Shadow Hitmontop Raid Guide

Shadow Hitmontop can be captured from Tier 3 Shadow Raids and these raids can only be accessed by using in-person raid passes.

This Raid Boss be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 1214 – 1232 CP (no weather boost, 100% Hitmontop at Level 20)
• 17393 – 1540 CP (Cloudy weather, 100% IV Hitmontop at Level 25)

Shadow Fighting is a pure Flying type and as such, it is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic type attacks.

Shadow Hitmontop is a challenging Tier 3 Raid due to how Shadow Raids work. You will need to be well prepared with the best counters, correct moveset, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems.

Avoid weather that boosts Hitmontop, that is, Cloudy 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 need to bring a friend, or two!

Best Shadow Hitmontop Counters

The best raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Shadow Hitmontop are:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	4	108s
2.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	5	126s
3.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	6	140s
4.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	7	139s
5.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	5	151s
6.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	5	155s
7.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	5	156s
8.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	8	153s
9.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7	159s
10.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	6	166s
11.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	8	160s
12.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	10	155s
13.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind Fairy	Fly Flying	9	159s
14.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	14	151s
15.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust Flying	Fly Flying	12	153s
16.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	5	180s
17.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	4	190s
18.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Nature’s Madnesss Fairy	6	173s
19.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Oblivion Flying	7	171s
20.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	5	189s
21.	Shadow Gallade	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	8	174s
22.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	7	178s
23.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	7	178s
24.	Shadow Exeggutor	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	9	169s
25.	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	8	173s
26.	Mega Gengar	Lick Ghost	Psychic Psychic	6	184s
27.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	8	172s
28.	Confined Hoopa	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	6	190s
29.	Mega Pidgeot	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	10	175s
30.	Shadow Latias	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7	185s

Shadow Hitmontop Stats and Max CP

Shadow Hitmontop Fighting
Max CP at Level 40 2438 | Max CP at Level 50 2156
ATK 173		DEF 207		HP 137
Weak To: Resistances: Fairy Flying Psychic Bug Dark Rock

Shadow Hitmontop Moveset

Hitmontop can have the following moves as a raid boss:

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Hitmontop will dish out more damage 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 Hitmontop by 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 Hitmontop 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!