Shadow Nuzleaf Raid Guide

Shadow Nuzleaf

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

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

• 610 – 701 CP (no weather boost, 100% Nuzleaf at Level 20)
• 763 – 876 CP (Fog & Sunny weather, 100% IV Nuzleaf at Level 25)

Shadow Nuzleaf is a dual GrassDark-type Pokémon. Shadow Nuzleaf is weak to Bug (2x), Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Dark, Electric, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Water, and Psychic-type moves. Shadow Nuzleaf 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 Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice or Poison type moves, Rainy Cloudy, Sunny, Windy and Snow (there’s a lot of scope!), 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 Nuzleaf is one of the slightly easier tier 3 Shadow raids, but still trickier than you may be expecting.

Best Shadow Nuzleaf Counters

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

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	1	47s
2.	Mega Heracross	Struggle Bug Bug	Megahorn Bug	1	46s
3.	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	49s
4.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	2	43s
5.	Volcarona	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	1	52s
6.	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	49s
7.	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	54s
8.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	1	53s
9.	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	53s
10.	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	2	52s
11.	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	2	51s
12.	Yanmega	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	1	58s
13.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	1	58s
14.	Shock Genesect	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	59s
15.	Normal Genesect	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	59s
16.	Douse Genesect	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	59s
17.	Chill Genesect	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	59s
18.	Burn Genesect	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	59s
19.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	1	61s
20.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	1	61s
21.	Vikavolt	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	2	57s
22.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang Fire	Fly Flying	1	60s
23.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang Fire	Fly Flying	1	66s
24.	Shadow Galvantula	Fury Cutter Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	3	55s
25.	Escavalier	Bug Bite Bug	Megahorn Bug	1	62s
26.	Scizor	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	1	63s
27.	Scyther	Fury Cutter Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	2	62s
28.	Shadow Sneasler	Poison Jab Poison	X-Scissor Bug	2	61s
29.	Pinsir	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	2	61s
30.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Sky Attack Flying	2	64s

Shadow Nuzleaf Stats and Max CP

Shadow Nuzleaf GrassDark
Max CP at Level 40 1227 | Max CP at Level 50 1387
ATK 134		DEF 78		HP 172
Weak To: Resistances: Bug Fairy Fighting Fire Flying Ice Poison Psychic Dark Electric Ghost Grass Ground Water

Shadow Nuzleaf Move Sets

Nuzleaf can have the following moves as a raid boss:

Weather Effects

Your top counters have Bug type moves which will be boosted by Rainy weather. However, this boss has a lot of versatility in your favour as most weather will benefit you in some way. [Cloudy] weather will boost 3 of your super effective types. Really, there’s not weather to look out for as most will play in your favour!

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Nuzleaf 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 Nuzleaf 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 Nuzleaf 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!