Magmar (Shadow) Raid Guide

Magmar (Shadow)

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

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

• 1244 – 1367 CP (no weather boost, 100% Magmar at Level 20)
• 1555 – 1710 CP (Sunny weather, 100% IV Magmar at Level 25)

Shadow Magmar is a Fire type and is weak to Ground, Rock and Water type attacks. Shadow Magmar 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. Utilise weather that boosts your Ground, Rock or Water types, Sunny, Partly Cloudy and Rainy weather respectively, 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!

Shadow Magmar is one of the slightly easier tier 3 Shadow raids, but still trickier than you may be expecting.

Best Shadow Magmar 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 Magmar are:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Swampert (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	48.26s	0.38
2.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Power Gem Rock	47.68s	0.88
3.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	52.80s	0.50
4.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	56.86s	0.25
5.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	55.22s	0.50
6.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	56.63s	0.38
7.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	56.01s	0.50
8.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	55.43s	0.88
9.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	65.15s	0.75
10.	Slowbro (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Surf Water	73.27s	0.75
11.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	73.63s	0.75
12.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	68.37s	1.75
13.	Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	68.59s	1.88
14.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Hydro Pump Water	76.06s	0.75
15.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	76.20s	0.88
16.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Stone Edge Rock	73.96s	1.25
17.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	74.04s	1.38
18.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	79.17s	0.75
19.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Rock Wrecker Rock	78.11s	1.00
20.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	72.22s	1.88
21.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Drill Run Ground	80.72s	0.00
22.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Drill Run Ground	80.90s	0.00
23.	Greninja	Water Shuriken Water	Hydro Cannon Water	74.56s	1.75
24.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	76.06s	1.75
25.	Aggron (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	83.89s	0.00
26.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	82.67s	0.88
27.	Banette (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	76.58s	2.00
28.	Empoleon	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	85.55s	0.00
29.	Kingler	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	77.47s	1.88
30.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	81.52s	1.25
31.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	80.32s	1.20
32.	Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	83.14s	1.13
33.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw Rock	Earth Power Ground	82.54s	1.00
34.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	83.34s	1.29
35.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	81.15s	1.33

Shadow Magmar Stats and Max CP

Magmar (Shadow) Fire
Max CP at Level 40 2394 | Max CP at Level 50 2706
ATK 206		DEF 154		HP 163
Weak To: Resistances: Ground Rock Water Bug Fairy Fire Grass Ice Steel

Shadow Magmar Move Sets

Magmar can have the following moves as a raid boss:

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Magmar 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 Magmar using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

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 Magmar 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 defense 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!