Buizel counters

#0418

waterTier 3

Lobby CP

7,986

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

107

Defense

Difficulty

0.23

Pokebattler scale

Beating Buizel should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 555-602.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Buizel counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Kartana, Shadow Raikou & Shadow Electivire.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Kartana
S. Raikou
S. Electivire

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.180:32
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.220:39
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.240:41
4RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.240:42
5Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.240:42
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.250:43
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.250:44
8Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.250:45
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.260:45
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.260:46
11Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.270:47

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

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Top 15 Buizel 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:32	0.18	0.3	743.7%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:39	0.22	0.1	597.3%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:41	0.24	0.5	565.8%
4	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:42	0.24	0.6	555.1%
5	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:42	0.24	0.0	554.9%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:43	0.25	0.0	540.0%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:44	0.25	0.0	535.8%
8	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:45	0.25	0.0	526.0%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:45	0.26	0.0	522.2%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:46	0.26	0.4	510.4%
11	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:47	0.27	0.8	501.9%
12	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:47	0.27	0.5	499.5%
13	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:47	0.27	0.3	494.3%
14	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:48	0.27	0.8	491.0%
15	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:48	0.27	0.2	489.2%

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 Buizel.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Buizel'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%	433%	561.6%	0:42	0.4	0.24
Quick Attack / Water Pulse	100%	396%	552.4%	0:42	0.6	0.24
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	407%	555.8%	0:42	0.5	0.24
Water Gun / Swift	100%	450%	556.9%	0:42	0.3	0.24
Water Gun / Aqua Jet	100%	453%	560.2%	0:42	0.3	0.24
Quick Attack / Aqua Jet	100%	459%	561.6%	0:42	0.3	0.24
Quick Attack / Swift	100%	443%	562.7%	0:42	0.3	0.24

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…

Buizel 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Buizel throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
normalSwift	65	-50	3.0s	2.20s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	555	694
11/11/11	564	705
12/12/12	574	717
13/13/13	583	729
14/14/14	593	741
15/15/15hundo	602	753

Caught CP range 555 - 602, or 694 - 753 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.

Buizel 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 107 / Defense 59 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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

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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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	743.7%	0.18	0:32	0.2	100%	3,780	115.1	3152
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	82%	597.3%	0.22	0:39	0.1	100%	3,510	104.9	3856
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	74%	565.8%	0.24	0:41	0.5	100%	3,659	97.8	2937
4	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	71%	555.1%	0.24	0:42	0.5	100%	2,803	88.5	2664
5	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	80%	554.9%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	4,056	87.9	3640
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	540.0%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	6,112	85.6	3719
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	535.8%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	6,428	92.2	4038
8	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	81%	526.0%	0.25	0:45	0.0	100%	4,093	91.4	4077
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	71%	522.2%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	3,677	80.9	3599
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	510.4%	0.26	0:46	0.4	100%	3,452	78.8	2892
11	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	63%	501.9%	0.27	0:47	0.7	100%	3,079	80.5	2253
12	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	65%	499.5%	0.27	0:47	0.5	100%	3,659	77.7	2675
13	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	65%	494.3%	0.27	0:47	0.3	100%	3,205	77.8	3134
14	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	63%	491.0%	0.27	0:48	0.7	100%	3,937	77.0	2280
15	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	65%	489.2%	0.27	0:48	0.2	100%	3,419	80.8	3396
16	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	64%	487.5%	0.27	0:48	0.3	100%	2,757	76.1	3000
17	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	484.8%	0.28	0:48	0.5	100%	3,580	79.0	2783
18	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	63%	475.5%	0.28	0:49	0.3	100%	4,346	73.1	2955
19	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	65%	469.4%	0.28	0:50	0.0	100%	4,038	72.3	3615
20	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	58%	468.2%	0.29	0:50	0.8	100%	2,888	72.6	2000
21	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	63%	465.6%	0.29	0:50	0.1	100%	2,954	72.0	3339
22	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	60%	464.6%	0.29	0:51	0.7	100%	3,527	74.3	2414
23	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	63%	460.6%	0.29	0:51	0.1	100%	3,592	73.7	3598
24	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	459.3%	0.29	0:51	0.0	100%	3,698	70.9	3585
25	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	63%	453.6%	0.29	0:52	0.0	100%	4,245	71.6	3664
26	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	65%	453.5%	0.29	0:52	0.0	100%	5,713	76.1	3941
27	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	60%	452.7%	0.30	0:52	0.3	100%	2,720	70.6	2964
28	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	55%	446.8%	0.30	0:53	0.9	100%	3,117	71.4	1987
29	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	52%	438.5%	0.30	0:54	1.2	100%	2,340	70.4	1709
30	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	Razor Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	59%	436.5%	0.31	0:54	0.2	100%	3,505	69.7	3342

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