Gligar (Shadow) Raid Guide

Shadow Gligar is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids. Shadow Raids can only be participated in using in-person raid passes. Shadow Gligar can be shiny from Shadow raids!

Shadow Gligar can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

952- 1061 CP (no weather boost, 100% Gligar at Level 20)
1191 – 1326 CP (Windy and Sunny weather, 100% IV Gligar at Level 25)

Shadow Gligar is an Ground and Flying type and is 2x weak to Ice, and also weak to Water type attacks. Shadow Gligar is an immensely difficult tier 3 raid due to the Shadow Raid mechanism. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct movesets, powered up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems.

We would suggest that if you intend to solo this raid, you keep an eye on the weather. Avoid weather that boosts Gligar types, Sunny and Windy weather, and ensure that you are using top tier counters. These are much more difficult raids than your usual tier 3 raid. If you are lower level or without ideal counters, you will definitely need to bring a friend, or two!

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Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Gligar will hit harder than ever before, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the raid bosses moves. These tier 3 raids are a tricky solo task for even the most prepared trainers, and you will need Purified Gems to defeat them. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defence.

You will need to subdue Shadow Gligar using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Pokémon GO Purified Crystal — Purified Gem

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket grunts, leaders, and from Shadow Raids. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem. Be sure to have collected as many as you can before you attempt a Shadow Gligar raid, as without them you won’t be able to return it to its normal, non-enraged state.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Purified Gems will show in the bottom left corner of the raid battle when you are able to use them, so be sure to communicate with your raid group to stack their effects!

Best Shadow Gligar Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

The best raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Shadow Gligar are:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Deaths
1.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	45.35s	0.50
2.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	49.84s	0.50
3.	Swampert (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	57.71s	0.50
4.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	56.59s	1.13
5.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Blizzard Ice	61.91s	0.38
6.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	60.23s	0.75
7.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	61.38s	0.75
8.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	62.95s	0.88
9.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	65.08s	0.50
10.	Weavile	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	63.62s	1.00
11.	Jynx	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	66.72s	1.50
12.	Avalugg	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	74.53s	0.63
13.	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	73.02s	1.13
14.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Ice Beam Ice	73.67s	1.13
15.	Avalugg (Hisuian)	Powder Snow Ice	Blizzard Ice	76.43s	0.75
16.	Porygon-Z	Lock-On Normal	Blizzard Ice	74.79s	1.25
17.	Articuno	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	78.88s	0.50
18.	Kyurem	Steel Wing Steel	Glaciate Ice	76.47s	1.00
19.	Beartic	Powder Snow Ice	Ice Punch Ice	75.85s	1.25
20.	Aurorus	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	79.62s	0.75
21.	Slowbro (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Ice Beam Ice	79.84s	0.75
22.	Cloyster	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	79.71s	0.88
23.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Blizzard Ice	81.56s	0.75
24.	Piloswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	80.45s	1.25
25.	Sneasel	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	79.17s	1.50
26.	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard Ice	Ice Punch Ice	80.04s	1.38
27.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	79.28s	1.50
28.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	84.55s	0.75
29.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	79.64s	1.63
30.	Abomasnow	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	83.21s	1.13
31.	Regice	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	86.29s	0.63
32.	Walrein	Frost Breath Ice	Icicle Spear Ice	84.90s	0.88
33.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	82.06s	1.50
34.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Hydro Pump Water	88.52s	0.50
35.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	88.58s	0.67