Gimmighoul counters

#0999

ghostElite

Lobby CP

20,910

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

152

Defense

Difficulty

1.31

Pokebattler scale

Beating Gimmighoul should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 583-631.

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Tyranitar
S. Hydreigon
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+1.155:17
2Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.295:55
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.316:03
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.326:03
5Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.336:08
6Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing1.356:12
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Shadow Ball1.376:18
8Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.386:20
9Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.396:23
10Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.396:25
11Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing1.476:46

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

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Top 15 Gimmighoul 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	5:17	1.15	6.0	96.1%
2	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	5:55	1.29	6.0	85.6%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	6:03	1.31	6.0	83.8%
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	6:03	1.32	6.0	83.7%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	6:08	1.33	6.0	82.6%
6	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	6:12	1.35	6.0	81.8%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionghostShadow Ball	6,112	6:18	1.37	6.0	80.4%
8	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	6:20	1.38	4.5	80.0%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	6:23	1.39	6.0	79.4%
10	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	6:25	1.39	6.0	79.0%
11	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	6:46	1.47	6.0	75.0%
12	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:55	1.50	6.0	73.2%
13	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	7:03	1.53	6.0	71.9%
14	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	7:05	1.54	6.0	71.5%
15	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	7:06	1.54	6.0	71.3%

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 Gimmighoul.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Gimmighoul'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	119%	82.5%	6:09	6.0	1.34

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 2 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…

Gimmighoul 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 Gimmighoul throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	583	729
11/11/11	592	740
12/12/12	602	752
13/13/13	611	764
14/14/14	621	776
15/15/15hundo	631	788

Caught CP range 583 - 631, or 729 - 788 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.

Gimmighoul 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 152 / Defense 89 (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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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	96.1%	1.15	5:17	7.5	100%	3,842	65.4	2290
2	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	86%	85.6%	1.29	5:55	10.1	100%	3,739	58.0	1747
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	82%	83.8%	1.31	6:03	13.9	100%	6,428	58.1	1311
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	78%	83.7%	1.32	6:03	21.0	100%	4,099	59.6	882
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	77%	82.6%	1.33	6:08	20.4	100%	4,336	58.6	911
6	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	80%	81.8%	1.35	6:12	13.7	100%	3,301	56.5	1319
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	80.4%	1.37	6:18	14.8	100%	6,112	55.6	1227
8	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	86%	80.0%	1.38	6:20	5.5	100%	5,347	53.6	2983
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	79.4%	1.39	6:23	8.6	100%	3,834	53.5	2027
10	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	80%	79.0%	1.39	6:25	10.3	100%	3,625	53.5	1714
11	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	75.0%	1.47	6:46	19.5	100%	2,526	52.6	946
12	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	73.2%	1.50	6:55	11.7	100%	5,713	50.1	1538
13	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	70%	71.9%	1.53	7:03	14.8	100%	3,005	49.3	1228
14	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	66%	71.5%	1.54	7:05	24.7	100%	3,594	51.0	756
15	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	71%	71.3%	1.54	7:06	11.5	100%	3,784	48.7	1559
16	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	71%	70.7%	1.56	7:10	11.3	100%	3,739	48.1	1577
17	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	67%	70.1%	1.57	7:14	17.4	100%	3,749	48.8	1049
18	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	64%	68.4%	1.61	7:25	21.4	100%	3,683	48.0	866
19	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	61%	67.5%	1.63	7:30	29.3	100%	3,268	48.7	640
20	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	64%	66.8%	1.65	7:35	17.3	100%	2,711	46.3	1061
21	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	63%	66.4%	1.66	7:38	17.0	100%	2,635	45.8	1080
22	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	67%	66.3%	1.66	7:39	10.2	100%	3,625	44.6	1729
23	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	60%	66.0%	1.67	7:41	25.4	100%	4,510	46.9	736
24	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	67%	65.9%	1.67	7:41	8.9	100%	3,834	44.2	1949
25	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	65%	65.9%	1.67	7:42	12.5	100%	5,031	44.9	1437
26	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	60%	65.5%	1.68	7:44	25.8	100%	4,178	46.5	726
27	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	62%	65.1%	1.69	7:47	17.6	100%	2,526	45.1	1044
28	Hisuian Zoroark normalghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	61%	64.3%	1.71	7:53	18.0	100%	2,615	44.5	1020
29	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	63%	64.2%	1.72	7:54	13.1	100%	4,429	43.9	1377
30	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Crunch	Bite / Crunch+23 more movesets	65%	63.4%	1.74	7:59	8.1	100%	4,717	42.6	2123

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.