Honedge counters

#0679

steel ghostElite

Lobby CP

26,324

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

147

Defense

151

Difficulty

1.97

Pokebattler scale

Beating Honedge should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 742-794.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xdark1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Honedge counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Chandelure.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Chandelure

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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.727:56
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.898:43
3Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare2.029:17
4Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn2.049:23
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.079:32
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn2.099:36
7BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown2.099:37
8Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam2.129:47
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball2.139:48
10Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.149:51
11Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Shadow Ball2.1910:05

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

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Top 15 Honedge 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	7:56	1.72	5.0	63.9%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	8:43	1.89	5.7	58.1%
3	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	9:17	2.02	5.8	54.6%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	9:23	2.04	5.9	54.0%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	9:32	2.07	3.9	53.1%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	9:36	2.09	5.5	52.8%
7	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	9:37	2.09	6.0	52.7%
8	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	9:47	2.12	6.0	51.8%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	9:48	2.13	6.0	51.7%
10	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	9:51	2.14	6.0	51.5%
11	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinghostShadow Ball	3,268	10:05	2.19	6.0	50.2%
12	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	10:17	2.23	6.0	49.3%
13	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	10:29	2.28	3.7	48.3%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	10:31	2.28	5.9	48.2%
15	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	10:39	2.31	5.9	47.6%

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 Honedge.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Honedge'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
Random (any moveset)showing	79%	99%	53.7%	9:26	5.8	2.05
Psycho Cut / Gyro Ball	74%	97%	53.3%	9:30	5.8	2.07
Fury Cutter / Gyro Ball	74%	96%	53.6%	9:27	5.9	2.05
Tackle / Gyro Ball	76%	96%	53.7%	9:27	5.9	2.05
Fury Cutter / Iron Head	86%	103%	53.9%	9:24	5.8	2.04
Psycho Cut / Iron Head	89%	103%	54.0%	9:23	5.7	2.04
Tackle / Iron Head	86%	102%	54.0%	9:23	5.8	2.04

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…

Honedge 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 ghost1.6x fire1.6x dark1.6x water1x electric1x fighting0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x bug0.39x normal0.24x poison0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (2)
Resists (10)
Double resists (2)

It resists normal0.24xpoison0.24xbug0.39xfighting0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Honedge throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
psychicPsycho Cut	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s
bugFury Cutter	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
steelGyro BallSTAB	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	742	927
11/11/11	752	940
12/12/12	762	953
13/13/13	773	966
14/14/14	783	979
15/15/15hundo	794	993

Caught CP range 742 - 794, or 927 - 993 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.

Honedge 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 151 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	63.9%	1.72	7:56	7.7	100%	4,783	43.0	2236
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	88%	58.1%	1.89	8:43	10.1	100%	3,842	39.1	1759
3	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	82%	54.6%	2.02	9:17	11.0	100%	4,038	36.8	1612
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	80%	54.0%	2.04	9:23	12.3	100%	4,161	36.6	1460
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	84%	53.1%	2.07	9:32	7.3	100%	5,902	35.6	2337
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	80%	52.8%	2.09	9:36	10.6	100%	4,455	35.5	1683
7	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	76%	52.7%	2.09	9:37	16.9	100%	3,297	36.1	1089
8	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	76%	51.8%	2.12	9:47	14.4	88%	4,099	35.3	1271
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	73%	51.7%	2.13	9:48	20.3	76%	4,336	35.7	923
10	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	72%	51.5%	2.14	9:51	20.9	70%	3,922	35.6	889
11	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	72%	50.2%	2.19	10:05	16.9	22%	3,268	34.3	1083
12	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	49.3%	2.23	10:17	22.4	0%	3,739	34.0	827
13	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	76%	48.3%	2.28	10:29	7.7	0%	3,754	32.3	2225
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	71%	48.2%	2.28	10:31	13.4	0%	6,428	32.7	1355
15	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	70%	47.6%	2.31	10:39	13.8	0%	5,424	32.2	1314
16	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	67%	47.3%	2.33	10:43	18.6	0%	3,105	32.4	990
17	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	47.3%	2.33	10:44	29.9	0%	3,301	33.1	628
18	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	67%	47.1%	2.34	10:45	19.1	0%	2,848	32.3	966
19	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	69%	47.1%	2.34	10:46	13.9	0%	6,112	31.9	1305
20	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	67%	46.8%	2.35	10:50	18.3	0%	5,347	32.0	1004
21	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	71%	46.8%	2.35	10:50	11.0	0%	3,863	31.5	1624
22	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	66%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	20.3	0%	3,625	32.0	913
23	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	18.3	0%	4,115	32.0	1005
24	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	64%	46.6%	2.36	10:52	24.7	0%	3,834	32.3	753
25	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	67%	46.2%	2.38	10:58	16.3	0%	3,059	31.4	1122
26	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	69%	46.2%	2.38	10:58	11.2	0%	4,038	31.1	1593
27	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	67%	45.9%	2.40	11:02	14.6	0%	3,465	31.1	1248
28	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	65%	45.7%	2.41	11:06	18.0	0%	2,982	31.2	1023
29	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	67%	45.3%	2.43	11:11	12.5	0%	3,850	30.6	1439
30	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	64%	44.9%	2.45	11:18	19.2	0%	3,922	30.7	958

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