Carkol counters

#0838

rock fireTier 1

Lobby CP

4,144

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

102

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Carkol should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 808-864.

Weak toground2.56xwater2.56xfighting1.6xrock1.6x

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 a Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Carkol counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Kingler, Shadow Crawdaunt & Shadow Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Kyogre
S. Excadrill
S. Kingler
S. Crawdaunt
S. Groudon

4 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Surf0.050:08
4Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Surf0.050:08
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.050:09
6Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Drill Run0.050:09
7Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Razor Shell0.050:09
8Shadow CrawdauntShadowpartyWaterfall / Crabhammer0.050:09
9Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
10Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:09

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 Carkol

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Top 15 Carkol 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	5,902	0:08	0.05	5165.9%
4	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	4,115	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
6	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,244	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
7	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterRazor Shell	2,829	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
8	Shadow Crawdauntwaterdark	waterWaterfallwaterCrabhammer	2,474	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4758.7%
10	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:09	0.05	4613.7%
11	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:10	0.05	4551.1%
12	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:10	0.05	4508.7%
13	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
14	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
15	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:10	0.06	4359.9%

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 Carkol.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Carkol'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1230%	4947.3%	0:09	0.05
Smack Down / Rock Slide	100%	1331%	4920.2%	0:09	0.05
Tackle / Rock Slide	100%	1332%	4920.2%	0:09	0.05
Tackle / Rock Blast	100%	1322%	4924.0%	0:09	0.05
Smack Down / Rock Blast	100%	1279%	4927.9%	0:09	0.05
Tackle / Flame Charge	100%	1421%	4931.8%	0:09	0.05
Smack Down / Flame Charge	100%	1332%	4943.4%	0:09	0.05
Incinerate / Flame Charge	100%	1149%	4963.0%	0:09	0.05
Incinerate / Rock Blast	100%	1136%	4982.7%	0:09	0.05
Incinerate / Rock Slide	100%	1074%	4982.7%	0:09	0.05

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…

Carkol 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.

ground2.56x water2.56x fighting1.6x rock1.6x ghost1x steel1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (2)
Neutral (7)
Resists (7)

It resists fire0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Carkol throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockSmack DownSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
rockRock BlastSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.50s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	808	1,011
11/11/11	819	1,024
12/12/12	830	1,038
13/13/13	841	1,052
14/14/14	853	1,066
15/15/15hundo	864	1,080

Caught CP range 808 - 864, or 1,011 - 1,080 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.

Carkol 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 77 / Defense 102 (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	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	79.5	636
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	92%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	106.5	873
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	91%	5165.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	5,902	77.8	657
4	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	84%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,115	72.3	614
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	86%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,424	67.3	606
6	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+14 more movesets	75%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,244	68.7	618
7	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	73%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,829	68.9	620
8	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Crabhammer	Waterfall / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	71%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,474	67.0	603
9	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	85%	4758.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	98.4	901
10	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	78%	4613.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,115	80.0	755
11	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	83%	4551.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,902	84.9	813
12	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	77%	4508.7%	0.05	0:10	100%	4,115	65.6	634
13	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	74%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,962	60.0	600
14	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	66%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,588	60.0	600
15	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,401	60.5	605
16	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	70%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,900	62.4	624
17	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,826	62.6	626
18	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Surf	Water Shuriken / Surf+14 more movesets	65%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,654	62.3	623
19	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,857	60.9	609
20	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	69%	4257.7%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,922	90.5	926
21	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	68%	4224.7%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,922	75.0	774
22	Shadow Flygon grounddragonshadow Sand Attack / Earthquake	Sand Attack / Earthquake+23 more movesets	66%	4168.1%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,661	59.1	618
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	71%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,733	62.3	654
24	Shadow Hippowdon groundshadow Sand Attack / Earthquake	Sand Attack / Earthquake+29 more movesets	68%	4148.3%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,085	58.2	611
25	Shadow Alolan Dugtrio groundsteelshadow Sand Attack / Earthquake	Sand Attack / Earthquake+8 more movesets	57%	4148.3%	0.06	0:11	100%	1,897	58.2	611
26	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	64%	4105.3%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,826	60.2	639
27	Greninja waterdark Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	61%	3992.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,654	63.0	688
28	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Bulldoze	Mud-Slap / Bulldoze+11 more movesets	58%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,328	59.4	653
29	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	61%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,854	59.6	656
30	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	63%	3952.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,941	55.1	609

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.