Shadow raid

Shadow Latios 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

52,220

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

232

Defense

186

Difficulty

3.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Latios should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,021-2,178.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6xdark1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Latios counters are Mega Rayquaza, Eternatus, Kyurem (Black), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Kyurem (White) & Shadow Haxorus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
Kyurem (Black)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (White)
S. Haxorus

3 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.8813:37
2EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon2.9013:41
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+3.0414:21
4Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe3.1514:53
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock3.1714:57
6Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+3.1714:58
7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam3.2615:25
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn3.4216:10
9Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe3.4216:11
10Shadow GarchompShadowDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe3.5716:53

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary 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 countersMega Latios

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Top 15 Shadow Latios 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	13:37	2.88	6.0	39.1%
2	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	13:41	2.90	6.0	39.0%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	14:21	3.04	6.0	37.2%
4	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	14:53	3.15	6.0	35.8%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	14:57	3.17	6.0	35.7%
6	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	14:58	3.17	6.0	35.6%
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	15:25	3.26	6.0	34.6%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	16:10	3.42	6.0	33.0%
9	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	16:11	3.42	6.0	33.0%
10	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	16:53	3.57	6.0	31.6%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	16:54	3.58	6.0	31.6%
12	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CutterdragonBreaking Swipe	4,056	17:15	3.65	6.0	30.9%
13	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	17:16	3.65	5.9	30.9%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	17:44	3.76	6.0	30.1%
15	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	17:50	3.78	6.0	29.9%

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 Latios.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Latios'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”: 2 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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	46%	34%	35.5%	15:02	6.0	3.18
Dragon Breath / Solar Beam	33%	42%	35.0%	15:15	6.0	3.23
Zen Headbutt / Psychic	35%	30%	35.0%	15:15	6.0	3.23
Zen Headbutt / Solar Beam	36%	42%	35.0%	15:13	6.0	3.22
Dragon Breath / Psychic	39%	30%	35.3%	15:07	6.0	3.20
Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	49%	31%	35.8%	14:54	6.0	3.16
Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	67%	40%	35.9%	14:50	6.0	3.14
Zen Headbutt / Dragon Claw	51%	33%	36.2%	14:44	6.0	3.12
Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere	67%	41%	36.3%	14:42	6.0	3.11

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 3 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…

Latios 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x ice1.6x dragon1.6x dark1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fighting0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (6)
Neutral (6)
Resists (6)

It resists fighting0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Latios throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingAura Sphere	100	-50	2.0s	1.20s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
dragonDragon ClawSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	0.90s
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	2,021	2,526
7/7/7	2,038	2,548
8/8/8	2,055	2,569
9/9/9	2,073	2,591
10/10/10	2,090	2,613
11/11/11	2,108	2,635
12/12/12	2,125	2,657
13/13/13	2,143	2,679
14/14/14	2,160	2,701
15/15/15hundo	2,178	2,723

Caught CP range 2,021 - 2,178, or 2,526 - 2,723 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 2,021, not at the 2,090 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 69 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Latios 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 232 / Defense 186 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	100%	39.1%	2.88	13:37	35.6	100%	5,713	19.5	425
2	Eternatus top pickpoisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	99%	39.0%	2.90	13:41	37.1	100%	4,429	19.5	424
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	96%	37.2%	3.04	14:21	32.8	86%	4,823	18.4	465
4	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	90%	35.8%	3.15	14:53	42.4	80%	5,424	17.9	337
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	88%	35.7%	3.17	14:57	49.0	54%	4,605	18.1	300
6	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	90%	35.6%	3.17	14:58	41.2	52%	3,842	17.8	385
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	89%	34.6%	3.26	15:25	32.0	30%	4,099	17.1	493
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	81%	33.0%	3.42	16:10	53.3	2%	4,605	16.7	278
9	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	78%	33.0%	3.42	16:11	71.5	0%	3,593	17.1	204
10	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	76%	31.6%	3.57	16:53	64.1	0%	3,962	16.2	225
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	80%	31.6%	3.58	16:54	36.4	0%	6,428	15.5	400
12	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe	Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	74%	30.9%	3.65	17:15	64.6	0%	4,056	15.8	239
13	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	77%	30.9%	3.65	17:16	43.2	0%	5,347	15.3	432
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	75%	30.1%	3.76	17:44	43.5	0%	6,112	14.9	337
15	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	73%	29.9%	3.78	17:50	50.8	0%	3,683	15.0	305
16	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	72%	29.7%	3.80	17:57	54.0	0%	4,814	15.0	284
17	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	70%	29.4%	3.84	18:08	65.1	0%	3,749	15.1	242
18	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	71%	29.4%	3.84	18:09	57.0	0%	3,835	14.8	267
19	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	74%	29.4%	3.84	18:10	42.7	0%	5,031	14.5	360
20	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	68%	28.9%	3.91	18:27	77.1	2%	4,336	15.3	280
21	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Breath / Spacial Rend	Dragon Breath / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	69%	28.8%	3.92	18:30	63.2	0%	4,142	14.7	229
22	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	73%	28.7%	3.93	18:35	36.5	0%	4,979	14.1	515
23	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	68%	28.6%	3.94	18:37	68.1	0%	3,550	14.6	220
24	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	70%	28.5%	3.95	18:41	55.4	0%	4,038	14.4	293
25	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	70%	28.5%	3.96	18:42	48.2	0%	5,007	14.2	302
26	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	66%	28.3%	3.99	18:50	87.6	38%	3,383	15.9	245
27	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw	Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw+23 more movesets	68%	28.2%	4.00	18:53	62.4	0%	3,792	14.3	246
28	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	67%	28.2%	4.01	18:55	73.2	0%	3,625	14.6	252
29	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	68%	27.5%	4.10	19:23	49.4	0%	4,090	13.7	330
30	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	58%	25.5%	4.43	20:57	103.5	0%	3,739	13.9	219

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