Shadow raid

Shadow Scyther counters

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bug flyingShadow 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

38,813

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

191

Defense

151

Difficulty

2.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Scyther should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,414-1,546.

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 a Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Scyther counters are Shadow Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Shadow Tyrantrum, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Gigalith & Glimmora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Tyrantrum
S. Rhyperior
S. Gigalith
Glimmora

4 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 %

1Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.908:59
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide1.959:12
3Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.059:41
4Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker2.099:53
5Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.1210:02
6Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge2.1210:02
7Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide2.1510:08
8Shadow GigalithShadowpartySmack Down / Meteor Beam2.2010:23
9Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+2.2110:26
10GlimmorapartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.2510:37

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 Scyther 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	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	8:59	1.90	6.0	59.4%
2	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	9:12	1.95	6.0	58.0%
3	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	9:41	2.05	6.0	55.0%
4	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	9:53	2.09	6.0	53.9%
5	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	10:02	2.12	5.6	53.2%
6	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	10:02	2.12	5.2	53.1%
7	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	10:08	2.15	6.0	52.6%
8	Shadow Gigalithrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,228	10:23	2.20	6.0	51.3%
9	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	10:26	2.21	6.0	51.1%
10	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	10:37	2.25	6.0	50.2%
11	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	10:38	2.25	6.0	50.1%
12	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	10:43	2.27	6.0	49.7%
13	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	10:47	2.28	6.0	49.5%
14	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	11:07	2.35	5.7	47.9%
15	Shadow Aurorusrockice	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,802	11:20	2.40	6.0	47.0%

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 Scyther.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Scyther'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	64%	62%	54.4%	9:48	6.0	2.08
Fury Cutter / Trailblaze	21%	40%	50.0%	10:40	6.0	2.26
Air Slash / Trailblaze	38%	41%	50.6%	10:32	6.0	2.23
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	71%	72%	55.6%	9:36	6.0	2.03
Air Slash / X-Scissor	76%	69%	55.7%	9:35	6.0	2.03
Air Slash / Night Slash	78%	78%	55.9%	9:33	6.0	2.02
Fury Cutter / Night Slash	82%	81%	56.2%	9:29	6.0	2.01
Fury Cutter / Aerial Ace	81%	85%	56.3%	9:28	6.0	2.00
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	83%	83%	56.5%	9:27	6.0	2.00

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…

Scyther 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.

rock2.56x flying1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x ground0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists ground0.24xfighting0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Scyther throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
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	1,414	1,768
7/7/7	1,429	1,786
8/8/8	1,443	1,804
9/9/9	1,458	1,822
10/10/10	1,472	1,841
11/11/11	1,487	1,859
12/12/12	1,502	1,877
13/13/13	1,516	1,896
14/14/14	1,531	1,914
15/15/15hundo	1,546	1,933

Caught CP range 1,414 - 1,546, or 1,768 - 1,933 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 1,414, not at the 1,472 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 58 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.

Scyther 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 191 / Defense 151 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	98%	59.4%	1.90	8:59	29.1	100%	3,298	29.9	511
2	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	58.0%	1.95	9:12	19.9	80%	4,346	28.5	853
3	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	94%	55.0%	2.05	9:41	22.1	84%	3,128	27.1	658
4	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	92%	53.9%	2.09	9:53	23.0	76%	3,733	26.8	748
5	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	96%	53.2%	2.12	10:02	13.3	40%	5,713	25.6	1084
6	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	95%	53.1%	2.12	10:02	14.9	50%	5,347	25.7	1097
7	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	93%	52.6%	2.15	10:08	16.2	4%	4,118	25.5	882
8	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	86%	51.3%	2.20	10:23	26.6	56%	3,228	25.6	627
9	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	88%	51.1%	2.21	10:26	19.9	2%	4,783	25.0	717
10	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	87%	50.2%	2.25	10:37	19.0	0%	3,273	24.5	752
11	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	83%	50.1%	2.25	10:38	30.5	0%	3,298	25.0	500
12	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	84%	49.7%	2.27	10:43	23.7	0%	3,834	24.5	703
13	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	82%	49.5%	2.28	10:47	27.7	0%	3,780	24.6	527
14	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	84%	47.9%	2.35	11:07	17.3	0%	3,000	23.2	870
15	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	79%	47.0%	2.40	11:20	25.0	0%	2,802	23.2	621
16	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	78%	46.6%	2.42	11:27	27.1	0%	2,783	23.0	538
17	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	79%	46.2%	2.44	11:32	22.2	0%	3,128	22.6	652
18	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	77%	46.1%	2.45	11:34	26.7	0%	3,588	22.7	554
19	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	79%	46.0%	2.45	11:35	22.1	0%	3,698	22.5	726
20	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	76%	45.3%	2.49	11:47	25.3	0%	3,733	22.4	735
21	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	76%	45.1%	2.50	11:49	23.4	0%	3,228	22.1	644
22	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	77%	44.8%	2.52	11:53	19.9	0%	3,979	21.9	829
23	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	73%	44.4%	2.54	11:60	33.1	0%	3,331	22.2	447
24	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	74%	44.2%	2.56	12:04	26.0	0%	3,510	21.8	560
25	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	72%	43.9%	2.57	12:09	31.2	0%	2,949	21.8	513
26	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	73%	43.5%	2.60	12:15	25.5	0%	3,145	21.3	574
27	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+8 more movesets	72%	43.5%	2.60	12:15	29.5	0%	2,949	21.6	601
28	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	72%	43.2%	2.61	12:20	26.1	0%	3,659	21.3	543
29	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	76%	42.9%	2.63	12:25	16.1	0%	3,741	20.7	899
30	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	70%	42.9%	2.63	12:26	33.8	0%	3,105	21.4	429

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.