Shadow raid

Shadow Giratina (Origin) counters

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ghost dragonShadow Tier 5Next 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

41,776

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

196

Defense

165

Difficulty

2.73

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Giratina (Origin) should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,950-2,105.

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

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Rayquaza, Eternatus, Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Garchomp & Shadow Tyranitar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Garchomp
S. Tyranitar

4 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.5612:05
2EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon2.5912:13
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+2.7012:44
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock2.8113:17
5Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+2.8413:24
6Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.8913:38
7Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn2.8913:38
8Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe3.0014:12
9Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing3.0814:32
10Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.1514:54

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	12:05	2.56	6.0	44.1%
2	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	12:13	2.59	6.0	43.6%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	12:44	2.70	6.0	41.9%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	13:17	2.81	6.0	40.2%
5	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	13:24	2.84	6.0	39.8%
6	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	13:38	2.89	6.0	39.1%
7	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	13:38	2.89	6.0	39.1%
8	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	14:12	3.00	6.0	37.6%
9	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	14:32	3.08	5.8	36.7%
10	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	14:54	3.15	6.0	35.8%
11	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	14:57	3.16	6.0	35.7%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	15:08	3.20	6.0	35.2%
13	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	15:14	3.22	6.0	35.0%
14	Palkia (Origin)waterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonSpacial Rend	4,142	15:29	3.28	6.0	34.4%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	15:32	3.29	6.0	34.3%

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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	96%	39%	39.9%	13:21	6.0	2.83
Shadow Claw / Dragon Pulse	99%	33%	38.8%	13:45	6.0	2.91
Dragon Tail / Dragon Pulse	83%	31%	39.3%	13:34	6.0	2.87
Dragon Tail / Shadow Ball	97%	36%	39.6%	13:29	6.0	2.85
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	93%	40%	39.7%	13:25	6.0	2.84
Shadow Claw / Ominous Wind	100%	58%	40.9%	13:03	6.0	2.76
Dragon Tail / Ominous Wind	100%	50%	41.0%	13:01	6.0	2.76

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 3 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 196 / Defense 165 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	100%	44.1%	2.56	12:05	33.0	100%	5,713	22.0	454
2	Eternatus top pickpoisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	99%	43.6%	2.59	12:13	32.5	100%	4,429	21.8	468
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	95%	41.9%	2.70	12:44	32.7	100%	4,823	20.9	469
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	90%	40.2%	2.81	13:17	38.0	100%	4,605	20.1	395
5	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	90%	39.8%	2.84	13:24	33.1	100%	3,842	19.8	463
6	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	88%	39.1%	2.89	13:38	35.6	100%	5,424	19.4	427
7	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	87%	39.1%	2.89	13:38	39.1	100%	4,605	19.6	380
8	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	82%	37.6%	3.00	14:12	46.0	100%	3,962	19.0	326
9	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	87%	36.7%	3.08	14:32	22.0	100%	5,347	17.8	670
10	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	35.8%	3.15	14:54	33.9	70%	3,834	17.6	445
11	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	79%	35.7%	3.16	14:57	42.2	64%	3,739	17.8	357
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	35.2%	3.20	15:08	42.7	64%	6,428	17.6	351
13	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	77%	35.0%	3.22	15:14	44.5	52%	3,625	17.6	358
14	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	75%	34.4%	3.28	15:29	46.1	12%	4,142	17.3	324
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	75%	34.3%	3.29	15:32	44.3	38%	6,112	17.2	337
16	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	74%	34.1%	3.31	15:38	50.3	12%	3,550	17.2	298
17	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	33.9%	3.33	15:43	53.7	16%	3,301	17.2	279
18	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	70%	33.9%	3.33	15:44	75.3	66%	3,593	18.2	233
19	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	72%	33.5%	3.37	15:55	54.9	8%	3,991	17.0	270
20	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	74%	33.1%	3.41	16:07	38.4	0%	4,090	16.4	378
21	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	71%	32.8%	3.44	16:16	49.6	0%	4,038	16.5	297
22	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	70%	32.7%	3.46	16:20	56.1	0%	3,792	16.6	266
23	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	69%	32.4%	3.48	16:27	55.0	0%	5,007	16.4	264
24	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	69%	32.3%	3.49	16:29	55.8	0%	4,038	16.4	269
25	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Shadow Force	Dragon Tail / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	69%	32.3%	3.50	16:31	57.1	0%	3,683	16.4	255
26	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	71%	32.2%	3.51	16:33	43.7	0%	5,031	16.1	354
27	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	69%	32.2%	3.51	16:34	56.0	0%	3,835	16.3	268
28	Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	70%	31.9%	3.54	16:42	47.1	0%	3,962	16.0	318
29	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	71%	31.3%	3.60	17:01	34.6	0%	5,902	15.4	423
30	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	53%	25.8%	4.37	20:39	95.9	56%	4,099	15.4	239

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