Nidoran (F) (Shadow) Raid Guide

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

Shadow Nidoran (F) can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

394 – 466 CP (no weather boost, 100% Nidoran (F) at Level 20)
493 – 583 CP (Cloudy weather, 100% IV Nidoran (F) at Level 25)

Shadow Nidoran (F) is an Poison type and is weak to Ground and Psychic type attacks. Shadow Nidoran (F) 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 or Psychic types, Sunny and Windy 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 Nidoran is one of the slightly easier tier 3 Shadow raids, but still trickier than you may be expecting.

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Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Nidoran 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 Nidoran 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 Nidoran 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!

Best Shadow Nidoran (F) 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 Niodoran are:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	27.07s	0.00
2.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	30.28s	0.00
3.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	31.31s	0.00
4.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	36.47s	0.00
5.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	37.32s	0.00
6.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	39.08s	0.00
7.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	39.92s	0.00
8.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	40.54s	0.13
9.	Gengar (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Psychic Psychic	41.91s	0.00
10.	Slowbro (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	42.64s	0.00
11.	Deoxys (Attack)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psycho Boost Psychic	43.71s	0.00
12.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	45.13s	0.13
13.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	46.23s	0.00
14.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	48.05s	0.00
15.	Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	46.43s	0.25
16.	Medicham (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	46.66s	0.25
17.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	49.30s	0.00
18.	Landorus (Therian)	Extrasensory Psychic	Earthquake Ground	49.02s	0.00
19.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	48.35s	0.13
20.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	49.42s	0.00
21.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	50.02s	0.00
22.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Draco Meteor Dragon	49.96s	0.00
23.	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	48.82s	0.13
24.	Espeon	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	48.14s	0.25
25.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	50.68s	0.00
26.	Azelf	Extrasensory Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	48.53s	0.25
27.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	51.34s	0.00
28.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	51.51s	0.00
29.	Articuno (Galarian)	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	51.80s	0.00
30.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Drill Run Ground	51.64s	0.00
31.	Gallade	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	51.90s	0.00
32.	Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	52.08s	0.00
33.	Deoxys (Normal)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psycho Boost Psychic	52.06s	0.00
34.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Earth Power Ground	52.20s	0.00
35.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Psyshock Psychic	50.83s	0.17