Gallade counters

#0475

psychic fightingElite

Lobby CP

51,644

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

248

Defense

206

Difficulty

2.83

Pokebattler scale

Beating Gallade should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,688-1,767.

Weak toflying1.6xghost1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Gallade counters are Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Moltres, Rayquaza, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Galarian Articuno.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Moltres
Rayquaza
S. Salamence
S. Galarian Articuno

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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.2910:32
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam2.7412:37
3Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+2.7612:42
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.0113:51
5Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+3.0714:07
6Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly3.0914:14
7RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent3.0914:14
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.1014:17
9Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Fly3.1914:41
10Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly3.2414:54

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Related countersMega Gallade

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Top 15 Gallade 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 Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	10:32	2.29	5.8	48.1%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	12:37	2.74	5.3	40.2%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	12:42	2.76	6.0	39.9%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	13:51	3.01	6.0	36.6%
5	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	14:07	3.07	5.9	35.9%
6	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	14:14	3.09	6.0	35.6%
7	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	14:14	3.09	6.0	35.6%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	14:17	3.10	6.0	35.5%
9	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	14:41	3.19	6.0	34.5%
10	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	14:54	3.24	6.0	34.0%
11	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,425	15:12	3.30	6.0	33.3%
12	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	4,512	15:14	3.31	6.0	33.3%
13	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	15:23	3.34	5.9	32.9%
14	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	15:24	3.35	5.9	32.9%
15	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	15:28	3.36	6.0	32.8%

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 Gallade.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Gallade'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	86%	50%	37.4%	13:33	5.9	2.94
Charm / Psychic	58%	35%	35.9%	14:08	6.0	3.07
Low Kick / Psychic	40%	39%	35.9%	14:06	6.0	3.06
Psycho Cut / Psychic	40%	39%	36.0%	14:05	6.0	3.06
Confusion / Psychic	61%	37%	36.1%	14:03	6.0	3.05
Confusion / Close Combat	96%	53%	37.6%	13:28	5.9	2.93
Confusion / Sacred Sword	100%	59%	37.7%	13:27	5.8	2.92
Charm / Sacred Sword	96%	54%	37.7%	13:27	6.0	2.92
Charm / Close Combat	100%	48%	37.8%	13:25	6.0	2.92
Psycho Cut / Close Combat	100%	63%	37.9%	13:23	5.7	2.91
Charm / Leaf Blade	94%	58%	38.0%	13:21	6.0	2.90
Confusion / Leaf Blade	100%	62%	38.1%	13:19	6.0	2.89
Low Kick / Close Combat	100%	70%	38.1%	13:17	5.5	2.89
Low Kick / Sacred Sword	100%	78%	38.3%	13:15	5.4	2.88
Low Kick / Leaf Blade	100%	79%	38.3%	13:14	5.8	2.88
Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade	100%	77%	38.3%	13:13	5.8	2.87
Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword	100%	73%	38.4%	13:12	5.6	2.87

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…

Gallade 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 ghost1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x poison1x ground1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x rock0.63x

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

It resists fighting0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Gallade throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
fairyCharm	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingSacred SwordSTAB	50	-33	1.0s	0.30s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
grassLeaf Blade	70	-33	2.5s	1.35s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,688	2,110
11/11/11	1,704	2,130
12/12/12	1,720	2,150
13/13/13	1,735	2,170
14/14/14	1,751	2,189
15/15/15hundo	1,767	2,209

Caught CP range 1,688 - 1,767, or 2,110 - 2,209 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.

Gallade 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 248 / Defense 206 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	48.1%	2.29	10:32	19.8	100%	5,713	33.0	1050
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	84%	40.2%	2.74	12:37	18.4	100%	4,099	27.3	1198
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	79%	39.9%	2.76	12:42	32.8	100%	3,979	27.9	645
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	75%	36.6%	3.01	13:51	23.4	100%	6,428	25.0	800
5	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	71%	35.9%	3.07	14:07	31.2	92%	3,741	24.9	687
6	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	69%	35.6%	3.09	14:14	36.3	84%	3,465	24.9	585
7	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	35.6%	3.09	14:14	34.7	86%	3,835	24.8	620
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	71%	35.5%	3.10	14:17	29.3	100%	6,112	24.5	662
9	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	66%	34.5%	3.19	14:41	40.7	74%	3,749	24.2	522
10	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	68%	34.0%	3.24	14:54	28.3	68%	3,590	23.4	685
11	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	65%	33.3%	3.30	15:12	37.9	42%	3,425	23.2	542
12	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	67%	33.3%	3.31	15:14	28.4	28%	4,512	22.8	695
13	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	66%	32.9%	3.34	15:23	29.0	16%	3,683	22.6	720
14	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	62%	32.9%	3.35	15:24	53.3	74%	4,336	24.1	683
15	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	60%	32.8%	3.36	15:28	61.4	40%	2,689	23.8	336
16	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	66%	32.8%	3.36	15:28	26.8	0%	5,031	22.4	774
17	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	62%	32.7%	3.37	15:30	43.6	36%	3,268	23.0	476
18	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	62%	32.4%	3.39	15:37	45.5	16%	3,594	22.8	453
19	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	61%	31.6%	3.49	16:03	39.1	0%	4,178	22.0	486
20	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	56%	30.9%	3.56	16:24	65.2	12%	2,825	22.4	317
21	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	58%	30.8%	3.57	16:26	46.6	4%	3,215	21.7	430
22	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	64%	30.7%	3.59	16:30	18.9	0%	3,703	20.8	1018
23	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Air Slash / Play Rough	Air Slash / Play Rough+7 more movesets	60%	30.4%	3.62	16:39	34.6	0%	4,979	21.0	586
24	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	60%	30.4%	3.63	16:42	33.9	0%	3,781	20.9	625
25	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	58%	30.1%	3.66	16:50	43.1	0%	4,510	21.1	444
26	Enamorus (Therian) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+23 more movesets	58%	29.8%	3.70	17:01	38.0	0%	3,388	20.6	561
27	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	57%	29.7%	3.71	17:03	39.2	0%	3,465	20.6	557
28	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	54%	29.6%	3.72	17:07	68.5	54%	2,878	22.1	445
29	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	55%	29.6%	3.72	17:07	52.6	0%	3,297	21.0	404
30	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	29.6%	3.72	17:08	27.9	0%	3,590	20.2	690

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.