Shadow raid

Shadow Rhyperior 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

8,978

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

152

Defense

122

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Rhyperior should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,978-2,133.

Weak towater2.56xgrass2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xice1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Rhyperior counters are Primal Kyogre, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Kingler, Shadow Greninja, Shadow Sceptile & Shadow Samurott.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Kyogre
S. Kyogre
S. Kingler
S. Greninja
S. Sceptile
S. Samurott

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 %

1Primal KyogreMegaLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.080:14
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.080:15
3Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.080:15
4Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
5Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Hydro Pump0.090:16
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.090:17
7Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.100:17
8Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyBubble / Hydro Cannon0.100:17
9Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.100:18
10Shadow SceptileShadowpartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.100:18
12Shadow SamurottShadowpartyFury Cutter / Hydro Cannon0.100:18

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 Rhyperior 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	Primal Kyogrewaterjoint top pick	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:14	0.08	0.0	3006.6%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	3,784	0:15	0.08	0.0	2943.0%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:15	0.08	0.0	2906.4%
4	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	0.0	2799.1%
5	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterHydro Pump	4,115	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:17	0.09	0.0	2577.9%
7	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:17	0.10	0.3	2535.2%
8	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:17	0.10	0.4	2492.0%
9	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:18	0.10	0.0	2458.8%
10	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:18	0.10	0.1	2440.6%
11	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:18	0.10	0.0	2435.5%
12	Shadow Samurottwater	bugFury CutterwaterHydro Cannon	2,826	0:18	0.10	0.1	2427.6%
13	Shadow Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	0:18	0.10	0.1	2394.9%
14	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:18	0.10	0.2	2360.1%
15	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	0:19	0.10	0.0	2343.8%

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 Rhyperior.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Rhyperior'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%	340%	2563.9%	0:17	0.2	0.09
Smack Down / Earthquake	100%	308%	2348.1%	0:19	0.5	0.10
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	100%	299%	2400.5%	0:18	0.4	0.10
Smack Down / Skull Bash	100%	329%	2445.1%	0:18	0.4	0.10
Mud-Slap / Skull Bash	100%	311%	2505.4%	0:17	0.3	0.10
Smack Down / Stone Edge	100%	329%	2514.9%	0:17	0.3	0.10
Mud-Slap / Superpower	100%	327%	2551.2%	0:17	0.2	0.10
Mud-Slap / Stone Edge	100%	306%	2563.0%	0:17	0.2	0.09
Smack Down / Superpower	100%	351%	2563.9%	0:17	0.2	0.09
Smack Down / Drill Run	100%	344%	2593.8%	0:17	0.1	0.09
Mud-Slap / Drill Run	100%	329%	2629.6%	0:17	0.1	0.09
Smack Down / Surf	100%	412%	2662.3%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Mud-Slap / Breaking Swipe	100%	352%	2664.0%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Mud-Slap / Surf	100%	394%	2669.1%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Smack Down / Breaking Swipe	100%	357%	2676.2%	0:16	0.0	0.09

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…

Rhyperior 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.

water2.56x grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x steel1.6x ice1.6x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x fire0.63x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (4)
Neutral (6)
Resists (6)

It resists poison0.39xelectric0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Rhyperior throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockSmack DownSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
dragonBreaking Swipe	45	-33	1.0s	0.47s
normalSkull Bash	130	-100	3.0s	1.70s
waterSurf	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
groundDrill RunSTAB	85	-50	3.0s	1.90s
fightingSuperpower	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,978	2,473
7/7/7	1,995	2,494
8/8/8	2,012	2,515
9/9/9	2,029	2,536
10/10/10	2,046	2,558
11/11/11	2,063	2,579
12/12/12	2,081	2,601
13/13/13	2,098	2,623
14/14/14	2,115	2,645
15/15/15hundo	2,133	2,667

Caught CP range 1,978 - 2,133, or 2,473 - 2,667 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 1,978, not at the 2,046 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 68 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.

Rhyperior 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 152 / Defense 122 (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

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	100%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	5,902	42.4	615
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	89%	2943.0%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,784	43.2	631
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	91%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,701	40.5	607
4	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	86%	2799.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,056	39.8	605
5	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+5 more movesets	80%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,115	36.4	600
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	83%	2577.9%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	6,112	35.8	605
7	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	71%	2535.2%	0.10	0:17	0.3	100%	2,829	37.3	531
8	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	70%	2492.0%	0.10	0:17	0.4	100%	2,654	35.8	487
9	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	78%	2458.8%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,401	37.7	667
10	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	70%	2440.6%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,757	34.2	589
11	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	75%	2435.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,941	34.6	619
12	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	2427.6%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,826	34.5	571
13	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	2394.9%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,974	33.2	580
14	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	68%	2360.1%	0.10	0:18	0.2	100%	3,677	36.0	582
15	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	71%	2343.8%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,030	33.9	630
16	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	67%	2335.0%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	2,857	32.4	569
17	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	2332.1%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	2,720	34.0	607
18	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	64%	2298.8%	0.11	0:19	0.3	100%	2,964	33.2	513
19	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	71%	2290.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,954	34.1	649
20	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	63%	2280.1%	0.11	0:19	0.4	100%	2,802	32.1	493
21	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	70%	2274.1%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	3,592	33.0	610
22	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	67%	2266.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,505	32.5	618
23	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	70%	2261.1%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,698	33.6	647
24	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	71%	2239.1%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,833	31.4	611
25	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	69%	2235.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,717	30.9	603
26	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	75%	2225.1%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,093	33.8	664
27	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	65%	2196.4%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,391	30.4	574
28	Quaquaval waterfighting Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	64%	2195.8%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,018	31.0	580
29	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	56%	2134.0%	0.11	0:20	0.8	100%	2,474	30.8	392
30	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	61%	2122.8%	0.11	0:21	0.3	100%	2,900	33.1	582

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