Goldeen counters

#0118

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

3,779

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Goldeen should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 610-658.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Goldeen counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Regieleki, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Xurkitree, Thundurus (Therian) & Kartana.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Regieleki
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Xurkitree
Thundurus (Therian)
Kartana

3 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+0.050:08
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
4Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
5Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunder0.060:10
7XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.060:10
8Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.060:10
10Shadow ZapdosShadowLegendaryThunder Shock / Zap Cannon0.060:11

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Goldeen

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Top 15 Goldeen 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	0.05	5277.3%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5226.6%
3	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
4	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4790.1%
5	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4493.8%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunder	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
7	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
8	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
10	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon	3,527	0:11	0.06	4132.5%
11	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	fightingLow KickgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4054.9%
12	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassLeaf Blade	4,056	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
13	Mega Ampharoselectricdragon	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon	4,245	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
14	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricDischarge	3,117	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
15	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:11	0.06	3963.4%

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 Goldeen.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Goldeen'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%	1243%	4565.9%	0:10	0.05
Peck / Aqua Tail	100%	1116%	4539.5%	0:10	0.05
Mud Shot / Water Pulse	100%	1216%	4549.3%	0:10	0.05
Mud Shot / Horn Attack	100%	1319%	4562.5%	0:10	0.05
Mud Shot / Aqua Tail	100%	1262%	4562.5%	0:10	0.05
Peck / Water Pulse	100%	1249%	4589.2%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Horn Attack	100%	1205%	4589.2%	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…

Goldeen 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

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

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Goldeen throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeck	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
groundMud Shot	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterAqua TailSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
normalHorn Attack	45	-33	2.0s	0.95s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	610	763
11/11/11	620	775
12/12/12	629	787
13/13/13	639	799
14/14/14	648	811
15/15/15hundo	658	823

Caught CP range 610 - 658, or 763 - 823 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.

Goldeen 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 82 / Defense 74 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	97%	5277.3%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	73.7	607
2	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5226.6%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	80.7	672
3	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	93%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	73.3	623
4	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	87%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	93.0	846
5	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	79%	4493.8%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	99.5	965
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+9 more movesets	72%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	62.8	628
7	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	71%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,937	60.6	606
8	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	77%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	67.8	678
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,677	57.2	601
10	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	71%	4132.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,527	62.2	655
11	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	74%	4054.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	64.2	690
12	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade	Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	68%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	56.6	622
13	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	73%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,245	58.6	645
14	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	64%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,117	54.6	600
15	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	72%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,038	54.7	602
16	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	67%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,205	57.9	637
17	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	67%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,505	54.6	600
18	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	68%	3962.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,979	55.3	608
19	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	65%	3927.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,757	60.2	667
20	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Seed Flare	Magical Leaf / Seed Flare+11 more movesets	65%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,592	53.1	611
21	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	68%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,713	54.7	629
22	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm	Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm+29 more movesets	61%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,971	53.1	611
23	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	60%	3732.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,079	64.6	754
24	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	63%	3710.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	57.5	676
25	Electivire electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	61%	3710.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,079	53.9	633
26	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	60%	3691.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,178	55.1	650
27	Raikou electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	63%	3688.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	52.5	620
28	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Fell Stinger+	Poison Jab / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	56%	3669.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,383	54.8	651
29	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	60%	3660.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,670	51.9	618
30	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	57%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,345	50.8	609

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