Shadow Drapion Raid Guide

Shadow Drapion

Shadow Drapion 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:

• From 1277 CP to 1401 CP, with no weather boost
• From 1596 CP to 1752 CP with Cloudy and Fogweather boost

As a Poison/Dark-type Pokémon, Shadow Drapion is only weak to Ground-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Grass, Poison, and Psychic-type moves, so avoid those types in the Raid battle.

This raid is challenging because of the Shadow Raid enrage mechanic, but high-level trainers can beat it solo with little effort. 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 Drapion Counters

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

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	31.01	1	119s
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	27.54	2	135s
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	27.76	3	134s
4.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	27.02	3	138s
5.	Mega X Mewtwo	Counter	Dynamic Punch+	26.10	2	142s
6.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	26.00	2	143s
7.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	26.28	3	144s
8.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	26.55	3	141s
9.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	25.96	4	145s
10.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.87	3	149s
11.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	25.44	4	147s
12.	Mega Staraptor	Sand Attack	Brave Bird+	24.27	2	152s
13.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	23.18	3	160s
14.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	22.65	2	163s
15.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	22.40	2	164s
16.	Mega Heracross	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	22.61	2	163s
17.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	22.28	2	166s
18.	Shadow Regigigas	Hidden Power	Crush Grip	22.90	4	162s
19.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	22.27	2	166s
20.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	23.08	4	161s
21.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	21.61	1	170s
22.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	22.72	4	163s
23.	Mega Delphox	Fire Spin	Mystical Fire+	22.50	3	164s
24.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	22.22	3	168s
25.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	21.70	3	173s

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 Drapion. 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 Drapion 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 Drapion Overview

	Shadow Drapion PoisonDark
Max CP	2773
ATK	180
DEF	202
HP	172
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Poison Sting Bite Infestation Ice Fang
Charge moves	Sludge Bomb Crunch Fell Stinger Aqua Tail Frustration

Shiny Shadow Drapion

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Shadow Drapion	Shadow Drapion

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Drapion 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 Drapion using Purified Gems, an 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 Drapion 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!

All the best, trainers!