Hoopa counters

#0720

psychic ghostTier 1

Lobby CP

9,608

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

120

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hoopa should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,836-1,919.

Weak toghost2.56xdark2.56x

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 Ghost Mega — most top counters attack with Ghost

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 Hoopa counters are Mega Gengar, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Absol, Shadow Giratina (Origin), Shadow Hydreigon & Shadow Salamence.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Gengar
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Absol
S. Giratina (Origin)
S. Hydreigon
S. Salamence

2 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 GengarMegapartyShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.050:09
2Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.050:09
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.050:09
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.050:10
5Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.060:10
6Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force0.060:11
7Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.060:11
8Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.060:11
9Shadow TyranitarShadowBite / Brutal Swing0.060:11
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendaryFeint Attack / Shadow Ball0.060:11

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 Hoopa Hoopa (Unbound)

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Top 15 Hoopa 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 Gengarghostpoisonjoint top pick	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:09	0.05	5069.8%
2	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4821.9%
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:10	0.05	4467.1%
5	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:10	0.06	4282.8%
6	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	0:11	0.06	4033.1%
7	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:11	0.06	4029.4%
8	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	0:11	0.06	4022.0%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:11	0.06	3988.8%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkFeint AttackghostShadow Ball	3,739	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
11	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	0:11	0.06	3892.7%
12	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:11	0.06	3854.8%
13	Shadow Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	2,635	0:11	0.06	3851.4%
14	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:11	0.06	3797.7%
15	Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:12	0.06	3764.9%

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 Hoopa.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hoopa'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	742%	4265.1%	0:10	0.06
Astonish / Psybeam	100%	827%	4213.5%	0:10	0.06
Confusion / Psybeam	100%	828%	4239.1%	0:10	0.06
Astonish / Psychic	100%	762%	4273.8%	0:10	0.06
Confusion / Psychic	100%	780%	4273.8%	0:10	0.06
Confusion / Shadow Ball	100%	712%	4303.3%	0:10	0.06
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	692%	4320.9%	0:10	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…

Hoopa 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.

ghost2.56x dark2.56x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x psychic0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.24x

Double weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xpoison0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hoopa throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,836	2,295
11/11/11	1,852	2,316
12/12/12	1,869	2,336
13/13/13	1,886	2,357
14/14/14	1,902	2,378
15/15/15hundo	1,919	2,399

Caught CP range 1,836 - 1,919, or 2,295 - 2,399 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.

Hoopa 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 164 / Defense 120 (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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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 Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	81%	5069.8%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,336	71.4	613
2	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	89%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,301	68.6	617
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	4821.9%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,842	96.6	871
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	90%	4467.1%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	4,099	73.5	717
5	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	74%	4282.8%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	2,526	63.8	651
6	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	70%	4033.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,683	67.6	723
7	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	78%	4029.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,625	64.8	699
8	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	66%	4022.0%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,749	58.8	638
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	79%	3988.8%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,834	63.8	695
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Feint Attack / Shadow Ball	Feint Attack / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	72%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,739	56.6	622
11	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	72%	3892.7%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,005	61.7	690
12	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	3854.8%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	5,347	63.4	716
13	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	68%	3851.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	2,635	56.4	638
14	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	73%	3797.7%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,739	59.1	678
15	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	73%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	3,834	52.3	606
16	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	72%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	3,625	53.0	614
17	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	67%	3758.4%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	5,031	53.7	623
18	Shadow Giratina (Altered) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	63%	3726.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,379	54.2	633
19	Giratina (Origin) ghostdragon Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	63%	3710.4%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,683	53.8	631
20	Zoroark dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	62%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,571	51.2	614
21	Hisuian Zoroark normalghost Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	57%	3609.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,615	59.4	714
22	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	57%	3550.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,268	59.5	727
23	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	64%	3524.4%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,112	62.1	768
24	Polteageist ghost Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball+8 more movesets	56%	3518.7%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,058	55.4	683
25	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	61%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,711	58.3	728
26	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	62%	3476.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,757	53.2	666
27	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	3471.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,526	56.1	703
28	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	66%	3454.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	6,428	63.0	794
29	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	52%	3345.4%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,994	61.0	716
30	Mega Banette ghostmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	53%	3335.1%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	3,594	64.7	768

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.