Shadow raid

Shadow Spoink counters

#0325

psychicShadow 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

4,013

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Spoink should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 671-762.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Ghost Mega — most top counters attack with Ghost

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 Spoink counters are Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Mega Gengar, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Absol, Shadow Gengar & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
M. Gengar
S. Darkrai
S. Absol
S. Gengar
S. Hydreigon

5 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 %

1Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.090:15
2Mega GengarMegapartyShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.090:16
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.100:17
4Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.100:17
5Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.100:18
6Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.100:18
7Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.100:18
8Mega BanetteMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.100:18
9Shadow GengarShadowpartyShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.100:18
10Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.100:18
11Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.100:18

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 Spoink 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	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostjoint top pick	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:15	0.09	0.0	2812.6%
2	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:16	0.09	0.0	2687.8%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:17	0.10	0.0	2525.8%
4	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:17	0.10	0.0	2491.1%
5	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:18	0.10	0.0	2485.2%
6	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:18	0.10	0.0	2477.0%
7	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:18	0.10	0.0	2471.4%
8	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:18	0.10	0.0	2455.2%
9	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:18	0.10	0.3	2421.3%
10	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:18	0.10	0.0	2412.6%
11	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:18	0.10	0.0	2412.6%
12	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:18	0.10	0.0	2356.5%
13	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:19	0.11	0.0	2313.9%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:19	0.11	0.0	2282.4%
15	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:19	0.11	0.0	2265.7%

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 Spoink.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Spoink'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%	554%	2548.4%	0:17	0.1	0.10
Splash / Psybeam	100%	695%	2534.4%	0:17	0.0	0.10
Splash / Mirror Coat	100%	691%	2536.4%	0:17	0.0	0.10
Zen Headbutt / Psybeam	100%	613%	2543.9%	0:17	0.1	0.10
Zen Headbutt / Mirror Coat	100%	609%	2551.8%	0:17	0.1	0.10
Splash / Shadow Ball	100%	517%	2556.3%	0:17	0.0	0.10
Zen Headbutt / Shadow Ball	100%	466%	2567.8%	0:17	0.1	0.09

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…

Spoink 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists fighting0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Spoink throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
waterSplash	0	+17	1.5s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
psychicMirror CoatSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	2.20s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	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	671	838
7/7/7	681	851
8/8/8	690	863
9/9/9	700	876
10/10/10	711	888
11/11/11	721	901
12/12/12	731	914
13/13/13	741	927
14/14/14	752	940
15/15/15hundo	762	953

Caught CP range 671 - 762, or 838 - 953 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 671, not at the 711 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 40 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.

Spoink 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 83 / 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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	99%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,099	39.1	606
2	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	87%	2687.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,336	39.0	631
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	98%	2525.8%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,739	37.0	638
4	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	85%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,814	34.6	606
5	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	83%	2485.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,383	48.3	845
6	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	88%	2477.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	2,526	34.9	614
7	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	91%	2471.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,301	36.8	649
8	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	79%	2455.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,594	34.2	601
9	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	72%	2421.3%	0.10	0:18	0.3	100%	2,878	33.8	523
10	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	100%	2412.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,347	33.3	602
11	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	92%	2412.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,625	33.3	602
12	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	92%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,834	32.7	605
13	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	84%	2313.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	6,112	33.8	637
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	87%	2282.4%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	6,428	34.4	657
15	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	92%	2265.7%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,842	40.8	786
16	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	73%	2258.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,994	32.0	617
17	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	72%	2210.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,268	35.9	690
18	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	71%	2208.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,117	30.7	605
19	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	73%	2206.0%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,780	31.8	629
20	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	70%	2203.9%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,297	33.6	635
21	Gengar ghostpoison Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	66%	2200.5%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	2,878	30.9	579
22	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	78%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,005	30.6	611
23	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	78%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	5,713	30.6	611
24	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	75%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,182	30.5	610
25	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	76%	2166.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,711	30.2	607
26	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	71%	2105.0%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,749	31.5	651
27	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	67%	2082.2%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,505	29.0	607
28	Darkrai dark Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	78%	2075.9%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,739	29.3	615
29	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	65%	2062.2%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	2,959	29.4	621
30	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	66%	2061.7%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,268	29.2	605

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.