Shadow raid

Shadow Seel counters

#0086

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

2,856

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Seel should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 475-555.

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 Seel counters are Mega Sceptile, Regieleki, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Electivire, Xurkitree & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Sceptile
Regieleki
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Electivire
Xurkitree
S. Raikou

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 %

1Mega SceptileMegapartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
2Mega Raichu YMegaSpark / Zap Cannon+0.090:16
3RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.090:17
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.100:17
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.100:17
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.100:18
7Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.100:18
8XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.100:18
9Mega ManectricMegaThunder Fang / Wild Charge0.100:18
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.110:19

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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Top 15 Shadow Seel 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 Sceptilegrassdragonjoint top pick	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	2716.2%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricSparkelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:16	0.09	2642.1%
3	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:17	0.09	2584.2%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:17	0.10	2524.0%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:17	0.10	2495.1%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:18	0.10	2426.0%
7	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
8	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:18	0.10	2362.9%
9	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:18	0.10	2359.0%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
11	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:19	0.11	2268.0%
12	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricSparkelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:20	0.11	2234.5%
13	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	0:20	0.11	2228.8%
14	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:20	0.11	2202.9%
15	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder	3,345	0:20	0.11	2179.7%

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 Seel.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Seel'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	558%	2458.9%	0:18	0.10
Lick / Aqua Tail	100%	600%	2449.3%	0:18	0.10
Lick / Icy Wind	100%	571%	2450.3%	0:18	0.10
Ice Shard / Aqua Tail	100%	557%	2455.1%	0:18	0.10
Lick / Aurora Beam	100%	550%	2455.1%	0:18	0.10
Ice Shard / Aurora Beam	100%	530%	2461.8%	0:18	0.10
Ice Shard / Icy Wind	100%	557%	2463.8%	0:18	0.10

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 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…

Seel 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 Seel throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceIce Shard	10	+10	1.0s	0.40s
ghostLick	5	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterAqua TailSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
iceAurora Beam	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s
iceIcy Wind	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	475	594
7/7/7	484	605
8/8/8	492	616
9/9/9	501	627
10/10/10	510	638
11/11/11	519	649
12/12/12	528	660
13/13/13	537	671
14/14/14	546	682
15/15/15hundo	555	694

Caught CP range 475 - 555, or 594 - 694 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 475, not at the 510 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 35 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Seel 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 59 / Defense 81 (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

Share these exact settings

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	93%	2716.2%	0.09	0:16	100%	4,056	37.8	605
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Spark / Zap Cannon+	Spark / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	94%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,780	36.7	606
3	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	97%	2584.2%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,803	39.3	663
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	2524.0%	0.10	0:17	100%	6,112	37.0	639
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	2495.1%	0.10	0:17	100%	6,428	39.7	693
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	82%	2426.0%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,659	36.7	658
7	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	84%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,079	33.7	606
8	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	85%	2362.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,937	33.4	615
9	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	85%	2359.0%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,580	33.6	622
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	83%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,452	31.8	605
11	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	86%	2268.0%	0.11	0:19	100%	3,510	46.2	889
12	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	81%	2234.5%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,205	31.1	606
13	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	73%	2228.8%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,592	31.1	608
14	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	75%	2202.9%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,659	36.1	715
15	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	71%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,345	30.0	600
16	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	77%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	4,038	30.5	610
17	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	74%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,888	30.2	604
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	5,713	30.8	615
19	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	76%	2164.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,677	34.0	684
20	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	73%	2164.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,527	33.1	666
21	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	72%	2134.9%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,720	31.5	644
22	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	73%	2127.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,030	30.2	618
23	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	72%	2126.5%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,117	29.7	609
24	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	69%	2123.4%	0.11	0:21	100%	2,757	29.5	605
25	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	80%	2119.1%	0.11	0:21	100%	4,093	30.9	635
26	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	73%	2115.2%	0.11	0:21	100%	2,954	31.7	653
27	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+19 more movesets	72%	2112.1%	0.12	0:21	100%	2,485	30.0	619
28	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	73%	2089.8%	0.12	0:21	100%	4,245	30.1	628
29	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Solar Beam	Lock-On / Solar Beam+14 more movesets	72%	2075.9%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,266	28.7	602
30	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	75%	2066.1%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,833	29.2	617

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.