Shadow raid

Shadow Whiscash 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

25,393

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

136

Defense

127

Difficulty

1.71

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Whiscash should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,069-1,186.

Weak tograss2.56x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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

Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Grass Mega — most top counters attack with Grass

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 Whiscash counters are Mega Chesnaught, Kartana, Shadow Chesnaught, Shadow Venusaur, Shadow Tangrowth & Zarude.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Chesnaught
Kartana
S. Chesnaught
S. Venusaur
S. Tangrowth
Zarude

2 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 ChesnaughtMegapartyVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.436:45
2Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.687:56
3KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade1.708:01
4Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant1.778:21
5Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant1.808:30
6Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant1.818:32
7Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip1.848:43
8ZarudeLegendarypartyVine Whip / Power Whip1.878:49
9Mega VictreebelMegaMagical Leaf / Leaf Blade1.908:57
10Shadow SceptileShadowBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant1.908:59

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 Whiscash 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	6:45	1.43	4.4	79.0%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	7:56	1.68	5.1	67.2%
3	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	8:01	1.70	6.0	66.5%
4	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	8:21	1.77	6.0	63.9%
5	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	8:30	1.80	5.5	62.8%
6	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	8:32	1.81	6.0	62.5%
7	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	8:43	1.84	6.0	61.2%
8	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	8:49	1.87	4.7	60.5%
9	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	8:57	1.90	6.0	59.5%
10	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	8:59	1.90	6.0	59.3%
11	Meowscaradagrassdark	grassLeafagegrassFrenzy Plant	2,825	9:06	1.93	6.0	58.6%
12	Rillaboomgrass	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	3,324	9:08	1.93	5.7	58.4%
13	Roseradegrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	2,971	9:31	2.01	6.0	56.0%
14	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	9:41	2.05	5.0	55.1%
15	Shadow Exeggutorgrasspsychic	grassBullet SeedgrassSeed Bomb	3,014	9:42	2.05	6.0	55.0%

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 Whiscash.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Whiscash'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	107%	65.1%	8:12	5.5	1.73
Water Gun / Blizzard	100%	63%	62.5%	8:31	6.0	1.80
Mud Shot / Blizzard	100%	62%	62.6%	8:31	6.0	1.80
Mud Shot / Mud Bomb	100%	137%	65.9%	8:05	5.3	1.71
Water Gun / Scald	100%	138%	65.9%	8:05	5.4	1.71
Water Gun / Mud Bomb	100%	136%	66.0%	8:05	5.3	1.71
Mud Shot / Scald	100%	140%	66.0%	8:04	5.4	1.71
Mud Shot / Water Pulse	100%	148%	66.1%	8:04	5.3	1.71
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	148%	66.3%	8:03	5.3	1.70

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 2 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…

Whiscash 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.

grass2.56x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x electric0.63x

Double weak (1)
Neutral (12)
Resists (5)

It resists poison0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Whiscash throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
groundMud BombSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.90s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,069	1,337
7/7/7	1,082	1,353
8/8/8	1,095	1,369
9/9/9	1,107	1,385
10/10/10	1,120	1,401
11/11/11	1,133	1,417
12/12/12	1,146	1,433
13/13/13	1,159	1,449
14/14/14	1,173	1,466
15/15/15hundo	1,186	1,482

Caught CP range 1,069 - 1,186, or 1,337 - 1,482 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 1,069, not at the 1,120 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.

Whiscash 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 136 / Defense 127 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	79.0%	1.43	6:45	7.0	100%	4,093	37.7	2106
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	78%	67.2%	1.68	7:56	16.8	74%	4,056	33.9	1486
3	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	76%	66.5%	1.70	8:01	17.7	100%	3,677	32.8	855
4	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	75%	63.9%	1.77	8:21	14.3	100%	2,954	31.0	1132
5	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	74%	62.8%	1.80	8:30	13.7	100%	3,698	30.5	1241
6	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	72%	62.5%	1.81	8:32	16.9	100%	2,720	30.6	907
7	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	71%	61.2%	1.84	8:43	15.2	100%	3,030	29.8	1063
8	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	73%	60.5%	1.87	8:49	11.7	100%	3,833	29.2	1419
9	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	69%	59.5%	1.90	8:57	17.3	100%	3,505	29.1	966
10	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	67%	59.3%	1.90	8:59	22.2	78%	2,757	29.6	810
11	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	58.6%	1.93	9:06	16.9	100%	2,825	28.7	912
12	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	58.4%	1.93	9:08	14.9	100%	3,324	28.2	1109
13	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	64%	56.0%	2.01	9:31	19.6	96%	2,971	27.5	792
14	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	61%	55.1%	2.05	9:41	24.8	74%	3,592	28.1	1459
15	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+11 more movesets	62%	55.0%	2.05	9:42	19.8	86%	3,014	26.9	804
16	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	64%	54.9%	2.06	9:43	15.7	74%	3,419	26.6	1034
17	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	54.6%	2.07	9:45	17.4	80%	2,410	26.7	914
18	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	63%	54.5%	2.07	9:46	15.8	74%	2,954	26.4	1101
19	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	62%	54.0%	2.09	9:53	17.0	74%	2,775	26.4	949
20	Sceptile grass Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	62%	53.9%	2.09	9:54	18.0	74%	2,757	26.3	858
21	Tsareena grass Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+17 more movesets	60%	52.5%	2.15	10:09	17.8	54%	2,964	25.7	926
22	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade	Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	60%	52.3%	2.16	10:11	18.8	6%	4,521	25.6	758
23	Tangrowth grass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	60%	52.3%	2.16	10:12	16.5	46%	3,030	25.3	1055
24	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	57%	51.7%	2.18	10:18	26.8	16%	3,937	25.8	541
25	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	56%	51.4%	2.20	10:22	31.5	74%	2,934	26.7	781
26	Shaymin (Land) grass Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	59%	50.8%	2.22	10:29	16.0	0%	3,265	24.6	1145
27	Shadow Serperior grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+7 more movesets	58%	50.8%	2.22	10:30	19.3	0%	2,277	24.8	822
28	Venusaur grasspoison Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	58%	50.8%	2.22	10:30	19.0	0%	2,720	24.8	843
29	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	53%	49.8%	2.27	10:42	35.3	74%	2,431	25.7	579
30	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	52%	47.0%	2.40	11:21	26.8	74%	3,014	24.9	1043

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