Shadow raid

Shadow Geodude counters

#0074

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

11,272

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

111

Defense

111

Difficulty

0.53

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Geodude should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 649-739.

Weak towater2.56xgrass2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xice1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Geodude counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Greninja, Kartana, Shadow Kingler & Shadow Chesnaught.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Kyogre
S. Greninja
Kartana
S. Kingler
S. Chesnaught

7 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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.451:20
2Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.511:29
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.521:32
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.531:33
5Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.561:39
6Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.571:41
7Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.591:43
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.601:45
9Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.601:46
10KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.601:46
11Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.621:50
13Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.651:55

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

Related countersAlolan Geodude

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Top 15 Shadow Geodude 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:20	0.45	2.1	294.8%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:29	0.51	2.2	262.6%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:32	0.52	1.3	256.2%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:33	0.53	0.9	251.6%
5	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:39	0.56	2.4	237.5%
6	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	1:41	0.57	2.3	233.3%
7	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	1:43	0.59	1.3	227.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:45	0.60	1.3	223.6%
9	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	1:46	0.60	4.3	221.6%
10	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	1:46	0.60	2.7	221.2%
11	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	1:50	0.62	4.5	214.0%
12	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	1:53	0.64	2.4	208.0%
13	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	1:55	0.65	2.0	204.8%
14	Shadow Samurottwater	waterWaterfallwaterHydro Cannon	2,826	1:55	0.65	3.7	204.4%
15	Shadow Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	1:55	0.66	2.6	203.7%

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 Geodude.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Geodude'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%	142%	228.4%	1:43	2.9	0.59
Rock Throw / Dig	100%	133%	226.9%	1:43	3.3	0.59
Tackle / Dig	100%	133%	226.9%	1:43	3.2	0.59
Tackle / Rock Slide	100%	140%	229.0%	1:42	2.9	0.58
Rock Throw / Rock Slide	100%	135%	229.3%	1:42	3.1	0.58
Rock Throw / Rock Tomb	100%	153%	229.4%	1:42	2.7	0.58
Tackle / Rock Tomb	100%	159%	230.3%	1:42	2.5	0.58

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…

Geodude 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.

water2.56x grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x steel1.6x ice1.6x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x fire0.63x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (4)
Neutral (6)
Resists (6)

It resists poison0.39xelectric0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Geodude throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
groundDigSTAB	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	649	811
7/7/7	659	823
8/8/8	668	836
9/9/9	678	848
10/10/10	688	860
11/11/11	698	873
12/12/12	708	885
13/13/13	718	898
14/14/14	728	911
15/15/15hundo	739	923

Caught CP range 649 - 739, or 811 - 923 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 649, not at the 688 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 39 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.

Geodude 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 111 / Defense 111 (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 Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	294.8%	0.45	1:20	2.1	100%	3,784	52.1	1357
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	89%	262.6%	0.51	1:29	2.1	100%	3,701	47.4	1361
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	92%	256.2%	0.52	1:32	1.2	100%	5,902	44.2	1847
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	97%	251.6%	0.53	1:33	0.9	100%	4,093	43.6	2274
5	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	79%	237.5%	0.56	1:39	2.3	100%	4,056	41.8	1246
6	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	77%	233.3%	0.57	1:41	2.3	100%	4,115	40.3	1237
7	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	81%	227.0%	0.59	1:43	1.3	100%	4,401	39.3	1816
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	80%	223.6%	0.60	1:45	1.3	100%	6,112	38.6	1822
9	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	221.6%	0.60	1:46	4.1	100%	2,654	38.2	786
10	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	72%	221.2%	0.60	1:46	2.6	100%	3,677	38.2	1141
11	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	65%	214.0%	0.62	1:50	4.4	100%	2,829	37.2	753
12	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	208.0%	0.64	1:53	2.4	100%	3,941	35.7	1194
13	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	70%	204.8%	0.65	1:55	1.9	100%	2,954	35.3	1356
14	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	204.4%	0.65	1:55	3.6	100%	2,826	35.3	875
15	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	203.7%	0.66	1:55	2.5	100%	2,974	35.3	1189
16	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	64%	202.8%	0.66	1:56	3.4	100%	2,720	35.0	903
17	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	64%	202.4%	0.66	1:56	3.4	100%	3,592	35.1	1140
18	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	62%	202.3%	0.66	1:56	4.2	100%	2,964	35.2	779
19	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	62%	201.4%	0.66	1:57	3.8	100%	2,757	35.1	856
20	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	63%	201.1%	0.66	1:57	3.4	100%	2,857	34.7	908
21	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	67%	201.0%	0.66	1:57	2.3	100%	3,698	34.7	1208
22	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	66%	199.4%	0.67	1:58	2.4	100%	4,115	34.5	1203
23	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	61%	198.9%	0.67	1:58	4.1	100%	2,802	34.1	782
24	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	67%	197.5%	0.68	1:59	2.0	100%	2,934	34.0	1340
25	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	64%	196.7%	0.68	1:59	2.8	100%	3,030	34.0	1084
26	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Crabhammer	Waterfall / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	57%	195.9%	0.68	1:60	5.3	100%	2,474	34.9	639
27	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	61%	194.0%	0.69	2:01	3.3	100%	2,900	33.9	1072
28	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	62%	193.8%	0.69	2:01	3.1	100%	3,505	33.6	982
29	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	65%	193.7%	0.69	2:01	2.2	100%	4,717	33.5	1258
30	Greninja waterdark Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	58%	188.1%	0.71	2:05	4.0	100%	2,654	32.6	807

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