Shadow raid

Shadow Ivysaur 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

5,111

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Ivysaur should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 867-970.

Weak toflying1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Ivysaur counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Blacephalon, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Reshiram & Rayquaza.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
Blacephalon
S. Toucannon
S. Reshiram
Rayquaza

8 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 YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.090:15
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.090:16
4Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.090:17
5Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.090:17
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.100:18
7Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.100:18
8BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.100:19
9Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.100:19
10Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.110:19
12Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.110:20
13Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.110:20
14RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.110:20

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

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Top 15 Shadow Ivysaur 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	3590.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:16	0.09	2659.9%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:17	0.09	2641.8%
5	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:17	0.09	2564.4%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:18	0.10	2417.9%
8	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:19	0.10	2343.8%
9	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:19	0.10	2338.8%
10	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:19	0.11	2294.5%
11	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:19	0.11	2261.3%
12	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:20	0.11	2210.7%
13	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:20	0.11	2177.5%
14	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:20	0.11	2174.3%
15	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingFly	2,825	0:20	0.11	2172.3%

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 Ivysaur.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Ivysaur'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	505%	2440.2%	0:18	0.10
Vine Whip / Solar Beam	100%	606%	2437.1%	0:18	0.10
Vine Whip / Power Whip	100%	494%	2441.3%	0:18	0.10
Razor Leaf / Power Whip	100%	501%	2444.2%	0:18	0.10
Razor Leaf / Sludge Bomb	100%	447%	2448.0%	0:18	0.10
Vine Whip / Sludge Bomb	100%	442%	2448.9%	0:18	0.10
Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	100%	562%	2451.4%	0:18	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…

Ivysaur 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.

flying1.6x fire1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x water0.63x electric0.63x fairy0.63x grass0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists grass0.39xfighting0.625xwater0.625xelectric0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Ivysaur throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassRazor LeafSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
grassVine WhipSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
grassPower WhipSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.15s
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	867	1,084
7/7/7	879	1,098
8/8/8	890	1,112
9/9/9	901	1,127
10/10/10	912	1,141
11/11/11	924	1,155
12/12/12	935	1,169
13/13/13	947	1,184
14/14/14	959	1,199
15/15/15hundo	970	1,213

Caught CP range 867 - 970, or 1,084 - 1,213 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 867, not at the 912 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 45 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.

Ivysaur 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 99 / Defense 94 (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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	3590.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,428	51.9	629
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	71%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	6,112	40.3	625
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	61%	2659.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,178	37.8	619
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	69%	2641.8%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,979	37.2	613
5	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	65%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,783	35.8	608
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	57%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,161	33.9	611
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	54%	2417.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,510	33.8	609
8	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	54%	2343.8%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,297	34.5	640
9	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	64%	2338.8%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	5,713	40.9	762
10	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	58%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,455	32.1	610
11	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	2261.3%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,143	31.2	600
12	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	50%	2210.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,689	33.7	663
13	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	53%	2177.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,038	30.3	606
14	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	53%	2174.3%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,835	30.4	611
15	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	48%	2172.3%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,825	30.8	612
16	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	53%	2171.0%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,749	34.4	688
17	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	51%	2165.6%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,590	33.5	674
18	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	49%	2164.8%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,521	29.9	589
19	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	53%	2164.6%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,465	33.8	679
20	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	48%	2133.8%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,178	32.1	655
21	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	56%	2126.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,741	29.4	603
22	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	47%	2118.4%	0.11	0:21	0.1	100%	4,512	31.0	612
23	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	46%	2073.0%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	3,268	29.0	604
24	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	54%	2042.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	5,031	31.2	666
25	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	42%	2041.7%	0.12	0:21	0.4	100%	3,057	29.5	495
26	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	50%	2013.6%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,605	32.5	704
27	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Psychic	Fire Fang / Psychic+11 more movesets	43%	2013.1%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	3,105	28.5	586
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	45%	2008.9%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,346	29.0	627
29	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	45%	1981.5%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	2,982	30.0	659
30	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	40%	1938.0%	0.13	0:22	0.2	100%	3,105	29.9	586

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.