Applin counters

#0840

grass dragonTier 1

Lobby CP

2,411

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Applin should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 369-408.

Weak toice2.56xflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy ★Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try an Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Applin counters are Kyurem (White), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard), Shadow Weavile, Shadow Porygon-Z & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
S. Weavile
S. Porygon-Z
S. Mamoswine

3 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.040:06
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.040:07
3Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.040:07
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam0.040:07
5Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Avalanche0.040:07
6Shadow Porygon-ZShadowpartyLock-On / Blizzard0.040:08
7Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.040:08
8Mega GlalieMegaIce Shard / Avalanche0.050:08
9Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Icicle Spear0.050:09
10Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.050:09

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Applin

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Top 15 Applin counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
3	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
5	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,005	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
6	Shadow Porygon-Znormal	normalLock-OniceBlizzard	3,266	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
7	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
8	Mega Glalieice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,229	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceIcicle Spear	3,328	0:09	0.05	4921.0%
10	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
12	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusioniceIce Beam	4,178	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
13	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmiceTriple Axel	4,512	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
14	Shadow Articunoiceflying	iceFrost BreathiceIce Beam	3,051	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Glaceonice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,126	0:09	0.05	4589.4%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Applin.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Applin's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Astonish / Struggle	100%	1707%	5835.2%	0:07	0.0	0.04

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Applin weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ice2.56x flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dark1x ground0.63x water0.39x grass0.39x electric0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (5)
Neutral (8)
Resists (4)

It resists water0.39xgrass0.39xelectric0.39xground0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Applin throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	369	462
11/11/11	377	471
12/12/12	385	481
13/13/13	392	490
14/14/14	400	500
15/15/15hundo	408	510

Caught CP range 369 - 408, or 462 - 510 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Applin is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 51 / Defense 78 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,605	98.0	637
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	93%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	6,428	87.2	610
3	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	84%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,105	89.9	629
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	86%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	6,112	80.4	603
5	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	81%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,005	87.2	654
6	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Blizzard	Lock-On / Blizzard+14 more movesets	74%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,266	76.6	613
7	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	77%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	77.1	617
8	Mega Glalie icemega Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	69%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,229	71.2	605
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Icicle Spear	Powder Snow / Icicle Spear+11 more movesets	68%	4921.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,328	77.3	684
10	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	68%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	67.1	604
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	66%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,749	71.3	642
12	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Ice Beam	Confusion / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	61%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,178	67.5	641
13	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	62%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,512	63.2	600
14	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Frost Breath / Ice Beam	Frost Breath / Ice Beam+17 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,051	65.8	625
15	Glaceon ice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+9 more movesets	61%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,126	64.6	614
16	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	62%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,005	66.1	628
17	Shadow Cloyster watericeshadow Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+13 more movesets	59%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,547	64.5	613
18	Jynx icepsychic Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+14 more movesets	58%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,555	63.3	601
19	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	62%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,835	64.9	616
20	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	62%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	83.4	801
21	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+11 more movesets	61%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,605	61.7	617
22	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	59%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,550	61.0	610
23	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Blizzard	Powder Snow / Blizzard+14 more movesets	61%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,405	68.3	683
24	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	58%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,105	62.7	627
25	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Powder Snow / Blizzard	Powder Snow / Blizzard+17 more movesets	64%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,802	64.8	648
26	Hisuian Avalugg icerock Powder Snow / Blizzard	Powder Snow / Blizzard+11 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,457	61.6	616
27	Shadow Walrein icewatershadow Powder Snow / Blizzard	Powder Snow / Blizzard+11 more movesets	59%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,726	63.8	638
28	Shadow Alolan Sandslash icesteelshadow Powder Snow / Blizzard	Powder Snow / Blizzard+20 more movesets	60%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,432	61.9	619
29	Shadow Abomasnow grassiceshadow Powder Snow / Blizzard	Powder Snow / Blizzard+14 more movesets	58%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,362	62.2	622
30	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	64%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,031	64.4	644

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.