Combusken counters

#0256

fire fightingTier 1

Lobby CP

4,971

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

106

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Combusken should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 886-944.

Weak toflying1.6xground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Combusken counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon, Rayquaza, Shadow Galarian Articuno & Shadow Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Mewtwo
S. Groudon
Rayquaza
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Landorus (Therian)

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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.040:08
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
4Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.050:08
5Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
6Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.050:08
7Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.050:09
8Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
9Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:09
10RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.050:10
13Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Brave Bird0.060:10
14Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.060:10

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 Combusken

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Top 15 Combusken 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	5545.8%
2	Mega Staraptorfightingflyingjoint top pick	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5394.8%
4	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:08	0.05	5368.2%
5	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
6	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
8	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4832.6%
9	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:09	0.05	4668.0%
10	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:10	0.05	4560.6%
11	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:10	0.05	4518.0%
12	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:10	0.05	4504.0%
13	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingBrave Bird	3,590	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:10	0.06	4274.4%
15	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.06	4232.0%

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 Combusken.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Combusken'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”: 2 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%	1109%	4706.2%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flame Charge	100%	1119%	4685.1%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Flamethrower	100%	1103%	4699.2%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Rock Slide	100%	1108%	4699.2%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	1123%	4699.2%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Rock Slide	100%	1126%	4699.2%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Flame Charge	100%	1109%	4720.4%	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…

Combusken 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.

flying1.6x ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Combusken throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s
flyingPeck	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
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	886	1,108
11/11/11	898	1,122
12/12/12	909	1,137
13/13/13	921	1,151
14/14/14	932	1,165
15/15/15hundo	944	1,180

Caught CP range 886 - 944, or 1,108 - 1,180 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.

Combusken 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 106 / Defense 77 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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 Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	95%	5545.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	84.8	666
2	Mega Staraptor top pickfightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	94%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	88.3	706
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5394.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	124.5	1005
4	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	95%	5368.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,143	75.7	614
5	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	92%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	87.9	721
6	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	81%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,178	74.7	635
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	75%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,510	71.0	639
8	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	84%	4832.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	93.4	842
9	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	76%	4668.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,115	66.5	621
10	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	4560.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,835	65.6	627
11	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	80%	4518.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,902	70.1	677
12	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	4504.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,713	84.9	821
13	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Brave Bird	Psycho Cut / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	66%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,590	61.2	612
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	4274.4%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,922	75.2	766
15	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	63%	4232.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,780	58.3	601
16	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	4216.5%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,922	61.4	634
17	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Sand Attack / Fly	Sand Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	60%	4200.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,825	63.1	654
18	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Brave Bird	Peck / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	58%	4184.1%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,711	63.2	655
19	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	71%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,902	60.9	639
20	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	64%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,521	60.7	637
21	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	64%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,512	60.7	637
22	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	62%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,006	57.9	608
23	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Future Sight	Psycho Cut / Future Sight+17 more movesets	58%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,057	58.1	610
24	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	61%	4113.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,680	59.0	624
25	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	62%	4040.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,590	57.1	615
26	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Extrasensory / Brave Bird	Extrasensory / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	63%	3999.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,863	58.5	637
27	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	61%	3992.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,654	62.7	684
28	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	66%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,007	57.2	629
29	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	64%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,783	57.3	630
30	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	62%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,812	55.6	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.