:22	2.20	5.9	51.4%
14	Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	11:02	2.34	6.0	48.3%
15	Shadow Machampfighting	fightingKarate ChopfightingDynamic Punch	3,056	11:11	2.37	6.0	47.6%

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 Obstagoon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Obstagoon'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	60%	67%	56.6%	9:25	5.9	1.99
Lick / Hyper Beam	33%	46%	50.6%	10:32	6.0	2.23
Counter / Hyper Beam	33%	48%	52.8%	10:06	6.0	2.14
Counter / Gunk Shot	51%	62%	56.8%	9:23	6.0	1.99
Lick / Gunk Shot	64%	66%	57.2%	9:19	6.0	1.97
Counter / Cross Chop	71%	92%	58.2%	9:09	5.8	1.94
Lick / Cross Chop	67%	93%	58.3%	9:08	5.8	1.93
Counter / Night Slash	82%	97%	59.3%	8:59	6.0	1.90
Lick / Night Slash	86%	103%	59.6%	8:56	5.9	1.89

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…

Obstagoon 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.

fighting2.56x bug1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark0.63x psychic0.39x ghost0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (2)
Double resists (1)

It resists ghost0.24xpsychic0.39xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Obstagoon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
ghostLick	5	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalHyper BeamSTAB	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
poisonGunk Shot	130	-100	3.0s	1.60s
fightingCross Chop	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s
darkNight SlashSTAB	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	1,386	1,732
7/7/7	1,400	1,750
8/8/8	1,414	1,768
9/9/9	1,428	1,785
10/10/10	1,443	1,803
11/11/11	1,457	1,821
12/12/12	1,471	1,840
13/13/13	1,486	1,858
14/14/14	1,501	1,876
15/15/15hundo	1,515	1,894

Caught CP range 1,386 - 1,515, or 1,732 - 1,894 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 1,386, not at the 1,443 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 57 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.

Obstagoon 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 159 / Defense 171 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	80.6%	1.40	6:37	10.8	100%	6,112	39.4	1434
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	80%	68.0%	1.66	7:50	18.3	100%	3,826	33.6	834
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	66.2%	1.71	8:03	18.7	100%	4,161	32.7	827
4	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	73%	61.5%	1.84	8:40	17.4	100%	3,670	30.2	893
5	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	70%	59.0%	1.91	9:02	17.6	100%	3,698	28.9	886
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	68%	57.0%	1.98	9:22	16.2	80%	6,428	27.8	972
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	66%	56.8%	1.99	9:24	19.8	100%	4,521	27.8	807
8	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	58%	53.0%	2.13	10:04	34.0	76%	2,848	27.4	529
9	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	59%	52.2%	2.16	10:13	26.8	22%	3,093	25.9	582
10	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	51.7%	2.18	10:18	27.3	32%	2,703	25.8	571
11	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	58%	51.6%	2.19	10:20	25.3	38%	3,337	25.6	623
12	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	51.5%	2.19	10:21	18.4	44%	4,814	25.0	925
13	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	60%	51.4%	2.20	10:22	20.2	0%	3,698	25.1	745
14	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	54%	48.3%	2.34	11:02	28.8	0%	2,848	24.0	543
15	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	53%	47.6%	2.37	11:11	29.0	0%	3,056	23.7	536
16	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	52%	46.6%	2.42	11:26	28.0	0%	4,178	23.1	559
17	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	51%	46.2%	2.44	11:33	34.0	0%	3,677	23.1	428
18	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	51%	46.1%	2.45	11:34	29.1	0%	4,510	22.9	533
19	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	51%	45.7%	2.47	11:39	28.9	0%	2,829	22.7	544
20	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	52%	45.7%	2.47	11:40	24.3	0%	3,548	22.4	681
21	Urshifu (Rapid Strike) fightingwater Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	51%	44.5%	2.53	11:58	24.1	0%	3,606	21.9	658
22	Urshifu (Single Strike) fightingdark Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	44.5%	2.54	11:60	26.2	0%	3,606	21.9	677
23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	49%	44.0%	2.56	12:07	30.0	0%	3,452	21.9	504
24	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	50%	43.7%	2.59	12:13	23.1	0%	5,007	21.4	690
25	Conkeldurr fighting Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	49%	43.6%	2.59	12:14	26.8	0%	3,337	21.5	605
26	Gallade psychicfighting Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	48%	43.4%	2.60	12:17	29.4	0%	3,093	21.4	548
27	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	47%	42.7%	2.64	12:30	30.0	0%	3,812	21.2	513
28	Mega Lopunny normalfightingmega Double Kick / Focus Blast	Double Kick / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	47%	42.6%	2.65	12:32	30.5	0%	3,745	21.2	535
29	Shadow Annihilape fightingghostshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+11 more movesets	49%	42.2%	2.68	12:39	18.4	0%	3,268	20.4	829
30	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+19 more movesets	42%	39.2%	2.88	13:37	42.0	0%	2,488	20.1	455

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