Shadow raid

Shadow Murkrow 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

23,501

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

155

Defense

Difficulty

1.53

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Murkrow should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 790-892.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 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 Murkrow counters are Mega Raichu Y, Kyurem (White), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Rampardos & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kyurem (White)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Rampardos
S. Raikou

2 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+1.356:21
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.446:47
3Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.517:09
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.547:17
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.657:48
6Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide1.677:53
7Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.698:00
8Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge1.748:13
9RegielekiLegendaryLock-On / Thunder Cage1.758:15
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.758:15

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 Murkrow 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 Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	6:21	1.35	6.0	83.9%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	6:47	1.44	6.0	78.5%
3	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	7:09	1.51	6.0	74.7%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	7:17	1.54	6.0	73.2%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	7:48	1.65	6.0	68.4%
6	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	7:53	1.67	6.0	67.6%
7	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	8:00	1.69	6.0	66.7%
8	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	8:13	1.74	6.0	64.9%
9	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	8:15	1.75	6.0	64.7%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	8:15	1.75	6.0	64.6%
11	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	8:17	1.75	6.0	64.3%
12	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	4,512	8:20	1.76	6.0	64.0%
13	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	8:24	1.78	6.0	63.5%
14	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	8:28	1.79	6.0	62.9%
15	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	6,428	8:29	1.80	6.0	62.8%

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 Murkrow.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Murkrow'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	78%	71.3%	7:29	6.0	1.58
Feint Attack / Foul Play	100%	70%	69.6%	7:39	6.0	1.62
Peck / Dark Pulse	100%	74%	69.7%	7:39	6.0	1.62
Feint Attack / Dark Pulse	100%	73%	69.9%	7:38	6.0	1.62
Peck / Foul Play	100%	74%	71.0%	7:30	6.0	1.59
Feint Attack / Drill Peck	100%	93%	73.4%	7:16	6.0	1.54
Peck / Drill Peck	100%	99%	73.8%	7:13	6.0	1.53

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 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…

Murkrow 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 electric1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x ghost0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x ground0.39x psychic0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xpsychic0.39xghost0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Murkrow throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint AttackSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
flyingPeckSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
flyingDrill PeckSTAB	70	-33	2.5s	1.90s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	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	790	988
7/7/7	801	1,001
8/8/8	812	1,015
9/9/9	823	1,030
10/10/10	835	1,044
11/11/11	846	1,058
12/12/12	858	1,072
13/13/13	869	1,087
14/14/14	881	1,101
15/15/15hundo	892	1,116

Caught CP range 790 - 892, or 988 - 1,116 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 790, not at the 835 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 45 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.

Murkrow 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 155 / Defense 83 (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

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	83.9%	1.35	6:21	17.4	100%	3,780	42.2	846
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	95%	78.5%	1.44	6:47	15.4	100%	3,510	38.8	935
3	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	91%	74.7%	1.51	7:09	13.9	100%	4,605	36.5	988
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	86%	73.2%	1.54	7:17	20.2	100%	3,659	36.7	738
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	83%	68.4%	1.65	7:48	15.3	100%	4,605	33.4	899
6	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	83%	67.6%	1.67	7:53	13.2	100%	4,346	32.9	1032
7	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	76%	66.7%	1.69	7:60	26.3	100%	3,298	33.7	558
8	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	77%	64.9%	1.74	8:13	18.0	100%	3,452	32.0	803
9	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	75%	64.7%	1.75	8:15	23.3	98%	2,803	32.7	645
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	64.6%	1.75	8:15	17.1	100%	6,112	31.6	827
11	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	75%	64.3%	1.75	8:17	20.4	100%	3,937	31.8	705
12	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	76%	64.0%	1.76	8:20	18.4	100%	4,512	31.5	759
13	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	76%	63.5%	1.78	8:24	16.3	100%	3,733	31.1	886
14	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	62.9%	1.79	8:28	24.6	100%	3,079	31.6	608
15	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	74%	62.8%	1.80	8:29	19.3	100%	6,428	31.0	749
16	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	74%	62.8%	1.80	8:30	20.0	100%	3,580	31.0	721
17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	75%	62.3%	1.81	8:33	16.1	100%	5,713	30.4	859
18	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	74%	62.2%	1.81	8:34	17.7	100%	3,419	30.6	822
19	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	73%	62.1%	1.82	8:35	20.4	100%	3,659	30.7	717
20	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	73%	61.7%	1.83	8:39	18.8	100%	3,228	30.4	773
21	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	72%	61.5%	1.83	8:40	20.0	100%	3,527	30.3	727
22	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	72%	61.3%	1.84	8:42	21.1	100%	3,128	30.3	693
23	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	76%	61.0%	1.85	8:44	11.0	100%	4,979	29.4	1227
24	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	74%	61.0%	1.85	8:44	15.5	100%	4,038	29.9	933
25	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	72%	61.0%	1.85	8:45	19.3	100%	3,205	30.0	815
26	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	77%	60.4%	1.87	8:50	8.7	100%	5,347	28.8	1523
27	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	70%	60.3%	1.87	8:50	23.8	100%	3,328	30.1	591
28	Tapu Koko electricfairy Volt Switch / Nature's Madness	Volt Switch / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	72%	59.5%	1.90	8:57	15.8	100%	3,168	29.0	873
29	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	66%	59.4%	1.90	8:59	31.4	100%	3,105	30.2	454
30	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	69%	59.2%	1.91	9:01	20.2	100%	4,346	29.2	695

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.