Deoxys counters

#0386

psychicTier 5

Lobby CP

50,271

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

284

Defense

102

Difficulty

1.15

Pokebattler scale

Beating Deoxys should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,717-1,806.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Deoxys counters are Mega Houndoom, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Chandelure & Shadow Giratina (Origin).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar
S. Chandelure
S. Giratina (Origin)

4 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+1.004:36
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam1.115:05
3Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.175:23
4Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.175:24
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.195:28
6Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.205:31
7Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.215:34
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.255:46
9Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball1.295:57
10Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force1.305:58

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

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Top 15 Deoxys 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	4:36	1.00	5.8	110.3%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	5:05	1.11	6.0	99.7%
3	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	5:23	1.17	6.0	94.1%
4	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	5:24	1.17	5.3	93.8%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	5:28	1.19	6.0	92.7%
6	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	5:31	1.20	6.0	92.0%
7	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	5:34	1.21	6.0	91.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	5:46	1.25	6.0	88.0%
9	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	5:57	1.29	6.0	85.1%
10	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	5:58	1.30	6.0	85.0%
11	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	5:58	1.30	6.0	84.9%
12	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	5:59	1.30	6.0	84.8%
13	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	6:00	1.30	6.0	84.6%
14	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:08	1.33	6.0	82.6%
15	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	6:10	1.34	6.0	82.2%

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 Deoxys.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Deoxys'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	22%	118%	92.9%	5:27	5.9	1.19
Zen Headbutt / Hyper Beam	21%	114%	91.8%	5:31	6.0	1.20
Charge Beam / Hyper Beam	24%	123%	92.2%	5:30	6.0	1.19
Charge Beam / Thunderbolt	17%	107%	92.6%	5:29	6.0	1.19
Zen Headbutt / Thunderbolt	18%	105%	92.8%	5:28	6.0	1.19
Zen Headbutt / Psycho Boost	25%	165%	94.1%	5:23	5.8	1.17
Charge Beam / Psycho Boost	26%	168%	94.4%	5:22	5.9	1.17

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…

Deoxys 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists fighting0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Deoxys throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
electricCharge Beam	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
electricThunderbolt	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
psychicPsycho BoostSTAB	70	-50	4.0s	3.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,717	2,146
11/11/11	1,734	2,168
12/12/12	1,752	2,190
13/13/13	1,770	2,213
14/14/14	1,788	2,235
15/15/15hundo	1,806	2,257

Caught CP range 1,717 - 1,806, or 2,146 - 2,257 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.

Deoxys 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 284 / Defense 102 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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%	110.3%	1.00	4:36	10.1	94%	3,842	57.5	1535
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	92%	99.7%	1.11	5:05	8.6	30%	4,099	51.4	1606
3	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	81%	94.1%	1.17	5:23	17.2	12%	4,336	49.8	869
4	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	88%	93.8%	1.17	5:24	7.6	0%	5,347	47.3	1943
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	83%	92.7%	1.19	5:28	11.0	0%	6,428	48.0	1335
6	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	82%	92.0%	1.20	5:31	12.1	0%	3,625	47.7	1282
7	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	91.0%	1.21	5:34	11.9	0%	3,834	47.0	1312
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	88.0%	1.25	5:46	13.2	0%	6,112	45.8	1052
9	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	72%	85.1%	1.29	5:57	19.5	0%	3,268	45.3	730
10	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	77%	85.0%	1.30	5:58	10.6	0%	3,683	43.6	1289
11	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	73%	84.9%	1.30	5:58	17.4	0%	4,814	44.7	805
12	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	72%	84.8%	1.30	5:59	18.5	0%	3,594	44.9	777
13	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	71%	84.6%	1.30	5:60	20.9	2%	3,739	45.8	941
14	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	72%	82.6%	1.33	6:08	14.6	0%	5,713	43.0	945
15	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	82.2%	1.34	6:10	23.6	0%	3,301	44.8	797
16	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	80.3%	1.37	6:19	15.7	0%	3,739	41.8	1039
17	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	65%	78.5%	1.40	6:27	22.0	0%	3,297	41.9	649
18	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	78.2%	1.41	6:29	12.2	0%	3,625	40.2	1277
19	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	67%	78.2%	1.41	6:29	16.9	0%	4,346	41.2	829
20	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	70%	77.4%	1.42	6:33	10.8	0%	4,042	39.4	1288
21	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	65%	77.3%	1.42	6:33	19.4	0%	3,784	40.9	920
22	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	67%	77.0%	1.43	6:35	15.0	0%	5,031	40.0	945
23	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	64%	76.7%	1.44	6:36	21.0	0%	2,994	40.8	681
24	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	67%	76.6%	1.44	6:37	14.2	0%	4,605	39.7	1005
25	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	64%	76.2%	1.45	6:39	21.4	0%	4,182	40.4	664
26	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	67%	75.0%	1.47	6:45	11.8	0%	3,834	38.4	1290
27	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	74.5%	1.48	6:48	29.8	0%	2,526	41.3	605
28	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	59%	74.0%	1.49	6:51	33.8	16%	3,383	42.9	486
29	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	64%	73.8%	1.49	6:52	15.0	0%	4,783	38.3	978
30	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	73.7%	1.49	6:52	14.3	0%	4,087	37.8	986

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