Shadow raid

Shadow Suicune counters

#0245

waterShadow Tier 3

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

19,500

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

148

Defense

190

Difficulty

1.43

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Suicune should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,566-1,704.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Suicune counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Xurkitree, Kartana, Regieleki & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Xurkitree
Kartana
Regieleki
S. Raikou

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 %

1Mega Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.233:37
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.384:02
3Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.424:10
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.444:12
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.484:20
6Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.524:27
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+1.564:35
8XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge1.644:47
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade1.654:49
10RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage1.654:50
11Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge1.684:54

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 Suicune 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 Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	3:37	1.23	6.0	108.2%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	4:02	1.38	5.7	97.2%
3	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	4:10	1.42	3.2	94.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:12	1.44	4.3	93.0%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	4:20	1.48	6.0	90.3%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	4:27	1.52	3.9	87.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	4:35	1.56	4.3	85.5%
8	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	4:47	1.64	6.0	81.7%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	4:49	1.65	5.4	81.1%
10	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	4:50	1.65	6.0	81.0%
11	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	4:54	1.68	5.7	79.7%
12	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	4:58	1.70	6.0	78.8%
13	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	4:58	1.70	5.5	78.7%
14	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	5:02	1.72	5.9	77.7%
15	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,205	5:04	1.73	5.6	77.2%

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 Suicune.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Suicune'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	43%	85.7%	4:34	5.8	1.56
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	100%	38%	81.3%	4:49	6.0	1.64
Snarl / Hydro Pump	100%	38%	81.7%	4:47	6.0	1.64
Ice Fang / Ice Beam	100%	38%	83.4%	4:42	6.0	1.60
Ice Fang / Hydro Pump	100%	39%	83.9%	4:40	6.0	1.59
Snarl / Ice Beam	100%	37%	83.9%	4:40	6.0	1.59
Extrasensory / Ice Beam	100%	38%	84.1%	4:39	6.0	1.59
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	38%	84.2%	4:39	6.0	1.59
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	100%	43%	85.9%	4:33	6.0	1.56
Extrasensory / Scald	100%	44%	86.4%	4:32	5.8	1.55
Ice Fang / Scald	100%	44%	86.6%	4:31	5.8	1.54
Snarl / Scald	100%	43%	86.7%	4:31	5.9	1.54
Extrasensory / Water Pulse	100%	45%	86.7%	4:31	5.8	1.54
Snarl / Water Pulse	100%	45%	87.2%	4:29	5.8	1.53
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	47%	87.5%	4:28	5.8	1.53
Water Gun / Scald	100%	44%	87.9%	4:27	5.9	1.52
Ice Fang / Water Pulse	100%	46%	87.9%	4:27	5.8	1.52
Water Gun / Bubble Beam	100%	50%	88.6%	4:25	5.5	1.51
Snarl / Bubble Beam	100%	49%	88.7%	4:25	5.7	1.51
Extrasensory / Bubble Beam	100%	51%	88.7%	4:25	5.6	1.51
Ice Fang / Bubble Beam	100%	50%	88.8%	4:24	5.6	1.50

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 2 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…

Suicune 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Suicune 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
psychicExtrasensory	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
iceIce Fang	12	+20	1.5s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	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	1,566	1,957
7/7/7	1,581	1,976
8/8/8	1,596	1,995
9/9/9	1,611	2,014
10/10/10	1,627	2,033
11/11/11	1,642	2,053
12/12/12	1,657	2,072
13/13/13	1,673	2,091
14/14/14	1,689	2,111
15/15/15hundo	1,704	2,130

Caught CP range 1,566 - 1,704, or 1,957 - 2,130 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 1,566, not at the 1,627 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 61 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.

Suicune 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 148 / Defense 190 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	108.2%	1.23	3:37	8.6	100%	3,780	19.6	421
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	91%	97.2%	1.38	4:02	7.9	100%	3,510	17.4	453
3	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	96%	94.0%	1.42	4:10	4.6	100%	4,093	16.3	805
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	93.0%	1.44	4:12	5.8	100%	6,428	16.3	593
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	80%	90.3%	1.48	4:20	11.4	100%	3,659	16.3	331
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	82%	87.9%	1.52	4:27	8.1	100%	4,056	15.5	587
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	83%	85.5%	1.56	4:35	6.5	100%	6,112	15.0	536
8	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	73%	81.7%	1.64	4:47	10.6	100%	3,937	14.5	340
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	74%	81.1%	1.65	4:49	9.2	100%	3,677	14.4	402
10	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	71%	81.0%	1.65	4:50	12.3	100%	2,803	14.7	305
11	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	79.7%	1.68	4:54	9.7	100%	3,452	14.1	371
12	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	68%	78.8%	1.70	4:58	12.8	100%	3,079	14.2	290
13	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	78.7%	1.70	4:58	9.1	100%	3,419	13.9	394
14	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	68%	77.7%	1.72	5:02	11.6	100%	3,659	14.0	326
15	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	70%	77.2%	1.73	5:04	10.0	100%	3,205	13.7	365
16	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	77.1%	1.73	5:04	10.5	100%	3,580	13.7	346
17	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	76.9%	1.74	5:05	11.2	100%	2,757	13.7	345
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	76.0%	1.76	5:09	7.9	100%	5,713	13.3	543
19	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	72%	75.4%	1.77	5:11	7.3	100%	4,038	13.3	523
20	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	72%	75.4%	1.77	5:11	6.9	100%	3,698	13.2	545
21	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	69%	75.2%	1.78	5:12	9.3	100%	2,954	13.3	432
22	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	65%	74.0%	1.81	5:17	12.0	100%	3,527	13.2	315
23	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	66%	74.0%	1.81	5:17	10.5	100%	2,720	13.1	373
24	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	66%	73.9%	1.81	5:18	10.9	100%	4,178	13.1	335
25	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	62%	72.8%	1.83	5:22	14.1	100%	3,345	13.2	268
26	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	65%	72.2%	1.85	5:25	9.7	98%	3,592	12.8	430
27	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	66%	72.2%	1.85	5:25	9.6	100%	4,346	12.8	378
28	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	70%	72.2%	1.85	5:25	6.4	100%	3,833	12.6	590
29	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	65%	71.8%	1.86	5:27	9.7	100%	3,030	12.7	415
30	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	68%	71.0%	1.88	5:30	6.9	100%	4,429	12.4	549

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