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

20,860

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

171

Defense

161

Difficulty

0.77

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, Kartana, Shadow Chesnaught, Shadow Swampert & Shadow Greninja.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Kyogre
Kartana
S. Chesnaught
S. Swampert
S. Greninja

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+0.702:02
2Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.742:10
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.762:14
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.782:17
5Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.822:25
6Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.852:30
7Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.852:30
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.892:36
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.942:45
10Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.942:46
11Shadow SwampertShadowpartyWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.962:48
13Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.962:49

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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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 ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	2:02	0.70	4.9	192.1%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	2:10	0.74	4.7	181.1%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	2:14	0.76	3.5	175.7%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	2:17	0.78	2.2	171.7%
5	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	2:25	0.82	5.3	162.2%
6	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	2:30	0.85	5.4	156.9%
7	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	2:30	0.85	3.4	156.7%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	2:36	0.89	3.4	150.3%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	2:45	0.94	5.6	142.0%
10	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	2:46	0.94	4.3	141.7%
11	Shadow Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	2:48	0.96	5.0	139.8%
12	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	2:48	0.96	5.3	139.3%
13	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	2:49	0.96	6.0	139.2%
14	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	2:50	0.97	5.1	138.3%
15	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	2:52	0.98	6.0	136.7%

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 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.

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	90%	75%	149.0%	2:37	5.2	0.90
Rock Throw / Earthquake	68%	60%	137.9%	2:50	6.0	0.97
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	78%	58%	139.4%	2:48	6.0	0.96
Mud Shot / Earthquake	74%	65%	140.5%	2:47	5.6	0.95
Mud-Slap / Stone Edge	89%	70%	147.1%	2:40	5.7	0.91
Mud Shot / Stone Edge	100%	82%	150.5%	2:36	5.1	0.89
Rock Throw / Stone Edge	100%	78%	151.3%	2:35	5.2	0.88
Mud-Slap / Ancient Power	100%	79%	152.0%	2:34	5.2	0.88
Mud Shot / Ancient Power	100%	86%	153.2%	2:33	4.8	0.87
Rock Throw / Ancient Power	100%	83%	154.4%	2:32	4.9	0.87
Mud-Slap / Rock Blast	100%	81%	155.1%	2:31	5.1	0.86
Rock Throw / Rock Blast	100%	87%	155.8%	2:31	4.7	0.86
Mud Shot / Rock Blast	100%	94%	157.6%	2:29	4.3	0.85

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.

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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 171 / Defense 161 (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 Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	98%	192.1%	0.70	2:02	4.9	100%	3,784	33.9	690
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	94%	181.1%	0.74	2:10	4.6	100%	3,701	31.8	729
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	95%	175.7%	0.76	2:14	3.4	100%	5,902	30.3	918
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	171.7%	0.78	2:17	2.1	100%	4,093	29.9	1315
5	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	82%	162.2%	0.82	2:25	5.2	100%	4,056	28.7	641
6	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	79%	156.9%	0.85	2:30	5.4	100%	4,115	27.8	629
7	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	85%	156.7%	0.85	2:30	3.3	100%	4,401	27.1	978
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	82%	150.3%	0.89	2:36	3.4	100%	6,112	26.3	979
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	69%	142.0%	0.94	2:45	6.9	82%	3,677	25.4	547
10	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	74%	141.7%	0.94	2:46	4.2	100%	2,954	24.6	774
11	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	71%	139.8%	0.96	2:48	5.1	98%	2,974	24.4	670
12	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	71%	139.3%	0.96	2:48	5.2	100%	3,941	24.4	645
13	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	64%	139.2%	0.96	2:49	9.3	82%	2,654	25.5	395
14	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	71%	138.3%	0.97	2:50	5.0	94%	3,698	24.0	666
15	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	63%	136.7%	0.98	2:52	9.8	72%	2,829	25.2	380
16	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	65%	135.9%	0.98	2:53	7.7	86%	2,826	24.6	470
17	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	70%	135.3%	0.99	2:53	4.7	80%	4,717	23.6	715
18	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	69%	133.7%	1.00	2:56	4.5	86%	3,833	23.1	725
19	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	69%	133.4%	1.00	2:56	4.5	86%	2,934	23.1	725
20	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	64%	132.6%	1.01	2:57	7.2	76%	2,900	23.7	549
21	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	66%	131.5%	1.02	2:58	5.4	64%	4,115	23.0	624
22	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	65%	131.1%	1.02	2:59	6.1	48%	3,030	23.4	560
23	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	63%	131.1%	1.02	2:59	7.4	70%	2,857	23.7	480
24	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	62%	130.9%	1.02	2:59	8.2	66%	2,757	23.6	444
25	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	62%	130.8%	1.02	2:59	7.6	70%	2,720	23.7	472
26	Quaquaval waterfighting Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	65%	130.2%	1.03	3:00	5.8	56%	3,018	22.9	607
27	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	129.5%	1.03	3:01	5.7	48%	3,324	23.0	599
28	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	60%	128.9%	1.04	3:02	8.9	64%	2,802	23.3	407
29	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	62%	127.9%	1.04	3:03	6.9	22%	3,505	23.1	502
30	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	67%	125.6%	1.06	3:07	3.7	0%	4,172	21.8	1027

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