Shadow raid

Shadow Sneasler 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

22,793

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

208

Defense

131

Difficulty

0.58

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Sneasler should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,695-1,841.

Weak topsychic2.56xflying1.6xground1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Sneasler counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Mewtwo, Shadow Latios, Shadow Metagross & Hoopa (Unbound).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
Mewtwo
S. Latios
S. Metagross
Hoopa (Unbound)

8 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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.411:12
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.501:27
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.571:41
4Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.651:54
5Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Psychic0.671:58
6MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.671:58
7Mega DelphoxMegaZen Headbutt / Psychic0.682:00
8Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic0.682:00
9Mega GalladeMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.692:01
10Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.722:07
11Shadow LatiosShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Psychic0.742:10
12Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyZen Headbutt / Psychic0.752:12
14Hoopa (Unbound)LegendarypartyConfusion / Psychic0.782:16

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Sneasler 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:12	0.41	2.0	324.3%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:27	0.50	2.5	269.3%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:41	0.57	4.3	233.3%
4	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	1:54	0.65	5.1	206.7%
5	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	1:58	0.67	3.7	199.2%
6	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:58	0.67	4.5	199.0%
7	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	2:00	0.68	3.5	196.3%
8	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	2:00	0.68	3.7	195.7%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,521	2:01	0.69	4.6	193.7%
10	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	2:07	0.72	4.8	184.5%
11	Shadow Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	3,812	2:10	0.74	5.2	180.7%
12	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	3,791	2:12	0.75	4.4	178.0%
13	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,911	2:12	0.75	3.2	177.5%
14	Hoopa (Unbound)psychicdark	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,006	2:16	0.78	5.5	172.0%
15	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	2:17	0.78	3.3	171.7%

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 Sneasler.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Sneasler'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%	105%	205.0%	1:55	4.3	0.65
Shadow Claw / X-Scissor	100%	87%	194.8%	2:00	5.1	0.69
Poison Jab / X-Scissor	100%	91%	197.8%	1:59	4.9	0.68
Rock Smash / X-Scissor	100%	94%	199.0%	1:58	4.9	0.67
Shadow Claw / Close Combat	100%	109%	203.8%	1:55	4.5	0.66
Poison Jab / Close Combat	100%	107%	204.0%	1:55	4.5	0.66
Rock Smash / Close Combat	100%	115%	204.7%	1:55	4.2	0.65
Shadow Claw / Aerial Ace	100%	124%	211.1%	1:51	3.6	0.63
Poison Jab / Aerial Ace	100%	123%	212.1%	1:51	3.7	0.63
Rock Smash / Aerial Ace	100%	127%	212.3%	1:51	3.5	0.63

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…

Sneasler 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.

psychic2.56x flying1.6x ground1.6x normal1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x rock0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.39xfighting0.625xpoison0.625xrock0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sneasler throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
fightingRock SmashSTAB	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
ghostShadow Claw	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
bugX-Scissor	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
flyingAerial Ace	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,695	2,119
7/7/7	1,711	2,139
8/8/8	1,727	2,159
9/9/9	1,743	2,179
10/10/10	1,759	2,199
11/11/11	1,775	2,220
12/12/12	1,792	2,240
13/13/13	1,808	2,260
14/14/14	1,825	2,281
15/15/15hundo	1,841	2,302

Caught CP range 1,695 - 1,841, or 2,119 - 2,302 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 1,695, not at the 1,759 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 64 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.

Sneasler 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 208 / Defense 131 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	324.3%	0.41	1:12	1.9	100%	6,428	58.6	1482
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	269.3%	0.50	1:27	2.4	100%	6,112	46.9	1203
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	63%	233.3%	0.57	1:41	4.2	100%	4,178	41.1	786
4	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	54%	206.7%	0.65	1:54	5.2	100%	4,510	36.8	663
5	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	55%	199.2%	0.67	1:58	3.6	100%	4,512	34.4	901
6	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	54%	199.0%	0.67	1:58	4.3	100%	4,178	34.6	756
7	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	55%	196.3%	0.68	1:60	3.4	100%	4,783	34.0	910
8	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	54%	195.7%	0.68	1:60	3.6	100%	5,007	34.0	884
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	193.7%	0.69	2:01	4.5	100%	4,521	34.1	747
10	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	49%	184.5%	0.72	2:07	5.1	100%	3,143	33.0	703
11	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	47%	180.7%	0.74	2:10	5.4	100%	3,812	32.1	637
12	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	48%	178.0%	0.75	2:12	4.4	100%	3,791	31.1	789
13	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	50%	177.5%	0.75	2:12	3.1	100%	4,911	30.7	1053
14	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	43%	172.0%	0.78	2:16	7.0	100%	4,006	31.0	541
15	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	49%	171.7%	0.78	2:17	3.2	100%	5,713	29.8	989
16	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	42%	171.2%	0.78	2:17	8.3	100%	3,057	31.8	442
17	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+14 more movesets	47%	170.5%	0.78	2:18	3.6	100%	4,801	29.4	881
18	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+7 more movesets	46%	170.2%	0.79	2:18	4.4	100%	3,590	29.7	746
19	Lunala psychicghost Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+11 more movesets	48%	165.5%	0.81	2:22	2.8	100%	4,042	28.6	1127
20	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	43%	165.4%	0.81	2:22	6.0	100%	3,093	29.6	595
21	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Psychic	Psywave / Psychic+44 more movesets	42%	161.5%	0.83	2:25	5.7	100%	3,701	28.6	610
22	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Future Sight	Psycho Cut / Future Sight+14 more movesets	45%	161.2%	0.83	2:26	3.4	100%	4,099	28.1	988
23	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	40%	160.5%	0.83	2:26	7.0	100%	3,093	29.4	509
24	Shadow Latias dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+14 more movesets	41%	158.7%	0.84	2:28	5.5	100%	3,510	27.9	624
25	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	41%	157.1%	0.85	2:29	5.1	100%	3,922	27.7	673
26	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+20 more movesets	40%	156.6%	0.85	2:30	6.0	100%	3,059	28.5	569
27	Latios dragonpsychic Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	41%	156.1%	0.86	2:30	5.3	100%	3,812	27.5	649
28	Hoopa psychicghost Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	42%	155.8%	0.86	2:31	4.7	100%	3,359	27.5	762
29	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Future Sight	Psycho Cut / Future Sight+14 more movesets	42%	155.6%	0.86	2:31	4.3	100%	4,099	27.4	784
30	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	37%	155.1%	0.86	2:31	9.4	90%	3,014	28.9	414

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