Cloyster counters

#0091

water iceElite

Lobby CP

46,794

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

197

Defense

266

Difficulty

3.35

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cloyster should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,383-1,455.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6x

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 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 Cloyster counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Raikou, Shadow Blaziken, Lucario & Shadow Gallade.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Raikou
S. Blaziken
Lucario
S. Gallade

8 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.7012:26
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere3.2214:50
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+3.3115:13
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+3.5016:06
5Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+3.6116:37
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+3.6516:48
7Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+3.7317:10
8Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere3.7517:16
9KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword3.7617:19
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword3.8917:54
11Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Aura Sphere4.1819:14
12Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere4.1919:17
13LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere4.2119:24
14Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword4.2919:46

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

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Top 15 Cloyster 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	12:26	2.70	6.0	40.8%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	14:50	3.22	6.0	34.2%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	15:13	3.31	6.0	33.3%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	16:06	3.50	6.0	31.5%
5	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	16:37	3.61	6.0	30.5%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	16:48	3.65	6.0	30.2%
7	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	17:10	3.73	6.0	29.5%
8	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	17:16	3.75	6.0	29.4%
9	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	17:19	3.76	6.0	29.3%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	17:54	3.89	6.0	28.3%
11	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockfightingAura Sphere	3,452	19:14	4.18	6.0	26.4%
12	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	19:17	4.19	6.0	26.3%
13	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	19:24	4.21	6.0	26.1%
14	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	19:46	4.29	6.0	25.6%
15	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	19:47	4.30	6.0	25.6%

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 Cloyster.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Cloyster'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	36%	28.4%	17:51	6.0	3.88
Frost Breath / Hydro Pump	17%	26%	25.6%	19:46	6.0	4.30
Ice Shard / Hydro Pump	17%	27%	25.8%	19:39	6.0	4.27
Ice Shard / Avalanche	17%	35%	28.5%	17:45	6.0	3.86
Frost Breath / Razor Shell	17%	37%	28.6%	17:44	6.0	3.85
Ice Shard / Razor Shell	17%	37%	28.6%	17:43	6.0	3.85
Frost Breath / Avalanche	17%	35%	28.6%	17:42	6.0	3.85
Frost Breath / Liquidation	17%	38%	28.8%	17:36	6.0	3.82
Ice Shard / Liquidation	17%	38%	28.8%	17:36	6.0	3.82
Frost Breath / Aurora Beam	17%	40%	29.0%	17:30	6.0	3.80
Ice Shard / Aurora Beam	17%	41%	29.0%	17:28	6.0	3.80
Ice Shard / Icy Wind	17%	48%	29.4%	17:13	6.0	3.74
Frost Breath / Icy Wind	17%	48%	29.4%	17:13	6.0	3.74

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 3 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…

Cloyster 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 rock1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x water0.63x ice0.39x

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

It resists ice0.39xwater0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cloyster throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceFrost BreathSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.55s
iceIce ShardSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
waterRazor ShellSTAB	55	-33	1.5s	0.85s
iceAvalancheSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.50s
waterLiquidationSTAB	70	-33	3.0s	2.00s
iceAurora BeamSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s
iceIcy WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,383	1,729
11/11/11	1,397	1,747
12/12/12	1,412	1,765
13/13/13	1,426	1,783
14/14/14	1,441	1,801
15/15/15hundo	1,455	1,819

Caught CP range 1,383 - 1,455, or 1,729 - 1,819 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.

Cloyster 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 197 / Defense 266 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	40.8%	2.70	12:26	23.4	100%	6,112	28.0	818
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	81%	34.2%	3.22	14:50	33.1	66%	3,826	23.7	598
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	76%	33.3%	3.31	15:13	48.8	36%	3,780	23.7	400
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	75%	31.5%	3.50	16:06	29.1	0%	6,428	21.6	656
5	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	70%	30.5%	3.61	16:37	41.9	0%	3,510	21.3	456
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	30.2%	3.65	16:48	38.6	0%	3,670	21.0	497
7	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	70%	29.5%	3.73	17:10	31.1	0%	4,093	20.3	661
8	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	66%	29.4%	3.75	17:16	53.0	0%	4,161	21.2	499
9	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	71%	29.3%	3.76	17:19	25.6	0%	3,698	19.9	745
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	65%	28.3%	3.89	17:54	42.0	0%	4,521	19.6	463
11	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	60%	26.4%	4.18	19:14	49.7	0%	3,452	18.4	387
12	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	58%	26.3%	4.19	19:17	66.9	0%	2,848	19.2	356
13	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	26.1%	4.21	19:24	50.6	0%	2,703	18.3	396
14	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	57%	25.6%	4.29	19:46	60.6	0%	3,093	18.1	321
15	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	25.6%	4.30	19:47	53.9	0%	3,337	17.9	357
16	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	55%	25.5%	4.32	19:52	77.3	0%	3,659	18.4	252
17	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	57%	25.3%	4.36	20:04	53.7	0%	3,698	17.7	374
18	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	57%	25.2%	4.37	20:06	47.7	0%	3,419	17.5	402
19	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:14	57.8	0%	3,677	17.6	343
20	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	57%	24.9%	4.42	20:20	45.5	0%	4,814	17.3	434
21	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	54%	24.7%	4.46	20:31	69.6	0%	2,803	17.7	283
22	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	54%	24.3%	4.53	20:51	55.5	0%	4,178	17.0	347
23	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	53%	24.2%	4.55	20:55	70.2	0%	3,079	17.3	278
24	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	54%	24.1%	4.57	21:01	57.0	0%	3,580	16.9	338
25	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	55%	24.1%	4.57	21:01	49.1	0%	5,007	16.7	426
26	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	53%	24.0%	4.58	21:04	61.8	0%	3,937	16.9	314
27	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	54%	24.0%	4.60	21:09	48.3	0%	3,205	16.6	410
28	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	52%	23.8%	4.64	21:20	65.5	0%	3,056	16.8	299
29	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	51%	23.5%	4.69	21:36	75.3	0%	4,346	17.0	299
30	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	49%	23.4%	4.71	21:41	91.9	0%	3,298	17.2	224

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