Shadow raid

Shadow Galvantula 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

16,336

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

108

Difficulty

0.79

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Galvantula should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,140-1,260.

Weak torock1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Galvantula counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Heatran, Reshiram & Shadow Chandelure.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Heatran
Reshiram
S. Chandelure

3 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.671:58
2Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.762:13
3Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.802:21
4Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.822:24
5BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.832:25
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.842:28
7Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.882:35
8ReshiramLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.912:39
9Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Overheat0.922:41
10Shadow BlazikenShadowFire Spin / Blast Burn0.942:45

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 Galvantula 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:58	0.67	2.9	198.9%
2	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	2:13	0.76	2.7	175.9%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	2:21	0.80	3.4	166.7%
4	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	2:24	0.82	3.3	163.4%
5	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	2:25	0.83	4.3	161.9%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	2:28	0.84	4.1	158.4%
7	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	2:35	0.88	2.7	151.3%
8	Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	2:39	0.91	2.8	147.5%
9	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,268	2:41	0.92	4.6	145.4%
10	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,848	2:45	0.94	5.1	142.3%
11	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	2:45	0.94	5.8	142.0%
12	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	2:46	0.94	4.9	141.8%
13	Mega Charizard Xfiredragon	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	3,850	2:47	0.95	3.2	140.9%
14	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)fire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	3,105	2:47	0.95	5.7	140.6%
15	Shadow Ho-Ohfireflying	fireIncineratefireSacred Fire++	3,863	2:47	0.95	3.4	140.6%

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 Galvantula.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Galvantula'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	99%	109%	161.3%	2:25	3.4	0.83
Volt Switch / Discharge	94%	87%	153.0%	2:33	4.7	0.87
Fury Cutter / Discharge	97%	92%	154.4%	2:32	4.4	0.87
Volt Switch / Energy Ball	94%	126%	159.5%	2:27	3.3	0.84
Volt Switch / Lunge	100%	121%	160.8%	2:26	3.0	0.83
Fury Cutter / Energy Ball	100%	135%	160.9%	2:26	2.9	0.83
Volt Switch / Bug Buzz	100%	101%	161.9%	2:25	4.0	0.83
Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz	100%	106%	162.8%	2:24	3.7	0.82
Fury Cutter / Lunge	100%	138%	163.6%	2:23	2.4	0.82
Volt Switch / Cross Poison	100%	117%	163.6%	2:23	3.2	0.82
Fury Cutter / Cross Poison	100%	134%	164.8%	2:22	2.6	0.81

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…

Galvantula 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.

rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Galvantula throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricVolt SwitchSTAB	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
electricDischargeSTAB	65	-33	2.5s	1.70s
poisonCross Poison	40	-33	1.5s	0.90s
grassEnergy Ball	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
bugLungeSTAB	55	-33	3.0s	2.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,140	1,426
7/7/7	1,153	1,442
8/8/8	1,167	1,458
9/9/9	1,180	1,475
10/10/10	1,193	1,491
11/11/11	1,206	1,508
12/12/12	1,220	1,525
13/13/13	1,233	1,541
14/14/14	1,247	1,558
15/15/15hundo	1,260	1,575

Caught CP range 1,140 - 1,260, or 1,426 - 1,575 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 1,140, not at the 1,193 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 53 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.

Galvantula 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 164 / Defense 108 (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

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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 Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	198.9%	0.67	1:58	2.8	100%	4,783	34.7	1117
2	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	89%	175.9%	0.76	2:13	2.6	100%	4,038	30.3	1123
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	81%	166.7%	0.80	2:21	3.4	100%	4,161	29.0	1002
4	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	80%	163.4%	0.82	2:24	3.3	100%	4,455	28.5	1065
5	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	75%	161.9%	0.83	2:25	4.7	100%	3,297	28.6	787
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	75%	158.4%	0.84	2:28	4.2	100%	6,428	27.7	822
7	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	76%	151.3%	0.88	2:35	2.6	100%	3,754	26.1	1221
8	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	74%	147.5%	0.91	2:39	2.7	100%	4,038	25.4	1107
9	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	68%	145.4%	0.92	2:41	4.8	90%	3,268	25.7	747
10	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	65%	142.3%	0.94	2:45	5.5	96%	2,848	25.2	667
11	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	60%	142.0%	0.94	2:45	8.7	88%	3,298	25.8	448
12	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	64%	141.8%	0.94	2:46	5.5	100%	4,346	24.9	660
13	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	70%	140.9%	0.95	2:47	3.1	100%	3,850	24.2	997
14	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	63%	140.6%	0.95	2:47	6.4	94%	3,105	25.3	554
15	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	68%	140.6%	0.95	2:47	3.7	86%	3,863	24.7	1019
16	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	65%	140.5%	0.95	2:47	4.8	94%	2,982	24.7	741
17	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	62%	138.1%	0.97	2:50	6.2	92%	3,059	24.7	579
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	68%	136.0%	0.98	2:53	3.1	98%	5,713	23.5	1012
19	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	64%	135.7%	0.98	2:53	4.4	82%	3,473	23.6	751
20	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	61%	135.1%	0.99	2:54	5.6	74%	3,128	23.8	654
21	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	63%	135.0%	0.99	2:54	4.5	78%	3,733	23.7	936
22	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	61%	134.4%	0.99	2:55	5.5	78%	3,465	23.9	784
23	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Flamethrower	Psycho Cut / Flamethrower+26 more movesets	64%	134.3%	1.00	2:55	4.2	86%	6,112	23.2	785
24	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	60%	134.0%	1.00	2:55	5.8	76%	2,889	23.7	715
25	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	59%	133.0%	1.01	2:57	6.4	50%	3,228	23.6	612
26	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	60%	132.2%	1.01	2:58	5.9	58%	2,683	23.5	625
27	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Incinerate / Blast Burn	Incinerate / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	59%	131.0%	1.02	2:59	5.8	54%	2,889	23.2	598
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	59%	128.5%	1.04	3:03	5.2	36%	4,346	22.9	655
29	Cinderace fire Fire Spin / Pyroball	Fire Spin / Pyroball+14 more movesets	58%	127.4%	1.05	3:04	5.5	46%	3,018	22.4	637
30	Blaziken firefighting Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	57%	124.8%	1.07	3:08	5.3	8%	2,848	21.8	681

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.