Metapod counters

#0011

bugTier 1

Lobby CP

1,432

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Metapod should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 225-257.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Metapod counters are Shadow Moltres, Blacephalon, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Heatran, Shadow Toucannon & Shadow Gigalith.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Moltres
Blacephalon
M. Rayquaza
S. Heatran
S. Toucannon
S. Gigalith

5 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 %

1Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.040:07
2BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.040:07
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Aerial Ace0.040:07
4Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.040:07
5Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.040:07
6Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Flamethrower0.040:08
7Mega SalamenceMegaFire Fang / Fly0.040:08
8Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Flamethrower0.040:08
9Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blaze Kick0.040:08
10Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Fly0.040:08
11Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.040:08

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Metapod

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Top 15 Metapod 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	Shadow Moltresfireflyingjoint top pick	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
2	Blacephalonfireghostjoint top pick	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingAerial Ace	5,713	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
4	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
5	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
6	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireFlamethrower	4,783	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
7	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
8	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireFlamethrower	4,455	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
9	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlaze Kick	4,161	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
10	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingFly	3,979	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
11	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
12	Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
13	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
14	Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
15	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	0:08	0.05	5265.8%

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 Metapod.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Metapod'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1949%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Bug Bite / Struggle	100%	1949%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Tackle / Struggle	100%	1949%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04

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…

Metapod 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x poison1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x grass0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

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

What Metapod throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	225	282
11/11/11	231	289
12/12/12	238	297
13/13/13	244	305
14/14/14	250	313
15/15/15hundo	257	321

Caught CP range 225 - 257, or 282 - 321 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.

Metapod 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 35 / Defense 56 (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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Moltres top pickfireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	94%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	85.7	600
2	Blacephalon top pickfireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	100%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,297	90.6	634
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	91%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	5,713	80.6	604
4	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	93%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,754	80.2	601
5	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	85%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,689	89.5	671
6	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+23 more movesets	83%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,783	83.9	671
7	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	89%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	5,031	85.0	680
8	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	83%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,455	80.6	645
9	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	80%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,161	75.5	604
10	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+19 more movesets	84%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	82.1	657
11	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	86%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,228	75.3	602
12	Salamence dragonflying Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	82%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	76.3	610
13	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	77%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,825	75.0	600
14	Moltres fireflying Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	81%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,465	75.4	603
15	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	78%	5265.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,749	82.2	679
16	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	75%	5251.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	74.7	619
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	87%	5239.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	105.0	874
18	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	80%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	70.7	601
19	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	72%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,105	73.8	627
20	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	79%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,145	71.8	610
21	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	78%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,850	77.4	658
22	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	76%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,982	80.8	687
23	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	73%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,848	81.9	696
24	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	74%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,889	77.0	654
25	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	74%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,889	77.0	654
26	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Flamethrower	Smack Down / Flamethrower+5 more movesets	72%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	80.6	725
27	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	76%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,268	71.9	647
28	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+11 more movesets	72%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,473	70.2	632
29	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+17 more movesets	72%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	71.8	646
30	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+20 more movesets	70%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,059	68.9	620

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.