Shadow raid

Shadow Nidoking 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

7,014

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

130

Defense

102

Difficulty

0.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Nidoking should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,338-1,466.

Weak toground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6x

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 Nidoking counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Mewtwo & Shadow Regigigas.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
Mewtwo
S. Regigigas

10 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 YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.080:14
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.090:16
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.090:17
4Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.100:18
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.100:19
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.110:19
7Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.110:19
8Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.110:20
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.110:20
10Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Synchronoise0.120:21
14MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.120:22
16Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Crush Grip0.130:22

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Nidoking 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:14	0.08	0.0	3006.6%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:16	0.09	0.0	2762.4%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:17	0.09	0.0	2624.6%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:18	0.10	0.0	2413.6%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:19	0.10	0.1	2351.7%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:19	0.11	0.0	2294.5%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:19	0.11	0.1	2264.6%
8	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:20	0.11	0.0	2190.7%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:20	0.11	0.0	2128.6%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,521	0:21	0.12	0.0	2043.8%
11	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,512	0:21	0.12	0.1	2036.9%
12	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:21	0.12	0.1	2027.9%
13	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:21	0.12	0.0	2027.6%
14	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:22	0.12	0.0	2027.4%
15	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:22	0.12	0.0	1977.9%

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 Nidoking.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Nidoking'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%	375%	2253.1%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Poison Sting / Megahorn	100%	382%	2149.5%	0:20	0.1	0.11
Poison Sting / Earth Power	100%	399%	2193.1%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Poison Jab / Sand Tomb	100%	446%	2195.7%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Double Kick / Sand Tomb	100%	492%	2195.7%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Poison Sting / Sludge Wave	100%	445%	2201.9%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Poison Jab / Megahorn	100%	347%	2201.9%	0:20	0.2	0.11
Double Kick / Earthquake	100%	409%	2202.4%	0:20	0.1	0.11
Poison Sting / Sand Tomb	100%	496%	2204.2%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Iron Tail / Sand Tomb	100%	439%	2205.0%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Poison Jab / Earthquake	100%	378%	2211.3%	0:20	0.1	0.11
Poison Sting / Earthquake	100%	421%	2211.4%	0:20	0.1	0.11
Double Kick / Megahorn	100%	368%	2212.2%	0:20	0.2	0.11
Iron Tail / Megahorn	100%	341%	2221.3%	0:20	0.2	0.11
Double Kick / Earth Power	100%	407%	2227.8%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Poison Sting / Avalanche	100%	382%	2234.3%	0:20	0.0	0.11
Poison Jab / Earth Power	100%	384%	2238.1%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Iron Tail / Earth Power	100%	379%	2254.2%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Double Kick / Sludge Wave	100%	430%	2255.7%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Poison Jab / Sludge Wave	100%	388%	2258.7%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Iron Tail / Earthquake	100%	374%	2264.9%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Iron Tail / Sludge Wave	100%	387%	2270.1%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Double Kick / Avalanche	100%	378%	2272.6%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Poison Jab / Avalanche	100%	361%	2280.5%	0:19	0.0	0.11
Iron Tail / Avalanche	100%	358%	2287.8%	0:19	0.1	0.11

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…

Nidoking 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.

ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x normal1x flying1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x grass1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists poison0.39xelectric0.39xfighting0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Nidoking throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
steelIron Tail	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
fightingDouble Kick	10	+13	1.0s	0.30s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugMegahorn	105	-100	2.0s	1.50s
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
poisonSludge WaveSTAB	105	-100	3.0s	1.80s
groundEarth PowerSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
iceAvalanche	85	-50	2.5s	1.50s
groundSand TombSTAB	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,338	1,673
7/7/7	1,352	1,691
8/8/8	1,366	1,708
9/9/9	1,380	1,726
10/10/10	1,395	1,743
11/11/11	1,409	1,761
12/12/12	1,423	1,779
13/13/13	1,437	1,797
14/14/14	1,452	1,815
15/15/15hundo	1,466	1,833

Caught CP range 1,338 - 1,466, or 1,673 - 1,833 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 1,338, not at the 1,395 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 57 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.

Nidoking 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 130 / Defense 102 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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 Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,428	42.4	615
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	84%	2762.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,784	39.9	628
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	84%	2624.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	6,112	39.5	656
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	76%	2413.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,701	41.2	743
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	68%	2351.7%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	4,178	34.3	607
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	5,902	31.6	600
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	64%	2264.6%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	4,510	31.5	576
8	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	67%	2190.7%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,922	34.0	659
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	64%	2128.6%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,605	31.4	641
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	59%	2043.8%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	4,521	28.4	606
11	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	58%	2036.9%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	4,512	28.3	581
12	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	62%	2027.9%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	5,424	28.4	590
13	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	63%	2027.6%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	5,902	28.3	608
14	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	59%	2027.4%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,178	30.1	632
15	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	61%	1977.9%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,401	28.4	624
16	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	57%	1938.2%	0.13	0:22	0.0	100%	4,346	30.2	671
17	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	1925.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	5,007	29.0	628
18	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	55%	1924.0%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,115	26.9	602
19	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	56%	1910.3%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,605	28.1	640
20	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	52%	1910.1%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	2,829	27.8	531
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	55%	1908.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,783	28.9	625
22	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	52%	1899.8%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	3,812	27.4	554
23	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	55%	1889.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,115	26.0	582
24	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Avalanche	Mud-Slap / Avalanche+11 more movesets	51%	1872.3%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	3,328	26.5	530
25	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	56%	1869.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	3,922	26.1	570
26	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	51%	1858.5%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	4,006	27.5	559
27	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	1843.2%	0.13	0:24	0.2	100%	3,791	26.5	567
28	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	52%	1792.5%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	3,941	25.7	624
29	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	50%	1790.5%	0.14	0:24	0.1	100%	2,974	24.9	582
30	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	54%	1788.1%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	4,911	25.1	599

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