Shadow raid

Shadow Runerigus 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

6,921

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

106

Defense

150

Difficulty

0.16

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Runerigus should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,178-1,299.

Weak toghost1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 Runerigus counters are Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
S. Hydreigon

9 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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.140:25
2Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.150:27
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.150:28
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.160:28
5Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.160:29
6Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.160:29
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.170:30
8Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.170:30
9Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Foul Play0.170:30
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.170:31
12Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.170:31
13Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.170:31
15Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.180:32

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 Runerigus 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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:25	0.14	0.0	1769.1%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:27	0.15	0.3	1604.2%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:28	0.15	0.4	1572.9%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:28	0.16	0.0	1531.7%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:29	0.16	0.6	1526.0%
6	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:29	0.16	0.0	1513.8%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:30	0.17	0.2	1469.6%
8	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:30	0.17	0.1	1447.8%
9	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchdarkFoul Play	3,739	0:30	0.17	0.1	1443.6%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:31	0.17	0.1	1424.7%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:31	0.17	0.4	1417.9%
12	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:31	0.17	0.0	1409.0%
13	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:31	0.17	0.1	1400.1%
14	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:31	0.18	0.0	1385.8%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:32	0.18	0.0	1369.6%

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 Runerigus.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Runerigus'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%	272%	1481.2%	0:29	0.1	0.16
Astonish / Brutal Swing	100%	289%	1466.9%	0:30	0.1	0.17
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	100%	246%	1474.3%	0:30	0.2	0.16
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	246%	1479.6%	0:29	0.3	0.16
Shadow Claw / Brutal Swing	100%	284%	1488.9%	0:29	0.1	0.16
Astonish / Rock Tomb	100%	285%	1490.8%	0:29	0.0	0.16
Shadow Claw / Sand Tomb	100%	294%	1491.1%	0:29	0.0	0.16
Astonish / Sand Tomb	100%	299%	1491.8%	0:29	0.0	0.16
Shadow Claw / Rock Tomb	100%	287%	1497.2%	0:29	0.0	0.16

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…

Runerigus 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.

ghost1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x fairy1x rock0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.39xelectric0.39xrock0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Runerigus throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkBrutal Swing	65	-33	2.0s	1.30s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
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	1,178	1,472
7/7/7	1,191	1,489
8/8/8	1,204	1,505
9/9/9	1,217	1,522
10/10/10	1,231	1,539
11/11/11	1,244	1,555
12/12/12	1,258	1,572
13/13/13	1,271	1,589
14/14/14	1,285	1,607
15/15/15hundo	1,299	1,624

Caught CP range 1,178 - 1,299, or 1,472 - 1,624 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 1,178, not at the 1,231 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 53 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Runerigus 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 106 / Defense 150 (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 Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	1769.1%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,784	26.4	649
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	80%	1604.2%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	3,701	22.4	508
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	77%	1572.9%	0.15	0:28	0.3	100%	4,099	23.3	523
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	85%	1531.7%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	5,902	21.5	612
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	72%	1526.0%	0.16	0:29	0.6	100%	4,336	21.3	438
6	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	82%	1513.8%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,842	25.4	723
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	76%	1469.6%	0.17	0:30	0.2	100%	6,428	20.3	554
8	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	74%	1447.8%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	4,056	20.2	563
9	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	74%	1443.6%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,739	20.2	585
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	1424.7%	0.17	0:31	0.1	100%	6,112	20.5	589
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	1417.9%	0.17	0:31	0.3	100%	3,301	19.9	502
12	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	75%	1409.0%	0.17	0:31	0.0	100%	4,605	21.4	655
13	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	72%	1400.1%	0.17	0:31	0.1	100%	4,115	19.3	578
14	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	74%	1385.8%	0.18	0:31	0.0	100%	4,401	19.2	598
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	1369.6%	0.18	0:32	0.0	100%	3,625	19.0	592
16	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	67%	1363.6%	0.18	0:32	0.3	100%	2,654	19.0	508
17	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	70%	1342.1%	0.18	0:32	0.1	100%	3,834	18.7	578
18	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	75%	1336.4%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	5,347	18.8	613
19	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	77%	1328.2%	0.18	0:33	0.0	100%	4,093	21.9	718
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	61%	1324.7%	0.18	0:33	0.7	100%	3,594	18.9	426
21	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	68%	1316.3%	0.18	0:33	0.1	100%	4,605	19.5	610
22	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	62%	1292.0%	0.19	0:34	0.5	100%	3,677	18.1	439
23	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	66%	1291.9%	0.19	0:34	0.2	100%	3,941	17.8	553
24	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	1273.3%	0.19	0:34	0.8	100%	2,526	18.5	368
25	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Triple Axel	Snarl / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	61%	1273.3%	0.19	0:34	0.5	100%	3,005	17.7	460
26	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Snarl / Razor Shell	Snarl / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	60%	1266.7%	0.19	0:34	0.7	100%	2,474	17.8	391
27	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	60%	1243.9%	0.20	0:35	0.5	100%	3,749	17.5	453
28	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	58%	1237.5%	0.20	0:35	0.8	100%	2,829	18.2	393
29	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	63%	1229.2%	0.20	0:35	0.2	100%	2,954	16.9	528
30	Darkrai dark Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	63%	1227.1%	0.20	0:36	0.0	100%	3,739	16.9	595

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.