Shadow raid

Shadow Joltik 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

3,254

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Joltik should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 504-584.

Weak torock1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Joltik counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Darmanitan (Standard), Shadow Chandelure & Shadow Ho-Oh.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Darmanitan (Standard)
S. Chandelure
S. Ho-Oh

2 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
2Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.070:13
3BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.070:13
4Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyFire Fang / Overheat0.080:14
5Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Overheat0.080:15
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Overheat0.080:15
7Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Overheat0.080:15
8Shadow Ho-OhShadowLegendarypartyIncinerate / Sacred Fire++0.080:15
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendaryFire Spin / Overheat0.080:15
10Shadow BlazikenShadowFire Spin / Overheat0.080:15

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 Joltik 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3687.8%
2	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:13	0.07	3422.0%
3	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
4	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)fire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	3,105	0:14	0.08	3044.4%
5	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,268	0:15	0.08	2998.3%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	4,161	0:15	0.08	2986.0%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	4,455	0:15	0.08	2981.9%
8	Shadow Ho-Ohfireflying	fireIncineratefireSacred Fire++	3,863	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,465	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
10	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	2,848	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
11	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownfireFlamethrower	3,298	0:16	0.09	2798.2%
12	Shadow Emboarfirefighting	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	2,982	0:16	0.09	2752.2%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
14	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireFire Blast	3,754	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
15	Shadow Enteifire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,473	0:16	0.09	2724.7%

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 Joltik.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Joltik'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%	745%	3230.6%	0:13	0.08
Charge Beam / Cross Poison	100%	805%	3188.0%	0:14	0.08
Sucker Punch / Cross Poison	100%	782%	3191.2%	0:14	0.08
Charge Beam / Bug Buzz	100%	855%	3214.1%	0:14	0.08
Sucker Punch / Bug Buzz	100%	826%	3217.4%	0:14	0.08
Charge Beam / Discharge	100%	706%	3227.3%	0:14	0.08
Sucker Punch / Discharge	100%	672%	3250.7%	0:13	0.07

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…

Joltik 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.

rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Joltik throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
electricCharge BeamSTAB	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
electricDischargeSTAB	65	-33	2.5s	1.70s
poisonCross Poison	40	-33	1.5s	0.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	504	631
7/7/7	513	641
8/8/8	522	652
9/9/9	530	663
10/10/10	539	674
11/11/11	548	685
12/12/12	557	696
13/13/13	566	708
14/14/14	575	719
15/15/15hundo	584	730

Caught CP range 504 - 584, or 631 - 730 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 504, not at the 539 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 35 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.

Joltik 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 74 / Defense 67 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	3687.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	61.5	726
2	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	90%	3422.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	49.9	635
3	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	83%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,297	46.3	602
4	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	71%	3044.4%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,105	44.2	632
5	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	73%	2998.3%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,268	45.3	659
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+20 more movesets	75%	2986.0%	0.08	0:15	100%	4,161	45.3	661
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+29 more movesets	73%	2981.9%	0.08	0:15	100%	4,455	43.9	641
8	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	72%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,863	41.3	619
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	68%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	3,465	41.7	625
10	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+20 more movesets	68%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	100%	2,848	40.1	601
11	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Flamethrower	Smack Down / Flamethrower+5 more movesets	62%	2798.2%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,298	40.5	631
12	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	67%	2752.2%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,982	40.5	641
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	67%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	6,428	38.9	623
14	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Fire Blast	Fire Spin / Fire Blast+11 more movesets	69%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,754	38.2	611
15	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	66%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,473	38.8	621
16	Shadow Magmortar fireshadow Fire Spin / Fire Blast	Fire Spin / Fire Blast+11 more movesets	62%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,132	37.9	607
17	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	70%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	4,038	38.2	611
18	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	65%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,228	38.2	611
19	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	66%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,128	38.3	612
20	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	62%	2704.4%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,889	38.2	615
21	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	63%	2687.8%	0.09	0:16	100%	2,889	38.1	617
22	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	66%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	100%	5,347	37.0	611
23	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	67%	2619.9%	0.09	0:17	100%	3,850	37.7	627
24	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	63%	2613.6%	0.09	0:17	100%	4,346	41.6	694
25	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	61%	2610.5%	0.09	0:17	100%	2,683	40.3	673
26	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	61%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	4,118	35.8	608
27	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Fire Blast	Fire Fang / Fire Blast+17 more movesets	61%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	3,842	36.2	615
28	Chandelure ghostfire Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	61%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	100%	3,268	35.7	606
29	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	57%	2563.6%	0.09	0:17	100%	3,784	35.5	603
30	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+20 more movesets	58%	2546.4%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,059	36.6	628

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.