Shadow Piloswine can be captured from Tier 3 Shadow Raids and these raids can only be accessed by using in-person raid passes.
This Ice and Ground type Raid Boss be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:
- 1217 CP to 1340 CP (no weather boost, 100% Piloswine at Level 20)
- 1521 CP to 1675 CP (Snow and Sunny weather, 100% IV Piloswine at Level 25)
Shadow Piloswine is an Ice and Ground type and as such, it is weak to Fighting Fire Grass Steel and Water type attacks. Shadow Piloswine is a challenging Tier 3 raid due to how Shadow Raids work. You should be well prepared with the best counters, correct moveset, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems.
Avoid weather that boosts Piloswine, Snow and Sunny 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 a higher level trainer, you can solo it. However, if you’re a lower level or without ideal counters, you will definitely need to bring a friend, or two!
Related reading
- Pokémon GO Shadow Raids: Comprehensive Guide is an overall guide to all things Shadow Raids
Best Shadow Piloswine Counters
The best raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Shadow Piloswine are:
| # | Attacker | Fast Move | Charge Move | DPS | Faints | TTW |
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| 1. |  Dusk Mane Necrozma |
Metal Claw Steel | Sunsteel Strike Steel | 44.39 | 3 | 91s |
| 2. |  Primal Kyogre |
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 40.60 | 2 | 99s |
| 3. |  Mega Lucario |
Force Palm Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 47.33 | 4 | 85s |
| 4. |  Mega Y Charizard |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 41.29 | 5 | 97s |
| 5. |  Mega Blaziken |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 42.11 | 5 | 95s |
| 6. |  Shadow Metagross |
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 39.31 | 5 | 102s |
| 7. |  Shadow Kyogre |
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 37.30 | 4 | 108s |
| 8. |  Mega Swampert |
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 36.41 | 4 | 110s |
| 9. |  Mega Heracross |
Counter Fighting | Close Combat Fighting | 35.80 | 4 | 112s |
| 10. |  Mega Blastoise |
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 33.40 | 4 | 120s |
| 11. |  Shadow Heatran |
Fire Spin Fire | Magma Storm Fire | 37.11 | 6 | 108s |
| 12. |  Mega Gyarados |
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 31.53 | 3 | 127s |
| 13. |  Ordinary Keldeo |
Low Kick Fighting | Sacred Sword Fighting | 32.61 | 4 | 123s |
| 14. |  Shadow Conkeldurr |
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 35.91 | 6 | 112s |
| 15. |  Terrakion |
Double Kick Fighting | Sacred Sword Fighting | 35.09 | 5 | 115s |
| 16. | Metagross |
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 32.96 | 4 | 122s |
| 17. | Kyogre |
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 31.32 | 4 | 128s |
| 18. |  White Kyurem |
Steel Wing Steel | Fusion Flare Fire | 33.56 | 5 | 120s |
| 19. |  Shadow Empoleon |
Metal Claw Steel | Hydro Cannon Water | 34.26 | 5 | 117s |
| 20. |  Lucario |
Force Palm Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 36.16 | 7 | 111s |
| 21. |  Mega X Charizard |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 35.29 | 6 | 114s |
| 22. |  Reshiram |
Fire Fang Fire | Fusion Flare Fire | 34.33 | 6 | 117s |
| 23. |  Kartana |
Razor Leaf Grass | Leaf Blade Grass | 35.59 | 7 | 113s |
| 24. |  Mega Sceptile |
Fury Cutter Bug | Frenzy Plant Grass | 38.35 | 9 | 105s |
| 25. |  Apex Shadow Ho-Oh |
Incinerate Fire | Sacred Fire+ Fire | 33.11 | 5 | 121s |
| 26. |  Shadow Kingler |
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 35.17 | 7 | 114s |
| 27. |  Mega Rayquaza |
Dragon Tail Dragon | Dragon Ascent | 34.98 | 7 | 115s |
| 28. |  Shadow Emboar |
Low Kick Fighting | Blast Burn Fire | 35.43 | 8 | 113s |
| 29. |  Primal Groudon |
Mud Shot Ground | Fire Blast Fire | 31.10 | 5 | 129s |
| 30. |  Shadow Moltres |
Fire Spin Fire | Overheat Fire | 34.64 | 7 | 116s |
Shadow Piloswine Stats and Max CP
 Shadow Piloswine IceGround |
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| Max CP at Level 40 2345 | Max CP at Level 50 2652 | |||||||||
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| ATK 181 | DEF 138 | HP 225 | |||||||
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Shadow Piloswine Moveset
Piloswine can have the following moves as a raid boss:
| Fast moves | Charged moves |
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Shadow Raid Information & Advice
As a shadow raid, Piloswine will dish out more damage 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 tough to beat, even for 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 defense.
You will need to subdue Shadow Piloswine by 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 Piloswine 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!
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