Carvanha counters

#0318

water darkTier 1

Lobby CP

3,348

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

111

Defense

Difficulty

0.03

Pokebattler scale

Beating Carvanha should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 531-583.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Carvanha counters are Mega Gallade, Kartana, Shadow Gallade, Xurkitree, Shadow Vikavolt & Shadow Haxorus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Gallade
Kartana
S. Gallade
Xurkitree
S. Vikavolt
S. Haxorus

7 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 GalladeMegapartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.020:04
2Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Leaf Blade0.030:04
3KartanaLegendarypartyFury Cutter / Leaf Blade0.030:04
4Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.030:04
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Psychic0.030:05
6Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Upper Hand0.030:05
7XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.030:05
8Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Thunder Punch0.030:05
9Mega PinsirMegaBug Bite / X-Scissor0.030:05
10Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Power-Up Punch0.030:05
11Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor0.030:05
13Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyCounter / Breaking Swipe0.030:05

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 Carvanha

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Top 15 Carvanha 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 Galladepsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:04	0.02	9777.9%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragonjoint top pick	bugFury CuttergrassLeaf Blade	4,056	0:04	0.03	9691.0%
3	Kartanagrasssteeljoint top pick	bugFury CuttergrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:04	0.03	9691.0%
4	Shadow Galladepsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	0:04	0.03	9691.0%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterpsychicPsychic	6,112	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
6	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterfightingUpper Hand	4,814	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
7	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
8	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunder Punch	3,780	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
9	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	4,182	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
10	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingPower-Up Punch	3,826	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
11	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
12	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,383	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
13	Shadow Haxorusdragon	fightingCounterdragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
14	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Punch	3,345	0:05	0.03	7928.3%
15	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockfightingAura Sphere	3,452	0:05	0.03	7928.3%

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 Carvanha.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Carvanha'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”: 4 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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	2098%	9194.2%	0:05	0.03
Snarl / Aqua Jet	100%	2241%	9180.7%	0:05	0.03
Snarl / Crunch	100%	2241%	9180.7%	0:05	0.03
Snarl / Poison Fang	100%	1865%	9180.7%	0:05	0.03
Bite / Aqua Jet	100%	2407%	9221.2%	0:05	0.03
Bite / Crunch	100%	2648%	9221.2%	0:05	0.03
Bite / Poison Fang	100%	2088%	9221.2%	0:05	0.03

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…

Carvanha 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.

fighting1.6x bug1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x ghost0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (6)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Carvanha throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBiteSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkCrunchSTAB	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s
poisonPoison Fang	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	531	664
11/11/11	541	676
12/12/12	551	689
13/13/13	562	702
14/14/14	572	716
15/15/15hundo	583	729

Caught CP range 531 - 583, or 664 - 729 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.

Carvanha 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 111 / Defense 32 (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 Gallade top pickpsychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	100%	9777.9%	0.02	0:04	100%	4,521	153.7	685
2	Mega Sceptile top pickgrassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	95%	9691.0%	0.03	0:04	100%	4,056	146.7	660
3	Kartana top pickgrasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	94%	9691.0%	0.03	0:04	100%	3,677	147.8	665
4	Shadow Gallade top pickpsychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	93%	9691.0%	0.03	0:04	100%	3,093	135.2	608
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Psychic	Counter / Psychic+26 more movesets	89%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	6,112	129.1	645
6	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Upper Hand	Fury Cutter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	89%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	4,814	121.8	609
7	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	83%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,937	138.7	693
8	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Thunder Punch	Volt Switch / Thunder Punch+35 more movesets	80%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,780	128.5	642
9	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	84%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	4,182	121.0	605
10	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Power-Up Punch	Force Palm / Power-Up Punch+23 more movesets	87%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,826	122.8	614
11	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	79%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,117	121.6	608
12	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+23 more movesets	80%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,383	121.4	607
13	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Breaking Swipe	Counter / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	81%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,593	121.2	606
14	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	69%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,345	113.0	621
15	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	75%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,452	146.6	806
16	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Cross Chop	Karate Chop / Cross Chop+23 more movesets	73%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,056	115.7	636
17	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	68%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	2,959	110.9	610
18	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break	Counter / Brick Break+7 more movesets	76%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,670	113.0	621
19	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	79%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,698	113.0	621
20	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	76%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,505	126.4	695
21	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	68%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	2,757	110.8	609
22	Raikou electric Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	75%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,452	123.1	677
23	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+19 more movesets	66%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	2,485	111.5	613
24	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / Discharge	Bug Bite / Discharge+15 more movesets	70%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,117	109.9	604
25	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	69%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	2,431	118.8	653
26	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Lunge	Bug Bite / Lunge+7 more movesets	63%	7570.3%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,842	112.0	644
27	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	71%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	125.0	750
28	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Psychic	Charm / Psychic+19 more movesets	66%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,512	107.4	644
29	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+20 more movesets	66%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,161	106.0	636
30	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	68%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,527	137.2	823

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.