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Shellos counters

waterTier 3
Lobby CP
7,755
HP
3,600
Timer
3:00
Attack
86
Defense
87
Difficulty
0.33
Pokebattler scale

Beating Shellos should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 600-649.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

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

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Raichu Y
  2. S. Thundurus (Therian)
  3. Regieleki
  4. Thundurus (Therian)
  5. Kartana
  6. S. Raikou

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 %

  1. 1Mega Raichu YMegapartyVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.310:54
  2. 2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.310:54
  3. 3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.330:57
  4. 4Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.340:59
  5. 5Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.341:00
  6. 6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.351:02
  7. 7RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.351:02
  8. 8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.361:03
  9. 9Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.381:07
  10. 10KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.381:07
  11. 12Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.391:09

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

Build and order a party of six →Plan your raid lobby →

Related countersShadow Shellos
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Top 15 Shellos 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pickelectricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+3,7800:540.311.1437.5%
2Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pickelectricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+3,5100:540.310.7434.4%
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflyingelectricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm3,6590:570.330.6410.5%
4Mega SceptilegrassdragonbugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant4,0560:590.340.1396.9%
5Mega ChesnaughtgrassfightinggrassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+4,0931:000.340.0391.2%
6Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+6,4281:020.350.0378.1%
7RegielekielectricnormalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage2,8031:020.351.2376.8%
8Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingpsychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+6,1121:030.360.0370.8%
9Thundurus (Therian)electricflyingelectricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm3,6591:070.380.5349.6%
10KartanagrasssteelgrassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade3,6771:070.380.8348.1%
11Mega ManectricelectricelectricThunder FangelectricWild Charge3,5801:090.391.1342.3%
12Shadow RaikouelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge3,4521:090.390.9340.6%
13XurkitreeelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricDischarge3,9371:090.391.2339.9%
14Shadow ElectivireelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge3,0791:090.391.3339.8%
15Shadow ZapdoselectricflyingelectricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt3,5271:100.400.6336.2%

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 Shellos.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shellos'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Shellos 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 (12)
  • Resists (4)

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

What Shellos throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
groundMud-Slap19+131.5s1.25s
normalHidden Power15+151.5s1.10s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
waterWater PulseSTAB65-503.0s2.00s
normalBody Slam50-332.0s1.30s
groundMud Bomb60-332.5s1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor600751
11/11/11610762
12/12/12619774
13/13/13629787
14/14/14639799
15/15/15hundo649811

Caught CP range 600 - 649, or 751 - 811 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Shellos 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

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 86 / Defense 87 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Raichu Y
top pickelectricmega
Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+
0.310:541.0
2
Mega Raichu X
top pickelectricmega
Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+
0.310:540.7
3
Shadow Thundurus (Therian)
electricflyingshadow
Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm
0.330:570.5
4
Mega Sceptile
grassdragonmega
Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant
0.340:590.1
5
Mega Chesnaught
grassfightingmega
Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+
0.340:600.0
6
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Confusion / Future Sight+
0.351:020.0
7
Regieleki
electric
Lock-On / Thunder Cage
0.351:021.1
8
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+
0.361:030.0
9
Thundurus (Therian)
electricflying
Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm
0.381:070.5
10
Kartana
grasssteel
Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
0.381:070.7
11
Mega Manectric
electricmega
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
0.391:091.0
12
Shadow Raikou
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
0.391:090.9
13
Xurkitree
electric
Thunder Shock / Discharge
0.391:091.1
14
Shadow Electivire
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
0.391:091.2
15
Shadow Zapdos
electricflyingshadow
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt
0.401:100.5
16
Zeraora
electric
Volt Switch / Plasma Fists
0.401:100.8
17
Shadow Sceptile
grassshadow
Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant
0.411:120.9
18
Mega Rayquaza
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent
0.411:120.0
19
Shadow Magnezone
electricsteelshadow
Charge Beam / Wild Charge
0.421:131.4
20
Shaymin (Sky)
grassflying
Magical Leaf / Grass Knot
0.421:130.1
21
Shadow Regigigas
normalshadow
Hidden Power / Crush Grip
0.421:130.7
22
Zekrom
dragonelectric
Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt
0.421:140.5
23
Shadow Luxray
electricshadow
Spark / Wild Charge
0.431:151.3
24
Shadow Chesnaught
grassfightingshadow
Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant
0.431:150.3
25
Shadow Vikavolt
bugelectricshadow
Volt Switch / Discharge
0.431:151.0
26
Shadow Tangrowth
grassshadow
Vine Whip / Power Whip
0.431:160.3
27
Shadow Venusaur
grasspoisonshadow
Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant
0.431:160.9
28
Mega Venusaur
grasspoisonmega
Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant
0.431:160.2
29
Shadow Manectric
electricshadow
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
0.431:162.0
30
Shadow Mewtwo
psychicshadow
Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt
0.431:160.9
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. 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.

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