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.
Beating Shadow Palkia (Origin) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,202-2,367.
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only these three change a raidOf 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 40The best Shadow Palkia (Origin) counters are Mega Rayquaza, Eternatus, Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Garchomp, Dialga (Origin) & Palkia (Origin).
M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
S. Haxorus
S. Garchomp
Dialga (Origin)
Palkia (Origin)
3 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.233:35
- 2EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.263:42
- 3
Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.313:50 - 4
Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.384:02 - 5Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.384:03
- 6Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.464:16
- 7
Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.464:16 - 8Dialga (Origin)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Roar of Time1.524:27
- 9Palkia (Origin)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Spacial Rend1.564:34
- 10
Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+1.564:35
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Top 15 Shadow Palkia (Origin) counters in detail
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| # | Attacker | Moveset | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick | dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe | 5,713 | 3:35 | 1.23 | 5.8 | 109.0% | |
| 2 | Eternatuspoisondragon | dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon | 4,429 | 3:42 | 1.26 | 5.6 | 105.9% | |
| 3 | Mega Dragonitedragonflying | dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+ | 4,823 | 3:50 | 1.31 | 5.4 | 101.9% | |
| 4 | Mega Garchompdragonground | dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe | 5,424 | 4:02 | 1.38 | 5.9 | 96.9% | |
| 5 | Shadow Haxorusdragon | dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe | 3,593 | 4:03 | 1.38 | 6.0 | 96.6% | |
| 6 | Shadow Garchompdragonground | dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe | 3,962 | 4:16 | 1.46 | 6.0 | 91.7% | |
| 7 | Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic | psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+ | 6,428 | 4:16 | 1.46 | 6.0 | 91.7% | |
| 8 | Dialga (Origin)steeldragon | dragonDragon BreathdragonRoar of Time | 4,090 | 4:27 | 1.52 | 5.8 | 87.9% | |
| 9 | Palkia (Origin)waterdragon | dragonDragon TaildragonSpacial Rend | 4,142 | 4:34 | 1.56 | 5.4 | 85.7% | |
| 10 | Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting | psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+ | 6,112 | 4:35 | 1.56 | 6.0 | 85.5% | |
| 11 |  Mega Latiosdragonpsychic | dragonDragon BreathdragonDragon Claw | 5,007 | 4:37 | 1.58 | 5.9 | 84.8% | |
| 12 |  Rayquazadragonflying | dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe | 3,835 | 4:38 | 1.58 | 6.0 | 84.5% | |
| 13 |  Shadow Palkiawaterdragon | dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor | 3,991 | 4:38 | 1.58 | 5.9 | 84.4% | |
| 14 |  Shadow Dialgasteeldragon | dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor | 4,038 | 4:43 | 1.61 | 6.0 | 83.0% | |
| 15 |  Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy | fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam | 4,512 | 4:43 | 1.61 | 5.6 | 83.0% |
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 Palkia (Origin).
Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Palkia (Origin)'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.
Simulating each boss moveset…
Palkia (Origin) 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.
- Weak (2)
- Neutral (13)
- Resists (3)
It resists fire0.39xwater0.39xsteel0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.
What Palkia (Origin) throws at you
Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.
Fast moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dragonDragon TailSTAB | 14 | +8 | 1.0s | 0.75s |
| dragonDragon BreathSTAB | 6 | +4 | 0.5s | 0.30s |
Charged moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dragonDraco MeteorSTAB | 150 | -100 | 3.5s | 2.90s |
| waterHydro PumpSTAB | 135 | -100 | 3.5s | 1.10s |
| fireFire Blast | 140 | -100 | 4.0s | 2.90s |
| waterAqua TailSTAB | 50 | -33 | 2.0s | 1.30s |
Catch CP
What the encounter after the fight can hand you.
| IV spread | CP at L20 | CP at L25 (weather boosted) |
|---|---|---|
| 6/6/6floor | 2,202 | 2,752 |
| 7/7/7 | 2,220 | 2,775 |
| 8/8/8 | 2,238 | 2,798 |
| 9/9/9 | 2,256 | 2,820 |
| 10/10/10 | 2,274 | 2,843 |
| 11/11/11 | 2,293 | 2,866 |
| 12/12/12 | 2,311 | 2,889 |
| 13/13/13 | 2,329 | 2,912 |
| 14/14/14 | 2,348 | 2,935 |
| 15/15/15hundo | 2,367 | 2,958 |
Caught CP range 2,202 - 2,367, or 2,752 - 2,958 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 2,202, not at the 2,274 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 72 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.
Palkia (Origin) 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 3: 4,000 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 228 / Defense 180 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.76).
