Carracosta counters

#0565

water rockTier 1

Lobby CP

7,382

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

123

Defense

126

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Carracosta should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,425-1,498.

Weak tograss2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Grass Mega — most top counters attack with Grass

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 Carracosta counters are Mega Chesnaught, Shadow Sceptile, Xurkitree, Kartana, Shadow Exeggutor & Shadow Alolan Exeggutor.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Chesnaught
S. Sceptile
Xurkitree
Kartana
S. Exeggutor
S. Alolan Exeggutor

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 %

1Mega ChesnaughtMegapartyVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
2Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.060:11
4Shadow SceptileShadowpartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
5XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Power Whip0.060:12
6Mega Raichu YMegaSpark / Zap Cannon+0.070:12
7KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Sacred Sword0.070:12
8Shadow ExeggutorShadowpartyBullet Seed / Solar Beam0.070:12
9Shadow Alolan ExeggutorShadowpartyBullet Seed / Solar Beam0.070:12
10Mega VictreebelMegaMagical Leaf / Leaf Blade0.070:12

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 Carracosta

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Top 15 Carracosta 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 Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4089.1%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	3875.4%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:11	0.06	3871.2%
4	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
5	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:12	0.06	3768.2%
6	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricSparkelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:12	0.07	3662.9%
7	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeaffightingSacred Sword	3,677	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
8	Shadow Exeggutorgrasspsychic	grassBullet SeedgrassSolar Beam	3,014	0:12	0.07	3504.6%
9	Shadow Alolan Exeggutorgrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassSolar Beam	3,014	0:12	0.07	3504.6%
10	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
11	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgrassSolar Beam	4,115	0:13	0.07	3392.7%
12	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgrassSolar Beam	5,902	0:13	0.07	3390.1%
13	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassSeed Flare	3,592	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
14	Tapu Bulugrassfairy	grassBullet SeedgrassGrass Knot	3,419	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
15	Roseradegrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Storm	2,971	0:13	0.07	3353.6%

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 Carracosta.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Carracosta'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%	837%	3685.5%	0:12	0.07
Water Gun / Ancient Power	100%	877%	3638.5%	0:12	0.07
Water Gun / Liquidation	100%	904%	3644.8%	0:12	0.07
Water Gun / Body Slam	100%	878%	3664.0%	0:12	0.07
Water Gun / Surf	100%	934%	3679.0%	0:12	0.07
Rock Throw / Ancient Power	100%	812%	3740.4%	0:12	0.06
Rock Throw / Surf	100%	793%	3749.3%	0:12	0.06
Rock Throw / Liquidation	100%	822%	3753.8%	0:12	0.06
Rock Throw / Body Slam	100%	785%	3780.9%	0:12	0.06

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…

Carracosta 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.

grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x electric1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x ice0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

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

What Carracosta throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterLiquidationSTAB	70	-33	3.0s	2.00s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,425	1,782
11/11/11	1,440	1,800
12/12/12	1,454	1,818
13/13/13	1,469	1,836
14/14/14	1,483	1,854
15/15/15hundo	1,498	1,872

Caught CP range 1,425 - 1,498, or 1,782 - 1,872 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.

Carracosta 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 123 / Defense 126 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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

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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 Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	4089.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	72.6	774
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	87%	3875.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	62.8	707
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	87%	3871.2%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,112	67.9	764
4	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	78%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,757	52.2	600
5	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	76%	3768.2%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,937	53.3	616
6	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Spark / Zap Cannon+	Spark / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	71%	3662.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,780	50.4	600
7	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	73%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,677	50.0	600
8	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+11 more movesets	71%	3504.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,014	53.3	663
9	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	73%	3504.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,014	52.9	657
10	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	72%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,505	49.4	617
11	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	69%	3392.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,115	49.3	633
12	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	69%	3390.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	5,902	52.2	671
13	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Seed Flare	Magical Leaf / Seed Flare+11 more movesets	67%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,592	47.7	620
14	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	70%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,419	46.2	600
15	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm	Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm+29 more movesets	67%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,971	47.9	623
16	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	63%	3317.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,161	50.4	661
17	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	62%	3297.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,431	48.8	645
18	Shadow Shiftry grassdarkshadow Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+15 more movesets	61%	3290.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,333	47.5	629
19	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	68%	3286.2%	0.07	0:13	100%	6,428	46.4	615
20	Shadow Tangela grassshadow Vine Whip / Grass Knot	Vine Whip / Grass Knot+7 more movesets	62%	3273.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,238	48.3	643
21	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	3260.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,720	55.5	741
22	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	67%	3260.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,030	54.5	728
23	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	65%	3231.8%	0.08	0:13	100%	2,410	46.5	626
24	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Petal Blizzard	Vine Whip / Petal Blizzard+9 more movesets	67%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,698	44.5	600
25	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	66%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,670	45.2	610
26	Tsareena grass Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+17 more movesets	66%	3224.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,964	46.8	632
27	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	63%	3215.1%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,934	46.8	635
28	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	66%	3203.3%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,775	47.4	644
29	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	68%	3173.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,833	51.4	706
30	Tangrowth grass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	65%	3166.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,030	44.5	612

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.