Shadow Kirlia Raid Guide

Kirlia (Shadow)

Shadow Kirlia is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids. Shadow Raids can only be participated in using in-person raid passes. Shadow Kirlia cannot be shiny from Shadow raids.

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

• 475 – 552 CP (no weather boost, 100% Kirlia at Level 20)
• 593 – 690 CP (Windy & Cloudy weather, 100% IV Kirlia at Level 25)

Shadow Kirlia is a dual PsychicFairy-type Pokémon. Shadow Kirlia is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Psychic, Dragon, and Fighting-type moves. Shadow Kirlia 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.

We would suggest that if you intend to solo this raid, you keep an eye on the weather. Utilise weather that boosts your Ghost, Poison or Steel type moves, Fog Cloudy and Snow respectively, 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!

Shadow Kirlia is one of the slightly easier tier 3 Shadow raids, but still trickier than you may be expecting.

Best Shadow Kirlia Counters

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

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

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)	Metal Claw Steel	Sunsteel Strike Steel	1	64s
2.	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Moongeist Beam Ghost	1	65s
3.	Metagross (Shadow)	Bullet Punch Steel	Meteor Mash Steel	1	71s
4.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	65s
5.	Chandelure (Shadow)	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	71s
6.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	72s
7.	Metagross	Bullet Punch Steel	Meteor Mash Steel	1	85s
8.	Gengar (Shadow)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	3	71s
9.	Cursola (Shadow)	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	3	76s
10.	Blacephalon	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	3	78s
11.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	2	83s
12.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	3	78s
13.	Excadrill (Shadow)	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel	2	84s
14.	Mewtwo (Shadow)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	83s
15.	Gholdengo	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	1	91s
16.	Lucario (Mega)	Bullet Punch Steel	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	85s
17.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	86s
18.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	86s
19.	Nihilego	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	2	92s
20.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	2	91s
21.	Aggron (Mega)	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel	1	102s
22.	Dialga	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel	1	95s
23.	Scizor (Mega)	Bullet Punch Steel	Iron Head Steel	1	98s
24.	Dialga (Origin)	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel	1	97s
25.	Melmetal	Thunder Shock Electric	Double Iron Bash Steel	1	103s
26.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Magical Leaf Grass	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	93s
27.	Gengar	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	3	85s
28.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	93s
29.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	2	91s
30.	Banette (Shadow)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	4	83s

Shadow Kirlia Stats and Max CP

Kirlia (Shadow) PsychicFairy
Max CP at Level 40 966 | Max CP at Level 50 1093
ATK 117		DEF 90		HP 116
Weak To: Resistances: Ghost Poison Steel Dragon Fighting Psychic

Shadow Kirlia Move Sets

Kirlia can have the following moves as a raid boss:

Weather Effects

There isn’t an ideal weather for this raid boss, as any weather that boosts your attacks will also boost Shadow Kirlia’s potential movepool. Due to this, it would be beneficial to just go for the Level 25 encounters – so you’re looking at Cloudy weather and Windy.

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Kirlia 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 a tricky solo 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 Kirlia 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 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 Kirlia 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!