Shadow raid

Shadow Skarmory counters

#0227

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

30,991

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

133

Defense

197

Difficulty

3.31

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Skarmory should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,088-1,204.

Weak tofire1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Skarmory counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Heatran, Regieleki & Reshiram.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Reshiram
S. Heatran
Regieleki
Reshiram

4 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+2.8913:39
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+2.9814:05
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+3.3615:52
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm3.4816:26
5Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare3.5416:42
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn3.6016:59
7Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm3.8518:12
8RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage3.9018:25
9Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn3.9118:28
10ReshiramLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare3.9918:51

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersMega Skarmory

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Top 15 Shadow Skarmory 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	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	13:39	2.89	6.0	39.0%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	14:05	2.98	6.0	37.9%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	15:52	3.36	6.0	33.6%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	16:26	3.48	6.0	32.5%
5	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	16:42	3.54	6.0	31.9%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	16:59	3.60	6.0	31.4%
7	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	18:12	3.85	5.8	29.3%
8	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	18:25	3.90	6.0	28.9%
9	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	18:28	3.91	6.0	28.9%
10	Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	18:51	3.99	6.0	28.3%
11	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	19:01	4.03	6.0	28.0%
12	Shadow Ho-Ohfireflying	fireIncineratefireSacred Fire++	3,863	19:04	4.04	5.9	28.0%
13	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,465	19:13	4.07	6.0	27.8%
14	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	19:14	4.07	6.0	27.7%
15	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	19:19	4.09	6.0	27.6%

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 Skarmory.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Skarmory'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	38%	31.3%	17:02	6.0	3.61
Steel Wing / Drill Run	15%	31%	30.3%	17:35	6.0	3.72
Air Slash / Drill Run	15%	31%	30.3%	17:34	6.0	3.72
Steel Wing / Brave Bird	17%	35%	30.4%	17:32	6.0	3.71
Air Slash / Brave Bird	17%	35%	30.9%	17:16	6.0	3.65
Steel Wing / Sky Attack	17%	41%	31.8%	16:46	6.0	3.55
Air Slash / Sky Attack	17%	41%	31.9%	16:44	6.0	3.54
Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	17%	54%	32.4%	16:28	5.9	3.49
Air Slash / Flash Cannon	17%	53%	32.7%	16:18	5.9	3.45

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 3 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…

Skarmory 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.

fire1.6x electric1.6x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x water1x ice1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x bug0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (6)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Skarmory throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelSteel WingSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
groundDrill Run	85	-50	3.0s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,088	1,360
7/7/7	1,100	1,376
8/8/8	1,113	1,392
9/9/9	1,126	1,408
10/10/10	1,139	1,424
11/11/11	1,152	1,440
12/12/12	1,165	1,456
13/13/13	1,178	1,473
14/14/14	1,191	1,489
15/15/15hundo	1,204	1,506

Caught CP range 1,088 - 1,204, or 1,360 - 1,506 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 1,088, not at the 1,139 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 51 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.

Skarmory 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 133 / Defense 197 (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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	39.0%	2.89	13:39	33.9	98%	3,780	19.4	445
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	99%	37.9%	2.98	14:05	28.1	100%	4,783	18.6	532
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	87%	33.6%	3.36	15:52	31.8	4%	3,510	16.5	487
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	83%	32.5%	3.48	16:26	34.5	0%	3,659	16.0	421
5	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	81%	31.9%	3.54	16:42	39.0	0%	4,038	15.8	389
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	81%	31.4%	3.60	16:59	32.7	0%	4,455	15.4	479
7	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	74%	29.3%	3.85	18:12	37.6	0%	3,754	14.4	457
8	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	72%	28.9%	3.90	18:25	46.5	0%	2,803	14.4	327
9	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	69%	28.9%	3.91	18:28	61.5	0%	4,161	14.7	270
10	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	72%	28.3%	3.99	18:51	37.9	0%	4,038	13.9	397
11	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	69%	28.0%	4.03	19:01	47.3	0%	3,937	13.9	320
12	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	72%	28.0%	4.04	19:04	32.3	0%	3,863	13.6	479
13	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	69%	27.8%	4.07	19:13	42.8	0%	3,465	13.7	361
14	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	27.7%	4.07	19:14	39.9	0%	3,452	13.6	372
15	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	70%	27.6%	4.09	19:19	35.5	0%	3,419	13.5	416
16	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	27.5%	4.11	19:24	34.8	0%	3,659	13.4	413
17	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	65%	27.3%	4.13	19:30	65.3	0%	3,297	14.0	235
18	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	70%	27.3%	4.13	19:31	35.6	0%	6,428	13.4	409
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	27.3%	4.14	19:33	52.0	0%	3,079	13.6	288
20	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	68%	27.1%	4.16	19:39	43.0	0%	3,850	13.4	349
21	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	67%	27.1%	4.16	19:39	44.9	0%	6,112	13.4	342
22	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	69%	26.9%	4.19	19:48	32.0	0%	4,038	13.1	469
23	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	67%	26.8%	4.21	19:52	45.0	0%	3,580	13.3	340
24	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	64%	26.7%	4.23	19:58	63.4	0%	3,105	13.6	238
25	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	66%	26.7%	4.23	19:59	50.0	0%	2,889	13.3	305
26	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	68%	26.6%	4.24	20:02	36.1	0%	3,527	13.0	402
27	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	64%	26.5%	4.27	20:09	57.0	0%	3,059	13.3	264
28	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	63%	26.4%	4.28	20:12	61.9	0%	3,268	13.3	242
29	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	65%	26.0%	4.34	20:31	39.4	0%	3,205	12.7	444
30	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	25.3%	4.47	21:07	50.0	0%	3,473	12.5	304

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