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Shadow Litwick counters

ghostfireShadow Tier 3

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
8,269
HP
4,000
Timer
3:00
Attack
93
Defense
85
Difficulty
0.60
Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Litwick should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 496-575.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

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

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 Litwick counters are Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Kyogre & Shadow Rampardos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Greninja
  2. Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
  3. S. Landorus (Therian)
  4. S. Darkrai
  5. S. Kyogre
  6. S. Rampardos

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 %

  1. 1Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.551:37
  2. 2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.571:39
  3. 3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.571:41
  4. 4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.621:48
  5. 5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.621:50
  6. 6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.631:50
  7. 7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.641:52
  8. 8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.651:55
  9. 9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.661:56
  10. 10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.671:57
  11. 13Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.692:00
  12. 14Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.692:01

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

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Top 15 Shadow Litwick 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pickwaterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+3,7841:370.551.1241.9%
2Mega HoundoomdarkfiredarkSnarldarkDark Pulse+3,8421:390.571.0236.2%
3Mega StarmiewaterpsychicpsychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+3,7011:410.571.0232.9%
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostpsychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam4,0991:480.621.9216.9%
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyinggroundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm3,9221:500.622.4214.2%
6Primal KyogrewaterwaterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse5,9021:500.630.9212.8%
7Mega GengarghostpoisonghostLickghostShadow Ball4,3361:520.642.6209.6%
8Primal GroudongroundfiregroundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades5,9021:550.650.9204.6%
9Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+6,4281:560.661.6201.8%
10Shadow DarkraidarkdarkSnarldarkFoul Play3,7391:570.672.8200.7%
11Mega AbsoldarkdarkSnarldarkBrutal Swing3,3011:590.683.6197.3%
12Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingpsychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball6,1121:590.681.8197.0%
13Shadow KyogrewaterwaterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse4,1152:000.691.1194.9%
14Shadow RampardosrockrockSmack DownrockRock Slide3,2982:010.692.7193.4%
15Shadow ChandelureghostfireghostHexghostShadow Ball3,2682:020.702.5191.8%

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 Litwick.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Litwick'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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Litwick 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.

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

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Litwick throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
fireEmberSTAB10+101.0s0.60s
ghostAstonishSTAB7+131.0s0.60s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
fireHeat WaveSTAB95-1003.0s1.70s
fireMystical FireSTAB60-332.0s1.30s
fireFlame BurstSTAB70-502.5s0.90s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB70-334.0s3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor496620
7/7/7504630
8/8/8513641
9/9/9521652
10/10/10530663
11/11/11539674
12/12/12548685
13/13/13557696
14/14/14566707
15/15/15hundo575719

Caught CP range 496 - 575, or 620 - 719 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 496, not at the 530 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 34 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Litwick 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 93 / Defense 85 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Greninja
waterdarkmega
Water Shuriken / Surf+
0.551:371.0
2
Mega Houndoom
darkfiremega
Snarl / Dark Pulse+
0.571:391.0
3
Mega Starmie
waterpsychicmega
Psywave / Liquidation+
0.571:411.0
4
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
psychicghost
Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam
0.621:481.8
5
Shadow Landorus (Therian)
groundflyingshadow
Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm
0.621:502.3
6
Primal Kyogre
watermega
Waterfall / Origin Pulse
0.631:500.8
7
Mega Gengar
ghostpoisonmega
Lick / Shadow Ball
0.641:522.5
8
Primal Groudon
groundfiremega
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
0.651:550.9
9
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Future Sight+
0.661:561.6
10
Shadow Darkrai
darkshadow
Snarl / Foul Play
0.671:572.8
11
Mega Absol
darkmega
Snarl / Brutal Swing
0.681:593.5
12
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
0.681:591.7
13
Shadow Kyogre
watershadow
Waterfall / Origin Pulse
0.692:001.1
14
Shadow Rampardos
rockshadow
Smack Down / Rock Slide
0.692:012.6
15
Shadow Chandelure
ghostfireshadow
Hex / Shadow Ball
0.702:022.4
16
Shadow Gengar
ghostpoisonshadow
Lick / Shadow Ball
0.712:054.5
17
Shadow Groudon
groundshadow
Mud Shot / Precipice Blades
0.712:052.2
18
Mega Garchomp
dragongroundmega
Mud Shot / Earth Power
0.712:051.0
19
Mega Diancie
rockfairymega
Rock Throw / Rock Slide
0.712:051.8
20
Mega Swampert
watergroundmega
Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon
0.722:061.0
21
Shadow Kingler
watershadow
Bubble / Crabhammer
0.722:062.5
22
Mega Tyranitar
rockdarkmega
Smack Down / Brutal Swing
0.722:070.9
23
Shadow Hydreigon
darkdragonshadow
Bite / Brutal Swing
0.722:071.6
24
Shadow Absol
darkshadow
Snarl / Brutal Swing
0.732:084.8
25
Shadow Greninja
waterdarkshadow
Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon
0.732:082.3
26
Shadow Rhyperior
groundrockshadow
Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker
0.732:081.3
27
Shadow Crawdaunt
waterdarkshadow
Snarl / Crabhammer
0.742:092.9
28
Shadow Tyranitar
rockdarkshadow
Smack Down / Brutal Swing
0.742:091.3
29
Mega Banette
ghostmega
Hex / Shadow Ball
0.742:093.4
30
Shadow Tyrantrum
rockdragonshadow
Rock Throw / Meteor Beam
0.742:101.0
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 0.3 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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