Shadow Hitmontop Raid Guide

Shadow Hitmontop

Shadow Hitmontop can be captured from Tier 3 Shadow Raids. Shiny Shadow Hitmontop is available if you’re lucky!

This Raid Boss can 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)
• 1393 – 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	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	35.57	2	105s
2.	Mega X Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	34.43	2	108s
3.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	35.15	3	107s
4.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	31.35	4	120s
5.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	28.81	4	131s
6.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	26.14	4	143s
7.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	26.25	4	143s
8.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	25.91	3	143s
9.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	25.60	3	146s
10.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	26.27	5	141s
11.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	24.77	5	152s
12.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	24.55	5	144s
13.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	24.89	6	152s
14.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	24.05	5	156s
15.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	25.27	8	150s
16.	Mega Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	23.11	3	161s
17.	Apex Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast+	22.88	2	161s
18.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	23.43	4	160s
19.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Air Slash	Play Rough	23.23	4	161s
20.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	22.54	2	163s
21.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	24.09	5	152s
22.	Tapu Lele	Confusion	Nature’s Madness	23.03	4	161s
23.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Fly	22.88	3	162s
24.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	23.97	6	154s
25.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Sunsteel Strike	22.66	4	164s

Shadow Hitmontop Stats and Moveset

	Shadow Hitmontop Fighting
Max CP	2438
ATK	173
DEF	207
HP	137
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Counter Rock Smash
Charge moves	Close Combat Gyro Ball Stone Edge Triple Axel

Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Hitmontop	Hitmontop

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!