Mega Malamar counters

#0687

dark psychicSuper Mega

Lobby CP

54,281

25,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

176

Defense

187

Difficulty

2.63

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Malamar should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,279-1,347 (you catch Malamar).

Weak tobug2.56xfairy1.6x

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 Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Mega Malamar counters are Mega Beedrill, Shadow Scizor, Shadow Vikavolt, Shadow Escavalier, Volcarona & Shadow Pinsir.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Beedrill
S. Scizor
S. Vikavolt
S. Escavalier
Volcarona
S. Pinsir

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 BeedrillMegapartyBug Bite / Fell Stinger+2.179:59
2Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn2.4111:04
3Mega PinsirMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor2.6112:01
4Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor2.8212:58
5Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor2.8313:02
6Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor2.8513:08
7Shadow EscavalierShadowpartyBug Bite / Megahorn2.9413:31
8VolcaronapartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz2.9613:38
9Shadow PinsirShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor3.0013:48
10KartanaLegendaryFury Cutter / X-Scissor3.0514:03

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

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Top 15 Mega Malamar 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	9:59	2.17	6.0	50.7%
2	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	11:04	2.41	6.0	45.8%
3	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	12:01	2.61	5.8	42.2%
4	Mega Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,087	12:58	2.82	5.9	39.1%
5	Shadow Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,001	13:02	2.83	6.0	38.9%
6	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	13:08	2.85	6.0	38.6%
7	Shadow Escavalierbugsteel	bugBug BitebugMegahorn	2,889	13:31	2.94	6.0	37.5%
8	Volcaronabugfire	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	3,632	13:38	2.96	6.0	37.2%
9	Shadow Pinsirbug	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,959	13:48	3.00	6.0	36.7%
10	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,677	14:03	3.05	6.0	36.1%
11	Genesectbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	14:30	3.15	6.0	34.9%
12	Genesect (Burn)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	14:30	3.15	6.0	34.9%
13	Genesect (Chill)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	14:30	3.15	6.0	34.9%
14	Genesect (Douse)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	14:30	3.15	6.0	34.9%
15	Genesect (Shock)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	14:30	3.15	6.0	34.9%

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 Mega Malamar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Malamar'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	93%	41%	39.7%	12:45	6.0	2.77
Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	46%	23%	31.7%	16:00	6.0	3.48
Psywave / Psybeam+	46%	23%	31.7%	16:00	6.0	3.48
Peck / Psybeam+	67%	25%	34.2%	14:49	6.0	3.22
Psycho Cut / Hyper Beam	100%	43%	40.5%	12:31	6.0	2.72
Psywave / Hyper Beam	100%	43%	40.5%	12:31	6.0	2.72
Peck / Hyper Beam	100%	41%	40.7%	12:28	6.0	2.71
Peck / Foul Play	100%	42%	40.9%	12:23	6.0	2.69
Psycho Cut / Foul Play	100%	44%	41.2%	12:18	6.0	2.67
Psywave / Foul Play	100%	44%	41.2%	12:18	6.0	2.67
Peck / Psybeam	100%	53%	41.6%	12:10	6.0	2.65
Psycho Cut / Psybeam	100%	55%	41.8%	12:07	6.0	2.63
Psywave / Psybeam	100%	55%	41.8%	12:07	6.0	2.63
Peck / Superpower	100%	62%	41.9%	12:05	6.0	2.63
Psycho Cut / Superpower	100%	67%	42.2%	12:01	6.0	2.61
Psywave / Superpower	100%	67%	42.2%	12:01	6.0	2.61

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 3 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…

Mega Malamar 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.

bug2.56x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x psychic0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (1)
Neutral (15)
Double resists (1)

It resists psychic0.24x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Malamar throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeck	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s
psychicPsywaveSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsybeam+STAB	170	-100	3.0s	1.10s
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
fightingSuperpower	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s
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	1,279	1,599
11/11/11	1,292	1,616
12/12/12	1,306	1,633
13/13/13	1,320	1,650
14/14/14	1,334	1,667
15/15/15hundo	1,347	1,685

Caught CP range 1,279 - 1,347, or 1,599 - 1,685 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.

Mega Malamar 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

Super Mega: 25,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 176 / Defense 187 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	100%	50.7%	2.17	9:59	38.2	90%	3,383	47.0	941
2	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	92%	45.8%	2.41	11:04	30.9	92%	4,814	40.5	1093
3	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	85%	42.2%	2.61	12:01	29.4	100%	4,182	36.5	1026
4	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	80%	39.1%	2.82	12:58	24.7	100%	4,087	33.4	1087
5	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	77%	38.9%	2.83	13:02	35.3	100%	3,001	33.8	762
6	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	74%	38.6%	2.85	13:08	50.3	80%	3,117	35.0	673
7	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	74%	37.5%	2.94	13:31	37.1	100%	2,889	32.6	752
8	Volcarona bugfire Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	74%	37.2%	2.96	13:38	34.5	100%	3,632	32.2	824
9	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	70%	36.7%	3.00	13:48	49.4	80%	2,959	32.8	616
10	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	70%	36.1%	3.05	14:03	41.6	100%	3,677	31.5	671
11	Genesect bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	70%	34.9%	3.15	14:30	31.9	100%	3,353	30.1	842
12	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	70%	34.9%	3.15	14:30	31.9	100%	3,353	30.1	842
13	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	70%	34.9%	3.15	14:30	31.9	100%	3,353	30.1	842
14	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	70%	34.9%	3.15	14:30	31.9	100%	3,353	30.1	842
15	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	70%	34.9%	3.15	14:30	31.9	100%	3,353	30.1	842
16	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	68%	34.8%	3.16	14:34	42.4	96%	3,117	30.4	652
17	Kleavor bugrock Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+11 more movesets	68%	34.7%	3.18	14:37	40.6	96%	3,146	30.2	650
18	Shadow Scyther bugflyingshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	65%	34.2%	3.22	14:48	53.7	80%	2,706	30.7	637
19	Scizor bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	32.9%	3.35	15:25	39.4	20%	3,001	28.5	703
20	Pinsir bug Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	63%	32.9%	3.35	15:26	46.1	18%	2,959	28.8	603
21	Shadow Crustle bugrockshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	62%	32.1%	3.43	15:47	45.8	0%	2,542	28.1	579
22	Yanmega bugflying Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+5 more movesets	61%	31.6%	3.49	16:03	43.6	6%	2,946	27.5	694
23	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	61%	31.4%	3.51	16:09	43.3	0%	2,802	27.3	705
24	Golisopod bugwater Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+19 more movesets	61%	31.3%	3.51	16:10	38.7	0%	3,162	27.1	729
25	Centiskorch firebug Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	60%	31.1%	3.55	16:19	42.6	0%	2,990	27.0	667
26	Escavalier bugsteel Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	61%	31.0%	3.55	16:20	40.0	0%	2,889	26.9	696
27	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	57%	30.7%	3.59	16:31	68.7	20%	2,447	28.0	505
28	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	54%	30.4%	3.63	16:41	91.5	40%	2,842	29.3	370
29	Heracross bugfighting Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	56%	30.0%	3.67	16:54	58.9	46%	3,101	27.2	611
30	Shadow Accelgor bugshadow Infestation / Bug Buzz	Infestation / Bug Buzz+14 more movesets	53%	29.1%	3.79	17:26	76.0	32%	2,441	27.0	411

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.

Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.8 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.