Shadow raid

Shadow Politoed counters

#0186

waterShadow Tier 1

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

6,448

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

112

Defense

115

Difficulty

0.12

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Politoed should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,275-1,399.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Politoed counters are Mega Raichu X, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kartana, Regieleki, Shadow Sceptile & Zeraora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kartana
Regieleki
S. Sceptile
Zeraora

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 Raichu XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.100:19
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.110:19
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.110:21
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.120:22
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.130:23
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.140:25
7KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.140:26
8Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.150:26
9RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.150:26
10Shadow SceptileShadowpartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.150:26
11ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists0.150:27

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Politoed 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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:19	0.10	0.0	2351.1%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:19	0.11	0.0	2282.2%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:21	0.11	0.1	2121.1%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:22	0.12	0.0	1961.3%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:23	0.13	0.0	1903.8%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:25	0.14	0.0	1742.9%
7	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:26	0.14	0.1	1703.8%
8	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:26	0.15	0.3	1670.4%
9	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:26	0.15	0.3	1670.3%
10	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:26	0.15	0.1	1651.5%
11	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:27	0.15	0.0	1635.8%
12	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:27	0.15	0.3	1632.0%
13	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:27	0.15	0.2	1621.7%
14	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:27	0.15	0.1	1620.8%
15	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:27	0.15	0.2	1595.2%

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 Politoed.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Politoed'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%	291%	1820.5%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Bubble / Blizzard	100%	251%	1674.7%	0:26	0.5	0.15
Mud Shot / Blizzard	100%	276%	1765.3%	0:25	0.3	0.14
Bubble / Hydro Pump	100%	273%	1821.7%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Mud Shot / Hydro Pump	100%	294%	1827.0%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Bubble / Surf	100%	285%	1840.7%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Bubble / Weather Ball (Water)	100%	286%	1847.1%	0:24	0.1	0.13
Bubble / Scald	100%	300%	1854.8%	0:24	0.0	0.13
Mud Shot / Weather Ball (Water)	100%	307%	1854.9%	0:23	0.0	0.13
Mud Shot / Scald	100%	332%	1860.9%	0:23	0.0	0.13
Mud Shot / Surf	100%	306%	1870.3%	0:23	0.0	0.13

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…

Politoed 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Politoed throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
groundMud Shot	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
waterWeather Ball (Water)STAB	55	-33	1.5s	1.25s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	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	1,275	1,594
7/7/7	1,288	1,611
8/8/8	1,302	1,628
9/9/9	1,316	1,645
10/10/10	1,329	1,662
11/11/11	1,343	1,679
12/12/12	1,357	1,697
13/13/13	1,371	1,714
14/14/14	1,385	1,732
15/15/15hundo	1,399	1,749

Caught CP range 1,275 - 1,399, or 1,594 - 1,749 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 1,275, not at the 1,329 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 54 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.

Politoed 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 112 / Defense 115 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	2351.1%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,510	33.4	619
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	96%	2282.2%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,780	37.3	712
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	85%	2121.1%	0.11	0:21	0.1	100%	3,659	30.0	586
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	93%	1961.3%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,093	27.3	607
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	84%	1903.8%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	6,428	27.3	626
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	75%	1742.9%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	6,112	26.0	650
7	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	69%	1703.8%	0.14	0:26	0.1	100%	3,677	24.2	599
8	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	70%	1670.4%	0.15	0:26	0.3	100%	4,056	25.0	563
9	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	66%	1670.3%	0.15	0:26	0.3	100%	2,803	27.8	607
10	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	66%	1651.5%	0.15	0:26	0.1	100%	2,757	23.5	573
11	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	67%	1635.8%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,419	24.4	635
12	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	63%	1632.0%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	3,937	23.9	526
13	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	1621.7%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,580	23.3	552
14	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	69%	1620.8%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	4,038	23.2	583
15	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	64%	1595.2%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,452	24.4	610
16	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	62%	1583.3%	0.15	0:28	0.3	100%	3,527	23.0	541
17	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	60%	1568.4%	0.16	0:28	0.4	100%	3,079	24.3	539
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	67%	1564.3%	0.16	0:28	0.2	100%	5,713	21.9	560
19	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	65%	1548.9%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	3,505	21.7	605
20	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	62%	1544.6%	0.16	0:28	0.1	100%	2,720	21.3	570
21	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	64%	1543.5%	0.16	0:28	0.1	100%	2,954	21.4	575
22	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	66%	1542.0%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	3,698	21.6	610
23	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	59%	1529.0%	0.16	0:29	0.3	100%	3,205	22.5	547
24	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	58%	1527.1%	0.16	0:29	0.4	100%	3,345	22.1	489
25	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	57%	1524.9%	0.16	0:29	0.6	100%	3,117	21.3	430
26	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	59%	1507.5%	0.16	0:29	0.3	100%	3,659	24.2	584
27	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	60%	1456.4%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,592	21.4	602
28	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	58%	1453.1%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	4,099	20.0	600
29	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	58%	1442.7%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	2,825	20.3	581
30	Zapdos electricflying Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	55%	1397.9%	0.17	0:31	0.2	100%	3,527	20.2	544

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