Shadow raid

Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) counters

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flyingShadow Tier 5

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

46,044

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

230

Defense

146

Difficulty

2.81

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,762-1,911.

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 Tornadus (Incarnate) counters are Mega Raichu Y, Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Zeraora & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Zeraora
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+2.4811:44
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.7312:53
3Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.7513:00
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.7513:00
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock3.0514:24
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm3.0814:34
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Thunderbolt3.0914:35
8Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide3.1614:57
9ZeraoraLegendarypartySpark / Plasma Fists3.1915:03
10Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent3.1915:04
11Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge3.2415:18

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 countersTornadus (Therian)

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Top 15 Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) 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	11:44	2.48	6.0	45.5%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	12:53	2.73	6.0	41.4%
3	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	13:00	2.75	6.0	41.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	13:00	2.75	6.0	41.0%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	14:24	3.05	6.0	37.0%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	14:34	3.08	6.0	36.6%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,112	14:35	3.09	6.0	36.6%
8	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	14:57	3.16	6.0	35.7%
9	Zeraoraelectric	electricSparkelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	15:03	3.19	6.0	35.4%
10	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	15:04	3.19	6.0	35.4%
11	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	15:18	3.24	6.0	34.9%
12	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	15:23	3.26	6.0	34.7%
13	Shadow Gigalithrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,228	15:48	3.35	6.0	33.7%
14	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	15:51	3.36	6.0	33.6%
15	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	15:57	3.38	6.0	33.4%

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 Tornadus (Incarnate).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate)'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	74%	35%	38.0%	14:02	6.0	2.97
Bite / Hyper Beam	50%	29%	34.5%	15:28	6.0	3.28
Air Slash / Hyper Beam	47%	29%	34.5%	15:27	6.0	3.27
Air Slash / Grass Knot	67%	39%	38.6%	13:48	6.0	2.92
Bite / Hurricane	81%	39%	38.8%	13:44	6.0	2.91
Bite / Grass Knot	68%	39%	38.9%	13:42	6.0	2.90
Air Slash / Hurricane	81%	39%	39.2%	13:35	6.0	2.88
Bite / Dark Pulse	100%	38%	39.6%	13:28	6.0	2.85
Air Slash / Dark Pulse	79%	37%	39.7%	13:26	6.0	2.84

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…

Tornadus (Incarnate) 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 flying1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Tornadus (Incarnate) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingHurricaneSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.00s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
grassGrass Knot	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,762	2,203
7/7/7	1,779	2,224
8/8/8	1,795	2,244
9/9/9	1,811	2,264
10/10/10	1,828	2,285
11/11/11	1,844	2,306
12/12/12	1,861	2,326
13/13/13	1,878	2,347
14/14/14	1,894	2,368
15/15/15hundo	1,911	2,389

Caught CP range 1,762 - 1,911, or 2,203 - 2,389 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 1,762, not at the 1,828 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 66 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.

Tornadus (Incarnate) 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 230 / Defense 146 (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

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	45.5%	2.48	11:44	43.2	98%	3,780	23.6	353
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	91%	41.4%	2.73	12:53	41.1	100%	3,510	20.9	355
3	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	92%	41.0%	2.75	13:00	33.9	100%	4,605	20.4	434
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	41.0%	2.75	13:00	35.9	100%	6,428	20.5	399
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	83%	37.0%	3.05	14:24	35.0	74%	4,605	18.4	416
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	79%	36.6%	3.08	14:34	52.2	76%	3,659	19.0	302
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	81%	36.6%	3.09	14:35	42.2	82%	6,112	18.4	349
8	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	78%	35.7%	3.16	14:57	45.2	52%	4,346	17.9	342
9	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	78%	35.4%	3.19	15:03	43.4	50%	3,419	17.8	338
10	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	35.4%	3.19	15:04	35.3	42%	5,713	17.5	445
11	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	75%	34.9%	3.24	15:18	49.5	40%	3,452	17.7	296
12	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	34.7%	3.26	15:23	57.1	76%	2,803	18.1	273
13	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	73%	33.7%	3.35	15:48	49.4	4%	3,228	17.0	297
14	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	77%	33.6%	3.36	15:51	30.3	0%	5,347	16.5	522
15	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	75%	33.4%	3.38	15:57	35.0	0%	4,038	16.5	413
16	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	73%	33.4%	3.38	15:58	44.7	0%	3,205	16.7	335
17	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	71%	33.0%	3.42	16:10	52.0	0%	3,128	16.7	286
18	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	71%	32.9%	3.43	16:11	51.3	0%	3,527	16.6	287
19	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	70%	32.9%	3.43	16:13	57.1	0%	3,580	16.8	258
20	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	32.7%	3.45	16:17	80.3	70%	3,298	17.7	221
21	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	72%	32.6%	3.46	16:20	40.7	0%	4,118	16.2	352
22	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	32.5%	3.47	16:23	62.6	22%	3,079	16.9	242
23	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	32.5%	3.48	16:25	53.1	0%	3,659	16.5	287
24	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	68%	32.5%	3.48	16:26	66.0	4%	3,937	16.9	235
25	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	71%	32.4%	3.48	16:27	43.6	0%	3,834	16.2	355
26	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash	Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	73%	32.2%	3.51	16:34	31.5	0%	4,172	15.7	474
27	Raikou electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	32.1%	3.52	16:36	43.4	0%	3,452	16.0	334
28	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	71%	31.8%	3.55	16:47	36.7	0%	4,429	15.7	435
29	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	69%	31.7%	3.56	16:49	48.3	0%	4,346	15.9	299
30	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	58%	28.6%	3.95	18:40	84.5	0%	3,105	15.1	180

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