Shadow raid

Shadow Dragonair counters

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dragonShadow 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

26,700

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

145

Defense

122

Difficulty

1.96

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Dragonair should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 911-1,017.

Weak toice1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Dragonair counters are Eternatus, Mega Rayquaza, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Garchomp & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Eternatus
M. Rayquaza
Kyurem (Black)
S. Haxorus
S. Garchomp
Kyurem (White)

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 %

1EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.828:36
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.868:48
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.939:06
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.979:17
5Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.069:44
6Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.1310:05
7Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.2210:29
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.2310:33
9Shadow SalamenceShadowDragon Tail / Draco Meteor2.2510:38
10Shadow PalkiaShadowLegendaryDragon Tail / Draco Meteor2.2810:45

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 Dragonair 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	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	8:36	1.82	5.5	61.9%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	8:48	1.86	5.6	60.6%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	9:06	1.93	5.4	58.6%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	9:17	1.97	5.9	57.4%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	9:44	2.06	5.9	54.8%
6	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	10:05	2.13	6.0	52.9%
7	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	10:29	2.22	6.0	50.8%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	10:33	2.23	5.9	50.6%
9	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,749	10:38	2.25	6.0	50.1%
10	Shadow Palkiawaterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,991	10:45	2.28	5.6	49.6%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	10:46	2.28	5.9	49.5%
12	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	5,031	11:01	2.33	5.4	48.4%
13	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor	4,038	11:04	2.34	5.6	48.2%
14	Dialga (Origin)steeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonRoar of Time	4,090	11:09	2.36	4.6	47.8%
15	Shadow Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,792	11:10	2.36	6.0	47.8%

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 Dragonair.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Dragonair'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	51%	82%	55.2%	9:39	5.8	2.04
Iron Tail / Dragon Pulse	35%	50%	52.8%	10:06	6.0	2.14
Dragon Breath / Dragon Pulse	43%	50%	53.3%	9:60	6.0	2.12
Dragon Breath / Wrap	53%	96%	55.8%	9:34	6.0	2.02
Dragon Breath / Body Slam	57%	97%	55.9%	9:32	6.0	2.02
Iron Tail / Wrap	53%	97%	56.0%	9:32	6.0	2.02
Iron Tail / Body Slam	56%	97%	56.0%	9:31	6.0	2.01
Dragon Breath / Aqua Tail	67%	124%	56.3%	9:28	5.2	2.01
Iron Tail / Aqua Tail	67%	122%	56.5%	9:27	5.4	2.00

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…

Dragonair 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.

ice1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dark1x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists fire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dragonair throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
steelIron Tail	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon PulseSTAB	90	-50	3.5s	2.05s
waterAqua Tail	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
normalWrap	60	-33	3.0s	2.15s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	911	1,139
7/7/7	923	1,153
8/8/8	934	1,168
9/9/9	946	1,182
10/10/10	957	1,197
11/11/11	969	1,212
12/12/12	981	1,226
13/13/13	993	1,241
14/14/14	1,005	1,256
15/15/15hundo	1,017	1,271

Caught CP range 911 - 1,017, or 1,139 - 1,271 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 911, not at the 957 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 46 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Dragonair 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 145 / Defense 122 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	100%	61.9%	1.82	8:36	12.0	100%	4,429	29.9	1261
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	97%	60.6%	1.86	8:48	13.0	100%	5,713	29.3	1179
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	95%	58.6%	1.93	9:06	12.0	100%	4,823	28.2	1278
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	90%	57.4%	1.97	9:17	15.9	86%	4,605	28.0	1009
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	87%	54.8%	2.06	9:44	14.0	100%	5,424	26.5	1040
6	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	79%	52.9%	2.13	10:05	23.9	34%	3,593	26.0	637
7	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	77%	50.8%	2.22	10:29	20.7	0%	3,962	24.8	743
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	78%	50.6%	2.23	10:33	18.3	0%	4,605	24.6	879
9	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	76%	50.1%	2.25	10:38	22.7	0%	3,749	24.6	679
10	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	76%	49.6%	2.28	10:45	20.5	6%	3,991	24.3	845
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	79%	49.5%	2.28	10:46	13.8	0%	6,428	24.0	1014
12	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	76%	48.4%	2.33	11:01	14.6	0%	5,031	23.4	1072
13	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	76%	48.2%	2.34	11:04	15.3	0%	4,038	23.4	987
14	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	77%	47.8%	2.36	11:09	12.3	0%	4,090	22.9	1203
15	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	72%	47.8%	2.36	11:10	22.2	0%	3,792	23.5	721
16	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	71%	46.9%	2.41	11:23	23.0	0%	4,038	23.0	681
17	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Glaive Rush	Ice Fang / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	71%	46.7%	2.42	11:25	22.2	0%	3,550	22.9	730
18	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	73%	46.1%	2.45	11:33	15.3	0%	6,112	22.3	922
19	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	70%	45.9%	2.46	11:37	20.0	0%	4,142	22.4	927
20	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	71%	45.7%	2.47	11:40	17.2	0%	4,512	22.1	836
21	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	70%	45.4%	2.49	11:44	18.5	0%	5,007	22.0	865
22	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe	Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	68%	45.3%	2.49	11:46	23.4	0%	4,056	22.2	707
23	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	68%	45.0%	2.51	11:51	22.5	0%	3,835	22.0	712
24	Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	66%	44.5%	2.53	11:58	24.9	0%	3,593	21.8	625
25	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	66%	44.0%	2.57	12:07	24.8	0%	3,812	21.5	635
26	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	63%	43.5%	2.59	12:15	34.1	0%	3,105	21.7	429
27	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	43.0%	2.63	12:25	17.5	0%	5,902	20.8	871
28	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	69%	42.5%	2.65	12:32	11.2	0%	4,979	20.3	1279
29	Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	64%	42.4%	2.66	12:35	21.3	0%	3,962	20.6	724
30	Regidrago dragon Dragon Breath / Dragon Energy	Dragon Breath / Dragon Energy+11 more movesets	63%	41.8%	2.70	12:45	23.1	0%	2,973	20.5	741

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