Armaldo counters

#0348

rock bugElite

Lobby CP

46,078

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

233

Defense

186

Difficulty

2.34

Pokebattler scale

Beating Armaldo should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,552-1,627.

Weak torock1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Armaldo counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
M. Greninja
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
S. Kyogre

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 %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade2.2410:20
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash2.2910:32
3Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+2.3010:36
4Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike2.3110:39
5Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+2.3610:52
6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.5411:42
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.6512:11
8Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash2.6712:17
9Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Meteor Mash2.6812:20
10Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash2.7712:45
11Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.7812:48

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

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Top 15 Armaldo 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	10:20	2.24	5.5	49.1%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	10:32	2.29	4.4	48.1%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	10:36	2.30	6.0	47.8%
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	10:39	2.31	5.6	47.6%
5	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	10:52	2.36	6.0	46.6%
6	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	11:42	2.54	5.5	43.3%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	12:11	2.65	6.0	41.6%
8	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	12:17	2.67	5.8	41.3%
9	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	12:20	2.68	5.6	41.1%
10	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	12:45	2.77	5.3	39.8%
11	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	12:48	2.78	6.0	39.6%
12	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	12:58	2.82	5.8	39.1%
13	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	13:04	2.84	6.0	38.8%
14	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	13:36	2.96	5.6	37.3%
15	Shadow Empoleonwatersteel	steelMetal ClawwaterHydro Cannon	2,900	13:58	3.03	5.8	36.3%

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 Armaldo.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Armaldo'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	82%	45.2%	11:13	5.6	2.44
Struggle Bug / Water Pulse	100%	72%	44.9%	11:18	6.0	2.45
Fury Cutter / Liquidation	100%	71%	44.9%	11:17	6.0	2.45
Struggle Bug / Liquidation	100%	69%	44.9%	11:17	6.0	2.45
Struggle Bug / Rock Blast	100%	87%	45.0%	11:17	5.5	2.45
Fury Cutter / Rock Blast	100%	94%	45.1%	11:14	5.5	2.44
Fury Cutter / Water Pulse	100%	76%	45.3%	11:12	6.0	2.43
Struggle Bug / Cross Poison	100%	109%	45.6%	11:07	5.1	2.41
Fury Cutter / Cross Poison	100%	128%	46.1%	10:60	4.5	2.39

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 3 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…

Armaldo 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.

rock1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x poison0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists normal0.625xpoison0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Armaldo throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugStruggle BugSTAB	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock BlastSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.50s
poisonCross Poison	40	-33	1.5s	0.90s
waterLiquidation	70	-33	3.0s	2.00s
waterWater Pulse	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,552	1,940
11/11/11	1,567	1,959
12/12/12	1,582	1,977
13/13/13	1,597	1,996
14/14/14	1,612	2,015
15/15/15hundo	1,627	2,035

Caught CP range 1,552 - 1,627, or 1,940 - 2,035 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.

Armaldo 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 233 / Defense 186 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword) top pickfairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	99%	49.1%	2.24	10:20	13.7	100%	4,979	33.3	1410
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	100%	48.1%	2.29	10:32	10.3	100%	4,172	32.3	2023
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	91%	47.8%	2.30	10:36	23.0	100%	3,784	33.1	839
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	95%	47.6%	2.31	10:39	15.5	100%	4,099	32.3	1298
5	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	90%	46.6%	2.36	10:52	21.2	100%	3,701	32.2	901
6	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	87%	43.3%	2.54	11:42	13.8	100%	5,902	29.2	1346
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	80%	41.6%	2.65	12:11	20.3	100%	6,428	28.4	918
8	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	41.3%	2.67	12:17	21.5	100%	3,791	28.2	948
9	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	79%	41.1%	2.68	12:20	20.9	100%	3,826	28.1	1046
10	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	39.8%	2.77	12:45	15.5	100%	4,911	26.8	1302
11	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	76%	39.6%	2.78	12:48	21.8	100%	4,115	27.0	873
12	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	76%	39.1%	2.82	12:58	18.3	100%	4,401	26.5	1051
13	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	75%	38.8%	2.84	13:04	19.2	100%	6,112	26.4	974
14	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	73%	37.3%	2.96	13:36	17.8	100%	4,038	25.2	1073
15	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon	Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	70%	36.3%	3.03	13:58	20.7	100%	2,900	24.7	938
16	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	65%	35.9%	3.07	14:08	37.8	100%	2,829	25.1	513
17	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	64%	35.7%	3.09	14:13	42.5	100%	2,654	25.1	456
18	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	68%	35.4%	3.11	14:19	23.1	100%	3,741	24.1	938
19	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	62%	35.4%	3.11	14:20	51.6	88%	3,298	25.4	414
20	Mega Blastoise watermega Rollout / Hydro Cannon	Rollout / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	35.3%	3.12	14:22	21.5	100%	3,941	24.0	882
21	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Steel Wing / Outrage+	Steel Wing / Outrage++26 more movesets	68%	34.9%	3.15	14:31	19.1	90%	4,823	23.7	1054
22	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	63%	34.8%	3.16	14:33	40.0	64%	4,346	24.4	514
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	63%	34.8%	3.17	14:34	35.1	56%	3,733	24.2	759
24	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	66%	34.6%	3.18	14:38	21.7	92%	3,791	23.5	955
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	66%	34.5%	3.19	14:42	22.8	78%	5,713	23.5	933
26	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	63%	34.3%	3.22	14:48	33.0	86%	2,826	23.7	583
27	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	34.2%	3.22	14:48	29.5	82%	2,974	23.6	661
28	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	62%	34.1%	3.23	14:51	34.0	52%	3,128	23.7	584
29	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	66%	34.1%	3.23	14:53	21.2	68%	4,115	23.1	895
30	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	61%	33.6%	3.27	15:04	36.7	44%	2,964	23.4	526

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