Poliwhirl counters

#0061

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

4,172

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Poliwhirl should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 757-811.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Poliwhirl counters are Mega Raichu X, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Shadow Zapdos & Shadow Sceptile.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
S. Zapdos
S. Sceptile

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 %

1Mega Raichu XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:09
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
5Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
6RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.060:10
7Mega ChesnaughtMegaLow Kick / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
8Mega VictreebelMegaMagical Leaf / Acid Spray+0.060:11
9Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
10Shadow ZapdosShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon0.060:11
11Shadow SceptileShadowpartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11

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

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Top 15 Poliwhirl 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	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4827.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:09	0.05	4611.3%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4559.6%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
5	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
6	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:10	0.06	4192.2%
7	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	fightingLow KickgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	3973.6%
8	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:11	0.06	3927.0%
9	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	3844.6%
10	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon	3,527	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
11	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.06	3780.6%
13	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:12	0.06	3778.0%
14	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:12	0.06	3768.2%
15	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:12	0.06	3748.7%

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 Poliwhirl.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Poliwhirl'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%	1090%	4189.8%	0:10	0.06
Bubble / Water Pulse	100%	1028%	4178.6%	0:10	0.06
Mud Shot / Water Pulse	100%	1106%	4178.6%	0:10	0.06
Mud Shot / Bubble Beam	100%	1139%	4178.6%	0:10	0.06
Mud Shot / Mud Bomb	100%	1207%	4181.4%	0:10	0.06
Bubble / Bubble Beam	100%	991%	4192.6%	0:10	0.06
Bubble / Mud Bomb	100%	1009%	4220.8%	0:10	0.06

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…

Poliwhirl 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Poliwhirl throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
groundMud Shot	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
groundMud Bomb	60	-33	2.5s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	757	947
11/11/11	768	960
12/12/12	778	973
13/13/13	789	987
14/14/14	800	1,000
15/15/15hundo	811	1,013

Caught CP range 757 - 811, or 947 - 1,013 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.

Poliwhirl 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 86 / Defense 82 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	4827.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	83.6	754
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	4611.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	6,428	64.2	604
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	91%	4559.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	91.8	876
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	88%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	73.9	739
5	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	90%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	61.8	618
6	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	79%	4192.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,803	64.9	675
7	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	91%	3973.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	57.1	626
8	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Acid Spray+	Magical Leaf / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	80%	3927.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,505	55.0	610
9	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	86%	3844.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	62.4	707
10	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,527	52.8	607
11	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	77%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,757	52.5	604
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	82%	3780.6%	0.06	0:12	100%	6,112	63.4	731
13	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	69%	3778.0%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,937	56.2	648
14	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	68%	3768.2%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,079	59.2	684
15	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	3748.7%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,452	57.6	669
16	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	67%	3707.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,205	54.4	639
17	Mega Manectric electricmega Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	3676.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,580	53.8	637
18	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	73%	3663.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	54.7	649
19	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	75%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,038	51.3	615
20	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	62%	3615.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,340	53.3	642
21	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	3515.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,888	52.9	655
22	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	66%	3501.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,345	51.1	636
23	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	71%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,245	49.7	621
24	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	60%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,949	49.2	615
25	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	66%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,419	48.3	604
26	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	76%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	5,713	48.3	604
27	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	73%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,429	48.4	605
28	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon	Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon+5 more movesets	53%	3476.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,580	57.2	714
29	Shadow Zebstrika electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+5 more movesets	59%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,428	47.7	603
30	Shadow Cacturne grassdarkshadow Sucker Punch / Grass Knot	Sucker Punch / Grass Knot+14 more movesets	62%	3411.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,298	47.8	610

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