Araquanid counters

#0752

water bugTier 3

Lobby CP

12,941

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

102

Defense

170

Difficulty

0.60

Pokebattler scale

Beating Araquanid should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 982-1,044.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 a Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Araquanid counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Toucannon & Rayquaza.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
S. Moltres
S. Toucannon
Rayquaza

5 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 %

1Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.531:32
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.551:37
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.611:47
4Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.621:49
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.631:50
6Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.671:57
7RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.681:59
8Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.681:59
9Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.682:00
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.692:02
11RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.702:02

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

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Related countersShadow Araquanid

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Top 15 Araquanid 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	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:32	0.53	0.6	253.8%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:37	0.55	2.2	241.9%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:47	0.61	1.9	220.2%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:49	0.62	1.1	215.7%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:50	0.63	2.1	212.6%
6	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:57	0.67	1.3	200.3%
7	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:59	0.68	2.9	197.2%
8	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	1:59	0.68	2.2	196.5%
9	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	2:00	0.68	2.5	196.2%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	2:02	0.69	1.7	192.6%
11	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	2:02	0.70	1.3	191.8%
12	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingFly	2,825	2:05	0.71	2.7	187.7%
13	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	2:05	0.71	4.4	187.1%
14	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	2:07	0.73	1.6	184.3%
15	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	2:08	0.73	2.1	184.1%

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 Araquanid.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Araquanid'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
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	183%	206.4%	1:54	2.0	0.65
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	180%	203.1%	1:56	2.1	0.66
Infestation / Bug Buzz	100%	184%	204.1%	1:55	2.0	0.65
Bug Bite / Water Pulse	100%	175%	205.3%	1:54	2.2	0.65
Infestation / Mirror Coat	100%	181%	206.0%	1:54	1.8	0.65
Infestation / Water Pulse	100%	182%	206.6%	1:54	2.0	0.65
Bug Bite / Mirror Coat	100%	178%	207.1%	1:53	1.9	0.65
Bug Bite / Bubble Beam	100%	196%	207.1%	1:53	1.8	0.65
Infestation / Bubble Beam	100%	198%	208.3%	1:53	1.8	0.64

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…

Araquanid 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x electric1.6x normal1x poison1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Araquanid throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
bugInfestationSTAB	9	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
psychicMirror Coat	60	-50	2.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	982	1,228
11/11/11	994	1,243
12/12/12	1,007	1,258
13/13/13	1,019	1,274
14/14/14	1,031	1,289
15/15/15hundo	1,044	1,305

Caught CP range 982 - 1,044, or 1,228 - 1,305 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.

Araquanid 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 102 / Defense 170 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	253.8%	0.53	1:32	0.6	100%	5,713	39.3	2466
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	82%	241.9%	0.55	1:37	2.0	100%	3,780	38.9	1211
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	76%	220.2%	0.61	1:47	1.7	100%	3,510	35.3	1369
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	80%	215.7%	0.62	1:49	1.0	100%	3,979	34.4	1859
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	73%	212.6%	0.63	1:50	1.9	100%	3,659	33.3	1224
6	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	74%	200.3%	0.67	1:57	1.1	100%	3,741	31.8	1700
7	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	64%	197.2%	0.68	1:59	2.6	100%	2,803	30.6	971
8	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	66%	196.5%	0.68	1:59	2.0	100%	3,465	30.4	1274
9	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	65%	196.2%	0.68	1:60	2.3	100%	2,689	30.4	1050
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	68%	192.6%	0.69	2:02	1.5	100%	6,428	30.7	1528
11	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	191.8%	0.70	2:02	1.2	100%	3,835	29.9	1634
12	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	61%	187.7%	0.71	2:05	2.5	100%	2,825	29.2	1007
13	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	57%	187.1%	0.71	2:05	4.0	100%	3,298	29.4	695
14	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	65%	184.3%	0.73	2:07	1.5	100%	3,749	28.8	1442
15	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	62%	184.1%	0.73	2:08	1.9	100%	3,590	28.9	1285
16	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	59%	181.6%	0.74	2:09	2.5	100%	4,346	28.1	1025
17	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	57%	180.3%	0.74	2:10	2.9	100%	3,079	27.9	895
18	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	61%	180.2%	0.74	2:10	1.9	100%	3,659	28.0	1194
19	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	57%	178.1%	0.75	2:12	2.7	100%	3,228	27.4	943
20	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	60%	177.8%	0.75	2:12	2.1	100%	3,215	28.0	1158
21	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	57%	177.0%	0.76	2:13	2.6	100%	3,937	27.5	977
22	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	59%	177.0%	0.76	2:13	2.2	100%	3,452	27.6	1097
23	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	62%	175.6%	0.76	2:14	1.4	100%	6,112	27.1	1506
24	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	59%	175.6%	0.76	2:14	2.0	100%	3,419	27.6	1162
25	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	57%	175.3%	0.76	2:14	2.5	100%	3,580	27.2	1008
26	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	59%	173.5%	0.77	2:15	1.9	100%	3,527	26.9	1169
27	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	58%	171.9%	0.78	2:17	2.0	100%	3,205	26.6	1210
28	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	60%	171.4%	0.78	2:17	1.5	100%	4,038	26.7	1497
29	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Fly	Volt Switch / Fly+15 more movesets	54%	171.3%	0.78	2:17	3.2	100%	3,117	26.7	844
30	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	58%	169.6%	0.79	2:18	1.9	100%	3,680	26.6	1196

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