Shadow Suicune Raid Guide

Suicune (Shadow)

Shadow Suicune is available from Tier 5 legendary Shadow Raids. Shadow Raids can only be completed using in-person raid passes. Shiny Shadow Suicune ✨ is available from Raids starting May, 2024, debuting in the World of Wonders Season.

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

• 1566 – 1704CP (no weather boost, 100% Suicune at Level 20)
• 1957 – 2130 CP (during Rainy, 100% IV Suicune at Level 25)

Shadow Suicune is a Water-type Pokémon. Shadow Suicune is weak to Electric and Grass-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel and Water-type moves.

Shadow Suicune is an immensely difficult Tier 5 raid due to the Shadow Raid enrage mechanism. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct move-sets, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems.

Best Shadow Suicune Counters

Here are the best Pokémon to use against a Suicune raid boss. Being weak to three different types, Suicune’s counters table is diverse and shows the strongest Pokémon to use against the raid boss. Try to pick from the top end of this list, and ensure they have the necessary move-sets, and are powered up.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	49	1058s
2.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	45	1200s
3.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	51	1148s
4.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	43	1274s
5.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	42	1293s
6.	Raikou (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	56	1161s
7.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	38	1361s
8.	Tangrowth (Shadow)	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	54	1297s
9.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	49	1403s
10.	Magnezone (Shadow)	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	58	1215s
11.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	47	1444s
12.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	63	1149s
13.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	61	1196s
14.	Zapdos (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	66	1185s
15.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	56	1392s
16.	Venusaur (Shadow)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	62	1274s
17.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	53	1501s
18.	Mewtwo (Shadow)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	64	1273s
19.	Electivire (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	71	1134s
20.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	57	1477s
21.	Sceptile (Shadow)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	69	1215s
22.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	55	1552s
23.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	59	1452s
24.	Palkia (Origin)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Spacial Rend Dragon	44	1743s
25.	Celebi	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	52	1635s
26.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Leafage Grass	Energy Ball Grass	53	1636s
27.	Dialga (Origin)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Roar of Time Dragon	47	1775s
28.	Decidueye	Leafage Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	61	1464s
29.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Wildbolt Storm Electric	72	1257s
30.	Luxray (Shadow)	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	76	1210s

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

Here are all the stats you need to know about Suicune:

Suicune (Shadow) Water
Max CP at Level 40 2983 | Max CP at Level 50 3372
ATK 180		DEF 235		HP 225
Weak To: Strong Against: Electric Grass Fire Ice Steel Water

Shadow Suicune Move Sets

Shadow Suicune can have the following moves as a raid boss:

Weather Effects

Suicune has two main weakness: Grass and Electric type attacks, boosted by Sunny/Sunny and Rainy weather. Rainy weather also boosts Suicune’s Water type attacks, but you would be in for a weather-boosted encounter. Your best bet considering the difficulty of this raid if you have a small group is raiding during Sunny/Sunny weather, where your Grass type attacks will be boosted without the chance to boost Suicunes potential moveset.

Shiny Shadow Suicune

Shiny Shadow Suicune is available from defeating Suicune in Shadow Raids. We will update here when we have shiny confirmation. Good luck Trainers!

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a shadow raid, Suicune 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 Suicune 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 Suicune 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!