Greninja counters

#0658

water darkTier 1

Lobby CP

7,533

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

142

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Greninja should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,443-1,516.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

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 Greninja counters are Mega Raichu X, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Kartana, Keldeo & Shadow Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Kartana
Keldeo
S. Mewtwo

10 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 Raichu XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
2Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:09
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.060:10
7Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
9Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.070:12
13RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.070:12
14KartanaLegendarypartyFury Cutter / Leaf Blade0.070:13
15KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.070:13
16Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyCounter / Focus Blast0.070:13

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Greninja Mega Greninja

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Top 15 Greninja 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 Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4854.1%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:09	0.05	4758.8%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4540.6%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4377.4%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
7	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4019.9%
8	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3999.1%
9	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	3992.5%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:12	0.07	3713.6%
11	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:12	0.07	3609.0%
12	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:12	0.07	3533.0%
13	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
14	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CuttergrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:13	0.07	3343.3%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:13	0.07	3340.7%

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 Greninja.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Greninja'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%	717%	3687.6%	0:12	0.07
Water Shuriken / Hydro Pump	100%	735%	3632.2%	0:12	0.07
Bubble / Hydro Pump	100%	781%	3659.7%	0:12	0.07
Water Shuriken / Surf	100%	699%	3659.7%	0:12	0.07
Feint Attack / Hydro Pump	100%	736%	3670.4%	0:12	0.07
Bubble / Surf	100%	683%	3681.2%	0:12	0.07
Feint Attack / Surf	100%	648%	3694.2%	0:12	0.07
Water Shuriken / Night Slash	100%	693%	3696.3%	0:12	0.07
Bubble / Night Slash	100%	678%	3709.4%	0:12	0.07
Water Shuriken / Aerial Ace	100%	743%	3716.0%	0:12	0.07
Feint Attack / Night Slash	100%	684%	3720.4%	0:12	0.07
Bubble / Aerial Ace	100%	731%	3740.4%	0:12	0.06
Feint Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	701%	3753.8%	0:12	0.06

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…

Greninja 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.

fighting1.6x bug1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x ghost0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (6)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Greninja throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint AttackSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
waterWater ShurikenSTAB	9	+14	1.0s	0.90s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
darkNight SlashSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s
flyingAerial Ace	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,443	1,804
11/11/11	1,458	1,822
12/12/12	1,472	1,840
13/13/13	1,487	1,859
14/14/14	1,502	1,877
15/15/15hundo	1,516	1,896

Caught CP range 1,443 - 1,516, or 1,804 - 1,896 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.

Greninja 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 142 / Defense 99 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

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 Raichu X top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	4854.1%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,510	69.2	621
2	Mega Beedrill top pickbugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	91%	4758.8%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,383	67.7	619
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	91%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	74.8	718
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	83%	4377.4%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,826	64.8	645
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	82%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,659	61.0	610
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	88%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	6,112	57.4	603
7	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	84%	4019.9%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,093	56.9	616
8	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	79%	3999.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,670	66.2	720
9	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	79%	3992.5%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,056	56.5	617
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	69%	3713.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,521	52.6	617
11	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	64%	3609.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,161	61.1	738
12	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	65%	3533.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,814	52.0	641
13	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	65%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,803	48.5	606
14	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	61%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,677	49.1	640
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	67%	3340.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,698	53.8	701
16	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	58%	3317.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,178	49.1	644
17	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	55%	3301.0%	0.07	0:13	0.2	100%	2,848	54.5	625
18	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	59%	3290.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,937	48.3	640
19	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	59%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,698	47.1	625
20	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	58%	3282.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,337	47.7	633
21	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	57%	3268.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,510	49.1	654
22	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	63%	3253.5%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	6,428	55.4	741
23	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Low Kick / Wild Charge	Low Kick / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	56%	3236.6%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	3,079	46.1	620
24	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	57%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	3,548	45.0	608
25	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	54%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	2,985	44.8	605
26	Lucario fightingsteel Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	56%	3196.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,703	45.7	623
27	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	55%	3189.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,093	48.4	659
28	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Discharge	Bug Bite / Discharge+15 more movesets	54%	3170.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,117	46.8	643
29	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charge Beam / Dazzling Gleam	Charge Beam / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	59%	3140.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,512	45.4	630
30	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	56%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,182	42.9	600

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