Shadow raid

Shadow Staraptor 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

37,967

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

204

Defense

127

Difficulty

2.36

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Staraptor should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,478-1,614.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Staraptor counters are Mega Raichu Y, Kyurem (White), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Electivire, Shadow Raikou & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kyurem (White)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Electivire
S. Raikou
Kyurem (Black)

3 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+2.109:56
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.2310:33
3Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.3711:11
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm2.4311:29
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.4311:29
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+2.6212:23
7Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge2.6612:34
8Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge2.6912:43
9Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock2.7112:47
10Shadow RhyperiorShadowSmack Down / Rock Wrecker2.7212:52

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 Staraptor 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	9:56	2.10	6.0	53.7%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	10:33	2.23	6.0	50.6%
3	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	11:11	2.37	6.0	47.7%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	11:29	2.43	6.0	46.4%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	11:29	2.43	6.0	46.4%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	12:23	2.62	6.0	43.0%
7	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	12:34	2.66	6.0	42.4%
8	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	12:43	2.69	6.0	41.9%
9	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	12:47	2.71	6.0	41.7%
10	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	12:52	2.72	6.0	41.5%
11	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	12:57	2.74	6.0	41.2%
12	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	13:04	2.77	6.0	40.8%
13	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	13:11	2.79	6.0	40.5%
14	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	13:12	2.80	6.0	40.4%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	13:16	2.81	6.0	40.2%

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 Shadow Staraptor.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Staraptor'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	100%	43%	45.3%	11:46	6.0	2.49
Quick Attack / Close Combat	100%	40%	44.4%	12:00	6.0	2.54
Sand Attack / Brave Bird	100%	42%	44.8%	11:55	6.0	2.52
Quick Attack / Fly	100%	39%	44.9%	11:53	6.0	2.51
Quick Attack / Brave Bird	100%	40%	45.0%	11:51	6.0	2.51
Wing Attack / Close Combat	100%	44%	45.1%	11:49	6.0	2.50
Sand Attack / Close Combat	100%	44%	45.2%	11:48	6.0	2.50
Sand Attack / Fly	100%	41%	45.2%	11:47	6.0	2.50
Wing Attack / Brave Bird	100%	43%	45.3%	11:47	6.0	2.49
Wing Attack / Fly	100%	40%	45.3%	11:46	6.0	2.49
Sand Attack / Heat Wave	100%	50%	45.7%	11:40	6.0	2.47
Quick Attack / Heat Wave	100%	47%	46.2%	11:33	6.0	2.45
Wing Attack / Heat Wave	100%	51%	46.5%	11:29	6.0	2.43

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…

Staraptor 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Staraptor throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingWing AttackSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.75s
normalQuick AttackSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
fightingClose Combat	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	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	1,478	1,847
7/7/7	1,493	1,866
8/8/8	1,508	1,885
9/9/9	1,523	1,903
10/10/10	1,538	1,922
11/11/11	1,553	1,941
12/12/12	1,568	1,960
13/13/13	1,583	1,979
14/14/14	1,599	1,999
15/15/15hundo	1,614	2,018

Caught CP range 1,478 - 1,614, or 1,847 - 2,018 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 1,478, not at the 1,538 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 60 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.

Staraptor 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 204 / Defense 127 (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%	53.7%	2.10	9:56	29.3	100%	3,780	27.0	491
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	95%	50.6%	2.23	10:33	27.7	100%	3,510	25.2	512
3	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	88%	47.7%	2.37	11:11	31.1	100%	4,605	23.8	467
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	85%	46.4%	2.43	11:29	32.9	100%	3,659	23.3	443
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	88%	46.4%	2.43	11:29	24.5	100%	6,428	22.9	618
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	79%	43.0%	2.62	12:23	34.3	100%	6,112	21.5	495
7	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	76%	42.4%	2.66	12:34	41.2	100%	3,079	21.5	349
8	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	76%	41.9%	2.69	12:43	37.3	100%	3,452	21.0	384
9	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	77%	41.7%	2.71	12:47	32.8	100%	4,605	20.8	450
10	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	77%	41.5%	2.72	12:52	29.5	100%	3,733	20.5	506
11	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	41.2%	2.74	12:57	35.0	100%	4,346	20.5	423
12	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	73%	40.8%	2.77	13:04	40.7	100%	2,803	20.7	357
13	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	74%	40.5%	2.79	13:11	35.0	100%	3,228	20.2	434
14	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	73%	40.4%	2.80	13:12	39.4	100%	3,580	20.3	363
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	40.2%	2.81	13:16	53.8	76%	3,298	21.0	297
16	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	73%	40.0%	2.82	13:19	34.6	100%	3,659	20.0	422
17	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	73%	40.0%	2.82	13:20	37.1	100%	3,527	20.0	393
18	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	71%	39.8%	2.84	13:25	43.9	100%	3,937	20.1	328
19	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	73%	39.7%	2.84	13:26	34.3	100%	3,419	19.7	415
20	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	39.4%	2.87	13:33	29.8	100%	5,713	19.4	531
21	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	75%	39.3%	2.87	13:35	24.0	100%	5,347	19.1	647
22	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	39.0%	2.90	13:41	45.3	100%	2,888	19.7	318
23	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	73%	38.8%	2.91	13:45	28.1	100%	4,038	19.0	522
24	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	71%	38.1%	2.96	13:59	30.4	100%	4,118	18.8	482
25	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	67%	37.6%	3.00	14:11	42.9	78%	3,128	19.0	419
26	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	68%	36.7%	3.07	14:31	30.5	72%	4,429	18.1	533
27	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	65%	36.6%	3.09	14:35	46.5	92%	3,345	18.5	312
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	36.3%	3.11	14:42	43.0	76%	4,346	18.3	343
29	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	64%	36.3%	3.11	14:42	49.8	68%	3,205	18.6	357
30	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	64%	35.5%	3.18	15:01	38.5	46%	3,273	17.7	386

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