Lugia counters

#0249

psychic flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

22,498

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

151

Defense

237

Difficulty

0.90

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 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 Lugia counters are Mega Raichu Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Shadow Tyranitar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Tyranitar

4 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.812:22
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.862:31
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.912:40
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.922:41
5Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.922:42
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.932:42
7Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.932:44
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.982:51
9Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.982:53
10Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.002:56

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

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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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	2:22	0.81	5.2	164.9%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	2:31	0.86	4.9	155.0%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	2:40	0.91	4.1	146.5%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	2:41	0.92	4.5	145.9%
5	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	2:42	0.92	5.2	144.9%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	2:42	0.93	4.5	144.4%
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	2:44	0.93	5.5	143.5%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	2:51	0.98	3.9	137.0%
9	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	2:53	0.98	3.2	136.0%
10	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	2:56	1.00	4.7	133.7%
11	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	2:57	1.01	5.9	132.7%
12	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	2:58	1.01	5.1	131.9%
13	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	2:59	1.02	5.5	131.2%
14	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	3:03	1.04	5.7	128.6%
15	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	3:04	1.05	6.0	127.8%

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.

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	94%	84%	144.9%	2:42	4.8	0.92
Dragon Tail / Aeroblast++	81%	70%	138.6%	2:49	5.9	0.96
Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	86%	73%	139.6%	2:48	5.8	0.96
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	86%	97%	143.9%	2:43	4.3	0.93
Dragon Tail / Future Sight	100%	95%	144.9%	2:42	4.5	0.92
Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	94%	93%	145.8%	2:41	4.4	0.92
Extrasensory / Future Sight	100%	105%	146.3%	2:40	4.0	0.91
Extrasensory / Earth Power	97%	86%	146.9%	2:40	4.7	0.91
Dragon Tail / Earth Power	94%	82%	147.3%	2:39	4.9	0.91
Dragon Tail / Fly	100%	81%	148.1%	2:38	5.2	0.90
Dragon Tail / Sky Attack	100%	85%	148.2%	2:38	4.9	0.90
Extrasensory / Sky Attack	100%	88%	148.7%	2:38	4.7	0.90
Extrasensory / Fly	100%	83%	148.9%	2:38	5.0	0.90

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 151 / Defense 237 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	164.9%	0.81	2:22	5.0	100%	3,780	26.7	592
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	95%	155.0%	0.86	2:31	4.6	100%	3,842	24.6	653
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	92%	146.5%	0.91	2:40	3.7	94%	4,099	23.1	757
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	91%	145.9%	0.92	2:41	4.2	100%	4,605	22.9	684
5	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	88%	144.9%	0.92	2:42	5.1	100%	3,510	23.4	584
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	90%	144.4%	0.93	2:42	4.1	100%	4,605	22.6	681
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	86%	143.5%	0.93	2:44	5.2	98%	3,659	23.2	554
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	87%	137.0%	0.98	2:51	3.6	96%	6,428	21.2	774
9	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	89%	136.0%	0.98	2:53	2.9	100%	5,347	21.0	951
10	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	133.7%	1.00	2:56	4.4	80%	3,834	21.0	672
11	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	75%	132.7%	1.01	2:57	7.5	78%	4,336	21.7	413
12	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	78%	131.9%	1.01	2:58	5.5	80%	3,625	21.0	592
13	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	76%	131.2%	1.02	2:59	6.6	78%	3,739	21.2	505
14	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	72%	128.6%	1.04	3:03	8.2	52%	3,301	20.9	405
15	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	73%	127.8%	1.05	3:04	6.8	18%	3,079	20.7	440
16	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	73%	126.4%	1.06	3:06	6.8	28%	2,803	20.8	447
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	74%	125.3%	1.07	3:07	5.8	38%	6,112	20.1	562
18	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	75%	124.0%	1.08	3:09	4.9	0%	3,683	19.6	588
19	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	122.9%	1.09	3:11	6.1	8%	4,346	19.6	498
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	69%	122.1%	1.09	3:12	7.8	10%	3,594	19.9	397
21	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	73%	122.0%	1.10	3:12	5.4	2%	3,527	19.4	533
22	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	71%	121.7%	1.10	3:13	6.4	0%	3,937	19.6	464
23	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	66%	121.4%	1.10	3:13	9.8	26%	3,298	20.0	325
24	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	121.0%	1.10	3:14	5.6	6%	3,419	19.4	529
25	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	65%	120.8%	1.11	3:14	10.0	20%	2,526	19.8	332
26	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	72%	120.6%	1.11	3:15	5.3	14%	3,659	19.3	542
27	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	69%	119.8%	1.12	3:16	6.6	2%	3,128	19.3	455
28	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	70%	119.6%	1.12	3:16	6.2	2%	3,580	19.2	482
29	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	119.3%	1.12	3:17	6.2	0%	3,452	19.1	493
30	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	71%	118.4%	1.13	3:18	5.0	0%	4,038	18.6	587

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