Shadow raid

Shadow Starly 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

6,268

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.41

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Starly should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 342-410.

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 Starly counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Regieleki, Shadow Rampardos & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
Regieleki
S. Rampardos
Kyurem (Black)

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+0.361:03
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.391:09
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.421:13
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.421:13
5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.431:16
6RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.441:17
7Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.451:19
8Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.461:20
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.461:21
10Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.471:23

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group 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 Starly 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	1:03	0.36	1.1	370.8%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:09	0.39	0.9	338.7%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:13	0.42	1.5	321.6%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:13	0.42	1.0	319.5%
5	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:16	0.43	1.4	309.9%
6	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:17	0.44	1.6	302.9%
7	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:19	0.45	2.0	295.6%
8	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:20	0.46	1.5	292.5%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:21	0.46	2.0	288.1%
10	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	1:23	0.47	1.4	283.2%
11	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	1:23	0.47	1.8	282.9%
12	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	1:24	0.48	1.2	278.1%
13	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:24	0.48	1.4	277.8%
14	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	1:25	0.48	3.2	277.0%
15	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	1:25	0.49	0.9	275.3%

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 Starly.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Starly'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%	229%	315.7%	1:14	1.5	0.42
Quick Attack / Brave Bird	100%	202%	310.8%	1:16	1.8	0.43
Tackle / Brave Bird	100%	216%	313.1%	1:15	1.7	0.43
Quick Attack / Fly	100%	212%	313.5%	1:15	1.7	0.43
Tackle / Fly	100%	211%	313.6%	1:15	1.7	0.43
Quick Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	275%	314.3%	1:15	1.0	0.43
Sand Attack / Fly	100%	213%	314.7%	1:15	1.6	0.42
Sand Attack / Brave Bird	100%	218%	315.5%	1:14	1.6	0.42
Tackle / Aerial Ace	100%	288%	317.1%	1:14	0.9	0.42
Sand Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	291%	317.6%	1:14	0.9	0.42

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…

Starly 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 Starly throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackleSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
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
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	342	428
7/7/7	350	437
8/8/8	357	446
9/9/9	364	456
10/10/10	372	465
11/11/11	380	475
12/12/12	387	484
13/13/13	395	494
14/14/14	403	503
15/15/15hundo	410	513

Caught CP range 342 - 410, or 428 - 513 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 342, not at the 372 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 30 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Starly 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 88 / Defense 55 (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

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	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	370.8%	0.36	1:03	1.1	100%	3,780	69.8	2169
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	93%	338.7%	0.39	1:09	0.9	100%	3,510	60.3	2330
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	84%	321.6%	0.42	1:13	1.4	100%	3,659	57.5	1765
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	86%	319.5%	0.42	1:13	1.0	100%	6,428	55.2	2145
5	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	82%	309.9%	0.43	1:16	1.3	100%	4,605	54.5	1831
6	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	78%	302.9%	0.44	1:17	1.6	100%	2,803	53.0	1618
7	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	73%	295.6%	0.45	1:19	2.0	100%	3,298	51.0	1459
8	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	77%	292.5%	0.46	1:20	1.4	100%	4,605	50.2	1732
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	72%	288.1%	0.46	1:21	1.9	100%	6,112	51.3	1465
10	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	283.2%	0.47	1:23	1.4	100%	4,346	49.4	1746
11	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	282.9%	0.47	1:23	1.7	100%	3,079	48.7	1540
12	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	74%	278.1%	0.48	1:24	1.1	100%	3,419	49.0	1966
13	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	73%	277.8%	0.48	1:24	1.3	100%	3,659	50.1	1885
14	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	64%	277.0%	0.48	1:25	3.1	100%	3,105	47.8	1045
15	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	74%	275.3%	0.49	1:25	0.9	100%	3,733	47.7	2328
16	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	274.4%	0.49	1:26	1.4	100%	3,452	47.5	1745
17	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	70%	272.8%	0.49	1:26	1.6	100%	3,937	47.5	1583
18	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	74%	271.3%	0.49	1:26	0.9	100%	3,205	46.7	2340
19	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	71%	270.6%	0.49	1:27	1.3	100%	3,527	46.9	1824
20	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	269.6%	0.50	1:27	1.6	100%	3,580	47.5	1640
21	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	70%	269.3%	0.50	1:27	1.4	100%	3,128	47.0	1732
22	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	71%	268.4%	0.50	1:27	1.3	100%	3,228	47.8	1821
23	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	68%	263.6%	0.51	1:29	1.4	100%	5,713	45.8	1713
24	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	63%	261.3%	0.51	1:30	2.4	100%	3,328	45.2	1238
25	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	71%	259.2%	0.52	1:31	0.9	100%	4,038	46.0	2212
26	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	253.6%	0.53	1:33	2.0	100%	2,888	44.3	1443
27	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	67%	250.7%	0.53	1:34	1.2	100%	4,118	43.5	1924
28	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	59%	250.7%	0.53	1:34	2.7	100%	2,340	43.3	1121
29	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rollout / Wild Charge	Rollout / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	68%	249.9%	0.53	1:34	0.8	100%	2,949	42.9	2391
30	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	66%	249.3%	0.54	1:34	1.2	100%	3,834	43.2	1936

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.