Shadow Golbat Raid Guide

Shadow Golbat is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids and can only be participated by using in-person raid passes.

Shadow Golbat can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

1017 – 1129 CP (no weather boost, 100% Golbat at Level 20)
1272 – 1412 CP (Cloudy or Windy weather, 100% IV Golbat at Level 25)

Shadow Golbat is a Poison and Flying type and is weak to the Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock type attacks. Shadow Golbat is a 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.

Avoid weather that boosts Golbat such as Cloudy or Windy weather, 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!

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Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Golbat 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 tough to beat, even for 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 defense.

You will need to subdue Shadow Golbat by 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 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 Golbat 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 Golbat 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 Golbat are:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Deaths
1.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Confusion Psychic	72.4s	2.00
2.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	87.0s	1.00
3.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	77.0s	2.00
4.	Mewtwo	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	78.6s	2.00
5.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	78.4s	2.00
6.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	78.7s	2.00
7.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	81.1s	2.00
8.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	83.9s	1.00
9.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	82.9s	2.00
10.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	83.9s	2.00
11.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	86.9s	1.00
12.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	88.2s	1.00
13.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	89.4s	2.00
14.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	90.6s	2.00
15.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	90.7s	2.00
16.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	94.6s	2.00
17.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	98.1s	1.00
18.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	94.0s	3.00
19.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	98.5s	2.00
20.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Psychic Psychic	95.1s	3.00
21.	Tyrantrum	Snarl Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	98.7s	2.00
22.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	97.7s	2.00
23.	Darmanitan (Galarian)	Ice Fang Ice	Ice Fang Ice	95.5s	3.00
24.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	97.3s	3.00
25.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	100.9s	2.00
26.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	101.3s	2.00
27.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	106.5s	1.00
28.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	101.3s	2.00
29.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	97.9s	2.00
30.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Blizzard Ice	104.6s	1.00
31.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	100.6s	2.00
32.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	103.7s	2.00
33.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	100.8s	3.00
34.	Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	98.6s	4.00
35.	Espeon	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	99.3s	4.00