Shadow raid

Shadow Foongus 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

7,292

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.50

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Foongus should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 480-559.

Weak toflying1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6x

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 Foongus counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Salamence
S. Moltres

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+0.401:10
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.481:24
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.491:26
4Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.501:29
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.531:34
6Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.561:38
7Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.581:41
8Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.581:42
9BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.591:43
10Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.591:44
12Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.601:45
14Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.601:46

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group Shadow Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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Top 15 Shadow Foongus 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	1:10	0.40	0.7	337.2%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:24	0.48	0.4	278.2%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:26	0.49	1.0	274.3%
4	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:29	0.50	1.0	264.7%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:34	0.53	1.9	250.7%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:38	0.56	1.0	238.3%
7	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:41	0.58	1.0	231.6%
8	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	1:42	0.58	1.2	230.3%
9	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	1:43	0.59	2.0	228.3%
10	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	1:44	0.59	2.4	226.1%
11	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:45	0.60	0.9	224.4%
12	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	1:45	0.60	1.2	223.5%
13	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:45	0.60	0.9	223.1%
14	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	1:46	0.60	1.2	220.9%
15	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingFly	3,590	1:48	0.62	1.7	217.2%

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 Foongus.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Foongus'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%	222%	243.0%	1:37	1.3	0.55
Feint Attack / Energy Ball	100%	230%	241.5%	1:37	1.3	0.55
Astonish / Energy Ball	100%	240%	241.6%	1:37	1.2	0.55
Astonish / Grass Knot	100%	216%	242.0%	1:37	1.5	0.55
Feint Attack / Grass Knot	100%	208%	242.4%	1:37	1.6	0.55
Feint Attack / Body Slam	100%	226%	246.5%	1:35	1.1	0.54
Astonish / Body Slam	100%	236%	247.2%	1:35	1.0	0.54

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…

Foongus 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 fire1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x water0.63x electric0.63x fairy0.63x grass0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists grass0.39xfighting0.625xwater0.625xelectric0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Foongus throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	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	480	600
7/7/7	488	611
8/8/8	497	621
9/9/9	506	632
10/10/10	514	643
11/11/11	523	654
12/12/12	532	665
13/13/13	541	677
14/14/14	550	688
15/15/15hundo	559	699

Caught CP range 480 - 559, or 600 - 699 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 480, not at the 514 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 34 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Foongus 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 85 / Defense 80 (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%	337.2%	0.40	1:10	0.7	100%	6,428	58.3	2631
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	86%	278.2%	0.48	1:24	0.4	100%	5,713	47.8	3220
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	274.3%	0.49	1:26	1.0	100%	6,112	48.4	2167
4	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	77%	264.7%	0.50	1:29	1.0	100%	4,783	47.0	2121
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	250.7%	0.53	1:34	1.9	100%	4,178	43.1	1481
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	69%	238.3%	0.56	1:38	1.0	100%	3,979	42.0	2064
7	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	67%	231.6%	0.58	1:41	1.0	100%	4,038	40.4	2089
8	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	64%	230.3%	0.58	1:42	1.2	100%	4,161	40.3	1902
9	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	60%	228.3%	0.59	1:43	2.0	100%	3,297	39.5	1459
10	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	58%	226.1%	0.59	1:44	2.3	100%	4,510	39.4	1240
11	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	65%	224.4%	0.60	1:45	0.9	100%	4,455	38.7	2184
12	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	63%	223.5%	0.60	1:45	1.1	100%	3,749	38.9	1918
13	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	66%	223.1%	0.60	1:45	0.9	100%	3,741	38.8	2278
14	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	62%	220.9%	0.60	1:46	1.1	100%	3,465	38.0	1897
15	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	58%	217.2%	0.62	1:48	1.6	100%	3,590	37.7	1573
16	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	61%	215.0%	0.62	1:49	1.0	100%	4,605	37.6	2051
17	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	61%	212.5%	0.63	1:50	1.0	100%	3,835	36.6	1996
18	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	55%	211.6%	0.63	1:51	2.1	100%	2,689	36.8	1304
19	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	55%	209.6%	0.64	1:52	1.9	100%	3,268	36.4	1476
20	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	54%	207.8%	0.64	1:53	1.8	100%	4,178	36.1	1494
21	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	206.0%	0.65	1:54	1.8	100%	4,521	35.5	1511
22	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	206.0%	0.65	1:54	1.8	100%	4,512	35.5	1511
23	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	62%	205.8%	0.65	1:54	0.6	100%	5,031	35.7	2805
24	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	53%	205.1%	0.65	1:54	2.2	100%	2,825	35.4	1267
25	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	52%	203.8%	0.66	1:55	2.2	100%	2,848	35.3	1261
26	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	59%	202.5%	0.66	1:56	1.0	100%	3,754	35.0	2025
27	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	51%	202.1%	0.66	1:56	2.4	100%	3,105	35.1	1202
28	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	48%	201.8%	0.66	1:56	3.7	100%	3,057	34.9	867
29	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	201.6%	0.66	1:56	1.2	100%	5,007	34.8	1892
30	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	53%	199.8%	0.67	1:57	1.8	100%	4,346	34.4	1502

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