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 Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets | 100% | 109.0% | 1.23 | 3:35 | 9.3 | 100% | 5,713 | 19.6 | 442 |
| 2 | Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon | Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets | 99% | 105.9% | 1.26 | 3:42 | 8.1 | 100% | 4,429 | 19.1 | 484 |
| 3 | Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+ | Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets | 94% | 101.9% | 1.31 | 3:50 | 9.0 | 100% | 4,823 | 18.6 | 471 |
| 4 | Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets | 87% | 96.9% | 1.38 | 4:02 | 10.7 | 100% | 5,424 | 17.5 | 374 |
| 5 | Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets | 83% | 96.6% | 1.38 | 4:03 | 14.0 | 100% | 3,593 | 17.7 | 271 |
| 6 | Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets | 79% | 91.7% | 1.46 | 4:16 | 13.8 | 100% | 3,962 | 16.8 | 282 |
| 7 | Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+ | Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets | 84% | 91.7% | 1.46 | 4:16 | 9.6 | 100% | 6,428 | 16.4 | 379 |
| 8 | Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time | Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets | 80% | 87.9% | 1.52 | 4:27 | 9.9 | 100% | 4,090 | 15.6 | 374 |
| 9 | Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend | Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets | 77% | 85.7% | 1.56 | 4:34 | 10.7 | 96% | 4,142 | 15.5 | 404 |
| 10 | Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+ | Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets | 77% | 85.5% | 1.56 | 4:35 | 10.4 | 100% | 6,112 | 15.3 | 350 |
| 11 | Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw | Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets | 74% | 84.8% | 1.58 | 4:37 | 12.1 | 100% | 5,007 | 15.2 | 335 |
| 12 | Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets | 73% | 84.5% | 1.58 | 4:38 | 13.6 | 100% | 3,835 | 15.3 | 289 |
| 13 | Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor | Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets | 74% | 84.4% | 1.58 | 4:38 | 12.5 | 100% | 3,991 | 15.4 | 335 |
| 14 | Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor | Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets | 72% | 83.0% | 1.61 | 4:43 | 13.3 | 96% | 4,038 | 15.2 | 311 |
| 15 | Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam | Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets | 76% | 83.0% | 1.61 | 4:43 | 9.5 | 100% | 4,512 | 14.8 | 390 |
| 16 | Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets | 71% | 83.0% | 1.61 | 4:43 | 14.6 | 100% | 3,593 | 15.1 | 266 |
| 17 | Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor | Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets | 70% | 82.7% | 1.62 | 4:44 | 15.1 | 100% | 3,749 | 15.2 | 258 |
| 18 | Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor | Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets | 68% | 81.1% | 1.65 | 4:50 | 15.5 | 100% | 4,038 | 15.0 | 268 |
| 19 | Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor | Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets | 69% | 80.6% | 1.66 | 4:51 | 14.5 | 98% | 3,792 | 14.7 | 273 |
| 20 | Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush | Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets | 69% | 80.4% | 1.66 | 4:52 | 14.3 | 94% | 3,550 | 14.6 | 280 |
| 21 | Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe | Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets | 68% | 80.4% | 1.66 | 4:52 | 14.9 | 100% | 4,056 | 14.7 | 276 |
| 22 | Regidrago dragon Dragon Breath / Dragon Energy | Dragon Breath / Dragon Energy+11 more movesets | 68% | 78.7% | 1.70 | 4:58 | 13.6 | 86% | 2,973 | 14.4 | 301 |
| 23 | Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock | Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets | 68% | 78.7% | 1.70 | 4:58 | 13.4 | 90% | 4,605 | 14.3 | 306 |
| 24 | Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor | Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets | 69% | 78.4% | 1.71 | 4:59 | 12.0 | 84% | 5,031 | 14.3 | 365 |
| 25 | Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets | 66% | 77.4% | 1.73 | 5:03 | 14.8 | 100% | 3,962 | 14.0 | 274 |
| 26 | Dragapult dragonghost Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe | Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+7 more movesets | 65% | 77.3% | 1.73 | 5:04 | 15.3 | 100% | 3,532 | 14.0 | 257 |
| 27 | Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw | Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets | 64% | 76.1% | 1.76 | 5:08 | 15.5 | 92% | 3,812 | 13.9 | 253 |
| 28 | Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Outrage | Dragon Breath / Outrage+14 more movesets | 65% | 73.9% | 1.81 | 5:18 | 11.6 | 86% | 4,801 | 13.2 | 355 |
| 29 | Dialga steeldragon Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor | Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets | 63% | 72.6% | 1.84 | 5:23 | 12.6 | 88% | 4,038 | 13.1 | 314 |
| 30 | Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades | Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets | 60% | 71.5% | 1.87 | 5:28 | 15.9 | 80% | 5,902 | 13.0 | 279 |
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%.
- 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 0.3 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.