Shadow raid

Shadow Golem 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

8,079

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

135

Defense

127

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Golem should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,548-1,685.

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 Golem counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Kingler, Kartana, Inteleon & Shadow Venusaur.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Kyogre
S. Kingler
Kartana
Inteleon
S. Venusaur

5 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 / Hydro Cannon0.090:15
2Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.090:15
3Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.090:15
4Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
5Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Hydro Pump0.100:17
6Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.100:18
7Mega BlastoiseMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.100:18
8Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.100:18
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.100:19
10InteleonpartyWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.100:19
11Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.100:19

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

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Raid tier — Easy 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 Golem

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Top 15 Shadow Golem 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 ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	3,784	0:15	0.09	0.0	2841.7%
2	Primal Kyogrewaterjoint top pick	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:15	0.09	0.0	2812.6%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychicjoint top pick	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:15	0.09	0.0	2812.6%
4	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	0.0	2712.8%
5	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterHydro Pump	4,115	0:17	0.10	0.0	2491.1%
6	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:18	0.10	0.3	2437.9%
7	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:18	0.10	0.0	2370.6%
8	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:18	0.10	0.0	2359.0%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:19	0.10	0.0	2355.3%
10	Inteleonwater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,964	0:19	0.10	0.2	2352.0%
11	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	0:19	0.10	0.0	2345.1%
12	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:19	0.11	0.3	2315.0%
13	Shadow Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	0:19	0.11	0.0	2284.6%
14	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	0:19	0.11	0.0	2249.5%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:19	0.11	0.0	2235.6%

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 Golem.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Golem'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”: 3 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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	321%	2463.3%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	100%	254%	2240.2%	0:19	0.5	0.11
Rock Throw / Earthquake	100%	273%	2347.2%	0:19	0.3	0.10
Mud Shot / Stone Edge	100%	343%	2451.4%	0:18	0.1	0.10
Mud Shot / Ancient Power	100%	371%	2458.0%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Mud Shot / Rock Blast	100%	376%	2459.9%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Mud Shot / Earthquake	100%	302%	2480.9%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Rock Throw / Ancient Power	100%	353%	2489.2%	0:18	0.0	0.10
Rock Throw / Rock Blast	100%	357%	2491.1%	0:17	0.0	0.10
Mud-Slap / Ancient Power	100%	323%	2497.0%	0:17	0.1	0.10
Mud-Slap / Stone Edge	100%	300%	2501.1%	0:17	0.2	0.10
Rock Throw / Stone Edge	100%	321%	2507.8%	0:17	0.0	0.10
Mud-Slap / Rock Blast	100%	328%	2509.6%	0:17	0.1	0.10

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…

Golem 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 Golem 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
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
rockRock BlastSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.50s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,548	1,935
7/7/7	1,563	1,954
8/8/8	1,578	1,973
9/9/9	1,593	1,992
10/10/10	1,608	2,010
11/11/11	1,623	2,029
12/12/12	1,639	2,049
13/13/13	1,654	2,068
14/14/14	1,669	2,087
15/15/15hundo	1,685	2,106

Caught CP range 1,548 - 1,685, or 1,935 - 2,106 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 1,548, not at the 1,608 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 60 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.

Golem 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 135 / Defense 127 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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 top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	92%	2841.7%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,784	40.5	614
2	Primal Kyogre top pickwatermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	100%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	5,902	39.9	619
3	Mega Starmie top pickwaterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	94%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,701	38.8	601
4	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	90%	2712.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,056	37.4	600
5	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+5 more movesets	81%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,115	34.4	602
6	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	73%	2437.9%	0.10	0:18	0.3	100%	2,829	34.9	524
7	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	78%	2370.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,941	33.1	609
8	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	83%	2359.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,401	36.1	666
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	75%	2355.3%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,677	35.1	635
10	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	70%	2352.0%	0.10	0:19	0.2	100%	2,964	32.7	542
11	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	73%	2345.1%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	2,720	33.4	620
12	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	2315.0%	0.11	0:19	0.3	100%	2,654	35.0	555
13	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	2284.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,974	31.8	601
14	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	72%	2249.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,030	31.3	607
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	78%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	6,112	30.8	600
16	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	74%	2224.2%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,698	32.6	638
17	Greninja waterdark Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	67%	2206.4%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	2,654	30.9	589
18	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	68%	2201.4%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	2,857	31.3	596
19	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	74%	2192.9%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,954	32.7	649
20	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	2182.6%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	2,826	33.8	652
21	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	80%	2170.3%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,093	32.0	644
22	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	73%	2158.1%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,833	30.2	610
23	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	66%	2140.2%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	2,757	33.9	642
24	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	70%	2126.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,717	29.3	600
25	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	65%	2104.1%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	3,505	30.6	608
26	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	63%	2103.9%	0.12	0:21	0.3	100%	2,802	30.7	540
27	Kyogre water Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	67%	2068.0%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	4,115	29.9	630
28	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	64%	2066.7%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	2,825	30.9	636
29	Primarina waterfairy Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	2040.9%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,200	30.1	642
30	Breloom grassfighting Force Palm / Grass Knot	Force Palm / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	63%	2031.5%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	2,628	28.3	581

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