Shadow raid

Shadow Giratina (Origin) counters

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ghost dragonShadow Tier 1Next in raids Wed 28 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 22 days)

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

8,355

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

143

Defense

120

Difficulty

0.12

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Giratina (Origin) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,950-2,105.

Weak toghost1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6xdark1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Giratina (Origin) counters are Mega Houndoom, Eternatus, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Garchomp & Dialga (Origin).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
Eternatus
Kyurem (Black)
S. Haxorus
S. Garchomp
Dialga (Origin)

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+0.100:18
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.110:20
3Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.130:22
4EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.130:23
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.130:23
6Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.130:24
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.130:24
8Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.140:24
9Dialga (Origin)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Roar of Time0.140:25
10Kyurem (White)LegendaryDragon Breath / Ice Burn0.140:25

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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Related countersGiratina (Altered)

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Top 15 Shadow Giratina (Origin) 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 Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:18	0.10	0.0	2392.4%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:20	0.11	0.1	2181.3%
3	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	0:22	0.13	0.1	1944.7%
4	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:23	0.13	0.1	1916.8%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:23	0.13	0.2	1879.8%
6	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	0:24	0.13	0.9	1853.3%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:24	0.13	0.2	1839.3%
8	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	0:24	0.14	0.5	1796.3%
9	Dialga (Origin)steeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonRoar of Time	4,090	0:25	0.14	0.1	1770.1%
10	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	0:25	0.14	0.4	1763.8%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:25	0.14	0.3	1752.3%
12	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	steelMetal ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:25	0.14	0.6	1722.9%
13	Shadow Darkraidark	darkFeint AttackdarkFoul Play	3,739	0:25	0.14	0.4	1722.4%
14	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:25	0.14	0.5	1721.0%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:25	0.14	0.5	1720.5%

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 Giratina (Origin).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Giratina (Origin)'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%	270%	1940.7%	0:22	0.3	0.13
Shadow Claw / Dragon Pulse	100%	254%	1897.6%	0:23	0.4	0.13
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	100%	280%	1901.8%	0:23	0.3	0.13
Dragon Tail / Dragon Pulse	100%	234%	1904.4%	0:23	0.5	0.13
Shadow Claw / Ominous Wind	100%	348%	1930.8%	0:23	0.1	0.13
Dragon Tail / Shadow Ball	100%	256%	1965.0%	0:22	0.3	0.12
Dragon Tail / Ominous Wind	100%	309%	1985.3%	0:22	0.2	0.12

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…

Giratina (Origin) 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.

ghost1.6x ice1.6x dragon1.6x dark1.6x fairy1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x psychic1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (5)
Resists (8)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Giratina (Origin) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
dragonDragon PulseSTAB	90	-50	3.5s	2.05s
ghostOminous WindSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	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	1,950	2,438
7/7/7	1,967	2,459
8/8/8	1,984	2,480
9/9/9	2,001	2,501
10/10/10	2,018	2,523
11/11/11	2,035	2,544
12/12/12	2,052	2,566
13/13/13	2,070	2,587
14/14/14	2,087	2,609
15/15/15hundo	2,105	2,631

Caught CP range 1,950 - 2,105, or 2,438 - 2,631 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 1,950, not at the 2,018 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 68 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

comingGiratina (Origin)Tier 5shiny availableWed 28 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 3 Nov, 22:00 · starts in 22 days

All settings

Shadow Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 143 / Defense 120 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	2392.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,842	33.6	612
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	85%	2181.3%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	5,713	30.9	598
3	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	76%	1944.7%	0.13	0:22	0.1	100%	5,424	28.0	608
4	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	76%	1916.8%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,429	32.8	721
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	72%	1879.8%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	4,605	29.9	604
6	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	66%	1853.3%	0.13	0:24	0.9	100%	3,593	26.6	350
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	71%	1839.3%	0.13	0:24	0.2	100%	6,428	25.9	560
8	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	66%	1796.3%	0.14	0:24	0.5	100%	3,962	25.5	463
9	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	69%	1770.1%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	4,090	25.1	587
10	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	67%	1763.8%	0.14	0:25	0.3	100%	4,605	26.7	544
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	66%	1752.3%	0.14	0:25	0.3	100%	6,112	24.5	529
12	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	61%	1722.9%	0.14	0:25	0.6	100%	4,099	25.3	442
13	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Feint Attack / Foul Play	Feint Attack / Foul Play+14 more movesets	65%	1722.4%	0.14	0:25	0.4	100%	3,739	24.4	496
14	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	62%	1721.0%	0.14	0:25	0.5	100%	3,301	25.1	467
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	1720.5%	0.14	0:25	0.4	100%	3,625	24.4	474
16	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Steel Wing / Outrage+	Steel Wing / Outrage++26 more movesets	67%	1666.6%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	4,823	27.9	720
17	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	58%	1658.4%	0.15	0:26	0.8	100%	4,336	24.6	374
18	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	69%	1646.9%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	5,347	23.1	611
19	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	56%	1625.6%	0.15	0:27	1.0	100%	2,526	23.0	326
20	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	58%	1621.7%	0.15	0:27	0.7	100%	3,835	23.2	412
21	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+20 more movesets	61%	1616.6%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	5,031	23.4	536
22	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	63%	1613.6%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	3,834	23.2	583
23	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+23 more movesets	58%	1613.2%	0.15	0:27	0.6	100%	3,792	23.4	417
24	Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	56%	1601.3%	0.15	0:27	0.9	100%	3,593	22.8	346
25	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Shadow Force	Dragon Tail / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	57%	1598.8%	0.15	0:27	0.8	100%	3,683	22.8	375
26	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	59%	1593.3%	0.15	0:27	0.4	100%	4,142	24.7	524
27	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+20 more movesets	55%	1572.7%	0.15	0:28	0.8	100%	3,749	24.0	391
28	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	53%	1560.1%	0.16	0:28	1.0	100%	3,812	22.0	307
29	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	52%	1556.1%	0.16	0:28	1.1	100%	3,594	22.5	320
30	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	55%	1547.2%	0.16	0:28	0.8	100%	3,991	23.3	398

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.