Mega Metagross counters

#0376

steel psychicMega

Lobby CP

52,103

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

248

Defense

240

Difficulty

1.51

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Metagross should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,078-2,166 (you catch Metagross).

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xdark1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Metagross counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Hydreigon & Shadow Reshiram.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Landorus (Therian)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
S. Hydreigon
S. Reshiram

6 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.295:59
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.486:54
3Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.557:12
4Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.577:17
5Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.587:20
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn1.597:24
7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.617:30
8Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.617:30
9Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.627:33
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Shadow Ball1.667:43
12Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare1.697:52

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

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Raid tier — Easy Mega Raid

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Related countersMetagross

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Top 15 Mega Metagross 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	5:59	1.29	6.0	84.8%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	6:54	1.48	6.0	73.6%
3	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	7:12	1.55	6.0	70.5%
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	7:17	1.57	6.0	69.6%
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	7:20	1.58	6.0	69.1%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	7:24	1.59	6.0	68.5%
7	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	7:30	1.61	6.0	67.6%
8	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	7:30	1.61	5.8	67.6%
9	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	7:33	1.62	6.0	67.2%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterghostShadow Ball	6,428	7:43	1.66	6.0	65.7%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterghostShadow Ball	6,112	7:45	1.67	6.0	65.4%
12	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	7:52	1.69	6.0	64.4%
13	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	7:54	1.70	6.0	64.2%
14	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	7:55	1.70	6.0	64.1%
15	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlaze Kick	4,161	8:17	1.78	6.0	61.3%

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 Mega Metagross.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Metagross'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	99%	75%	69.9%	7:16	6.0	1.56
Bullet Punch / Earthquake	90%	65%	64.4%	7:52	6.0	1.69
Fury Cutter / Earthquake	83%	71%	65.0%	7:48	6.0	1.68
Zen Headbutt / Earthquake	92%	70%	65.8%	7:43	6.0	1.66
Zen Headbutt / Flash Cannon	100%	85%	71.5%	7:06	6.0	1.53
Fury Cutter / Flash Cannon	100%	88%	71.8%	7:04	6.0	1.52
Bullet Punch / Flash Cannon	100%	84%	72.0%	7:02	6.0	1.51
Fury Cutter / Psychic	100%	86%	72.1%	7:02	6.0	1.51
Bullet Punch / Psychic	100%	84%	72.4%	7:00	6.0	1.51
Zen Headbutt / Psychic	100%	89%	73.1%	6:57	6.0	1.49

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 2 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 Metagross 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.

ground1.6x ghost1.6x fire1.6x dark1.6x fighting1x bug1x water1x electric1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (4)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xpsychic0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Metagross throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
steelBullet PunchSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.40s
bugFury Cutter	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
groundEarthquake	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,078	2,598
11/11/11	2,096	2,620
12/12/12	2,113	2,642
13/13/13	2,131	2,664
14/14/14	2,148	2,686
15/15/15hundo	2,166	2,708

Caught CP range 2,078 - 2,166, or 2,598 - 2,708 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 Metagross 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

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 248 / Defense 240 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	84.8%	1.29	5:59	14.3	100%	4,783	26.3	679
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	85%	73.6%	1.48	6:54	18.2	100%	3,842	23.2	639
3	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	82%	70.5%	1.55	7:12	15.7	100%	5,902	21.8	615
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	79%	69.6%	1.57	7:17	21.4	100%	3,922	21.9	460
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	80%	69.1%	1.58	7:20	17.1	100%	4,099	21.5	534
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	78%	68.5%	1.59	7:24	19.8	100%	4,455	21.5	502
7	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	76%	67.6%	1.61	7:30	22.2	100%	3,739	21.3	442
8	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	67.6%	1.61	7:30	16.3	100%	5,347	20.9	640
9	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	77%	67.2%	1.62	7:33	19.3	100%	3,625	20.9	488
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Shadow Ball	Counter / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	65.7%	1.66	7:43	17.4	100%	6,428	20.4	527
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Shadow Ball	Counter / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	74%	65.4%	1.67	7:45	19.9	100%	6,112	20.4	457
12	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	64.4%	1.69	7:52	28.2	88%	4,038	21.0	399
13	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	71%	64.2%	1.70	7:54	24.6	100%	4,115	20.3	381
14	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	73%	64.1%	1.70	7:55	19.9	100%	5,424	20.0	457
15	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	65%	61.3%	1.78	8:17	36.2	100%	4,161	20.0	300
16	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	68%	61.1%	1.79	8:18	25.0	88%	3,754	19.4	510
17	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	70%	61.0%	1.79	8:19	18.7	100%	3,863	19.0	520
18	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	65%	60.7%	1.80	8:22	32.8	100%	3,594	19.5	285
19	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	66%	60.5%	1.80	8:23	29.9	94%	3,834	19.4	405
20	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	64%	59.9%	1.82	8:28	35.7	90%	3,268	19.6	284
21	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	66%	59.8%	1.83	8:29	24.5	100%	3,465	18.8	399
22	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Brutal Swing	Fire Fang / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	66%	59.4%	1.84	8:32	25.9	100%	3,749	18.7	379
23	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	67%	59.3%	1.84	8:33	19.9	100%	3,784	18.4	471
24	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	66%	59.1%	1.85	8:35	23.8	100%	3,683	18.6	386
25	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	63%	58.8%	1.86	8:38	37.2	98%	3,301	19.2	286
26	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	64%	58.8%	1.86	8:38	27.7	100%	3,962	18.6	336
27	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	66%	58.6%	1.86	8:40	21.4	100%	3,739	18.2	443
28	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	64%	58.4%	1.87	8:41	26.6	100%	3,588	18.4	371
29	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	64%	57.7%	1.89	8:48	25.0	92%	4,038	18.2	407
30	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	60%	55.9%	1.95	9:04	32.4	68%	3,059	18.1	330

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