Shadow raid

Shadow Lugia 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

23,715

4,000

Timer

3:00

Attack

158

Defense

247

Difficulty

1.85

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Lugia should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,959-2,115.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Lugia counters are Mega Raichu X, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Darkrai & Shadow Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Darkrai
S. Thundurus (Therian)

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 Raichu XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.745:05
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.755:07
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.795:14
4Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.855:26
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.945:41
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.955:42
7Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock1.965:45
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Foul Play2.005:51
9Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyBite / Wildbolt Storm2.005:52
10Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball2.015:54

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

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Raid tier — Easy Group Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Lugia 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 Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	5:05	1.74	6.0	77.0%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	5:07	1.75	6.0	76.3%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	5:14	1.79	5.6	74.6%
4	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	5:26	1.85	5.6	72.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	5:41	1.94	5.0	68.7%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	5:42	1.95	5.7	68.6%
7	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	5:45	1.96	5.6	68.0%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchdarkFoul Play	3,739	5:51	2.00	5.8	66.8%
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	darkBiteelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	5:52	2.00	6.0	66.7%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	5:54	2.01	6.0	66.4%
11	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	5:54	2.01	4.2	66.4%
12	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	5:55	2.02	5.4	66.0%
13	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	5:56	2.03	5.7	65.8%
14	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	6:02	2.06	5.6	64.9%
15	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	6:07	2.09	6.0	63.9%

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 Lugia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Lugia'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	88%	34%	70.0%	5:35	5.8	1.91
Dragon Tail / Aeroblast++	35%	25%	64.0%	6:07	6.0	2.09
Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	64%	28%	66.1%	5:55	6.0	2.02
Extrasensory / Fly	85%	32%	69.6%	5:37	6.0	1.92
Dragon Tail / Fly	89%	32%	69.9%	5:36	6.0	1.91
Dragon Tail / Sky Attack	99%	33%	70.4%	5:33	6.0	1.90
Dragon Tail / Earth Power	100%	35%	70.8%	5:32	6.0	1.89
Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	94%	39%	71.3%	5:29	5.6	1.87
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	93%	43%	71.3%	5:29	5.2	1.87
Extrasensory / Earth Power	100%	37%	71.4%	5:29	5.8	1.87
Extrasensory / Future Sight	89%	42%	71.4%	5:29	5.3	1.87
Dragon Tail / Future Sight	92%	39%	71.5%	5:28	5.6	1.87
Extrasensory / Sky Attack	100%	36%	72.4%	5:24	6.0	1.85

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…

Lugia 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 ghost1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fairy1x grass0.63x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x ground0.39x

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

It resists fighting0.39xground0.39xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lugia throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon Tail	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
psychicExtrasensorySTAB	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAeroblast++STAB	225	-100	3.5s	3.30s
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
waterHydro Pump	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,959	2,450
7/7/7	1,976	2,471
8/8/8	1,994	2,492
9/9/9	2,011	2,514
10/10/10	2,028	2,535
11/11/11	2,045	2,557
12/12/12	2,063	2,579
13/13/13	2,080	2,601
14/14/14	2,098	2,623
15/15/15hundo	2,115	2,645

Caught CP range 1,959 - 2,115, or 2,450 - 2,645 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 1,959, not at the 2,028 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. LeekDuck's published band agrees with the table above.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Lugia 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 158 / Defense 247 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).

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

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu X top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	77.0%	1.74	5:05	11.7	100%	3,510	13.8	316
2	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	95%	76.3%	1.75	5:07	14.9	100%	3,780	14.1	256
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	98%	74.6%	1.79	5:14	10.7	100%	4,099	13.3	352
4	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	92%	72.1%	1.85	5:26	13.6	86%	3,842	13.0	307
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	92%	68.7%	1.94	5:41	9.4	100%	6,428	12.1	388
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	88%	68.6%	1.95	5:42	12.6	92%	4,605	12.3	305
7	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	87%	68.0%	1.96	5:45	12.7	86%	4,605	12.2	304
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	82%	66.8%	2.00	5:51	16.5	72%	3,739	12.1	254
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	82%	66.7%	2.00	5:52	16.2	78%	3,659	12.1	235
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	79%	66.4%	2.01	5:54	19.4	62%	4,336	12.2	202
11	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	90%	66.4%	2.01	5:54	8.7	74%	5,347	11.7	458
12	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	85%	66.0%	2.02	5:55	12.2	78%	3,834	11.7	324
13	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	84%	65.8%	2.03	5:56	13.4	64%	3,683	11.8	286
14	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	81%	64.9%	2.06	6:02	15.2	78%	3,625	11.7	280
15	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	80%	63.9%	2.09	6:07	14.5	14%	3,452	11.5	258
16	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	74%	62.8%	2.13	6:14	20.3	30%	3,301	11.5	200
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	62.7%	2.13	6:14	15.6	58%	6,112	11.3	274
18	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	62.0%	2.16	6:19	15.7	4%	4,346	11.2	246
19	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	77%	61.5%	2.17	6:22	14.3	0%	3,527	11.0	259
20	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	60.7%	2.20	6:26	20.8	8%	3,079	11.2	186
21	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	74%	60.7%	2.20	6:27	17.4	0%	3,937	10.9	218
22	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	75%	60.6%	2.20	6:27	15.9	0%	3,580	10.9	234
23	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	73%	60.4%	2.21	6:28	18.1	0%	3,749	11.0	231
24	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	76%	60.1%	2.22	6:30	14.1	0%	3,419	10.8	266
25	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	75%	59.8%	2.24	6:33	14.9	8%	3,659	10.7	253
26	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	59.7%	2.24	6:33	12.7	0%	5,713	10.6	319
27	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	58.9%	2.27	6:39	24.7	0%	2,526	10.9	161
28	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	69%	58.5%	2.28	6:41	21.5	0%	3,594	10.7	178
29	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	71%	58.5%	2.29	6:41	17.1	0%	3,733	10.6	246
30	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	61%	55.0%	2.43	7:07	29.4	0%	3,298	10.4	142

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.