Shadow Primeape Raid Guide

Shadow Primeape

Shadow Primeape 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 Cloudy in-game weather, at Level 25)

As a pure Fighting-type Pokémon, Shadow Primeape is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Dark, and Rock-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 Primeape Counters

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

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Future Sight+	65.30	1	57s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	56.31	1	67s
3.	Mega X Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	54.37	1	68s
4.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	48.53	2	77s
5.	Mega Staraptor	Gust	Brave Bird+	45.42	1	82s
6.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	45.27	2	83s
7.	Normal Deoxys	Zen Headbutt	Psycho Boost	45.59	4	80s
8.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	42.30	2	88s
9.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	41.54	2	91s
10.	Mega Skarmory	Air Slash	Drill Peck+	41.83	2	89s
11.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	40.66	1	90s
12.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	40.85	2	91s
13.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	40.47	2	92s
14.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	40.61	2	92s
15.	Mega Delphox	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	39.38	2	94s
16.	Shadow Toucannon	Peck	Beak Blast	41.49	4	92s
17.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	39.80	3	94s
18.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	38.80	2	96s
19.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	38.60	3	97s
20.	Mega Malamar	Psywave	Psybeam+	37.72	2	99s
21.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	37.39	1	100s
22.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	39.03	3	97s
23.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust	Fly	39.86	5	95s
24.	Shadow Regigigas	Zen Headbutt	Crush Grip	37.92	4	98s
25.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Air Slash	Play Rough	36.11	2	103s

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 Primeape. 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 Primeape 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 Primeape Overview

	Shadow Primeape Fighting
Max CP	2586
ATK	207
DEF	138
HP	163
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Low Kick Karate Chop* Counter
Charge moves	Close Combat Low Sweep Cross Chop* Rage Fist* Night Slash Ice Punch Frustration

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

Shiny Shadow Primeape

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Shadow Primeape	Shadow Primeape

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Primeape 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 Primeape using Purified Gems, an 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 Primeape 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!

All the best, trainers!