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Castform counters

#0351
normalElite
Lobby CP
27,026
Attack
151
Defense
151
HP
20,000
Raid timer
5 min
300s

Caught CP range 875 - 932.

Castform 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.

Castform is weak to fighting1.6x

  • Weak (1)
  • Neutral (16)
  • Resists (1)

It resists ghost0.39xβ€” bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

Best Castform counters

Beating Castform should take 3 trainers with Pokemon of this strength β€” bring a group. Difficulty rating 2.33 with the best counter, 10:43 to win.

Trainers3small group
#AttackerMoveset
1Lucariofightingsteeljoint top pickfightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere2,70310:432.335.747.3%
2BlazikenfirefightingfightingCounterfightingAura Sphere2,84811:422.546.043.3%
3ConkeldurrfightingfightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch3,33713:022.835.538.9%
4GalladepsychicfightingfightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword3,09313:162.885.938.2%
5Hisuian DecidueyegrassfightingpsychicPsycho CutfightingAura Sphere2,89713:452.995.536.8%
6MachampfightingfightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch3,05613:593.045.736.2%
7HawluchafightingflyingfightingLow KickfightingFlying Press2,41014:143.096.035.6%
8HariyamafightingfightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch2,82914:313.165.634.9%
9BreloomgrassfightingfightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch2,62814:333.166.034.8%
10Sirfetch'dfightingfightingCounterfightingClose Combat2,98514:593.256.033.8%
11AnnihilapefightingghostfightingCounterfightingClose Combat3,26815:463.434.832.1%
12HeracrossbugfightingfightingCounterfightingClose Combat3,10115:263.355.832.8%

Ordered by Overall, pokebattler.com's own default β€” a blend of how fast the fight ends and how many of your six go down. Click any numeric column heading to re-order on that column alone.

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 β€” 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 Castform.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Castform'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 boss rolls one of these 28 pairings, and it changes the fight. Each row re-runs the top 6 counters against that single moveset.

#Boss movesetTime to winEstimatorFaintsWin %
1normalTackle+flyingHurricanehardest13:372.966.0100%
2darkBite+flyingHurricane13:352.956.0100%
3ghostHex+flyingHurricane13:292.936.0100%
4fightingRock Smash+flyingHurricane13:232.916.0100%
5normalTackle+normalWeather Ball (Normal)12:452.776.0100%
6ghostHex+normalWeather Ball (Normal)12:432.776.0100%
7darkBite+normalWeather Ball (Normal)12:432.766.0100%
8fightingRock Smash+grassEnergy Ball12:432.766.0100%
9fightingRock Smash+normalStomp12:422.766.0100%
10fightingRock Smash+normalWeather Ball (Normal)12:412.766.0100%
11normalTackle+normalStomp12:412.766.0100%
12darkBite+normalStomp12:402.756.0100%
13ghostHex+normalStomp12:392.756.0100%
14ghostHex+grassEnergy Ball12:382.745.9100%
15normalTackle+grassEnergy Ball12:372.746.0100%
16darkBite+grassEnergy Ball12:372.745.9100%
17fightingRock Smash+darkCrunch12:342.735.7100%
18fightingRock Smash+rockAncient Power12:332.735.6100%
19normalTackle+darkCrunch12:322.725.5100%
20darkBite+darkCrunch12:322.725.3100%
21fightingRock Smash+rockWeather Ball (Rock)12:322.725.9100%
22normalTackle+rockAncient Power12:322.725.1100%
23ghostHex+rockAncient Power12:312.725.2100%
24darkBite+rockWeather Ball (Rock)12:312.725.4100%
25ghostHex+darkCrunch12:312.725.5100%
26normalTackle+rockWeather Ball (Rock)12:312.725.6100%
27darkBite+rockAncient Power12:312.725.0100%
28ghostHex+rockWeather Ball (Rock)12:302.725.6100%

A raid boss rolls only its standard movepool β€” never a legacy or Elite TM move, verified against Pokebattler's own per-moveset list for six reference bosses. The ranked table above averages over all of these, which is what Pokebattler's DEFENSE_RANDOM_MC means.

What Castform throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
normalTackleSTAB5+50.5s0.30s
darkBite6+40.5s0.30s
fightingRock Smash17+121.5s0.75s
ghostHex8+131.0s0.80s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
normalWeather Ball (Normal)STAB55-331.5s1.25s
flyingHurricane105-1002.5s1.00s
normalStompSTAB50-501.5s0.90s
rockWeather Ball (Rock)55-331.5s1.25s
grassEnergy Ball90-504.0s3.10s
darkCrunch65-333.0s1.10s
rockAncient Power70-333.5s2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor8751,094
11/11/118861,108
12/12/128981,122
13/13/139091,137
14/14/149211,151
15/15/15hundo9321,165

Caught CP range 875 - 932, or 1,094 - 1,165 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

Read from the committed LeekDuck rotation snapshot, fetched 2026-10-05.

Castform is not in the current rotation snapshot. The simulation below is still exact for the tier chosen above β€” Pokebattler simulates any defender you name, current boss or not.

Boss stats

How the numbers in the header are built.

Base Attack
139
Game Master
Base Defense
139
Game Master
Base Stamina
172
ignored by a raid boss
Tier CPM
0.985
20,000 fixed HP
Header numberWorked outValueInputs from
Attackfloor((139 + 15) x 0.985)151Game Master base Attack, tier CPM
Defensefloor((139 + 15) x 0.985)151Game Master base Defense, tier CPM
HP20,000 β€” fixed by tier, base Stamina 172 unused20,000tier HP pool
Lobby CPfloor((139 + 15) x sqrt(139 + 15) x sqrt(20,000) / 10) β€” no CPM term27,026Game Master base stats, tier HP pool

A raid boss uses 15/15/15 IVs, its tier's CP multiplier and its tier's fixed HP pool β€” stamina does nothing, which is why the same species is a different fight at every tier. Every tier constant above (CPM 0.985, 20,000 HP, 300s timer) is copied from Pokebattler's own published /raids tier table into src/engine/constants.ts, with the source named there.

Castform's own Pokemon page has its full movepool, evolution family, stat ranks and what it is good against as an attacker.