Shadow Kyogre Raid Guide (Best Counters, 100% IVs and CPs)

Shadow Kyogre

Shadow Kyogre is a 5-star Shadow Raid boss, and if you’re lucky, you can get a shiny one! Shadow Kyogre is a pure Water type, so it is only weak to Electric and Grass type attacks.

Shadow Kyogre can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 7/7/7 (IVs boosted during Shadow Kyogre Raid Weekend):

• From 2206 CP to 2351 CP with no weather boost
• From 2758 CP to 2939 CP with Rainy weather boost

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 4  Trainers for Shadow Kyogre (and using Purified Gems).

Best Shadow Kyogre Counters

The best Raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Shadow Kyogre are:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	21.29	56	1002s
2.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	20.52	60	1041s
3.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant	19.16	44	946s
4.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	18.92	50	1100s
5.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	20.11	75	1059s
6.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	18.24	49	1145s
7.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	18.30	52	1121s
8.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	19.50	84	1085s
9.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	18.39	53	1076s
10.	Shadow Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	18.16	68	1127s
11.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Fusion Bolt	17.02	55	1230s
12.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	18.67	94	1132s
13.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Dynamax Cannon	16.89	50	1196s
14.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	18.91	100	1122s
15.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	17.72	70	1160s
16.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	17.00	56	1182s
17.	Shadow Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	17.95	91	1158s
18.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant	16.98	66	1208s
19.	Mega Victreebel	Magical Leaf	Leaf Blade	17.19	72	1200s
20.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	17.23	81	1235s
21.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	17.39	80	1176s
22.	Sky Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	16.90	70	1159s
23.	Mega Gallade	Psycho Cut	Leaf Blade	16.92	89	1269s
24.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	15.86	66	1305s
25.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	15.98	79	1298s
26.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	15.37	61	1309s
27.	Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	15.95	88	1319s
28.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	16.64	106	1267s
29.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	15.40	68	1346s
30.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	17.06	121	1204s

Shadow Kyogre Stats and Moves

	Shadow Kyogre Water
Max CP	4652
ATK	270
DEF	228
HP	205
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Waterfall
Charge moves	Blizzard Thunder Hydro Pump Surf Origin Pulse*

*Legacy Move only available via Elite TM

Shiny Shadow Kyogre

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Shadow Kyogre	Shadow Kyogre

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 Kyogre. 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 Kyogre 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 6, 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, Kyogre 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 Kyogre 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 Kyogre 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!