Mesprit counters

#0481

psychicElite

Lobby CP

48,367

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

223

Defense

223

Difficulty

3.26

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mesprit should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,669-1,747.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 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 Mesprit counters are Mega Houndoom, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Hydreigon & Shadow Chandelure.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
S. Tyranitar
S. Hydreigon
S. Chandelure

7 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+2.8513:06
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam3.1614:33
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play3.3015:12
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.3315:19
5Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing3.4215:45
6Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing3.4615:55
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.4916:03
8Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.5116:10
9Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+3.5316:14
10Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball3.5816:28
12Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.8317:36
13Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball3.8617:47

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

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Top 15 Mesprit 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 Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	13:06	2.85	6.0	38.7%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	14:33	3.16	5.4	34.8%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	15:12	3.30	6.0	33.3%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	15:19	3.33	6.0	33.1%
5	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	15:45	3.42	5.0	32.2%
6	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	15:55	3.46	6.0	31.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	16:03	3.49	6.0	31.6%
8	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	16:10	3.51	6.0	31.4%
9	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	16:14	3.53	6.0	31.2%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	16:28	3.58	6.0	30.8%
11	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	17:23	3.78	6.0	29.2%
12	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	17:36	3.83	6.0	28.8%
13	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	17:47	3.86	6.0	28.5%
14	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	17:50	3.87	6.0	28.4%
15	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	17:53	3.89	6.0	28.3%

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 Mesprit.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mesprit'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	36%	43%	32.2%	15:43	5.9	3.42
Extrasensory / Blizzard	18%	34%	30.7%	16:31	6.0	3.59
Confusion / Blizzard	21%	34%	30.8%	16:27	6.0	3.57
Confusion / Future Sight	47%	50%	31.6%	16:04	6.0	3.49
Extrasensory / Future Sight	50%	51%	32.7%	15:30	6.0	3.37
Confusion / Swift	39%	60%	34.1%	14:53	5.8	3.23
Extrasensory / Swift	40%	63%	34.2%	14:48	5.6	3.22

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…

Mesprit 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

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

What Mesprit 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
psychicExtrasensorySTAB	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
normalSwift	65	-50	3.0s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,669	2,086
11/11/11	1,684	2,106
12/12/12	1,700	2,125
13/13/13	1,716	2,145
14/14/14	1,731	2,164
15/15/15hundo	1,747	2,184

Caught CP range 1,669 - 1,747, or 2,086 - 2,184 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.

Mesprit 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 223 / Defense 223 (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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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	38.7%	2.85	13:06	22.2	100%	3,842	26.5	846
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	90%	34.8%	3.16	14:33	21.7	68%	4,099	23.8	985
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	82%	33.3%	3.30	15:12	36.6	38%	3,739	23.2	532
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	84%	33.1%	3.33	15:19	26.3	0%	6,428	22.6	721
5	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	32.2%	3.42	15:45	20.1	0%	5,347	21.7	1048
6	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	31.9%	3.46	15:55	49.3	0%	3,301	22.5	402
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	77%	31.6%	3.49	16:03	35.6	0%	6,112	21.9	551
8	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	31.4%	3.51	16:10	30.9	0%	3,834	21.5	703
9	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	71%	31.2%	3.53	16:14	71.4	44%	3,383	23.2	294
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	71%	30.8%	3.58	16:28	61.2	46%	4,336	22.5	435
11	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	68%	29.2%	3.78	17:23	54.8	0%	3,594	20.7	417
12	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	67%	28.8%	3.83	17:36	55.3	0%	3,625	20.6	480
13	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	66%	28.5%	3.86	17:47	58.4	0%	3,268	20.5	415
14	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	68%	28.4%	3.87	17:50	45.6	0%	3,005	19.8	422
15	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	28.3%	3.89	17:53	39.2	0%	3,739	19.6	513
16	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	68%	28.2%	3.91	17:59	40.7	0%	3,683	19.5	595
17	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	67%	28.2%	3.91	17:60	44.7	0%	4,178	19.6	427
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	69%	28.1%	3.91	18:00	34.6	0%	3,784	19.3	549
19	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	69%	27.4%	4.02	18:29	28.2	0%	4,042	18.7	789
20	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	64%	27.1%	4.07	18:44	47.5	0%	4,510	18.9	402
21	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	62%	26.9%	4.09	18:49	59.7	0%	4,182	19.1	348
22	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	68%	26.9%	4.09	18:49	28.8	0%	3,834	18.3	715
23	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	65%	26.9%	4.10	18:52	39.4	0%	3,625	18.5	524
24	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	66%	26.7%	4.13	18:59	34.9	0%	4,783	18.3	538
25	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	26.7%	4.13	19:00	78.6	0%	2,526	19.6	280
26	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	63%	26.5%	4.16	19:09	48.8	0%	4,346	18.5	399
27	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	62%	26.3%	4.19	19:16	51.9	0%	2,635	18.4	369
28	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	61%	26.0%	4.24	19:31	54.7	0%	3,001	18.2	369
29	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	55%	24.3%	4.54	20:53	71.0	0%	5,713	17.8	384
30	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	53%	24.2%	4.55	20:57	98.8	0%	2,878	18.2	253

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