Pheromosa counters

#0795

bug fightingTier 1

Lobby CP

8,107

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

197

Defense

Difficulty

0.03

Pokebattler scale

Beating Pheromosa should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,538-1,624.

Weak toflying2.56xfire1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 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 Pheromosa counters are Shadow Galarian Articuno, Mega Rayquaza, Enamorus (Incarnate), Shadow Staraptor, Enamorus (Therian) & Rayquaza.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Galarian Articuno
M. Rayquaza
Enamorus (Incarnate)
S. Staraptor
Enamorus (Therian)
Rayquaza

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 %

1Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.030:05
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Breaking Swipe0.030:06
3Mega StaraptorMegaQuick Attack / Fly0.030:06
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
5Enamorus (Incarnate)LegendarypartyFairy Wind / Fly0.030:06
6Shadow StaraptorShadowpartyQuick Attack / Fly0.030:06
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
8Enamorus (Therian)LegendarypartyFairy Wind / Fly0.030:06
9RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Aerial Ace0.040:06
10Mega PidgeotMegaAir Slash / Aerial Ace0.040:06

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 Pheromosa

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Top 15 Pheromosa 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 Galarian Articunopsychicflyingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:05	0.03	7928.3%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashdragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	normalQuick AttackflyingFly	3,979	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
5	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,425	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
6	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	normalQuick AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
8	Enamorus (Therian)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,388	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
9	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingAerial Ace	3,835	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
10	Mega Pidgeotnormalflying	flyingAir SlashflyingAerial Ace	3,680	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
11	Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
12	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingDrill Peck	2,689	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
13	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
14	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
15	Toucannonnormalflying	grassBullet SeedflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:06	0.04	6708.2%

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 Pheromosa.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Pheromosa'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1811%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Bug Bite / Focus Blast	100%	1994%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	1997%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Bug Bite / Lunge	100%	1718%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Bug Bite / Close Combat	100%	1997%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Low Kick / Focus Blast	100%	2093%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Low Kick / Bug Buzz	100%	2103%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Low Kick / Lunge	100%	1682%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03
Low Kick / Close Combat	100%	2095%	7267.4%	0:06	0.03

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…

Pheromosa 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.

flying2.56x fire1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xground0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Pheromosa 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
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fightingFocus BlastSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
bugLungeSTAB	55	-33	3.0s	2.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,538	1,922
11/11/11	1,555	1,944
12/12/12	1,572	1,965
13/13/13	1,589	1,986
14/14/14	1,606	2,008
15/15/15hundo	1,624	2,030

Caught CP range 1,538 - 1,624, or 1,922 - 2,030 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.

Pheromosa 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 197 / Defense 59 (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 Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	100%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,590	127.5	701
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Breaking Swipe	Air Slash / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	79%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	5,713	103.5	621
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Fly	Quick Attack / Fly+19 more movesets	95%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,979	103.9	623
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	114.0	684
5	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	92%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,425	113.0	678
6	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Quick Attack / Fly	Quick Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	85%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,825	107.2	643
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	84%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,112	110.0	660
8	Enamorus (Therian) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+23 more movesets	92%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,388	101.5	609
9	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	77%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,835	96.5	627
10	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+27 more movesets	75%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,680	95.1	618
11	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	78%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,590	94.0	611
12	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Drill Peck	Peck / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	70%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,689	98.0	637
13	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	69%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,178	95.0	617
14	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	68%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,510	92.5	601
15	Toucannon normalflying Bullet Seed / Beak Blast	Bullet Seed / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	79%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,689	97.0	630
16	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Wing Attack / Flamethrower	Wing Attack / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	75%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,455	88.0	616
17	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	82%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,548	95.2	666
18	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	129.9	909
19	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Fly	Extrasensory / Fly+15 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,703	90.3	632
20	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	63%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,711	117.0	819
21	Shadow Galarian Moltres darkflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+7 more movesets	69%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,167	106.0	742
22	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	108.9	762
23	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Spark / Fly	Spark / Fly+15 more movesets	68%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,117	86.0	602
24	Staraptor normalflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	69%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,825	101.6	711
25	Honchkrow darkflying Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	63%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,711	97.9	685
26	Galarian Moltres darkflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+7 more movesets	68%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,167	88.9	622
27	Shadow Talonflame fireflyingshadow Peck / Fly	Peck / Fly+19 more movesets	71%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,205	93.6	655
28	Shadow Swellow normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Sky Attack	Wing Attack / Sky Attack+5 more movesets	62%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	1,920	90.9	636
29	Bombirdier flyingdark Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+14 more movesets	64%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,487	87.2	610
30	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,297	86.0	602

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.