Shadow raid

Shadow Whirlipede counters

#0544

bug poisonShadow 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

19,311

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

Defense

154

Difficulty

2.25

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Whirlipede should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 568-653.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 a Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Whirlipede counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Salamence
S. Moltres

8 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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.798:26
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.1310:05
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike2.1610:11
4Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+2.2410:36
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.4611:38
6Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+2.5111:51
7Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare2.5712:08
8Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn2.6112:21
9BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown2.6512:30
10Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn2.6612:35
11Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly2.6812:39
14Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly2.7513:00

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary 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 Whirlipede 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:26	1.79	5.6	63.2%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	10:05	2.13	4.8	52.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	10:11	2.16	5.3	52.3%
4	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	10:36	2.24	5.2	50.3%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	11:38	2.46	6.0	45.9%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	11:51	2.51	4.7	45.0%
7	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	12:08	2.57	5.0	43.9%
8	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	12:21	2.61	4.5	43.2%
9	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	12:30	2.65	5.6	42.7%
10	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	12:35	2.66	4.2	42.4%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	12:39	2.68	5.8	42.1%
12	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	12:40	2.68	3.3	42.1%
13	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	12:53	2.73	6.0	41.4%
14	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	13:00	2.75	4.8	41.0%
15	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	13:01	2.76	6.0	41.0%

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 Whirlipede.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Whirlipede'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	17%	84%	45.5%	11:44	5.5	2.48
Bug Bite / Sludge Bomb	17%	70%	45.0%	11:50	6.0	2.51
Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	17%	71%	45.1%	11:49	6.0	2.50
Poison Sting / Signal Beam	17%	97%	45.6%	11:42	5.2	2.48
Bug Bite / Signal Beam	17%	98%	45.6%	11:41	5.1	2.47
Bug Bite / Gyro Ball	17%	100%	45.8%	11:39	5.4	2.47
Poison Sting / Gyro Ball	17%	101%	45.9%	11:38	5.3	2.46

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…

Whirlipede 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fairy0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.39xgrass0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Whirlipede throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
bugSignal BeamSTAB	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s
steelGyro Ball	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	568	710
7/7/7	577	721
8/8/8	586	733
9/9/9	596	745
10/10/10	605	756
11/11/11	615	768
12/12/12	624	780
13/13/13	634	792
14/14/14	644	805
15/15/15hundo	653	817

Caught CP range 568 - 653, or 710 - 817 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 568, not at the 605 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 37 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.

Whirlipede 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 94 / Defense 154 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	63.2%	1.79	8:26	10.4	100%	6,428	30.5	1328
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	84%	52.9%	2.13	10:05	10.3	28%	5,713	25.4	1382
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	82%	52.3%	2.16	10:11	11.5	0%	6,112	25.1	1192
4	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	78%	50.3%	2.24	10:36	12.1	0%	4,783	24.2	1190
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	67%	45.9%	2.46	11:38	23.0	0%	4,178	22.5	639
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	70%	45.0%	2.51	11:51	12.7	0%	3,979	21.7	1263
7	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	67%	43.9%	2.57	12:08	14.2	0%	4,038	21.1	1040
8	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	66%	43.2%	2.61	12:21	14.7	0%	4,161	20.8	1137
9	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	64%	42.7%	2.65	12:30	17.7	0%	3,297	20.7	833
10	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	66%	42.4%	2.66	12:35	12.6	0%	4,455	20.3	1277
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	63%	42.1%	2.68	12:39	19.1	0%	3,749	20.4	772
12	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	68%	42.1%	2.68	12:40	8.7	0%	3,741	20.0	1522
13	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	59%	41.4%	2.73	12:53	25.9	0%	4,510	20.3	565
14	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	62%	41.0%	2.75	12:60	16.3	0%	3,465	19.7	1002
15	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	60%	41.0%	2.76	13:01	20.6	0%	3,590	19.9	688
16	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	61%	40.4%	2.79	13:12	16.5	0%	3,835	19.4	877
17	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	61%	39.2%	2.88	13:36	12.8	0%	5,031	18.7	1112
18	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	58%	38.9%	2.90	13:42	17.4	0%	3,268	18.8	842
19	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	58%	38.9%	2.90	13:42	19.0	0%	4,521	18.8	743
20	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	57%	38.9%	2.90	13:42	21.8	0%	4,178	18.9	665
21	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	62%	38.6%	2.92	13:49	8.4	0%	3,754	18.3	1580
22	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	55%	38.3%	2.95	13:55	27.3	0%	2,689	18.8	556
23	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	55%	37.9%	2.98	14:04	23.4	0%	2,848	18.5	726
24	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	56%	37.9%	2.98	14:05	19.7	0%	4,346	18.3	715
25	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	54%	37.7%	2.99	14:08	27.9	0%	2,825	18.5	545
26	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	37.7%	2.99	14:09	27.1	0%	4,512	18.5	562
27	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	54%	37.7%	3.00	14:09	25.9	0%	3,105	18.5	611
28	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	58%	37.5%	3.01	14:12	13.6	0%	3,703	18.0	1021
29	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	58%	37.5%	3.01	14:13	12.7	0%	3,863	17.9	1256
30	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	37.4%	3.02	14:16	20.6	0%	5,007	18.1	710

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