Throh (Shadow) Raid Guide

Throh (Shadow)

Shadow Throh is now available in Tier 3 raids throughout Africa, and North and South America in Pokémon GO. Shadow raids can only be accessed with in-person passes. Shadow Throh 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.

Keep an eye on the weather, Cloudy weather will boost Shadow Throh, and make this already difficult raid, even harder.

You can catch shadow Throh after the raid with the following CP values:

• 1334 – 1464 CP, at Level 20 with no weather boost 
• 1668 – 1830 CP, at Level 25 with weather boost, during Cloudy weather conditions

Throh is a pure Fighting type Pokémon, and is weak to Fairy, Flying and Psychic type moves. Even though Throh has a shiny variant in the game, shadow Throh encountered from raid battles won’t be able to be shiny. 

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Throh 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 Throh 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 Throh 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!

Shadow Throh Counters

Since powering up Shadow Pokémon is exceedingly expensive and removing Frustration with a Charged TM depends on specific events, this article will NOT list them as raid counters. However, if you already have a listed raid counter Pokémon in its shadow form, powered up and TM-ed, feel free to use it. The figures in our database for DPS and TDO are calculated using Level 40 Pokémon with perfect IVs.

The best counters for shadow Throh are the following:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	43.20s	0.50
2.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Synchronoise Psychic	49.02s	0.13
3.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	49.09s	0.25
4.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	57.36s	0.25
5.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	54.01s	1.00
6.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	62.87s	0.50
7.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Air Slash Flying	Overheat Fire	64.21s	0.63
8.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Psychic Psychic	67.06s	0.50
9.	Slowbro (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	67.73s	0.50
10.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	66.74s	1.25
11.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	70.02s	1.50
12.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	79.10s	0.00
13.	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	77.39s	0.38
14.	Articuno (Galarian)	Confusion Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	78.38s	0.50
15.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Draco Meteor Dragon	79.63s	0.50
16.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	77.45s	0.88
17.	Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	75.75s	1.25
18.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	83.75s	0.00
19.	Espeon	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	78.71s	1.13
20.	Staraptor	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	80.04s	1.00
21.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Psyshock Psychic	83.07s	0.50
22.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	80.34s	1.00
23.	Azelf	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	79.11s	1.25
24.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	80.82s	1.00
25.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	78.26s	1.43
26.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	80.29s	1.25
27.	Tornadus	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	87.67s	0.00
28.	Altaria (Mega)	Peck Flying	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	82.82s	0.88
29.	Medicham (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	78.57s	1.63
30.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	82.63s	1.00
31.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	85.45s	0.60
32.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	81.79s	1.25
33.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	83.67s	0.88
34.	Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	85.27s	0.71
35.	Charizard (Mega X)	Wing Attack Flying	Blast Burn Fire	84.82s	0.86

Shadow Throh, a Tier 3 raid boss, possesses a CP of 14842, necessitating teamwork to defeat it. I suggest bringing a friend if you lack strong counters or are at a lower level. Remember to communicate how many purified gems you are using. Tier 3 raids require 8 purified gems to subdue the raid boss. Each trainer can hold 10 at a time.

Stats and Max CP

Throh (Shadow) Fighting
Max CP at Level 40 27 | Max CP at Level 50 2896
ATK 172		DEF 160		HP 260
Weak To: Strong Against: Fairy, Flying, Psychic Bug, Dark, Rock, Steel, Normal, Ice

Moveset

And that’s all, Good luck with your shadow Throh raids, and until next time, trainers!