Shadow Hitmonchan Raid Guide

Shadow Hitmonchan

Shadow Hitmonchan is a tier 3 Shadow Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Shiny Shadow Hitmonchan is available if you’re lucky!

After beating it in the Raid, Shadow Hitmonchan can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 1210 CP to 1332 CP (Level 20, no weather boost)
• 1512 CP to 1665 CP (Level 25, boosted by Cloudy weather)

As a pure Fighting type, Shadow Hitmonchan is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic type attacks. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct moveset, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems. We would recommend a minimum of 2-3 trainers for Shadow Hitmonchan (and using Purified Gems).

Best Shadow Hitmonchan Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	37.36	2	100s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	37.24	2	100s
3.	Mega X Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	36.19	2	103s
4.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	33.22	3	114s
5.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	30.51	4	123s
6.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	28.40	4	131s
7.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	28.21	4	133s
8.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	27.47	3	135s
9.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	27.66	3	135s
10.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	27.50	3	136s
11.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	26.88	3	138s
12.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	26.24	4	143s
13.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	26.73	5	140s
14.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	26.47	4	142s
15.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	27.21	7	141s
16.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	26.32	6	143s
17.	Shadow Toucannon	Peck	Beak Blast	27.53	8	138s
18.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	24.69	3	150s
19.	Apex Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast+	24.16	2	152s
20.	Tapu Lele	Confusion	Nature’s Madness	24.55	3	152s
21.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	23.75	2	155s
22.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	25.21	5	149s
23.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Fly	24.25	3	153s
24.	Mega Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	24.26	3	154s
25.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Air Slash	Play Rough	24.43	4	154s

Shadow Hitmonchan Stats and Moveset

	Shadow Hitmonchan Fighting
Max CP	2636
ATK	193
DEF	197
HP	137
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Counter Rock Smash* Bullet Punch
Charge moves	Brick Break* Close Combat Power-Up Punch Fire Punch Ice Punch Thunder Punch Frustration

*Legacy Move

Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Shadow Hitmonchan	Shadow Hitmonchan

Tips and Tricks

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.

We would suggest groups of 5+ 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!

While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Shadow Hitmonchan. 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 Evolved Pokémon in Shadow Hitmonchan 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 4, 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.

As these raids are in person only, you can 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.

Related reading

• Pokémon GO Shadow Raids: Comprehensive Guide is an overall guide to all things Shadow Raids

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a Shadow Raid, Hitmonchan 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 Boss’ moves. These tier 5 raids are extremely difficult, 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 Hitmonchan 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 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 Hitmonchan 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 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!

Good luck, Trainers!