Shadow raid

Shadow Crustle counters

#0558

bug rockShadow 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

7,291

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

121

Defense

128

Difficulty

0.14

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Crustle should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,325-1,452.

Weak torock1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6x

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 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 Crustle counters are Mega Starmie, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Shadow Metagross & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Starmie
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
S. Metagross
S. Kyogre

2 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 StarmieMegapartyWater Gun / Liquidation+0.120:22
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.130:24
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.130:24
4Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.140:25
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.140:25
6Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.140:25
7Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.140:25
8Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.140:26
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.140:26
10Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.150:26

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Crustle 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 Starmiewaterpsychicjoint top pick	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:22	0.12	0.0	1971.9%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:24	0.13	0.1	1823.7%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:24	0.13	0.0	1823.2%
4	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:25	0.14	0.0	1762.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:25	0.14	0.0	1753.4%
6	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:25	0.14	0.0	1725.8%
7	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:25	0.14	0.0	1720.3%
8	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:26	0.14	0.1	1690.0%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:26	0.14	0.0	1689.6%
10	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:26	0.15	0.0	1652.5%
11	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:26	0.15	0.0	1650.6%
12	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	0:26	0.15	0.0	1647.5%
13	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:28	0.16	0.0	1549.7%
14	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:28	0.16	0.9	1546.2%
15	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	0:28	0.16	0.0	1538.0%

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 Crustle.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Crustle'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	100%	391%	1787.4%	0:24	0.0	0.14
Fury Cutter / Rock Blast	100%	422%	1746.6%	0:25	0.0	0.14
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	100%	425%	1766.4%	0:25	0.0	0.14
Fury Cutter / Rock Slide	100%	393%	1767.2%	0:25	0.0	0.14
Smack Down / Rock Blast	100%	410%	1785.4%	0:24	0.0	0.14
Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	100%	361%	1789.3%	0:24	0.1	0.14
Fury Cutter / Rock Wrecker	100%	368%	1789.7%	0:24	0.0	0.14
Smack Down / Rock Slide	100%	389%	1801.4%	0:24	0.0	0.13
Smack Down / X-Scissor	100%	406%	1806.4%	0:24	0.0	0.13

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…

Crustle 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 steel1.6x water1.6x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x poison0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists normal0.625xpoison0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Crustle throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockSmack DownSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock WreckerSTAB	110	-50	3.5s	1.90s
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
rockRock BlastSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	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	1,325	1,657
7/7/7	1,339	1,674
8/8/8	1,353	1,691
9/9/9	1,367	1,709
10/10/10	1,381	1,726
11/11/11	1,395	1,744
12/12/12	1,409	1,762
13/13/13	1,423	1,780
14/14/14	1,438	1,797
15/15/15hundo	1,452	1,815

Caught CP range 1,325 - 1,452, or 1,657 - 1,815 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 1,325, not at the 1,381 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 56 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Crustle 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 121 / Defense 128 (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 Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	91%	1971.9%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,701	28.9	630
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	83%	1823.7%	0.13	0:24	0.1	100%	3,784	30.9	692
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	93%	1823.2%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,099	28.0	669
4	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	100%	1762.1%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,172	27.2	673
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	83%	1753.4%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	6,428	26.2	650
6	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	92%	1725.8%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,979	30.2	762
7	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	82%	1720.3%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,791	24.8	628
8	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	76%	1690.0%	0.14	0:26	0.1	100%	4,115	24.7	616
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	84%	1689.6%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	6,112	23.5	607
10	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	83%	1652.5%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	4,911	23.1	608
11	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	81%	1650.6%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	5,902	26.4	695
12	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	84%	1647.5%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	3,826	23.5	621
13	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	76%	1549.7%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	4,401	21.8	614
14	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	63%	1546.2%	0.16	0:28	0.8	100%	3,298	22.5	370
15	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	72%	1538.0%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	4,038	21.8	606
16	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Steel Wing / Hydro Cannon	Steel Wing / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	69%	1499.5%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	2,900	20.8	599
17	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	67%	1485.2%	0.16	0:29	0.1	100%	3,741	20.8	573
18	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	64%	1470.6%	0.17	0:30	0.4	100%	4,346	21.4	490
19	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	59%	1469.5%	0.17	0:30	1.0	100%	2,654	20.7	313
20	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	66%	1465.7%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	2,974	20.4	594
21	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	68%	1457.5%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,733	21.0	629
22	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	67%	1450.2%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	5,347	20.2	606
23	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	62%	1449.6%	0.17	0:30	0.5	100%	3,128	20.2	459
24	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	68%	1440.1%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,244	20.3	614
25	Shadow Kingler watershadow Metal Claw / Razor Shell	Metal Claw / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	58%	1439.1%	0.17	0:30	0.9	100%	2,829	20.6	347
26	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	65%	1435.5%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,941	20.7	601
27	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	64%	1423.9%	0.17	0:31	0.0	100%	4,717	19.9	596
28	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Steel Wing / Outrage+	Steel Wing / Outrage++26 more movesets	62%	1417.1%	0.17	0:31	0.4	100%	4,823	20.2	499
29	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	60%	1411.1%	0.17	0:31	0.5	100%	2,857	19.7	441
30	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	60%	1401.7%	0.17	0:31	0.4	100%	3,834	19.6	485

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