Shadow raid

Shadow Ekans counters

#0023

poisonShadow Tier 3

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

8,366

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.57

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Ekans should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 454-529.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Ekans counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo, Shadow Alakazam & Shadow Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Mewtwo
S. Alakazam
S. Groudon

8 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.411:12
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.521:31
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.581:41
4Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyExtrasensory / Sandsear Storm0.621:49
5Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.621:50
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.641:53
7MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.682:00
8Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic0.692:01
9Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic0.692:02
10Mega DelphoxMegaZen Headbutt / Psychic0.692:02
11Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyConfusion / Psychic0.702:03
14Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.712:05

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Ekans 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:12	0.41	0.5	324.5%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:31	0.52	1.1	258.8%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:41	0.58	2.0	231.6%
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	psychicExtrasensorygroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:49	0.62	1.6	215.8%
5	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	1:50	0.62	2.3	214.3%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:53	0.64	0.7	207.8%
7	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	2:00	0.68	1.9	195.9%
8	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	2:01	0.69	1.6	193.4%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	2:02	0.69	2.0	193.1%
10	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	2:02	0.69	1.8	192.5%
11	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	3,057	2:03	0.70	3.8	190.8%
12	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	2:04	0.70	0.7	189.7%
13	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	2:04	0.71	3.2	189.0%
14	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	2:05	0.71	1.6	187.4%
15	Shadow Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	3,812	2:06	0.72	2.4	186.0%

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 Ekans.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Ekans'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%	189%	216.3%	1:49	1.8	0.62
Acid / Sludge Bomb	100%	159%	215.5%	1:49	2.6	0.62
Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	100%	154%	215.7%	1:49	2.6	0.62
Acid / Wrap	100%	197%	217.0%	1:48	1.7	0.62
Acid / Poison Fang	100%	228%	217.6%	1:48	1.2	0.61
Poison Sting / Wrap	100%	203%	217.7%	1:48	1.7	0.61
Poison Sting / Poison Fang	100%	238%	218.6%	1:47	1.1	0.61

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…

Ekans 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 psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Ekans throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonAcidSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.60s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
poisonPoison FangSTAB	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s
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	454	568
7/7/7	462	578
8/8/8	470	588
9/9/9	478	598
10/10/10	487	609
11/11/11	495	619
12/12/12	504	630
13/13/13	512	640
14/14/14	521	651
15/15/15hundo	529	662

Caught CP range 454 - 529, or 568 - 662 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 454, not at the 487 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 33 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.

Ekans 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 95 / Defense 85 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	324.5%	0.41	1:12	0.4	100%	6,428	57.7	3214
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	76%	258.8%	0.52	1:31	1.1	100%	6,112	44.8	2018
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	62%	231.6%	0.58	1:41	1.9	100%	4,178	40.2	1523
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	60%	215.8%	0.62	1:49	1.6	100%	3,922	37.1	1621
5	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	56%	214.3%	0.62	1:50	2.2	100%	4,510	37.1	1335
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	63%	207.8%	0.64	1:53	0.6	100%	5,902	35.7	2698
7	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	53%	195.9%	0.68	1:60	1.9	100%	4,178	33.9	1517
8	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	53%	193.4%	0.69	2:01	1.5	100%	5,007	33.2	1685
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	193.1%	0.69	2:02	1.9	100%	4,521	33.5	1490
10	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	52%	192.5%	0.69	2:02	1.7	100%	4,783	33.0	1584
11	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	47%	190.8%	0.70	2:03	3.7	100%	3,057	33.2	892
12	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	56%	189.7%	0.70	2:04	0.7	100%	5,424	33.0	2682
13	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	47%	189.0%	0.71	2:04	3.1	100%	4,512	33.0	1094
14	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	53%	187.4%	0.71	2:05	1.5	100%	4,115	32.8	1668
15	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	48%	186.0%	0.72	2:06	2.3	100%	3,812	32.3	1296
16	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	48%	185.8%	0.72	2:06	2.4	100%	4,006	32.0	1236
17	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	51%	184.3%	0.73	2:07	1.6	100%	3,143	32.7	1670
18	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	49%	184.0%	0.73	2:08	2.1	100%	4,346	32.1	1418
19	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	50%	181.5%	0.74	2:09	1.6	100%	3,922	31.4	1589
20	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	54%	180.8%	0.74	2:10	0.8	100%	3,244	31.2	2632
21	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	53%	180.5%	0.74	2:10	0.7	100%	3,791	31.2	2585
22	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	47%	178.1%	0.75	2:12	2.2	100%	3,701	31.3	1323
23	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	47%	177.5%	0.75	2:12	2.0	100%	3,328	30.5	1452
24	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	47%	173.8%	0.77	2:15	1.7	100%	5,713	30.1	1597
25	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	48%	173.2%	0.77	2:16	1.6	100%	3,962	30.0	1589
26	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	52%	173.1%	0.77	2:16	0.6	100%	3,733	29.8	2704
27	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	46%	172.8%	0.77	2:16	1.9	100%	3,588	29.8	1465
28	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	43%	172.3%	0.78	2:16	3.0	100%	3,093	29.7	1064
29	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	53%	172.2%	0.78	2:16	0.6	100%	4,911	29.5	2736
30	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+7 more movesets	44%	171.6%	0.78	2:17	2.5	100%	3,590	29.6	1219

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