Shadow raid

Shadow Emboar counters

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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

7,297

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

149

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Emboar should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,562-1,704.

Weak toflying1.6xground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Emboar counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Galarian Articuno & Rayquaza.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Moltres
S. Groudon
S. Galarian Articuno
Rayquaza

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 YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.060:11
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.080:15
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.090:15
4Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.090:16
5Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.090:16
6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.090:16
7Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.090:17
8Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.100:17
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.100:17
10Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.100:18
12Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.100:18
13Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.100:18
14RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.100:18

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 Emboar 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	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	0.0	3813.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:15	0.08	0.0	2885.2%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:15	0.09	0.0	2812.6%
4	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:16	0.09	0.0	2736.7%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:16	0.09	0.0	2736.3%
6	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
7	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:17	0.09	0.0	2565.6%
8	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:17	0.10	0.1	2556.8%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:17	0.10	0.1	2501.0%
10	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:18	0.10	0.0	2482.6%
11	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:18	0.10	0.1	2477.4%
12	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:18	0.10	0.0	2475.6%
13	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:18	0.10	0.1	2441.8%
14	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:18	0.10	0.0	2431.9%
15	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:18	0.10	0.0	2421.9%

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 Emboar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Emboar'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%	531%	2682.0%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Ember / Heat Wave	100%	472%	2631.2%	0:17	0.0	0.09
Low Kick / Rock Slide	100%	474%	2649.4%	0:16	0.1	0.09
Ember / Focus Blast	100%	498%	2661.4%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Ember / Rock Slide	100%	431%	2664.1%	0:16	0.2	0.09
Low Kick / Flame Charge	100%	542%	2664.7%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Ember / Flame Charge	100%	529%	2667.0%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Low Kick / Heat Wave	100%	540%	2667.0%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Low Kick / Focus Blast	100%	555%	2678.4%	0:16	0.0	0.09

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…

Emboar 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.

flying1.6x ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Emboar throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingFocus BlastSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fireHeat WaveSTAB	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,562	1,952
7/7/7	1,577	1,972
8/8/8	1,593	1,991
9/9/9	1,608	2,011
10/10/10	1,624	2,030
11/11/11	1,640	2,050
12/12/12	1,656	2,070
13/13/13	1,672	2,090
14/14/14	1,688	2,110
15/15/15hundo	1,704	2,130

Caught CP range 1,562 - 1,704, or 1,952 - 2,130 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 1,562, not at the 1,624 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 62 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.

Emboar 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 149 / Defense 84 (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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	3813.6%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	6,428	61.1	697
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	70%	2885.2%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	6,112	45.3	684
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	61%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,178	40.5	627
4	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	58%	2736.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,510	39.2	624
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	63%	2736.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,979	47.0	747
6	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	61%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,902	36.4	601
7	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	57%	2565.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,143	37.8	641
8	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	56%	2556.8%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	3,784	45.3	704
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	52%	2501.0%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	3,465	36.4	608
10	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	59%	2482.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,713	47.2	826
11	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	50%	2477.4%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,741	34.1	576
12	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	53%	2475.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,115	35.5	625
13	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	51%	2441.8%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,590	35.8	621
14	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	54%	2431.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,835	35.9	637
15	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	53%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,521	33.6	604
16	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	2417.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,512	33.6	607
17	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	52%	2416.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,178	33.7	609
18	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	56%	2393.7%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,701	49.0	891
19	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	56%	2382.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,902	38.1	697
20	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	50%	2351.8%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	4,115	32.4	595
21	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	45%	2327.8%	0.10	0:19	0.2	100%	3,057	33.6	561
22	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	52%	2293.2%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,401	32.9	624
23	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	52%	2292.0%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	5,007	31.7	603
24	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	44%	2288.9%	0.11	0:19	0.3	100%	2,825	32.5	503
25	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	47%	2282.4%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,548	31.6	604
26	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	49%	2267.5%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	4,783	31.9	594
27	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	48%	2263.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,922	41.0	788
28	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	47%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,922	34.5	671
29	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	48%	2222.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,941	30.8	598
30	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	43%	2195.7%	0.11	0:20	0.2	100%	2,829	31.7	555

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.