Shadow raid

Shadow Starmie 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

38,873

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

184

Defense

163

Difficulty

2.89

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Starmie should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,348-1,476.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xdark1.6x

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 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 Starmie counters are Mega Raichu X, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Hydreigon
S. Darkrai
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Raikou

10 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 XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.7813:07
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+2.8013:13
3Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+2.8513:27
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam2.8813:36
5Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+2.9313:50
6Mega GengarMegaSucker Punch / Shadow Ball3.0914:36
7Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing3.1014:39
8Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.1114:41
9Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play3.1314:48
10Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+3.1614:55
15Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm3.3615:52
16Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge3.3815:58

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

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Related countersMega Starmie

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Top 15 Shadow Starmie 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	13:07	2.78	6.0	40.7%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	13:13	2.80	6.0	40.3%
3	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	13:27	2.85	5.6	39.6%
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	13:36	2.88	6.0	39.2%
5	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	13:50	2.93	6.0	38.5%
6	Mega Gengarghostpoison	darkSucker PunchghostShadow Ball	4,336	14:36	3.09	6.0	36.5%
7	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	14:39	3.10	5.5	36.4%
8	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	14:41	3.11	6.0	36.3%
9	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	14:48	3.13	6.0	36.0%
10	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	14:55	3.16	6.0	35.8%
11	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	15:07	3.20	5.9	35.3%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	15:13	3.22	5.9	35.0%
13	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	15:42	3.32	6.0	34.0%
14	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	15:50	3.35	6.0	33.7%
15	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	15:52	3.36	6.0	33.6%

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 Starmie.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Starmie'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	65%	40%	36.2%	14:43	6.0	3.12
Psywave / Hydro Pump	51%	34%	33.0%	16:09	6.0	3.42
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	44%	32%	33.1%	16:07	6.0	3.41
Quick Attack / Hydro Pump	46%	31%	33.2%	16:03	6.0	3.40
Hidden Power / Hydro Pump	35%	32%	33.8%	15:46	6.0	3.34
Hidden Power / Ice Beam	40%	34%	35.0%	15:13	6.0	3.22
Psywave / Ice Beam	33%	34%	35.7%	14:55	6.0	3.16
Quick Attack / Ice Beam	43%	34%	35.8%	14:54	6.0	3.15
Water Gun / Ice Beam	35%	34%	36.0%	14:50	6.0	3.14
Psywave / Psychic	75%	43%	36.2%	14:44	6.0	3.12
Water Gun / Psychic	76%	42%	36.3%	14:42	6.0	3.11
Quick Attack / Surf	63%	39%	36.5%	14:36	6.0	3.09
Water Gun / Surf	69%	38%	36.5%	14:36	6.0	3.09
Hidden Power / Surf	67%	39%	36.6%	14:35	6.0	3.09
Psywave / Surf	81%	39%	36.7%	14:32	6.0	3.08
Quick Attack / Psychic	81%	43%	36.8%	14:30	6.0	3.07
Hidden Power / Power Gem	67%	41%	36.8%	14:29	6.0	3.07
Hidden Power / Psychic	81%	44%	36.9%	14:28	6.0	3.06
Water Gun / Power Gem	82%	40%	36.9%	14:27	6.0	3.06
Quick Attack / Power Gem	74%	40%	36.9%	14:26	6.0	3.06
Psywave / Power Gem	82%	41%	37.2%	14:20	6.0	3.04
Water Gun / Psybeam	71%	56%	37.2%	14:20	6.0	3.04
Quick Attack / Thunder	64%	48%	37.2%	14:20	6.0	3.03
Psywave / Thunder	65%	49%	37.2%	14:19	6.0	3.03
Water Gun / Thunder	68%	48%	37.3%	14:18	6.0	3.03
Psywave / Psybeam	71%	59%	37.4%	14:15	5.9	3.02
Hidden Power / Psybeam	69%	55%	37.4%	14:15	6.0	3.02
Quick Attack / Psybeam	71%	56%	37.5%	14:13	6.0	3.01
Hidden Power / Thunder	79%	48%	37.6%	14:11	6.0	3.00
Water Gun / Aqua Jet	83%	53%	37.9%	14:04	6.0	2.98
Hidden Power / Aqua Jet	83%	53%	38.1%	14:00	6.0	2.96
Psywave / Aqua Jet	83%	55%	38.1%	13:60	6.0	2.96
Quick Attack / Aqua Jet	83%	54%	38.2%	13:58	6.0	2.96

