Shadow raid

Shadow Bayleef counters

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grassShadow Tier 1

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

4,375

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

101

Difficulty

0.11

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Bayleef should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 735-831.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

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 a Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Bayleef counters are Mega Beedrill, Blacephalon, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Moltres & Shadow Galarian Articuno.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Beedrill
Blacephalon
S. Toucannon
S. Salamence
S. Moltres
S. Galarian Articuno

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 BeedrillMegapartyInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.100:19
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.100:19
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.110:19
4BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.110:19
5Mega StaraptorMegaQuick Attack / Brave Bird+0.110:20
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.110:20
7Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.110:20
8Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.110:21
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.120:21
10Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.120:21
12Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.120:22

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow 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 Bayleef 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 Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:19	0.10	2353.7%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:19	0.10	2336.3%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
4	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:19	0.11	2277.7%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	normalQuick AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:20	0.11	2199.5%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:20	0.11	2179.7%
7	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:20	0.11	2145.4%
8	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:21	0.11	2118.3%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:21	0.12	2110.1%
10	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:21	0.12	2060.2%
11	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	darkSucker PunchpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:21	0.12	2041.7%
12	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:22	0.12	2025.7%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	0:22	0.12	2010.8%
14	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:22	0.12	1986.1%
15	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:22	0.12	1977.9%

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 Bayleef.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Bayleef'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	440%	2156.9%	0:20	0.11
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	510%	2121.2%	0:21	0.11
Tackle / Energy Ball	100%	533%	2126.2%	0:21	0.11
Magical Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	518%	2126.2%	0:21	0.11
Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	100%	471%	2149.5%	0:20	0.11
Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	100%	479%	2152.5%	0:20	0.11
Tackle / Grass Knot	100%	481%	2152.5%	0:20	0.11
Razor Leaf / Ancient Power	100%	360%	2224.2%	0:20	0.11
Magical Leaf / Ancient Power	100%	362%	2225.8%	0:20	0.11
Tackle / Ancient Power	100%	362%	2249.7%	0:19	0.11

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…

Bayleef 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 poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

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

It resists ground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Bayleef throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassRazor LeafSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
grassMagical LeafSTAB	17	+17	1.5s	0.85s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	735	919
7/7/7	745	932
8/8/8	756	945
9/9/9	766	958
10/10/10	777	971
11/11/11	787	984
12/12/12	798	998
13/13/13	809	1,011
14/14/14	820	1,025
15/15/15hundo	831	1,039

Caught CP range 735 - 831, or 919 - 1,039 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 735, not at the 777 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 42 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.

Bayleef 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 81 / Defense 101 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Beedrill top pickbugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	92%	2353.7%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,383	37.6	696
2	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	2336.3%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	5,713	38.3	715
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	90%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,783	32.3	613
4	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	83%	2277.7%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,297	31.5	602
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	89%	2199.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,979	30.6	606
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	83%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,161	30.7	614
7	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	76%	2145.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,689	30.7	623
8	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	81%	2118.3%	0.11	0:21	0.0	100%	3,749	31.8	653
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	78%	2110.1%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,465	30.7	633
10	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	77%	2060.2%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	4,455	29.9	634
11	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	83%	2041.7%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,505	29.7	634
12	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	74%	2025.7%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,590	27.9	600
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	83%	2010.8%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	5,031	28.9	626
14	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	76%	1986.1%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,605	30.0	658
15	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	76%	1977.9%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,038	29.1	642
16	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	68%	1970.0%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	2,825	27.5	590
17	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	67%	1949.9%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,117	27.6	610
18	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	63%	1914.0%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	3,105	28.1	598
19	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	69%	1908.7%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	2,982	27.3	622
20	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	71%	1895.4%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	6,428	26.2	602
21	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	66%	1890.5%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	2,848	28.1	647
22	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	68%	1888.8%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,680	27.5	633
23	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	76%	1885.5%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,754	28.0	648
24	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	1868.6%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,835	27.7	646
25	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	62%	1853.0%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	2,711	27.3	627
26	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	67%	1850.3%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,346	25.6	604
27	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Struggle Bug / Megahorn	Struggle Bug / Megahorn+17 more movesets	70%	1840.9%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,814	26.0	616
28	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	70%	1839.2%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	6,112	28.9	683
29	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	64%	1831.7%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	2,889	25.8	614
30	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	63%	1814.9%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	2,683	27.3	654

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