Marshadow counters

#0802

fighting ghostTier 3

Lobby CP

24,053

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

204

Defense

149

Difficulty

0.48

Pokebattler scale

Beating Marshadow should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,044-2,131.

Weak toflying1.6xghost1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Marshadow counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Moltres & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Moltres
Mewtwo

6 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+0.371:04
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.461:21
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.471:22
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.521:31
5Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.521:32
6Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.551:37
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.571:39
8Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.581:42
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.601:45
10Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.601:46
11Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.621:48
12MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.621:49

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

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Top 15 Marshadow 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	1:04	0.37	1.1	364.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:21	0.46	1.4	291.0%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:22	0.47	2.2	286.3%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:31	0.52	3.1	257.6%
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:32	0.52	1.9	255.4%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:37	0.55	2.7	242.3%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:39	0.57	2.9	236.3%
8	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	1:42	0.58	3.5	229.2%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	1:45	0.60	4.0	223.3%
10	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:46	0.60	3.5	221.8%
11	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	1:48	0.62	3.9	217.1%
12	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:49	0.62	3.0	215.8%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	1:51	0.63	2.7	211.9%
14	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	1:51	0.63	2.9	210.7%
15	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	1:51	0.63	2.5	210.5%

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 Marshadow.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Marshadow'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	100%	160%	248.0%	1:35	2.7	0.54
Counter / Rock Slide	100%	132%	237.4%	1:39	3.7	0.56
Shadow Claw / Rock Slide	100%	118%	237.6%	1:39	4.1	0.56
Poison Jab / Rock Slide	100%	129%	237.9%	1:39	3.8	0.56
Sucker Punch / Rock Slide	100%	124%	239.8%	1:38	3.9	0.56
Counter / Thunder Punch	100%	164%	247.3%	1:35	2.7	0.54
Sucker Punch / Ice Punch	100%	158%	247.8%	1:35	2.8	0.54
Sucker Punch / Thunder Punch	100%	153%	248.1%	1:35	3.0	0.54
Counter / Ice Punch	100%	168%	248.3%	1:35	2.5	0.54
Shadow Claw / Thunder Punch	100%	146%	248.7%	1:34	3.1	0.54
Shadow Claw / Ice Punch	100%	150%	249.2%	1:34	2.9	0.54
Counter / Close Combat	100%	196%	249.4%	1:34	2.1	0.54
Counter / Fire Punch	100%	180%	249.7%	1:34	2.0	0.54
Sucker Punch / Fire Punch	100%	170%	249.9%	1:34	2.3	0.53
Poison Jab / Close Combat	100%	180%	250.0%	1:34	2.4	0.53
Poison Jab / Ice Punch	100%	163%	250.5%	1:34	2.7	0.53
Shadow Claw / Close Combat	100%	161%	250.6%	1:34	2.5	0.53
Poison Jab / Thunder Punch	100%	160%	251.0%	1:34	2.9	0.53
Shadow Claw / Fire Punch	100%	161%	251.0%	1:34	2.4	0.53
Sucker Punch / Close Combat	100%	174%	251.9%	1:33	2.2	0.53
Poison Jab / Fire Punch	100%	172%	252.7%	1:33	2.2	0.53

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…

Marshadow 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 ghost1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x ground1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x poison0.63x rock0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x bug0.39x

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

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Marshadow throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounterSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
poisonPoison Jab	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
fireFire Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
electricThunder Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.90s
iceIce Punch	50	-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)
10/10/10floor	2,044	2,555
11/11/11	2,061	2,577
12/12/12	2,079	2,599
13/13/13	2,096	2,621
14/14/14	2,114	2,642
15/15/15hundo	2,131	2,664

Caught CP range 2,044 - 2,131, or 2,555 - 2,664 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Marshadow 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

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 204 / Defense 149 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	364.6%	0.37	1:04	1.0	100%	6,428	56.5	1769
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	77%	291.0%	0.46	1:21	1.3	100%	6,112	45.1	1574
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	72%	286.3%	0.47	1:22	2.0	100%	5,713	44.9	1268
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	62%	257.6%	0.52	1:31	2.8	100%	4,178	40.2	908
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	66%	255.4%	0.52	1:32	1.7	100%	4,099	41.5	1412
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	59%	242.3%	0.55	1:37	2.4	100%	3,979	38.2	1052
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	57%	236.3%	0.57	1:39	2.7	100%	4,336	36.7	986
8	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	54%	229.2%	0.58	1:42	3.2	100%	4,510	35.9	828
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	51%	223.3%	0.60	1:45	3.8	100%	3,590	35.1	779
10	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	52%	221.8%	0.60	1:46	3.2	100%	3,741	35.2	850
11	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	49%	217.1%	0.62	1:48	3.9	100%	3,465	34.4	797
12	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	52%	215.8%	0.62	1:49	2.8	100%	4,178	33.8	919
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	51%	211.9%	0.63	1:51	2.5	100%	4,521	33.2	1009
14	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	51%	210.7%	0.63	1:51	2.6	100%	4,512	33.0	985
15	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	52%	210.5%	0.63	1:51	2.3	100%	5,007	32.8	1126
16	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	51%	208.6%	0.64	1:53	2.5	100%	4,783	32.7	1058
17	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	46%	206.7%	0.65	1:54	4.3	100%	3,749	32.9	721
18	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	44%	206.1%	0.65	1:54	5.7	100%	2,689	33.8	530
19	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	47%	205.8%	0.65	1:54	4.0	100%	3,835	33.3	840
20	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	51%	204.3%	0.65	1:55	2.3	100%	3,703	32.0	1168
21	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	45%	202.7%	0.66	1:56	4.4	100%	3,425	32.3	695
22	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	49%	202.2%	0.66	1:56	2.7	100%	3,143	31.7	969
23	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	45%	202.0%	0.66	1:56	4.6	100%	2,878	32.4	650
24	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	46%	200.7%	0.67	1:57	3.7	100%	4,006	31.3	746
25	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	47%	200.5%	0.67	1:57	3.3	100%	3,812	31.5	863
26	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	46%	199.5%	0.67	1:58	3.9	100%	3,594	31.2	715
27	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	45%	198.5%	0.67	1:58	4.2	100%	3,268	31.8	725
28	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	47%	196.5%	0.68	1:59	2.8	100%	5,031	30.8	1065
29	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	42%	195.9%	0.68	1:60	5.3	100%	3,057	31.8	549
30	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	48%	194.5%	0.69	2:01	2.3	100%	3,683	30.2	1117

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. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.4 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.