Shadow raid

Shadow Staravia 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

4,015

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Staravia should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 651-742.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Staravia counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Gigalith, Zeraora, Shadow Tyrantrum & Xurkitree.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Gigalith
Zeraora
S. Tyrantrum
Xurkitree

2 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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
2Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.070:13
3Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.080:14
4Mega Raichu XMegaVolt Switch / Volt Tackle+0.080:14
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.080:14
6ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists0.080:14
7Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.080:15
8XurkitreeLegendarypartySpark / Discharge0.080:15
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Thunderbolt0.080:15
10Shadow RampardosShadowSmack Down / Rock Slide0.090:15

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Staravia 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4470.8%
2	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
3	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
4	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:14	0.08	3006.6%
6	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:14	0.08	3006.6%
7	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
8	Xurkitreeelectric	electricSparkelectricDischarge	3,937	0:15	0.08	2881.4%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	6,112	0:15	0.08	2864.4%
10	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:15	0.09	2836.4%
11	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
12	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:16	0.09	2755.7%
13	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	0:16	0.09	2752.2%
14	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
15	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:16	0.09	2684.4%

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 Staravia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Staravia'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%	692%	3210.8%	0:14	0.08
Quick Attack / Heat Wave	100%	751%	3204.2%	0:14	0.08
Sand Attack / Heat Wave	100%	798%	3205.9%	0:14	0.08
Wing Attack / Heat Wave	100%	791%	3209.1%	0:14	0.08
Wing Attack / Brave Bird	100%	726%	3210.8%	0:14	0.08
Wing Attack / Fly	100%	673%	3210.8%	0:14	0.08
Sand Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	751%	3212.4%	0:14	0.08
Sand Attack / Brave Bird	100%	720%	3212.4%	0:14	0.08
Sand Attack / Fly	100%	647%	3212.4%	0:14	0.08
Quick Attack / Brave Bird	100%	682%	3217.4%	0:14	0.08
Quick Attack / Fly	100%	647%	3217.4%	0:14	0.08
Wing Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	756%	3222.3%	0:14	0.08
Quick Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	719%	3225.6%	0:14	0.08

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…

Staravia 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Staravia throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingWing AttackSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.75s
normalQuick AttackSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	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	651	814
7/7/7	661	826
8/8/8	670	838
9/9/9	680	851
10/10/10	690	863
11/11/11	701	876
12/12/12	711	889
13/13/13	721	901
14/14/14	731	914
15/15/15hundo	742	927

Caught CP range 651 - 742, or 814 - 927 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 651, not at the 690 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 39 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.

Staravia 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 93 / Defense 65 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	4470.8%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	65.2	636
2	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	68%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,659	46.4	603
3	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	66%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,228	42.9	600
4	Mega Raichu X electricmega Volt Switch / Volt Tackle+	Volt Switch / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	64%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,510	44.1	618
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	62%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,428	42.0	609
6	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	62%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,419	41.4	600
7	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	58%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,128	40.6	609
8	Xurkitree electric Spark / Discharge	Spark / Discharge+7 more movesets	55%	2881.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,937	40.0	605
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	55%	2864.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	6,112	40.0	609
10	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	54%	2836.4%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,298	45.6	700
11	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	56%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,605	39.6	613
12	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	51%	2755.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,328	40.7	642
13	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	61%	2752.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,347	38.8	614
14	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	54%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,605	37.9	606
15	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	54%	2684.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,346	43.5	706
16	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	51%	2673.6%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,784	37.5	611
17	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Triple Axel	Snarl / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	47%	2663.1%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	3,005	38.0	600
18	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	54%	2661.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,118	37.6	615
19	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	50%	2655.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,298	37.7	618
20	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	53%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,834	37.3	616
21	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	47%	2637.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,105	44.3	730
22	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	49%	2623.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,345	36.8	612
23	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	50%	2618.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,079	44.2	735
24	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	53%	2613.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,803	49.0	817
25	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	47%	2601.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,340	36.9	618
26	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	51%	2593.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,527	40.7	684
27	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	51%	2587.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,452	39.2	660
28	Electivire electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	50%	2587.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,079	37.2	627
29	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Wild Charge	Rock Throw / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	53%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,949	36.1	614
30	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	45%	2545.0%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,105	36.3	622

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.