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 3 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…

Starmie 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 grass1.6x electric1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Starmie throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
normalHidden Power	15	+15	1.5s	1.10s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
psychicPsywaveSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	1.10s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,348	1,685
7/7/7	1,362	1,702
8/8/8	1,376	1,720
9/9/9	1,390	1,738
10/10/10	1,404	1,756
11/11/11	1,419	1,773
12/12/12	1,433	1,791
13/13/13	1,447	1,809
14/14/14	1,462	1,828
15/15/15hundo	1,476	1,846

Caught CP range 1,348 - 1,476, or 1,685 - 1,846 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 1,348, not at the 1,404 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 56 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Starmie 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 184 / Defense 163 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu X top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	98%	40.7%	2.78	13:07	33.6	100%	3,510	20.2	439
2	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	95%	40.3%	2.80	13:13	42.9	88%	3,780	20.6	359
3	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	39.6%	2.85	13:27	22.9	96%	4,093	19.3	739
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	98%	39.2%	2.88	13:36	24.0	100%	4,099	19.2	608
5	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	92%	38.5%	2.93	13:50	39.6	86%	3,842	19.6	481
6	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	86%	36.5%	3.09	14:36	41.8	76%	4,336	18.3	359
7	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	91%	36.4%	3.10	14:39	25.2	88%	5,347	17.7	677
8	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	89%	36.3%	3.11	14:41	31.1	84%	3,625	17.9	504
9	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	86%	36.0%	3.13	14:48	40.0	62%	3,739	18.0	395
10	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	81%	35.8%	3.16	14:55	63.0	74%	3,383	19.3	288
11	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	83%	35.3%	3.20	15:07	43.1	84%	4,056	18.1	527
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	87%	35.0%	3.22	15:13	27.1	46%	6,428	17.1	556
13	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	83%	34.0%	3.32	15:42	30.3	0%	6,112	16.7	500
14	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	80%	33.7%	3.35	15:50	38.5	6%	4,814	16.7	392
15	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	77%	33.6%	3.36	15:52	56.4	46%	3,659	17.4	277
16	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	79%	33.4%	3.38	15:58	41.8	0%	3,452	16.6	356
17	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	81%	33.2%	3.40	16:04	30.0	0%	3,683	16.2	531
18	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	77%	33.1%	3.41	16:06	50.1	0%	3,594	16.7	297
19	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	32.9%	3.43	16:13	57.0	32%	3,301	16.9	299
20	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	77%	32.6%	3.47	16:23	39.5	0%	3,677	16.1	381
21	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	78%	32.3%	3.50	16:31	34.5	0%	5,713	15.9	461
22	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	76%	32.2%	3.51	16:35	40.3	0%	3,419	16.0	370
23	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	76%	31.8%	3.55	16:47	36.8	0%	3,698	15.7	449
24	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	73%	31.8%	3.55	16:47	50.4	0%	3,937	16.0	294
25	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Fusion Bolt	Shadow Claw / Fusion Bolt+11 more movesets	77%	31.7%	3.56	16:49	31.9	0%	4,605	15.5	480
26	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	75%	31.7%	3.56	16:49	42.0	0%	2,954	15.7	389
27	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	73%	31.6%	3.57	16:52	53.6	0%	2,757	16.0	297
28	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	76%	31.3%	3.61	17:04	32.9	0%	4,038	15.3	497
29	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	31.1%	3.63	17:09	67.9	6%	2,526	16.1	243
30	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	72%	31.1%	3.63	17:10	52.0	0%	3,527	15.6	287

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