Lugia counters

#0249

psychic flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

9,185

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

124

Defense

194

Difficulty

0.11

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lugia should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,028-2,115.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Lugia counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Shadow Darkrai, Regieleki & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
S. Darkrai
Regieleki
Kyurem (Black)

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+0.100:19
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.100:19
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.110:19
4Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.110:20
5Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.110:21
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.120:22
7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.120:22
8RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.120:22
9Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.130:23
10Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.130:23

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 Lugia

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Top 15 Lugia 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 Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:19	0.10	0.0	2343.5%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:19	0.10	0.0	2338.5%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:19	0.11	0.0	2278.9%
4	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:20	0.11	0.1	2233.8%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:21	0.11	0.2	2115.6%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:22	0.12	0.0	2009.5%
7	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:22	0.12	0.2	2008.9%
8	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:22	0.12	0.1	2007.8%
9	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:23	0.13	0.0	1934.9%
10	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:23	0.13	0.1	1868.1%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:23	0.13	0.5	1859.9%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:24	0.13	0.0	1842.3%
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	steelMetal ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:24	0.13	0.0	1837.8%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:24	0.14	0.0	1799.1%
15	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DowndarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:24	0.14	0.0	1794.0%

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 Lugia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lugia'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	328%	2082.9%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	100%	369%	2062.5%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Extrasensory / Future Sight	100%	418%	2063.2%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Dragon Tail / Aeroblast++	100%	265%	2063.3%	0:21	0.2	0.12
Extrasensory / Earth Power	100%	342%	2069.6%	0:21	0.1	0.12
Extrasensory / Fly	100%	322%	2078.6%	0:21	0.1	0.12
Dragon Tail / Future Sight	100%	361%	2084.4%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	100%	341%	2085.2%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	100%	287%	2089.1%	0:21	0.1	0.12
Dragon Tail / Earth Power	100%	331%	2101.2%	0:21	0.1	0.12
Extrasensory / Sky Attack	100%	340%	2105.4%	0:21	0.0	0.12
Dragon Tail / Sky Attack	100%	324%	2110.1%	0:21	0.1	0.12
Dragon Tail / Fly	100%	312%	2127.1%	0:20	0.1	0.11

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…

Lugia 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.

rock1.6x ghost1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fairy1x grass0.63x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x ground0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists fighting0.39xground0.39xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lugia throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon Tail	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
psychicExtrasensorySTAB	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAeroblast++STAB	225	-100	3.5s	3.30s
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
waterHydro Pump	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,028	2,535
11/11/11	2,045	2,557
12/12/12	2,063	2,579
13/13/13	2,080	2,601
14/14/14	2,098	2,623
15/15/15hundo	2,115	2,645

Caught CP range 2,028 - 2,115, or 2,535 - 2,645 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.

Lugia 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 124 / Defense 194 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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 Houndoom top pickdarkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	2343.5%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,842	36.1	669
2	Mega Raichu X top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	2338.5%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,510	34.5	642
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	93%	2278.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,659	32.3	617
4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	92%	2233.8%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,780	38.1	718
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	82%	2115.6%	0.11	0:21	0.2	100%	4,336	29.7	553
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	84%	2009.5%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,605	27.9	593
7	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	80%	2008.9%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	3,739	28.2	561
8	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	79%	2007.8%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	2,803	27.7	583
9	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	82%	1934.9%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,605	30.3	681
10	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	1868.1%	0.13	0:23	0.1	100%	4,346	26.2	580
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	1859.9%	0.13	0:23	0.5	100%	3,301	26.5	464
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	1842.3%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	6,112	26.2	605
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	79%	1837.8%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	4,099	28.2	668
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	1799.1%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	6,428	26.5	635
15	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	79%	1794.0%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	5,347	25.4	616
16	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	73%	1790.9%	0.14	0:24	0.1	100%	3,834	25.0	561
17	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	1772.4%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	3,625	26.0	586
18	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	72%	1766.7%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	3,683	24.5	586
19	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	65%	1765.5%	0.14	0:25	0.7	100%	3,298	25.2	413
20	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	1728.2%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	3,659	25.7	631
21	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	72%	1725.7%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	5,713	24.2	605
22	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	69%	1720.5%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	3,733	25.0	600
23	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	64%	1709.6%	0.14	0:25	0.5	100%	3,594	24.8	470
24	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	66%	1701.4%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	3,128	24.9	550
25	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Avalanche	Snarl / Avalanche+11 more movesets	64%	1697.8%	0.14	0:26	0.5	100%	3,005	24.2	463
26	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	66%	1695.7%	0.14	0:26	0.3	100%	3,580	23.8	525
27	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	62%	1644.2%	0.15	0:27	0.3	100%	3,328	24.0	535
28	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	64%	1615.9%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,452	25.1	610
29	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	62%	1614.1%	0.15	0:27	0.4	100%	3,937	24.6	528
30	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	57%	1612.3%	0.15	0:27	1.0	100%	2,878	23.9	325

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.