Shadow raid

Shadow Cradily counters

#0346

rock grassShadow 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

29,568

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

136

Defense

171

Difficulty

2.56

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Cradily should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,144-1,263.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xsteel1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Cradily counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Keldeo & Shadow Metagross.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Keldeo
S. Metagross

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+2.2210:29
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash2.5712:08
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere2.5712:09
4Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade2.5912:13
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere2.6912:42
6Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike2.7312:52
7Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+2.7412:56
8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+2.8713:34
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+2.9113:44
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword2.9914:07
11KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword3.0114:14
12Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyFury Cutter / Meteor Mash3.0314:20

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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Top 15 Shadow Cradily counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	10:29	2.22	5.5	50.9%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	12:08	2.57	4.1	43.9%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	12:09	2.57	5.5	43.9%
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	12:13	2.59	5.5	43.6%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	12:42	2.69	6.0	42.0%
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	12:52	2.73	5.6	41.4%
7	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	12:56	2.74	6.0	41.2%
8	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	13:34	2.87	5.9	39.3%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	13:44	2.91	6.0	38.8%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	14:07	2.99	5.9	37.8%
11	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	14:14	3.01	5.9	37.5%
12	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	14:20	3.03	6.0	37.2%
13	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	4,911	14:34	3.08	5.1	36.6%
14	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	14:36	3.09	6.0	36.5%
15	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	15:03	3.18	6.0	35.4%

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 Cradily.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Cradily'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	100%	78%	41.8%	12:45	5.6	2.70
Bullet Seed / Bulldoze	100%	63%	41.2%	12:57	6.0	2.74
Infestation / Bulldoze	100%	63%	41.2%	12:56	6.0	2.74
Acid / Bulldoze	100%	63%	41.3%	12:55	6.0	2.74
Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	99%	71%	41.5%	12:51	5.9	2.72
Infestation / Grass Knot	90%	70%	41.6%	12:49	5.9	2.71
Acid / Grass Knot	96%	71%	41.6%	12:48	5.9	2.71
Infestation / Stone Edge	100%	91%	42.2%	12:38	5.5	2.67
Infestation / Rock Slide	100%	100%	42.3%	12:36	5.3	2.67
Acid / Rock Slide	100%	100%	42.4%	12:35	5.2	2.66
Bullet Seed / Rock Slide	100%	100%	42.4%	12:34	5.3	2.66
Acid / Stone Edge	100%	92%	42.4%	12:34	5.4	2.66
Infestation / Rock Tomb	100%	114%	42.5%	12:34	4.6	2.66
Bullet Seed / Stone Edge	100%	92%	42.5%	12:33	5.5	2.66
Acid / Rock Tomb	100%	115%	42.5%	12:33	4.5	2.66
Bullet Seed / Rock Tomb	100%	114%	42.6%	12:32	4.6	2.65

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…

Cradily 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 bug1.6x steel1.6x ice1.6x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (4)
Neutral (12)
Resists (2)

It resists normal0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cradily throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonAcid	11	+10	1.0s	0.60s
bugInfestation	9	+13	1.0s	0.75s
grassBullet SeedSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
groundBulldoze	80	-50	3.5s	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	1,144	1,430
7/7/7	1,157	1,446
8/8/8	1,170	1,463
9/9/9	1,183	1,479
10/10/10	1,196	1,495
11/11/11	1,209	1,512
12/12/12	1,223	1,529
13/13/13	1,236	1,545
14/14/14	1,249	1,562
15/15/15hundo	1,263	1,579

Caught CP range 1,144 - 1,263, or 1,430 - 1,579 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 1,144, not at the 1,196 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 52 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.

Cradily 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 136 / Defense 171 (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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	50.9%	2.22	10:29	13.3	100%	6,112	24.5	1083
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	88%	43.9%	2.57	12:08	11.0	100%	4,172	21.0	1405
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	83%	43.9%	2.57	12:09	19.3	100%	3,826	21.3	850
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	84%	43.6%	2.59	12:13	15.9	100%	4,979	21.1	943
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	76%	42.0%	2.69	12:42	27.3	100%	4,161	20.7	528
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	79%	41.4%	2.73	12:52	17.5	100%	4,099	20.0	862
7	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	73%	41.2%	2.74	12:56	37.4	100%	3,383	20.7	442
8	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	73%	39.3%	2.87	13:34	21.9	98%	3,670	19.1	689
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	73%	38.8%	2.91	13:44	21.0	100%	6,428	18.9	680
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	70%	37.8%	2.99	14:07	23.0	100%	4,521	18.3	643
11	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	69%	37.5%	3.01	14:14	25.7	96%	3,698	18.3	635
12	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	69%	37.2%	3.03	14:20	22.8	100%	3,791	18.1	642
13	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	70%	36.6%	3.08	14:34	16.6	100%	4,911	17.6	876
14	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	64%	36.5%	3.09	14:36	41.1	82%	2,848	18.3	353
15	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	64%	35.4%	3.18	15:03	31.0	68%	4,605	17.4	507
16	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	63%	34.2%	3.30	15:35	24.0	0%	4,814	16.6	621
17	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	60%	33.5%	3.37	15:56	29.7	0%	2,703	16.4	567
18	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	61%	33.3%	3.39	16:01	23.6	0%	4,038	16.1	632
19	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	60%	33.2%	3.40	16:04	30.7	0%	3,337	16.2	481
20	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	59%	33.2%	3.40	16:05	32.4	2%	4,605	16.3	484
21	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	58%	32.2%	3.51	16:33	30.8	0%	3,677	15.7	471
22	Metagross steelpsychic Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	59%	32.0%	3.52	16:38	23.5	0%	3,791	15.5	642
23	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	56%	32.0%	3.53	16:41	35.8	0%	3,093	15.7	415
24	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	58%	31.9%	3.54	16:44	27.0	0%	5,007	15.5	534
25	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	58%	31.8%	3.56	16:47	24.7	0%	3,741	15.4	617
26	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	56%	31.3%	3.60	17:01	34.8	0%	3,812	15.4	416
27	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	56%	31.2%	3.62	17:06	33.2	0%	3,698	15.3	503
28	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	54%	30.2%	3.74	17:39	31.0	0%	5,713	14.8	649
29	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	53%	30.2%	3.74	17:39	40.2	0%	4,178	14.9	365
30	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	52%	30.1%	3.75	17:44	45.9	0%	2,848	15.0	325

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