Shadow Ninetales Raid Guide

Shadow Ninetales

Shadow Ninetales is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids, and its shiny form ✨ is also up for grabs. It can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 1182 – 1302 CP (no weather boost, at Level 20)
• 1478 – 1628 CP (during Sunny in-game weather, at Level 25)

As a pure Fire-type Pokémon, Shadow Ninetales is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, and Steel-type moves, so avoid those types in the Raid battle.

This is a challenging raid due to the Shadow Raid enrage mechanism, but it can be beaten solo without much effort by high-level trainers. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct move-sets, powered-up Pokémon, and, most importantly, Purified Gems.

In general, we would suggest groups of 2+ for trainers with top counters that are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 4-5+ for lower-level trainers and those without ideal counters. Purified Gems are a must.

Best Shadow Ninetales Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Shadow Ninetales:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	29.71	3	137s
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	29.73	3	138s
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	27.38	3	152s
4.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	26.69	5	152s
5.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	25.27	3	164s
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	25.69	5	162s
7.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	26.20	5	157s
8.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	25.37	4	157s
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker	25.26	5	160s
10.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	25.84	7	158s
11.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	24.41	5	168s
12.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	24.49	5	166s
13.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	24.82	6	166s
14.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	23.53	3	173s
15.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	23.60	5	175s
16.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	26.11	9	158s
17.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	24.72	8	168s
18.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	23.05	3	177s
19.	Shadow Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon	24.53	8	163s
20.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Dynamax Cannon	22.48	4	183s
21.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	22.73	5	179s
22.	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	24.54	9	166s
23.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	22.57	5	179s
24.	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	22.63	6	183s
25.	Shadow Palkia	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	22.15	5	184s
26.	Shadow Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon	23.06	8	177s
27.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	22.79	6	177s
28.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	22.32	6	184s
29.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	21.51	5	192s
30.	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	22.52	7	181s

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.

You can also 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.

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

Shadow Ninetales Overview

	Shadow Ninetales Fire
Max CP	2577
ATK	169
DEF	190
HP	177
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Ember* Fire Spin Feint Attack
Charge moves	Fire Blast* Flamethrower* Overheat Weather Ball Heat Wave Solar Beam Energy Ball* Scorching Sands Psyshock

*denotes a Legacy Move that can only be obtained by using an Elite TM

Shiny Shadow Ninetales

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Ninetales will hit harder than ever before, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right move-set, and aren’t weak to the raid boss’ moves. These raids are a tricky group 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 Ninetales 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 Ninetales raid, as without them you won’t be able to return it to its normal, non-enraged state. You can hold up to 10 Purified Gems in your inventory at a time.

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!