Grimer counters

#0088

poisonElite

Lobby CP

21,737

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

147

Defense

103

Difficulty

1.28

Pokebattler scale

Beating Grimer should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 731-785.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 a Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Grimer counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Mewtwo & Shadow Regigigas.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
Mewtwo
S. Regigigas

7 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.934:16
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.155:17
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.295:57
4Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.406:27
5Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic1.446:38
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.456:40
7Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.527:00
8MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.547:06
9Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic1.577:14
10Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic1.577:15
13Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Crush Grip1.597:20

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 countersAlolan Grimer

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Top 15 Grimer 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 Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:16	0.93	5.1	119.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	5:17	1.15	5.8	95.9%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	5:57	1.29	6.0	85.2%
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	6:27	1.40	5.1	78.6%
5	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	6:38	1.44	6.0	76.4%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	6:40	1.45	5.0	76.1%
7	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	7:00	1.52	5.6	72.3%
8	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	7:06	1.54	6.0	71.4%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	7:14	1.57	6.0	70.1%
10	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	7:15	1.57	6.0	70.0%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	7:19	1.59	4.6	69.3%
12	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	7:20	1.59	6.0	69.2%
13	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	7:20	1.59	6.0	69.1%
14	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	7:24	1.61	6.0	68.6%
15	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	7:24	1.61	6.0	68.5%

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 Grimer.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Grimer'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	17%	152%	79.9%	6:21	5.7	1.38
Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	17%	122%	78.4%	6:28	6.0	1.41
Mud-Slap / Sludge Bomb	17%	125%	78.4%	6:28	6.0	1.40
Acid / Sludge Bomb	17%	125%	78.6%	6:27	6.0	1.40
Acid / Mud Bomb	17%	179%	80.2%	6:19	5.4	1.37
Mud-Slap / Sludge	17%	166%	80.4%	6:18	5.6	1.37
Poison Jab / Sludge	17%	163%	80.4%	6:18	5.6	1.37
Acid / Sludge	17%	167%	80.5%	6:18	5.6	1.37
Mud-Slap / Mud Bomb	17%	179%	80.6%	6:17	5.3	1.37
Poison Jab / Mud Bomb	17%	175%	80.7%	6:17	5.4	1.37

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…

Grimer 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.

ground1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Grimer throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
poisonAcidSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.60s
groundMud-Slap	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
poisonSludgeSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.10s
groundMud Bomb	60	-33	2.5s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	731	914
11/11/11	742	928
12/12/12	753	941
13/13/13	763	954
14/14/14	774	968
15/15/15hundo	785	981

Caught CP range 731 - 785, or 914 - 981 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.

Grimer 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 147 / Defense 103 (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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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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	119.0%	0.93	4:16	5.0	100%	6,428	80.2	3331
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	78%	95.9%	1.15	5:17	6.5	0%	6,112	64.9	2660
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	85.2%	1.29	5:57	11.1	0%	4,178	58.1	1652
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	64%	78.6%	1.40	6:27	7.2	0%	3,922	53.0	2578
5	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	58%	76.4%	1.44	6:38	13.1	0%	4,510	52.5	1414
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	76.1%	1.45	6:40	6.7	0%	5,902	51.1	2713
7	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	58%	72.3%	1.52	7:00	8.4	0%	4,115	48.8	2112
8	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	55%	71.4%	1.54	7:06	11.3	0%	4,178	48.3	1619
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	70.1%	1.57	7:14	11.5	0%	4,521	47.5	1595
10	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	70.0%	1.57	7:15	10.0	0%	5,007	47.4	1833
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	57%	69.3%	1.59	7:19	6.6	0%	5,424	46.5	2614
12	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	53%	69.2%	1.59	7:20	12.3	0%	4,783	47.1	1485
13	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	53%	69.1%	1.59	7:20	11.6	0%	4,346	46.9	1589
14	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	53%	68.6%	1.61	7:24	10.4	0%	3,143	46.6	1752
15	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	51%	68.5%	1.61	7:24	16.0	0%	4,512	47.1	1239
16	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	50%	66.4%	1.66	7:38	14.2	0%	4,006	45.6	1311
17	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	50%	66.2%	1.66	7:39	13.9	0%	3,812	45.4	1341
18	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	51%	65.8%	1.67	7:42	11.1	0%	3,244	44.6	2219
19	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	48%	65.8%	1.67	7:42	20.9	0%	3,057	46.1	917
20	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	51%	65.5%	1.68	7:44	10.0	0%	3,791	44.2	2083
21	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	53%	65.2%	1.69	7:46	7.5	0%	3,922	43.7	2488
22	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	51%	64.1%	1.72	7:55	8.8	0%	5,713	43.0	2357
23	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	64.0%	1.72	7:55	7.0	0%	4,911	42.8	2842
24	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	50%	63.9%	1.72	7:56	9.8	0%	3,962	43.1	1829
25	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	49%	63.5%	1.73	7:59	12.2	0%	3,328	43.1	1490
26	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	50%	63.1%	1.74	8:02	9.1	0%	3,588	42.6	2089
27	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	49%	62.3%	1.77	8:08	8.7	0%	4,099	41.9	2048
28	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+7 more movesets	48%	62.2%	1.77	8:09	12.2	0%	3,590	42.3	1816
29	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	49%	61.7%	1.79	8:13	9.1	0%	4,099	41.6	2303
30	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	45%	61.4%	1.80	8:16	17.8	0%	3,093	42.2	1054

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