Cursola counters

#0864

ghostTier 3

Lobby CP

22,569

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

195

Defense

143

Difficulty

0.58

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cursola should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,670-1,750.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Cursola counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Shadow Absol.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Absol

5 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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+0.511:30
2Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.581:42
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.581:42
4Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.591:44
5Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.601:45
6Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.611:46
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.611:47
8Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.611:47
9Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.611:47
10Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.611:47
11Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.651:55

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

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Top 15 Cursola 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 Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:30	0.51	3.1	260.8%
2	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:42	0.58	3.3	230.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:42	0.58	2.9	230.5%
4	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:44	0.59	4.3	224.9%
5	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:45	0.60	4.4	223.2%
6	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	1:46	0.61	2.8	220.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:47	0.61	2.8	220.4%
8	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	1:47	0.61	1.8	219.8%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	1:47	0.61	2.9	219.3%
10	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:47	0.61	3.7	219.0%
11	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	1:55	0.65	5.5	204.3%
12	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	1:56	0.66	3.6	202.5%
13	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:58	0.67	3.4	199.6%
14	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	2:00	0.68	3.4	195.3%
15	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	2:01	0.69	4.9	194.3%

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 Cursola.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Cursola'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	119%	226.5%	1:44	3.5	0.59
Hex / Shadow Ball	93%	108%	201.5%	1:56	4.0	0.66
Astonish / Shadow Ball	93%	110%	202.2%	1:56	3.9	0.66
Tackle / Shadow Ball	100%	110%	217.2%	1:48	4.1	0.62
Tackle / Brine	100%	126%	225.7%	1:44	3.6	0.59
Tackle / Power Gem	100%	116%	226.1%	1:44	3.9	0.59
Hex / Brine	100%	123%	226.7%	1:44	3.6	0.59
Astonish / Brine	100%	125%	227.0%	1:43	3.6	0.59
Hex / Night Shade	100%	145%	227.4%	1:43	3.0	0.59
Astonish / Power Gem	100%	115%	227.6%	1:43	3.8	0.59
Hex / Power Gem	100%	115%	227.9%	1:43	3.8	0.59
Astonish / Night Shade	100%	148%	228.7%	1:43	2.9	0.58
Tackle / Night Shade	100%	142%	229.2%	1:42	3.1	0.58
Tackle / Rock Blast	100%	138%	231.0%	1:42	3.1	0.58
Hex / Rock Blast	100%	131%	232.2%	1:41	3.1	0.58
Astonish / Rock Blast	100%	135%	232.6%	1:41	3.0	0.57

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…

Cursola 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.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

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

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cursola throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
ghostNight ShadeSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	2.00s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s
waterBrine	65	-50	2.5s	1.70s
rockRock Blast	50	-33	2.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,670	2,088
11/11/11	1,686	2,108
12/12/12	1,702	2,128
13/13/13	1,718	2,147
14/14/14	1,734	2,167
15/15/15hundo	1,750	2,188

Caught CP range 1,670 - 1,750, or 2,088 - 2,188 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.

Cursola 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 195 / Defense 143 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	260.8%	0.51	1:30	2.8	100%	3,842	40.8	972
2	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	87%	230.9%	0.58	1:42	3.0	100%	3,739	36.0	871
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	89%	230.5%	0.58	1:42	2.6	100%	6,428	36.1	1047
4	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	81%	224.9%	0.59	1:44	4.3	100%	4,336	36.5	718
5	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	80%	223.2%	0.60	1:45	4.1	100%	3,301	35.1	688
6	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	85%	220.9%	0.61	1:46	2.5	100%	3,625	34.2	1002
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	85%	220.4%	0.61	1:47	2.7	100%	6,112	35.3	1144
8	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	91%	219.8%	0.61	1:47	1.6	100%	5,347	34.1	1390
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	85%	219.3%	0.61	1:47	2.6	100%	3,834	34.0	975
10	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	79%	219.0%	0.61	1:47	4.3	98%	4,099	36.8	881
11	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	204.3%	0.65	1:55	5.4	100%	2,526	33.2	538
12	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	75%	202.5%	0.66	1:56	3.4	100%	3,683	32.0	909
13	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	75%	199.6%	0.67	1:58	3.1	100%	5,713	31.1	899
14	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	73%	195.3%	0.68	2:00	3.1	100%	3,739	30.2	837
15	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	69%	194.3%	0.69	2:01	4.6	100%	3,005	30.9	620
16	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	73%	193.7%	0.69	2:01	3.2	100%	3,784	30.2	841
17	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	68%	192.5%	0.69	2:02	4.8	100%	3,749	30.8	632
18	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	64%	190.1%	0.70	2:03	6.3	98%	3,594	31.2	548
19	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	67%	189.4%	0.71	2:04	4.8	100%	4,178	30.8	640
20	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	66%	187.9%	0.71	2:05	5.1	100%	4,510	30.4	611
21	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	69%	182.4%	0.73	2:09	3.0	100%	5,031	28.2	898
22	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	67%	182.3%	0.73	2:09	3.6	100%	4,605	28.4	794
23	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	70%	182.2%	0.73	2:09	2.6	100%	3,834	28.2	968
24	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	182.2%	0.73	2:09	2.6	100%	3,625	28.1	967
25	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	69%	178.7%	0.75	2:11	2.7	100%	4,429	27.8	993
26	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	65%	177.6%	0.75	2:12	3.6	100%	2,757	27.5	750
27	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	57%	177.1%	0.75	2:13	8.5	86%	2,878	30.4	439
28	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	61%	174.5%	0.77	2:15	5.2	100%	4,783	28.1	566
29	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	61%	174.3%	0.77	2:15	5.1	100%	4,042	27.7	682
30	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	56%	173.3%	0.77	2:15	8.7	86%	3,268	30.3	418

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