Shadow raid

Shadow Prinplup counters

#0394

waterShadow Tier 5

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

25,077

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

135

Defense

126

Difficulty

2.22

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Prinplup should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 868-972.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Prinplup counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Kartana, Shadow Electivire & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Kartana
S. Electivire
S. Raikou

5 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+1.999:23
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.1210:00
3Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+2.2210:30
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm2.3110:56
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.3311:02
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant2.3411:04
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+2.5111:52
8RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage2.5111:52
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade2.5412:01
10Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge2.5812:11
11Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge2.6012:18

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 Prinplup 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	9:23	1.99	6.0	56.8%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	10:00	2.12	6.0	53.3%
3	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	10:30	2.22	4.8	50.8%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	10:56	2.31	6.0	48.8%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	11:02	2.33	5.6	48.3%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	11:04	2.34	5.2	48.2%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	11:52	2.51	5.7	45.0%
8	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	11:52	2.51	6.0	44.9%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	12:01	2.54	6.0	44.4%
10	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	12:11	2.58	6.0	43.7%
11	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	12:18	2.60	6.0	43.3%
12	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	12:34	2.66	6.0	42.4%
13	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	12:39	2.68	6.0	42.2%
14	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	12:51	2.72	6.0	41.5%
15	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	12:54	2.73	6.0	41.4%

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 Prinplup.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Prinplup'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	17%	57%	46.7%	11:25	6.0	2.42
Bubble / Hydro Pump	8%	44%	44.6%	11:57	6.0	2.53
Metal Claw / Hydro Pump	17%	47%	45.2%	11:48	6.0	2.50
Bubble / Icy Wind	17%	62%	46.6%	11:26	6.0	2.42
Bubble / Bubble Beam	17%	66%	47.4%	11:15	6.0	2.38
Metal Claw / Bubble Beam	17%	69%	47.7%	11:10	6.0	2.37
Metal Claw / Icy Wind	17%	68%	47.7%	11:10	6.0	2.37

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…

Prinplup 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Prinplup throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
steelMetal Claw	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
iceIcy Wind	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	868	1,086
7/7/7	880	1,100
8/8/8	891	1,114
9/9/9	902	1,128
10/10/10	914	1,142
11/11/11	925	1,157
12/12/12	937	1,171
13/13/13	948	1,186
14/14/14	960	1,200
15/15/15hundo	972	1,215

Caught CP range 868 - 972, or 1,086 - 1,215 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 868, not at the 914 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 46 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.

Prinplup 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 135 / Defense 126 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	56.8%	1.99	9:23	20.9	94%	3,780	28.1	694
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	95%	53.3%	2.12	9:60	19.2	62%	3,510	26.2	769
3	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	96%	50.8%	2.22	10:30	10.9	0%	4,093	24.4	1331
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	84%	48.8%	2.31	10:56	26.8	4%	3,659	24.3	542
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	88%	48.3%	2.33	11:02	14.5	0%	6,428	23.4	996
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	85%	48.2%	2.34	11:04	20.5	0%	4,056	23.5	963
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	81%	45.0%	2.51	11:52	16.1	0%	6,112	21.8	906
8	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	77%	44.9%	2.51	11:52	26.9	0%	2,803	22.2	540
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	78%	44.4%	2.54	12:01	21.6	0%	3,677	21.6	684
10	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	74%	43.7%	2.58	12:11	29.4	0%	3,079	21.6	502
11	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	75%	43.3%	2.60	12:18	25.3	0%	3,452	21.3	614
12	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	73%	42.4%	2.66	12:34	26.9	0%	3,580	20.9	570
13	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	73%	42.2%	2.68	12:39	24.2	0%	3,419	20.7	641
14	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	70%	41.5%	2.72	12:51	29.6	0%	3,937	20.5	528
15	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	70%	41.4%	2.73	12:54	30.3	0%	2,757	20.5	516
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	41.3%	2.73	12:54	19.0	0%	5,713	20.0	860
17	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	41.2%	2.74	12:56	29.1	0%	3,659	20.4	503
18	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	69%	41.0%	2.75	13:01	30.3	0%	3,527	20.3	495
19	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	73%	41.0%	2.76	13:01	17.5	0%	3,698	19.7	871
20	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	70%	40.9%	2.76	13:02	25.9	0%	3,205	20.1	630
21	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	71%	40.8%	2.76	13:03	23.0	0%	2,954	19.9	676
22	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	73%	40.8%	2.77	13:04	17.2	0%	4,038	19.7	873
23	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	70%	40.6%	2.78	13:07	24.2	0%	2,720	19.8	627
24	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	68%	40.2%	2.81	13:16	31.0	0%	2,888	19.8	478
25	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	69%	39.5%	2.86	13:29	23.8	0%	3,030	19.3	657
26	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	70%	39.3%	2.88	13:35	17.6	0%	3,833	18.9	871
27	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	66%	38.8%	2.91	13:45	28.8	0%	3,592	19.1	642
28	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	66%	38.6%	2.92	13:48	29.1	0%	4,178	19.0	530
29	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Spark / Discharge	Spark / Discharge+15 more movesets	64%	38.3%	2.94	13:54	34.6	0%	3,117	19.1	438
30	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	37.9%	2.98	14:05	25.4	0%	4,346	18.6	610

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