Shadow raid

Shadow Tornadus (Therian) 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

44,256

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

207

Defense

167

Difficulty

3.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Tornadus (Therian) should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,693-1,837.

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

4 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+2.8213:20
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.9213:47
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm3.0814:33
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.1414:49
5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn3.1414:49
6Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock3.4316:13
7Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide3.4616:20
8Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge3.4816:27
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Thunderbolt3.6017:00
10Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide3.6217:06

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 (Incarnate)

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Top 15 Shadow Tornadus (Therian) 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	13:20	2.82	6.0	40.0%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	13:47	2.92	6.0	38.7%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	14:33	3.08	6.0	36.6%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	14:49	3.14	6.0	36.0%
5	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	14:49	3.14	6.0	36.0%
6	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	16:13	3.43	6.0	32.9%
7	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	16:20	3.46	6.0	32.6%
8	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	16:27	3.48	6.0	32.4%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,112	17:00	3.60	6.0	31.4%
10	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	17:06	3.62	6.0	31.2%
11	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	17:20	3.67	6.0	30.8%
12	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	17:23	3.68	6.0	30.7%
13	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	17:24	3.68	6.0	30.6%
14	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	17:24	3.68	6.0	30.6%
15	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	17:24	3.69	6.0	30.6%

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 Tornadus (Therian).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Tornadus (Therian)'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	43%	32%	34.4%	15:29	6.0	3.28
Astonish / Focus Blast	40%	28%	32.3%	16:30	6.0	3.49
Gust / Focus Blast	26%	26%	32.4%	16:28	6.0	3.49
Astonish / Hurricane	31%	36%	34.8%	15:19	6.0	3.24
Astonish / Psychic	43%	32%	34.9%	15:17	6.0	3.23
Gust / Psychic	47%	31%	35.2%	15:08	6.0	3.20
Gust / Hurricane	46%	34%	35.7%	14:57	6.0	3.16
Astonish / Heat Wave	49%	40%	35.7%	14:56	6.0	3.16
Gust / Heat Wave	51%	35%	35.7%	14:56	6.0	3.16

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 (Therian) 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 (Therian) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingGustSTAB	25	+20	2.0s	0.90s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingHurricaneSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.00s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,693	2,117
7/7/7	1,709	2,136
8/8/8	1,725	2,156
9/9/9	1,740	2,176
10/10/10	1,756	2,196
11/11/11	1,772	2,216
12/12/12	1,788	2,236
13/13/13	1,805	2,256
14/14/14	1,821	2,276
15/15/15hundo	1,837	2,296

Caught CP range 1,693 - 1,837, or 2,117 - 2,296 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 1,693, not at the 1,756 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 63 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 (Therian) 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 207 / Defense 167 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	40.0%	2.82	13:20	43.6	96%	3,780	20.3	343
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	98%	38.7%	2.92	13:47	37.7	100%	3,510	19.4	388
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	92%	36.6%	3.08	14:33	42.8	92%	3,659	18.4	340
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	94%	36.0%	3.14	14:49	29.0	78%	6,428	17.7	497
5	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	91%	36.0%	3.14	14:49	40.2	70%	4,605	18.0	369
6	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	82%	32.9%	3.43	16:13	42.1	8%	4,605	16.4	355
7	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	81%	32.6%	3.46	16:20	44.9	0%	4,346	16.3	332
8	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	80%	32.4%	3.48	16:27	46.8	0%	3,452	16.2	309
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	78%	31.4%	3.60	17:00	45.1	0%	6,112	15.6	334
10	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	31.2%	3.62	17:06	64.3	0%	3,298	16.1	244
11	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	77%	30.8%	3.67	17:20	43.7	0%	3,419	15.3	332
12	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	75%	30.7%	3.68	17:23	53.6	0%	2,803	15.6	281
13	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	74%	30.6%	3.68	17:24	62.3	0%	3,079	15.7	244
14	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	74%	30.6%	3.68	17:24	58.0	0%	3,937	15.5	249
15	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	78%	30.6%	3.69	17:24	36.1	0%	4,038	15.1	415
16	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	75%	30.5%	3.70	17:30	50.3	0%	3,527	15.3	289
17	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	74%	30.3%	3.73	17:36	52.7	0%	3,580	15.2	277
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	76%	30.2%	3.74	17:40	38.3	0%	5,713	14.9	393
19	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	74%	30.1%	3.75	17:43	48.7	0%	3,659	15.1	299
20	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	73%	29.1%	3.88	18:20	42.0	0%	4,118	14.4	354
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	73%	28.9%	3.90	18:27	38.6	0%	4,783	14.2	385
22	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	70%	28.7%	3.93	18:33	53.3	0%	3,733	14.8	352
23	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	70%	28.7%	3.94	18:36	52.5	0%	4,178	14.4	276
24	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	68%	28.4%	3.97	18:46	68.1	0%	2,888	14.6	226
25	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	70%	28.1%	4.02	18:59	43.3	0%	4,429	13.9	372
26	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	66%	27.5%	4.11	19:24	65.0	0%	3,345	13.9	222
27	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	69%	27.4%	4.11	19:26	40.6	0%	4,245	13.5	370
28	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	64%	26.6%	4.24	20:02	62.3	0%	3,128	13.8	302
29	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	61%	25.6%	4.41	20:49	67.5	0%	3,228	13.2	262
30	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	56%	24.6%	4.58	21:39	101.2	0%	3,105	13.1	149

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