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

45,925

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

170

Defense

266

Difficulty

4.78

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Lugia should take 5 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 Y, Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Tyranitar, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Shadow Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Tyranitar
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Thundurus (Therian)

4 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+4.3820:43
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+4.7422:25
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+4.8122:43
4Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing4.8823:02
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball4.9123:12
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn4.9323:17
7Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock4.9923:35
8Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing5.0323:47
9Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam5.0423:50
10Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyBite / Wildbolt Storm5.1124:09

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	20:43	4.38	6.0	25.7%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	22:25	4.74	6.0	23.8%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	22:43	4.81	6.0	23.5%
4	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	23:02	4.88	5.9	23.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	23:12	4.91	6.0	23.0%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	23:17	4.93	6.0	22.9%
7	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	23:35	4.99	6.0	22.6%
8	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	23:47	5.03	6.0	22.4%
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	23:50	5.04	6.0	22.4%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	darkBiteelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	24:09	5.11	6.0	22.1%
11	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	24:35	5.20	6.0	21.7%
12	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	25:38	5.43	6.0	20.8%
13	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	25:44	5.45	6.0	20.7%
14	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	26:12	5.55	6.0	20.3%
15	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	26:22	5.58	6.0	20.2%

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.

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 % (5)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	90%	22%	23.0%	23:11	6.0	4.91
Dragon Tail / Aeroblast++	26%	14%	19.8%	26:55	6.0	5.70
Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	67%	17%	20.8%	25:42	6.0	5.44
Dragon Tail / Future Sight	100%	25%	23.1%	23:03	6.0	4.88
Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	99%	25%	23.2%	23:01	6.0	4.87
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	100%	27%	23.4%	22:49	6.0	4.83
Extrasensory / Earth Power	99%	25%	23.5%	22:43	6.0	4.81
Dragon Tail / Earth Power	100%	24%	23.5%	22:41	6.0	4.80
Extrasensory / Future Sight	100%	28%	23.5%	22:40	6.0	4.80
Extrasensory / Fly	100%	24%	23.7%	22:29	6.0	4.76
Extrasensory / Sky Attack	100%	27%	23.7%	22:28	6.0	4.76
Dragon Tail / Sky Attack	99%	26%	23.9%	22:21	6.0	4.73
Dragon Tail / Fly	100%	24%	23.9%	22:16	6.0	4.71

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 5 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.

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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 170 / Defense 266 (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

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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 % (5)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	25.7%	4.38	20:43	73.0	90%	3,780	13.2	212
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	93%	23.8%	4.74	22:25	69.7	84%	3,842	12.1	250
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	93%	23.5%	4.81	22:43	60.8	100%	3,510	11.7	241
4	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	95%	23.1%	4.88	23:02	42.9	100%	5,347	11.3	384
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	93%	23.0%	4.91	23:12	49.0	100%	6,428	11.3	302
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	91%	22.9%	4.93	23:17	61.6	92%	4,605	11.4	249
7	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	89%	22.6%	4.99	23:35	62.0	84%	4,605	11.3	249
8	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	89%	22.4%	5.03	23:47	59.1	100%	3,834	11.1	267
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	89%	22.4%	5.04	23:50	58.3	92%	4,099	11.1	261
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	85%	22.1%	5.11	24:09	80.6	84%	3,659	11.3	199
11	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	84%	21.7%	5.20	24:35	78.7	84%	3,625	11.0	221
12	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	79%	20.8%	5.43	25:38	91.2	66%	3,739	10.7	184
13	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	80%	20.7%	5.45	25:44	76.8	68%	6,112	10.5	218
14	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	79%	20.3%	5.55	26:12	71.0	0%	3,527	10.2	211
15	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	76%	20.2%	5.58	26:22	100.6	34%	3,079	10.4	153
16	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	78%	20.2%	5.60	26:27	78.0	2%	4,346	10.1	197
17	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	76%	20.1%	5.63	26:35	87.2	0%	3,937	10.2	170
18	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	73%	19.8%	5.71	26:57	110.7	62%	4,336	10.4	147
19	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	74%	19.7%	5.73	27:03	104.2	12%	3,594	10.2	148
20	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	19.6%	5.77	27:15	106.5	22%	3,301	10.2	151
21	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	75%	19.6%	5.77	27:16	84.2	0%	3,128	9.9	175
22	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	75%	19.4%	5.83	27:33	73.1	0%	3,419	9.7	203
23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	74%	19.3%	5.84	27:34	78.2	0%	3,452	9.7	189
24	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	74%	19.1%	5.92	27:56	74.8	0%	3,683	9.5	207
25	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	71%	18.8%	6.02	28:25	95.8	22%	2,803	9.6	157
26	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	71%	18.6%	6.06	28:37	83.7	0%	3,228	9.4	184
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	70%	18.4%	6.13	28:57	91.2	0%	3,733	9.4	191
28	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	17.7%	6.37	30:05	139.1	0%	2,526	9.4	115
29	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	59%	16.5%	6.85	32:22	159.2	0%	3,298	8.9	104
30	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	58%	16.4%	6.90	32:35	169.5	0%	2,878	8.8	90

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