Shadow raid

Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) counters

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fireShadow 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

38,670

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

227

Defense

105

Difficulty

1.94

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,625-1,774.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Darmanitan (Standard) counters are Mega Starmie, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Swampert.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Starmie
S. Kyogre
S. Groudon
S. Garchomp
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Swampert

9 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 StarmieMegapartyPsywave / Liquidation+1.808:30
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+1.868:46
3Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.929:03
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.959:12
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.999:23
6Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon2.1210:01
7Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.1410:05
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+2.1410:08
9Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.1510:09
10Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide2.2510:39
11Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.3010:52
12Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power2.3311:02
14Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.3511:07
15Shadow SwampertShadowpartyWater Gun / Hydro Cannon2.4211:26

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 Darmanitan (Standard)

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Top 15 Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) 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	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	8:30	1.80	6.0	62.8%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	8:46	1.86	6.0	60.8%
3	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	9:03	1.92	6.0	58.9%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	9:12	1.95	6.0	57.9%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	9:23	1.99	6.0	56.8%
6	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	10:01	2.12	6.0	53.2%
7	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	10:05	2.14	6.0	52.9%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	10:08	2.14	6.0	52.6%
9	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	10:09	2.15	6.0	52.5%
10	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	10:39	2.25	6.0	50.1%
11	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	10:52	2.30	6.0	49.1%
12	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	11:02	2.33	6.0	48.3%
13	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	11:06	2.35	6.0	48.1%
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	11:07	2.35	6.0	48.0%
15	Shadow Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	11:26	2.42	6.0	46.7%

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 Darmanitan (Standard).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)'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	28%	49%	50.7%	10:31	6.0	2.23
Tackle / Overheat	18%	43%	45.1%	11:50	6.0	2.51
Fire Fang / Overheat	19%	44%	45.7%	11:40	6.0	2.47
Incinerate / Overheat	26%	45%	49.6%	10:45	6.0	2.28
Tackle / Psychic	22%	47%	51.2%	10:25	6.0	2.21
Incinerate / Focus Blast	17%	47%	51.3%	10:23	6.0	2.20
Fire Fang / Focus Blast	33%	50%	51.7%	10:19	6.0	2.18
Fire Fang / Psychic	33%	47%	51.7%	10:19	6.0	2.18
Tackle / Focus Blast	26%	52%	52.0%	10:16	6.0	2.17
Incinerate / Psychic	39%	50%	52.6%	10:08	6.0	2.15
Tackle / Rock Slide	39%	61%	53.0%	10:04	6.0	2.13
Fire Fang / Rock Slide	51%	58%	53.1%	10:03	6.0	2.13
Incinerate / Rock Slide	44%	58%	53.9%	9:54	6.0	2.10

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…

Darmanitan (Standard) 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.

ground1.6x rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Darmanitan (Standard) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire FangSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.74s
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,625	2,032
7/7/7	1,642	2,052
8/8/8	1,658	2,073
9/9/9	1,674	2,093
10/10/10	1,691	2,114
11/11/11	1,707	2,134
12/12/12	1,724	2,155
13/13/13	1,741	2,176
14/14/14	1,757	2,197
15/15/15hundo	1,774	2,218

Caught CP range 1,625 - 1,774, or 2,032 - 2,218 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 1,625, not at the 1,691 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 66 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Darmanitan (Standard) 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 227 / Defense 105 (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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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	100%	62.8%	1.80	8:30	19.7	100%	3,701	31.2	719
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	94%	60.8%	1.86	8:46	27.2	80%	3,784	31.0	622
3	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	94%	58.9%	1.92	9:03	19.1	100%	5,902	29.0	741
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	92%	57.9%	1.95	9:12	19.6	100%	5,902	28.5	725
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	56.8%	1.99	9:23	20.6	94%	6,428	28.0	711
6	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	83%	53.2%	2.12	10:01	23.4	50%	4,401	26.3	635
7	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	81%	52.9%	2.14	10:05	29.0	38%	4,115	26.5	492
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	82%	52.6%	2.14	10:08	23.0	30%	6,112	26.0	648
9	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	83%	52.5%	2.15	10:09	21.9	34%	5,424	25.8	674
10	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	50.1%	2.25	10:39	33.5	0%	4,346	25.2	426
11	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	49.1%	2.30	10:52	35.4	16%	4,115	25.0	445
12	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	74%	48.3%	2.33	11:02	29.0	0%	3,962	24.1	505
13	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	74%	48.1%	2.35	11:06	28.4	0%	5,713	23.9	522
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	71%	48.0%	2.35	11:07	41.4	34%	3,922	25.1	381
15	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	46.7%	2.42	11:26	33.5	0%	2,974	23.4	439
16	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	71%	46.7%	2.42	11:26	30.0	0%	3,941	23.2	475
17	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	67%	44.8%	2.52	11:54	36.6	0%	3,979	22.6	416
18	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	69%	44.8%	2.52	11:54	25.1	0%	4,717	22.1	634
19	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	65%	44.5%	2.54	11:59	40.4	0%	2,857	22.6	358
20	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	67%	44.5%	2.54	11:59	31.0	0%	4,115	22.1	464
21	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	65%	43.9%	2.57	12:10	40.6	0%	3,733	22.8	453
22	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	65%	43.8%	2.57	12:10	39.7	0%	3,228	22.5	387
23	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	65%	43.7%	2.58	12:12	37.7	0%	4,118	22.0	383
24	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	66%	43.5%	2.60	12:16	32.1	0%	4,115	21.7	469
25	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	61%	43.1%	2.62	12:23	57.8	0%	3,298	22.9	265
26	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	62%	42.7%	2.64	12:28	47.5	0%	3,588	22.2	328
27	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	63%	41.9%	2.69	12:43	34.8	0%	5,347	21.3	664
28	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	59%	41.2%	2.74	12:56	54.8	0%	2,654	21.8	316
29	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	58%	41.0%	2.75	13:01	60.6	0%	2,829	21.7	253
30	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	59%	40.6%	2.78	13:07	47.3	0%	3,128	21.3	358

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