Mega Sharpedo Raid Counters Guide

September 5, 2026

4 min.

Mega Sharpedo is a Water and Dark type Mega Raid boss. Optimal raid counters will include powerful Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, and Fairy types, with quite a broad range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 2-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat Mega Sharpedo, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Best Mega Sharpedo Counters

Recommended Megas

Recommended Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Resolute Keldeo	Low Kick	Secret Sword	46.40	5	200s
2.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	45.26	11	203s
3.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Force Palm	Dynamic Punch	42.34	8	220s
4.	Kartana	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	41.81	9	226s
5.	Zeraora	Volt Switch	Plasma Fists	41.37	9	226s
6.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Aura Sphere	41.64	9	225s
7.	Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	41.51	8	221s
8.	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant	41.80	13	230s
9.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt	38.77	7	240s
10.	Regieleki	Lock-On	Thunder Cage	41.26	13	223s
11.	Sky Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	38.39	9	245s
12.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	40.85	13	230s
13.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	41.44	12	210s
14.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	40.04	12	236s
15.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	39.29	11	239s
16.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword	38.73	7	235s
17.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	37.08	6	251s
18.	Shadow Mewtwo	Counter	Thunderbolt	39.81	12	239s
19.	Shadow Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	37.80	8	248s
20.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	38.94	11	238s
21.	Shadow Machamp	Karate Chop	Dynamic Punch	38.59	10	240s
22.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	37.52	10	252s
23.	Shadow Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	38.45	9	240s
24.	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Aura Sphere	38.27	10	246s
25.	Rapid Strike Urshifu	Counter	Dynamic Punch	35.82	7	259s

How to Get Mega Sharpedo

You cannot catch Sharpedo in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Sharpedo.

Sharpedo can be caught with the following CP values:

1786 CP to 1870 CP, at level 20 with no weather boost
2233 CP to 2338 CP, at level 25 with Rainy and Fog weather boost

In order to get Mega Sharpedo, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Sharpedo again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Sharpedo Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Sharpedo, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Carvanha or Sharpedo to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Sharpedo Shiny

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Sharpedo from a Raid. The odds of getting a shiny Sharpedo are 1 in 10 Raids. Here are the sprites for normal and Mega Sharpedo.