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Shiftry counters

grassdarkTier 3
Lobby CP
15,043
HP
3,600
Timer
3:00
Attack
156
Defense
99
Difficulty
0.28
Pokebattler scale

Beating Shiftry should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,263-1,333.

Weak tobug2.56xfighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xfire1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMegaLegendaryShadow
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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to
No boostSunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudyCloudy ★Windy ★Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend
NoneGood 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 Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x
Off2 trainers3 trainers4 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 Shiftry counters are Mega Beedrill, Shadow Vikavolt, Shadow Pinsir, Shadow Scizor, Pheromosa & Volcarona.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Beedrill
  2. S. Vikavolt
  3. S. Pinsir
  4. S. Scizor
  5. Pheromosa
  6. Volcarona

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 %

  1. 1Mega BeedrillMegapartyInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.220:39
  2. 2Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.280:48
  3. 3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.280:49
  4. 4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.300:53
  5. 5Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor0.300:53
  6. 6Mega PinsirMegaBug Bite / X-Scissor0.300:53
  7. 7Shadow PinsirShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.320:57
  8. 8Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.330:57
  9. 9Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.330:57
  10. 10Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.330:58
  11. 11PheromosaLegendarypartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz0.330:58
  12. 13VolcaronapartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz0.340:59

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

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Raid tier — Group Raid
Super Mega LegendarySuper MegaPrimalMega LegendaryMegaEliteShadow Tier 5Tier 5Shadow Tier 3Tier 3Shadow Tier 1Tier 1Tier 4Tier 2
Related countersShadow Shiftry
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Top 15 Shiftry 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pickbugInfestationbugFell Stinger+3,3830:390.220.8601.2%
2Mega HeracrossbugfightingbugFury CutterbugMegahorn4,8140:480.280.8485.5%
3Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingfightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+6,1120:490.280.8483.1%
4Mega RayquazadragonflyingflyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent5,7130:530.300.5443.9%
5Shadow VikavoltbugelectricbugBug BitebugX-Scissor3,1170:530.301.7440.9%
6Mega PinsirbugflyingbugBug BitebugX-Scissor4,1820:530.301.1440.4%
7Shadow PinsirbugbugFury CutterbugX-Scissor2,9590:570.322.0414.9%
8Shadow ScizorbugsteelbugFury CutterbugX-Scissor3,0010:570.331.5410.5%
9Mega ScizorbugsteelbugFury CutterbugX-Scissor4,0870:570.330.6409.6%
10Mega DelphoxfirepsychicfireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+4,7830:580.331.2407.1%
11PheromosabugfightingbugBug BitebugBug Buzz2,8420:580.332.6405.7%
12Mega LucariofightingsteelfightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere3,8260:590.341.3398.2%
13VolcaronabugfirebugBug BitebugBug Buzz3,6320:590.341.0398.2%
14Mega BlazikenfirefightingfightingCounterfightingAura Sphere4,1611:000.341.4388.2%
15Shadow ScytherbugflyingbugFury CutterbugBug Buzz2,7061:010.351.8386.8%

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 Shiftry.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shiftry'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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Shiftry 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.

bug2.56xfighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xfire1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6xnormal1xrock1xsteel1xdragon1xground0.63xghost0.63xwater0.63xgrass0.63xelectric0.63xdark0.63xpsychic0.39x
  • Double weak (1)
  • Weak (6)
  • Neutral (4)
  • Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xground0.625xghost0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Shiftry throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
grassRazor LeafSTAB13+71.0s0.60s
darkFeint AttackSTAB11+101.0s0.85s
darkSnarlSTAB11+131.0s0.75s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
flyingHurricane105-1002.5s1.00s
darkFoul PlaySTAB70-502.0s1.70s
grassLeaf BladeSTAB70-332.5s1.35s
grassLeaf TornadoSTAB45-333.0s1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor1,2631,579
11/11/111,2771,596
12/12/121,2911,614
13/13/131,3051,631
14/14/141,3191,649
15/15/15hundo1,3331,666

Caught CP range 1,263 - 1,333, or 1,579 - 1,666 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Shiftry 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

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 156 / Defense 99 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Beedrill
bugpoisonmega
Infestation / Fell Stinger+
0.220:390.7
2
Mega Heracross
bugfightingmega
Fury Cutter / Megahorn
0.280:480.7
3
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Counter / Dynamic Punch+
0.280:490.7
4
Mega Rayquaza
dragonflyingmega
Air Slash / Dragon Ascent
0.300:530.4
5
Shadow Vikavolt
bugelectricshadow
Bug Bite / X-Scissor
0.300:531.5
6
Mega Pinsir
bugflyingmega
Bug Bite / X-Scissor
0.300:531.0
7
Shadow Pinsir
bugshadow
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.320:571.8
8
Shadow Scizor
bugsteelshadow
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.330:571.4
9
Mega Scizor
bugsteelmega
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.330:570.6
10
Mega Delphox
firepsychicmega
Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+
0.330:581.1
11
Pheromosa
bugfighting
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz
0.330:582.5
12
Mega Lucario
fightingsteelmega
Force Palm / Aura Sphere
0.340:591.2
13
Volcarona
bugfire
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz
0.340:590.9
14
Mega Blaziken
firefightingmega
Counter / Aura Sphere
0.341:001.3
15
Shadow Scyther
bugflyingshadow
Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz
0.351:011.6
16
Shadow Escavalier
bugsteelshadow
Bug Bite / Megahorn
0.351:011.5
17
Kartana
grasssteel
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.351:021.5
18
Mega Staraptor
fightingflyingmega
Gust / Brave Bird+
0.361:030.9
19
Kleavor
bugrock
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.361:031.7
20
Vikavolt
bugelectric
Bug Bite / X-Scissor
0.361:031.6
21
Genesect
bugsteel
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.361:031.0
22
Genesect (Burn)
bugsteel
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.361:031.0
23
Genesect (Chill)
bugsteel
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.361:031.0
24
Genesect (Douse)
bugsteel
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.361:031.0
25
Genesect (Shock)
bugsteel
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
0.361:031.0
26
Shadow Reshiram
dragonfireshadow
Fire Fang / Fusion Flare
0.371:041.0
27
Shadow Scolipede
bugpoisonshadow
Bug Bite / X-Scissor
0.381:061.9
28
Shadow Salamence
dragonflyingshadow
Fire Fang / Fly
0.381:071.4
29
Shadow Blaziken
firefightingshadow
Counter / Aura Sphere
0.381:071.8
30
Shadow Galvantula
bugelectricshadow
Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz
0.391:082.5
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. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.3 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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