Sneasel (Shadow) Raid Guide

Shadow Sneasel is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids. Shadow Raids can only be participated in using in-person raid passes. Shadow Sneasel can be shiny from Shadow raids!

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

• 1068- 1172 CP (no weather boost, 100% Sneasel at Level 20)
• 1322 – 1465 CP (Snow weather, 100% IV Sneasel at Level 25)

Shadow Sneasel is an Dark and Ice type and is 2x weak to Fighting, and also weak to Bug Fairy Fire Rock and Steel type attacks. Shadow Sneasel is an immensely 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 Fighting types, Cloudy weather, 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 definitely need to bring a friend, or two!

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

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Sneasel 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 Sneasel 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 Sneasel 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!

Best Shadow Sneasel Counters

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

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Deaths
1.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	2	72s
2.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	3	74s
3.	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	80s
4.	Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	80s
5.	Machamp (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	74s
6.	Hariyama (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	77s
7.	Lucario	Counter Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	3	80s
8.	Blaziken (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	4	82s
9.	Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	85s
10.	Toxicroak (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	6	81s
11.	Alakazam (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	6	82s
12.	Lopunny (Mega)	Double Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	4	88s
13.	Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	89s
14.	Cobalion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	100s
15.	Sirfetch'd (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	6	86s
16.	Poliwrath (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	95s
17.	Hariyama	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	94s
18.	Buzzwole	Counter Fighting	Superpower Fighting	4	97s
19.	Sneasler (Shadow)	Rock Smash Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	6	90s
20.	Hawlucha	Low Kick Fighting	Flying Press Fighting	7	88s
21.	Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	4	97s
22.	Pheromosa	Low Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	8	87s
23.	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	4	100s
24.	Virizion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	5	96s
25.	Breloom	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	9	89s
26.	Sawk (Shadow)	Low Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	6	94s
27.	Zapdos (Galarian)	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	6	97s
28.	Passimian	Counter Fighting	Superpower Fighting	4	101s
29.	Emboar	Low Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	4	105s
30.	Dragonite (Shadow)	Steel Wing Steel	Superpower Fighting	10	91s

If you use a Shadow Pokémon ensure you have removed Frustration as their Charged Attack and have an appropriate move in place.

Shadow Sneasel Stats and Max CP

Sneasel (Shadow) DarkIce
Max CP at Level 40 2051 | Max CP at Level 50 2319
ATK 189		DEF 146		HP 146
Weak To: Resistances: Fighting x2 Fairy Steel Bug Fire Rock Psychic Dark Ice Ghost

Shadow Sneasel Move Sets

Sneasel can have the following moves as a raid boss: