Shadow raid

Shadow Zigzagoon counters

#0263

normalShadow 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

8,714

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

1.22

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Zigzagoon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 233-290.

Weak tofighting1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Zigzagoon counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Shadow Conkeldurr, Lucario & Shadow Gallade.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
S. Conkeldurr
Lucario
S. Gallade

6 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.984:38
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.165:29
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.225:45
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+1.275:59
5Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.276:01
6Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere1.376:29
7KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.396:33
8Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.416:38
9Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch1.497:03
10Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Close Combat1.507:06
11LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.537:15
12Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.587:27

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 countersGalarian Zigzagoon

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Top 15 Shadow Zigzagoon 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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	4:38	0.98	3.0	115.2%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	5:29	1.16	5.3	97.2%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	5:45	1.22	4.9	92.8%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	5:59	1.27	3.1	89.2%
5	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	6:01	1.27	4.4	88.5%
6	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	6:29	1.37	5.8	82.3%
7	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	6:33	1.39	5.2	81.4%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	6:38	1.41	4.1	80.3%
9	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	7:03	1.49	5.4	75.6%
10	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	7:06	1.50	2.9	75.1%
11	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	7:15	1.53	5.7	73.6%
12	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	7:27	1.58	5.5	71.6%
13	Mega Alakazampsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	4,510	7:30	1.59	5.3	71.0%
14	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	7:31	1.59	5.3	71.0%
15	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	4,178	7:39	1.62	5.0	69.8%

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 Zigzagoon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Zigzagoon'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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	190%	81.2%	6:34	5.1	1.39
Tackle / Dig	17%	198%	80.8%	6:36	4.9	1.40
Sand Attack / Dig	17%	203%	80.8%	6:36	4.8	1.40
Rock Smash / Dig	17%	202%	80.9%	6:36	4.8	1.40
Rock Smash / Thunderbolt	17%	193%	81.2%	6:34	5.3	1.39
Sand Attack / Thunderbolt	17%	192%	81.3%	6:34	5.3	1.39
Tackle / Thunderbolt	17%	188%	81.3%	6:34	5.3	1.39
Sand Attack / Grass Knot	17%	194%	81.5%	6:33	5.1	1.39
Rock Smash / Grass Knot	17%	193%	81.5%	6:33	5.3	1.39
Tackle / Grass Knot	17%	191%	81.6%	6:32	5.2	1.38

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 1 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…

Zigzagoon 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.

fighting1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ghost0.39x

Weak (1)
Neutral (16)
Resists (1)

It resists ghost0.39x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zigzagoon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackleSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass Knot	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
electricThunderbolt	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
groundDig	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	233	292
7/7/7	239	299
8/8/8	246	307
9/9/9	252	315
10/10/10	258	323
11/11/11	264	330
12/12/12	271	338
13/13/13	277	346
14/14/14	284	355
15/15/15hundo	290	363

Caught CP range 233 - 290, or 292 - 363 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 233, not at the 258 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 25 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Zigzagoon 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 59 / Defense 77 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	115.2%	0.98	4:38	2.9	100%	6,112	54.6	3829
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	78%	97.2%	1.16	5:29	6.1	0%	3,826	46.4	2206
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	75%	92.8%	1.22	5:45	6.0	0%	4,161	44.3	2259
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	75%	89.2%	1.27	5:59	3.7	0%	6,428	42.0	3196
5	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	88.5%	1.27	6:01	5.2	0%	3,670	42.1	2398
6	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	63%	82.3%	1.37	6:29	9.2	0%	2,848	39.8	1534
7	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	64%	81.4%	1.39	6:33	7.2	0%	3,698	38.8	1909
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	65%	80.3%	1.41	6:38	5.4	0%	4,521	38.1	2317
9	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	60%	75.6%	1.49	7:03	7.3	0%	3,337	36.2	1774
10	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	63%	75.1%	1.50	7:06	4.1	0%	4,814	35.5	2998
11	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	57%	73.6%	1.53	7:15	9.5	0%	2,703	35.5	1459
12	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	56%	71.6%	1.58	7:27	8.5	0%	3,093	34.3	1562
13	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	56%	71.0%	1.59	7:30	7.8	0%	4,510	34.1	1676
14	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	55%	71.0%	1.59	7:31	8.4	0%	3,698	34.0	1619
15	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	55%	69.8%	1.62	7:39	7.4	0%	4,178	33.5	1758
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	59%	69.3%	1.63	7:42	3.4	0%	5,713	32.7	3752
17	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	53%	69.1%	1.63	7:43	9.0	0%	2,848	33.2	1527
18	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	53%	68.8%	1.64	7:45	9.1	0%	3,056	32.9	1470
19	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere	Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	57%	68.5%	1.65	7:47	4.2	0%	5,007	32.3	2906
20	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	54%	68.4%	1.65	7:47	8.1	0%	3,452	32.6	1760
21	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	55%	68.4%	1.65	7:48	6.7	0%	3,548	32.6	2417
22	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	54%	67.2%	1.68	7:56	6.0	0%	3,812	31.9	2152
23	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	51%	67.1%	1.68	7:57	11.6	0%	2,842	32.5	1212
24	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	52%	66.1%	1.71	8:04	7.2	0%	4,346	31.8	1817
25	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	51%	66.0%	1.71	8:04	8.9	0%	2,829	31.6	1496
26	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	52%	65.9%	1.71	8:05	7.5	0%	3,677	31.4	1827
27	Mega Lopunny normalfightingmega Double Kick / Focus Blast	Double Kick / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	50%	64.4%	1.75	8:17	8.0	0%	3,745	30.9	1652
28	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	49%	64.2%	1.76	8:18	11.2	0%	2,985	30.9	1209
29	Conkeldurr fighting Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	63.4%	1.78	8:25	7.5	0%	3,337	30.3	1733
30	Urshifu (Rapid Strike) fightingwater Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	48%	62.2%	1.81	8:34	9.6	0%	3,606	29.9	1464

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