Shadow raid

Shadow Houndour counters

#0228

dark fireShadow Tier 5

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

20,247

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

136

Defense

Difficulty

1.25

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Houndour should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 615-705.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Houndour counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Kyogre & Shadow Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Kyogre
S. Groudon

9 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.044:56
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+1.235:48
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.255:53
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.265:57
5Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.336:17
6KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.416:40
7Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.426:41
8Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere1.436:45
9Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.456:50
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.456:52
12Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.476:57
14Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.567:21
15Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.567:22

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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Top 15 Shadow Houndour 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	4:56	1.04	6.0	108.1%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	5:48	1.23	6.0	91.8%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	5:53	1.25	6.0	90.7%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	5:57	1.26	6.0	89.5%
5	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	6:17	1.33	6.0	85.0%
6	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	6:40	1.41	5.7	79.9%
7	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	6:41	1.42	5.4	79.7%
8	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	6:45	1.43	6.0	79.0%
9	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	6:50	1.45	5.4	78.0%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	6:52	1.45	6.0	77.6%
11	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	6:53	1.46	6.0	77.4%
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	6:57	1.47	6.0	76.8%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	7:06	1.50	6.0	75.0%
14	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	7:21	1.56	6.0	72.6%
15	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	7:22	1.56	6.0	72.4%

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 Houndour.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Houndour'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	124%	80.1%	6:39	6.0	1.41
Ember / Dark Pulse	100%	118%	79.5%	6:42	6.0	1.42
Feint Attack / Dark Pulse	100%	116%	79.6%	6:42	6.0	1.42
Ember / Crunch	100%	135%	79.9%	6:40	5.9	1.41
Feint Attack / Crunch	100%	133%	79.9%	6:40	5.9	1.41
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	127%	80.3%	6:38	6.0	1.41
Feint Attack / Flamethrower	100%	124%	80.6%	6:37	6.0	1.40

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 2 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…

Houndour 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x ghost0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (7)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Houndour throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint AttackSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
darkCrunchSTAB	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	615	769
7/7/7	625	781
8/8/8	635	794
9/9/9	645	806
10/10/10	654	818
11/11/11	664	831
12/12/12	674	843
13/13/13	685	856
14/14/14	695	869
15/15/15hundo	705	881

Caught CP range 615 - 705, or 769 - 881 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 615, not at the 654 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.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Houndour 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 136 / Defense 80 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	108.1%	1.04	4:56	7.0	100%	6,112	52.7	1865
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	84%	91.8%	1.23	5:48	8.0	100%	3,784	44.5	1644
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	82%	90.7%	1.25	5:53	8.3	100%	4,161	43.6	1594
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	77%	89.5%	1.26	5:57	13.8	100%	3,826	43.9	1165
5	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	76%	85.0%	1.33	6:17	9.2	100%	3,670	41.2	1507
6	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	73%	79.9%	1.41	6:40	7.8	100%	3,698	38.4	1678
7	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	73%	79.7%	1.42	6:41	7.4	100%	5,902	38.3	1794
8	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	69%	79.0%	1.43	6:45	13.0	100%	2,848	38.7	1053
9	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	78.0%	1.45	6:50	7.6	100%	5,902	37.5	1763
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	77.6%	1.45	6:52	12.8	100%	4,521	37.9	1069
11	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	66%	77.4%	1.46	6:53	16.0	100%	3,701	38.3	961
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	65%	76.8%	1.47	6:57	15.6	100%	3,922	37.8	890
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	65%	75.0%	1.50	7:06	13.6	100%	6,428	36.8	1030
14	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	64%	72.6%	1.56	7:21	11.9	100%	4,115	35.2	1160
15	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	72.4%	1.56	7:22	13.8	100%	4,115	35.4	1001
16	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	72.0%	1.57	7:25	9.7	100%	4,401	34.6	1398
17	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	63%	71.3%	1.58	7:29	10.9	100%	4,346	34.4	1239
18	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	61%	71.0%	1.59	7:31	13.4	100%	3,337	34.6	1062
19	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	64%	70.8%	1.59	7:32	9.2	100%	5,424	34.1	1475
20	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	58%	70.4%	1.60	7:34	21.3	100%	3,298	35.1	681
21	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	59%	68.8%	1.64	7:45	15.4	100%	2,654	33.6	898
22	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	57%	68.7%	1.64	7:45	19.4	100%	3,093	34.0	719
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	60%	68.7%	1.64	7:46	12.4	100%	3,733	33.4	1118
24	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	59%	68.6%	1.65	7:47	13.5	100%	4,814	33.3	1174
25	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	62%	68.5%	1.65	7:47	9.2	100%	3,698	32.7	1449
26	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	56%	67.5%	1.67	7:54	21.1	100%	2,703	33.7	784
27	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	58%	67.0%	1.68	7:58	12.9	100%	3,962	32.5	1076
28	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	57%	66.5%	1.70	8:01	15.5	100%	5,007	32.5	969
29	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	55%	66.2%	1.70	8:03	21.3	100%	2,829	33.0	680
30	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	57%	66.2%	1.71	8:03	14.4	100%	3,128	32.2	1054

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