Raikou counters

#0243

electricElite

Lobby CP

52,464

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

252

Defense

206

Difficulty

3.12

Pokebattler scale

Beating Raikou should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,889-1,972.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Raikou counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Groudon
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
S. Garchomp
Landorus (Therian)
S. Mamoswine

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 %

1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.8513:07
2Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.9913:47
3Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.0414:01
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.1514:29
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power3.2014:42
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+3.4115:41
7Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power3.4815:59
8Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm3.4916:04
9Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower3.6416:44
10GroudonLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.6616:50

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

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Top 15 Raikou 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	Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	13:07	2.85	5.3	38.6%
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	13:47	2.99	6.0	36.8%
3	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	14:01	3.04	6.0	36.2%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	14:29	3.15	6.0	35.0%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	14:42	3.20	4.3	34.5%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	15:41	3.41	6.0	32.3%
7	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	15:59	3.48	5.1	31.7%
8	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	16:04	3.49	6.0	31.6%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	16:44	3.64	6.0	30.3%
10	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	16:50	3.66	5.9	30.1%
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	17:07	3.72	6.0	29.6%
12	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,733	17:24	3.78	6.0	29.1%
13	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	17:52	3.88	6.0	28.4%
14	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	17:56	3.90	6.0	28.3%
15	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	18:19	3.98	6.0	27.7%

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 Raikou.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Raikou'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	50%	49%	34.1%	14:53	5.7	3.23
Volt Switch / Shadow Ball	50%	36%	32.6%	15:32	6.0	3.38
Thunder Shock / Shadow Ball	50%	35%	32.9%	15:25	6.0	3.35
Volt Switch / Aura Sphere	50%	35%	33.0%	15:22	6.0	3.34
Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	47%	34%	33.1%	15:18	6.0	3.32
Thunder Shock / Thunder	50%	67%	34.5%	14:42	5.6	3.20
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	50%	60%	34.6%	14:40	5.7	3.19
Volt Switch / Wild Charge	50%	64%	34.6%	14:39	5.6	3.18
Volt Switch / Thunder	50%	68%	34.7%	14:36	5.5	3.17
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	50%	67%	34.7%	14:36	5.5	3.17
Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	50%	69%	34.7%	14:36	5.5	3.17

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…

Raikou 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 normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (1)
Neutral (14)
Resists (3)

It resists flying0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Raikou throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricVolt SwitchSTAB	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s
electricThunder ShockSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingAura Sphere	100	-50	2.0s	1.20s
electricThunderSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
electricThunderboltSTAB	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,889	2,361
11/11/11	1,905	2,382
12/12/12	1,922	2,403
13/13/13	1,939	2,424
14/14/14	1,955	2,444
15/15/15hundo	1,972	2,466

Caught CP range 1,889 - 1,972, or 2,361 - 2,466 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.

Raikou 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 252 / Defense 206 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	38.6%	2.85	13:07	18.3	100%	5,902	26.3	1131
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	88%	36.8%	2.99	13:47	37.1	100%	3,922	25.8	523
3	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	90%	36.2%	3.04	14:01	26.6	100%	4,115	24.9	789
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	84%	35.0%	3.15	14:29	35.9	82%	6,428	24.4	556
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	88%	34.5%	3.20	14:42	20.7	66%	5,424	23.4	1321
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	32.3%	3.41	15:41	39.8	14%	6,112	22.6	498
7	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	79%	31.7%	3.48	15:59	25.8	0%	3,962	21.6	933
8	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	76%	31.6%	3.49	16:04	37.4	0%	3,922	21.9	519
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	71%	30.3%	3.64	16:44	45.3	0%	3,328	21.2	503
10	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	74%	30.1%	3.66	16:50	29.0	0%	4,115	20.6	745
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	69%	29.6%	3.72	17:07	45.9	0%	3,588	20.8	424
12	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	70%	29.1%	3.78	17:24	37.4	0%	3,733	20.2	630
13	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	69%	28.4%	3.88	17:52	31.8	0%	4,429	19.4	604
14	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	28.3%	3.90	17:56	52.7	0%	4,346	20.0	414
15	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	65%	27.7%	3.98	18:19	45.1	0%	5,713	19.2	423
16	Garchomp dragonground Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	69%	27.6%	3.99	18:22	26.7	0%	3,962	18.8	957
17	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	66%	27.5%	4.01	18:26	37.3	0%	4,401	19.0	530
18	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	63%	27.4%	4.02	18:29	51.7	0%	4,783	19.3	378
19	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	60%	27.0%	4.08	18:47	73.4	0%	3,244	20.3	452
20	Landorus (Incarnate) groundflying Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	63%	26.6%	4.14	19:04	43.3	0%	3,588	18.4	442
21	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	62%	26.4%	4.17	19:12	42.2	0%	4,823	18.3	457
22	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	61%	26.3%	4.18	19:15	50.3	0%	4,814	18.4	383
23	Mamoswine iceground Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	62%	26.2%	4.20	19:20	45.1	0%	3,328	18.2	507
24	Shadow Ursaluna groundnormalshadow Scratch / High Horsepower	Scratch / High Horsepower+31 more movesets	63%	26.2%	4.20	19:20	34.9	0%	3,854	18.0	661
25	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	61%	26.1%	4.23	19:27	45.6	0%	4,605	18.1	454
26	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	60%	25.9%	4.25	19:34	49.2	0%	3,179	18.2	480
27	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	60%	25.7%	4.28	19:42	50.1	0%	3,244	18.0	464
28	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	56%	25.1%	4.39	20:13	72.3	0%	4,161	18.0	265
29	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	58%	25.1%	4.39	20:13	50.9	0%	3,013	17.6	461
30	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	55%	24.7%	4.46	20:32	71.4	0%	4,178	17.6	274

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