Shadow raid

Shadow Machop counters

#0066

fightingShadow Tier 5In raids until Tue 6 Oct, 20:00

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

18,334

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

124

Defense

Difficulty

1.18

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Machop should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 638-730.

Weak toflying1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Machop counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Moltres, Rayquaza & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Moltres
Rayquaza
Mewtwo

7 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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.904:15
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.105:12
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.105:13
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.255:53
5Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+1.286:03
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic1.366:26
7Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+1.406:38
8Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly1.426:43
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly1.456:52
10Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Psychic1.466:54
11RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.476:55
13MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.497:03

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 Machop 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:15	0.90	2.7	125.5%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	5:12	1.10	3.5	102.6%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	5:13	1.10	3.6	102.3%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	5:53	1.25	5.3	90.6%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	6:03	1.28	4.2	88.2%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	6:26	1.36	5.5	83.0%
7	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	6:38	1.40	6.0	80.3%
8	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	6:43	1.42	3.3	79.4%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	6:52	1.45	5.4	77.7%
10	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	6:54	1.46	2.9	77.2%
11	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	6:55	1.47	4.7	77.0%
12	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	7:03	1.49	4.4	75.6%
13	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	7:03	1.49	4.6	75.6%
14	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	7:05	1.50	6.0	75.2%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	7:09	1.51	4.1	74.6%

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 Machop.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Machop'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	231%	84.9%	6:17	4.5	1.33
Rock Smash / Brick Break	17%	229%	84.6%	6:18	4.5	1.33
Karate Chop / Brick Break	17%	242%	84.6%	6:18	4.2	1.33
Rock Smash / Low Sweep	17%	242%	84.7%	6:18	4.1	1.33
Karate Chop / Low Sweep	17%	257%	84.9%	6:17	3.7	1.33
Karate Chop / Cross Chop	17%	214%	84.9%	6:17	4.8	1.33
Rock Smash / Cross Chop	17%	205%	85.0%	6:16	5.0	1.33

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…

Machop 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.

flying1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Machop throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingRock SmashSTAB	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
fightingKarate ChopSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCross ChopSTAB	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s
fightingBrick BreakSTAB	40	-33	1.5s	0.70s
fightingLow SweepSTAB	40	-33	2.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	638	798
7/7/7	648	810
8/8/8	658	823
9/9/9	668	835
10/10/10	678	848
11/11/11	689	861
12/12/12	699	874
13/13/13	709	887
14/14/14	720	900
15/15/15hundo	730	913

Caught CP range 638 - 730, or 798 - 913 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.

LeekDuck publishes 638 - 730 normal and 798 - 913 boosted for this boss — both match the table above exactly, computed from base stats rather than copied from it.

Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 638, not at the 678 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 40 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.

in raids nowShadow MachopShadow Tier 1Shadowshiny availableWed 9 Sept, 06:00 – Tue 6 Oct, 20:00 · ends in 1 day

All settings

Shadow Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 124 / Defense 79 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	125.5%	0.90	4:15	2.6	100%	6,428	59.8	4174
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	102.6%	1.10	5:12	3.6	0%	6,112	48.3	3211
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	102.3%	1.10	5:13	3.7	0%	5,713	48.2	3150
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	90.6%	1.25	5:53	6.2	0%	4,178	43.5	2074
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	66%	88.2%	1.28	6:03	5.0	0%	3,979	41.8	2484
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	60%	83.0%	1.36	6:26	7.1	0%	4,510	39.9	1838
7	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	56%	80.3%	1.40	6:38	9.3	0%	3,741	38.8	1441
8	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	60%	79.4%	1.42	6:43	4.4	0%	3,590	37.4	2753
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	56%	77.7%	1.45	6:52	7.4	0%	3,465	37.3	1753
10	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	59%	77.2%	1.46	6:54	4.0	0%	4,512	36.4	2991
11	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	56%	77.0%	1.47	6:55	6.4	0%	3,835	37.0	2006
12	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	55%	75.6%	1.49	7:03	6.1	0%	4,521	36.1	2096
13	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	55%	75.6%	1.49	7:03	6.4	0%	4,178	36.2	2026
14	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	50%	75.2%	1.50	7:05	15.3	0%	2,689	37.0	905
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	55%	74.6%	1.51	7:09	5.8	0%	4,783	35.5	2186
16	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	54%	73.5%	1.54	7:15	5.5	0%	3,425	34.9	2273
17	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	54%	73.4%	1.54	7:16	5.5	0%	5,007	35.0	2259
18	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	50%	73.1%	1.54	7:17	11.4	0%	3,057	35.4	1195
19	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	52%	73.1%	1.54	7:18	8.1	0%	3,749	35.1	1636
20	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	58%	72.7%	1.55	7:20	2.6	0%	3,703	34.5	4261
21	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	48%	72.0%	1.57	7:24	16.1	0%	2,825	35.4	863
22	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	48%	72.0%	1.57	7:24	15.9	0%	4,346	35.4	873
23	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	51%	71.5%	1.58	7:27	8.6	0%	3,215	34.3	1546
24	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	71.5%	1.58	7:28	7.6	0%	3,812	34.3	1711
25	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	50%	71.4%	1.58	7:28	8.8	0%	3,143	34.3	1501
26	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	47%	69.4%	1.63	7:41	12.5	0%	4,006	33.7	1097
27	Tapu Lele psychicfairy Confusion / Nature's Madness	Confusion / Nature's Madness+11 more movesets	52%	68.8%	1.64	7:45	4.6	0%	3,494	32.4	2676
28	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	49%	68.8%	1.64	7:45	8.2	0%	3,548	33.0	1614
29	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	51%	68.4%	1.65	7:48	5.1	0%	5,031	32.4	2451
30	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	46%	67.7%	1.67	7:52	11.9	0%	3,791	32.8	1145

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