Shadow Entei Raid Guide

Shadow Entei

Shadow Entei is available from Tier 5 legendary Shadow Raids, and its shiny form ✨ is also available. It can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 1834 – 1984 CP (no weather boost, 100% Entei at Level 20)
• 2293 – 2480 CP (during Sunny, 100% IV Entei at Level 25)

As a pure Fire-type Pokémon, Shadow Entei is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, and Steel-type moves, so avoid those types in the Raid battle.

This is an immensely difficult Tier 5 raid due to the Shadow Raid enrage mechanism. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct move-sets, powered-up Pokémon, and, most importantly, Purified Gems.

We would suggest groups of 4+ for trainers with top counters that are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 8-10+ for lower-level trainers and those without ideal counters. Purified Gems are a must.

Best Shadow Entei Counters

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

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	31.89	18	654s
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	31.37	19	662s
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.32	22	718s
4.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	28.60	24	735s
5.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	28.82	29	726s
6.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	27.03	24	777s
7.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker	27.80	32	757s
8.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	27.33	33	775s
9.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	26.34	28	799s
10.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	27.29	39	765s
11.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	25.09	23	830s
12.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	24.75	25	844s
13.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	26.43	46	782s
14.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.05	33	843s
15.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	24.45	29	854s
16.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	25.07	30	806s
17.	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	25.39	39	832s
18.	Shadow Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon	26.51	52	795s
19.	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	26.35	53	802s
20.	Shadow Palkia	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	23.59	29	882s
21.	Shadow Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon	24.89	45	848s
22.	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	24.59	42	860s
23.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Dynamax Cannon	23.52	29	884s
24.	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	23.86	37	877s
25.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	24.60	46	827s
26.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker	23.51	32	896s
27.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	26.10	61	793s
28.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	23.86	38	874s
29.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	22.98	33	919s
30.	Quaquaval	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	23.49	43	899s

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 Entei. 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 Entei 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 Entei Overview

	Shadow Entei Electric
Max CP	3926
ATK	235
DEF	171
HP	251
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Fire Fang Fire Spin
Charge moves	Fire Blast Flame Charge Flamethrower Overheat Scorching Sands Iron Head

Weather Effects

Entei has three main weakness: Water, Rock and Ground type attacks, boosted by Rainy, Partly Cloudy and Sunny weather. However, Sunny weather also boosts Entei’s attacks. Your best choices are Rainy and Partly Cloudy weather.

Shiny Shadow Entei

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Entei 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 Entei 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 Entei 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!