Shadow Onix Raid Guide

Shadow Onix

Shadow Onix is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids, and its shiny form ✨ is also up for grabs. It can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 541 – 629 CP (no weather boost, at Level 20)
• 677 – 787 CP (during Partly Cloudy or Sunny in-game weather, at Level 25)

As a Rock/Ground-type Pokémon, Shadow Onix is double-weak to Grass and Water, while also being weak to Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Electric, Poison, Fire, Flying, Normal, and Rock-type moves, so avoid those types in the Raid battle.

This is a challenging raid due to the Shadow Raid enrage mechanism, but it can be beaten solo without much effort by high-level trainers. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct move-sets, powered-up Pokémon, and, most importantly, Purified Gems.

In general, we would suggest groups of 2+ for trainers with top counters that are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 4-5+ for lower-level trainers and those without ideal counters. Purified Gems are a must.

Best Shadow Onix Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Shadow Onix:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	39.59	1	103s
2.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant	38.19	2	108s
3.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	36.83	1	112s
4.	Shadow Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon	35.64	3	116s
5.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	34.77	2	118s
6.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	34.43	1	119s
7.	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	35.42	3	117s
8.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	32.27	1	128s
9.	Shadow Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	31.99	2	129s
10.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant	32.69	3	127s
11.	Shadow Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon	31.86	2	130s
12.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	31.46	1	131s
13.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	31.72	2	131s
14.	Sky Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	31.97	2	129s
15.	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	31.40	2	131s
16.	Shadow Empoleon	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon	30.95	1	133s
17.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.10	2	132s
18.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	30.81	1	132s
19.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	30.74	1	133s
20.	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	30.97	2	133s
21.	Shadow Crawdaunt	Waterfall	Crabhammer	31.92	4	130s
22.	Mega Victreebel	Magical Leaf	Solar Beam	30.63	2	134s
23.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant	30.14	2	136s
24.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	29.74	1	137s
25.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	29.77	1	138s
26.	Mega Sharpedo	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	30.14	3	136s
27.	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	30.33	2	135s
28.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant	29.59	2	139s
29.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	30.06	3	137s
30.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	29.24	1	139s

Communication will be key for this raid! You will want to plan not only your Mega Pokémon team positions, and counters, but also your use of Purified Gems, so be sure you communicate with your fellow trainers.

You can also make use of the Party Power raid bonus through Party Play! The Party Power is a Raid bonus that fills up as members of your Party attack the Raid Boss. Once the Party Power bonus is full, your next Charge Attack will receive a special boost. You can see the Party Power button and your progress towards achieving the bonus in the bottom left corner of your Raid Battle.

While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Shadow Onix. Ensure you no longer have Frustration on these Pokémon before considering adding them to your team. If you have any of these as an option, while they may take more damage than non-shadow Pokémon, they will also deal more.

We would highly recommend the use of Mega Pokémon in Shadow Onix raids. They provide not only greater damage output, but also boost Pokémon of the same typing in the raid. We would suggest discussing your counter choices with your fellow trainers, and plan Mega Pokémon, and their position in your team accordingly.

If you have a group of 6, for example, one person should have their mega in slot 1, the next slot 2, the next slot 3, etc., you can try to keep the mega boost going throughout the raid.

Shadow Onix Overview

	Shadow Onix RockGround
Max CP	1245
ATK	85
DEF	232
HP	111
Weak to	x2 x2
Resists
Fast moves	Rock Throw Tackle
Charge moves	Rock Slide* Stone Edge Sand Tomb Heavy Slam Iron Head* Breaking Swipe

*denotes a Legacy Move that can only be obtained by using an Elite TM

Shiny Shadow Onix

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Onix will hit harder than ever before, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right move-set, and aren’t weak to the raid boss’ moves. These raids are a tricky group 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 Onix 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 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 Onix raid, as without them you won’t be able to return it to its normal, non-enraged state. You can hold up to 10 Purified Gems in your inventory at a time.

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!