Shadow Regigigas is making its return to Pokémon GO during May 2025’s Shadow Raid Day. The Regigigas Shadow Raid Day is on Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.
Shadow Regigigas will be appearing more frequently in Five-Star Shadow Raids. Trainers participating in the Shadow Raid Day will receive the following bonuses.
- Five additional free Raid Passes from spinning Gym Photo Discs. This makes a total of 6 free Raid Passes for the day.
- Increased chance of encountering Shiny Shadow Regigigas from Shadow Raids.
- Shadow Regigigas caught via Shadow Raids during the event may have higher Attack, Defense, and HP.
- Remote Raid Passes can be used to participate in Shadow Raids during the event.
- The Remote Raid limit will increase to 20 from Friday, May 16, at 5:00 p.m. to Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. PDT.
Shadow Regigigas Timed Research and Event Ticket
A free Timed Research will be available for all Trainers participating in the Shadow Raid Day. Completing the Timed Research will grant Trainers the following rewards and bonuses.
- 10,000 Stardust
- 1,000 additional Stardust for completing a Raid Battle (for a total of 2,000 Stardust, or 3,000 Stardust with the event ticket)
- And more!
Furthermore, there will be an event ticket that costs US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency). Purchasing the ticket grants the following bonuses.
- Eight additional Raid Passes from spinning Gym Photo Discs (for a daily total of 14)
- Increased chance to get Rare Candy XL from Raid Battles
- 50% more XP from Raid Battles
- 2× Stardust from Raid Battles
Please note that the bonuses from the event ticket are only accessible from Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.
How to Defeat Shadow Regigigas
You need to get four important things ready to be able to battle and defeat Regigigas in Shadow Raids. These important things are (i) Raid Passes (either Daily Raid Passes, Premium Battle Passes, or Remote Raid Passes. (ii) Purified Gem, (iii) Other trainers, and (iii) a Battle Party of Shadow Regigigas counters.
Raid Passes
You get 6 free Daily Raid Passes for the day at the start of the event. If you need to, you can purchase Premium Battle Passes and or Remote Raid Passes in-game or from the Pokémon GO web store.
Purified Gems
These are items that can be used when battling a Shadow Pokémon in Shadow Raids. They are used to subdue enraged Shadow Pokémon Raid Bosses making it easier to defeat. Technically, you need 5-8 Purified Gems per Five-Star Shadow Raids.
You can get Purified Gems by assembling Shadow Shards. Four Shadow Shards get you One Purified Gem. Shadow Shards can be obtained after defeating Team GO Rocket members or as a reward after completing Shadow Raid Battles.
Other Trainers
You need a minimum of 4 trainers (including yourself) to be able to defeat this Pokémon. This is if all trainers use the recommended counters. If not, be ready to go into the Shadow Raid Battles with a minimum of 6 trainers (including yourself).
Recommended Shadow Regigigas Counters
You will need to create a Battle Party with these six Pokémon who are the best counters against Regigigas.
- Mega Lucario with Force Palm as a Fast Attack, and Aura Sphere as a Charged Attack.
- Terrakion with Double Kick as a Fast Attack, and Sacred Sword as a Charged Attack.
- Lucario with Force Palm as a Fast Attack, and Aura Sphere as a Charged Attack.
- Shadow Conkeldurr with Counter as a Fast Attack, and Dynamic Punch as a Charged Attack.
- Shadow Machamp with Counter as a Fast Attack, and Dynamic Punch as a Charged Attack.
- Shadow Annihilape with Counter as a Fast Attack, and Close Combat as a Charged Attack.
Ensure that the counter Pokémon listed above are powered up to at least their level 40. This should be the case if all 4 trainers are using the recommended counters. If not (i.e. you have a minimum of 6 trainers participating in the raid), power them up to their level 35.
