Shadow raid

Shadow Skiploom 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

3,016

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Skiploom should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 479-557.

Weak toice2.56xflying1.6xpoison1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6x

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 an Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Skiploom counters are Kyurem (White), Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard), Mega Delphox, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Weavile & Shadow Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
M. Delphox
Kyurem (Black)
S. Weavile
S. Mewtwo

1 more Mega 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 %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.060:11
2Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.070:12
3Mega DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.070:13
5Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Avalanche0.080:14
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.080:14
7Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.080:14
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.080:14
9Shadow MamoswineShadowPowder Snow / Avalanche0.080:15
10Shadow Mr. RimeShadowIce Shard / Triple Axel0.080:15

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 Skiploom 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	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
2	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:12	0.07	3564.8%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3543.9%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:13	0.07	3277.9%
5	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,005	0:14	0.08	3154.6%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	0:14	0.08	3116.2%
7	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	4,178	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	0:14	0.08	3100.7%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:15	0.08	3004.5%
10	Shadow Mr. Rimeicepsychic	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	2,827	0:15	0.08	2922.0%
11	Mega Abomasnowgrassice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	3,405	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
12	Mega Glalieice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,229	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
13	Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,005	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
14	Glaceonice	iceFrost BreathiceAvalanche	3,126	0:15	0.09	2842.0%
15	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:15	0.09	2812.6%

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 Skiploom.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Skiploom'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%	903%	3385.7%	0:13	0.07
Tackle / Energy Ball	100%	941%	3337.1%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Energy Ball	100%	976%	3347.8%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	100%	931%	3371.2%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Dazzling Gleam	100%	917%	3391.2%	0:13	0.07
Tackle / Grass Knot	100%	895%	3394.9%	0:13	0.07
Tackle / Dazzling Gleam	100%	851%	3415.2%	0:13	0.07

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…

Skiploom 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.

ice2.56x flying1.6x poison1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x water0.63x grass0.39x ground0.24x

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

It resists ground0.24xgrass0.39xfighting0.625xwater0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Skiploom throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
grassBullet SeedSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
fairyDazzling Gleam	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	479	598
7/7/7	487	609
8/8/8	496	620
9/9/9	504	630
10/10/10	513	641
11/11/11	522	652
12/12/12	530	663
13/13/13	539	674
14/14/14	548	685
15/15/15hundo	557	697

Caught CP range 479 - 557, or 598 - 697 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 479, not at the 513 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 34 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.

Skiploom 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 63 / Defense 80 (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	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,605	58.6	674
2	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	82%	3564.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,105	53.8	657
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	95%	3543.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	50.2	618
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	83%	3277.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,605	48.0	637
5	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	69%	3154.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,005	50.2	692
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	80%	3116.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	6,112	46.9	656
7	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	76%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,178	42.9	600
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	84%	3100.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	6,428	48.1	677
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	69%	3004.5%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,328	47.0	685
10	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	65%	2922.0%	0.08	0:15	100%	2,827	42.8	637
11	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	71%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,405	40.7	610
12	Mega Glalie icemega Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	66%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,229	41.5	622
13	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	64%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,005	40.5	608
14	Glaceon ice Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+9 more movesets	65%	2842.0%	0.09	0:15	100%	3,126	40.3	618
15	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	65%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	100%	3,297	40.8	633
16	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	62%	2798.2%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,105	40.1	625
17	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Blizzard	Lock-On / Blizzard+14 more movesets	65%	2750.5%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,266	43.1	683
18	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+17 more movesets	65%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,051	37.9	607
19	Shadow Cloyster watericeshadow Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+13 more movesets	57%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,547	37.9	607
20	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+9 more movesets	66%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	4,038	37.5	600
21	Jynx icepsychic Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+14 more movesets	58%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,555	37.6	601
22	Shadow Sneasel darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+7 more movesets	54%	2717.9%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,051	37.8	606
23	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	67%	2706.1%	0.09	0:16	100%	5,713	42.8	694
24	Mamoswine iceground Powder Snow / Icicle Spear	Powder Snow / Icicle Spear+11 more movesets	58%	2681.1%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,328	37.6	612
25	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	68%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,741	37.2	613
26	Shadow Piloswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+9 more movesets	55%	2629.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,345	38.3	634
27	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)	Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	57%	2624.6%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,802	39.8	661
28	Cetitan ice Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+14 more movesets	61%	2576.5%	0.09	0:17	100%	3,113	35.8	605
29	Shadow Froslass iceghostshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+7 more movesets	55%	2576.5%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,040	35.8	605
30	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charge Beam / Triple Axel	Charge Beam / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	59%	2546.4%	0.10	0:17	100%	4,512	38.1	652

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.