Sawsbuck counters

#0586

normal grassTier 1

Lobby CP

6,620

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

127

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sawsbuck should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,311-1,381.

Weak tofighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

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 Sawsbuck counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Kyurem (White), Shadow Heatran, Shadow Staraptor, Shadow Toucannon & Eternatus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Kyurem (White)
S. Heatran
S. Staraptor
S. Toucannon
Eternatus

10 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:09
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.050:09
4Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.060:10
5Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.060:11
7Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
8Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:11
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.060:11
10Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Blast Burn0.060:12
13Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.070:12
14Shadow StaraptorShadowpartyGust / Brave Bird0.070:12
15Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyBullet Seed / Beak Blast0.070:12
16EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Dynamax Cannon0.070:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Sawsbuck 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:09	0.05	4647.1%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:10	0.06	4376.5%
5	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4224.7%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	3854.1%
7	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3817.0%
8	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,783	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
10	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:12	0.06	3742.3%
11	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:12	0.07	3669.2%
12	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:12	0.07	3648.3%
13	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
14	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird	2,825	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
15	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	grassBullet SeedflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:12	0.07	3633.1%

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 Sawsbuck.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sawsbuck'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%	1016%	3865.7%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Solar Beam	100%	1135%	3846.7%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Hyper Beam	100%	1107%	3846.7%	0:11	0.06
Feint Attack / Solar Beam	100%	1045%	3851.5%	0:11	0.06
Feint Attack / Hyper Beam	100%	1011%	3851.5%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Megahorn	100%	1026%	3860.9%	0:11	0.06
Feint Attack / Megahorn	100%	946%	3865.7%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Wild Charge	100%	1030%	3870.5%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Trailblaze	100%	1006%	3870.5%	0:11	0.06
Feint Attack / Wild Charge	100%	958%	3884.8%	0:11	0.06
Feint Attack / Trailblaze	100%	947%	3884.8%	0:11	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…

Sawsbuck 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.

fighting1.6x flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x rock1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x ghost0.39x

Weak (6)
Neutral (7)
Resists (5)

It resists ghost0.39xground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sawsbuck throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
normalTake DownSTAB	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugMegahorn	105	-100	2.0s	1.50s
normalHyper BeamSTAB	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
grassTrailblazeSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
electricWild Charge	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,311	1,639
11/11/11	1,325	1,656
12/12/12	1,338	1,673
13/13/13	1,352	1,691
14/14/14	1,366	1,708
15/15/15hundo	1,381	1,726

Caught CP range 1,311 - 1,381, or 1,639 - 1,726 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.

Sawsbuck 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 127 / Defense 96 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	0.0	100%	6,112	85.6	685
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	71%	4647.1%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,383	68.5	642
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	5,713	69.6	661
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	72%	4376.5%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,979	67.5	672
5	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	4224.7%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,826	65.8	678
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	58%	3854.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	6,428	58.9	665
7	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	59%	3817.0%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,670	66.7	762
8	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	55%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,783	53.9	620
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	59%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,605	53.7	617
10	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Blast Burn	Counter / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	54%	3742.3%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	4,161	54.1	631
11	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	57%	3669.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,505	59.9	711
12	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	51%	3648.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,521	54.9	656
13	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	57%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,754	50.8	609
14	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+15 more movesets	49%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,825	50.2	602
15	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Bullet Seed / Beak Blast	Bullet Seed / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	51%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,689	50.3	604
16	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	57%	3585.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,429	52.8	641
17	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	50%	3527.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,842	51.7	638
18	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Brave Bird	Low Kick / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	52%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,548	48.2	602
19	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	47%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,105	48.6	608
20	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	49%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,215	52.8	660
21	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	48%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,677	48.1	601
22	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	53%	3476.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,038	61.0	764
23	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Focus Blast	Bug Bite / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	45%	3471.6%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,842	49.5	592
24	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	47%	3471.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,117	48.5	610
25	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Air Slash / Blast Burn	Air Slash / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	51%	3460.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,455	48.8	616
26	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	50%	3460.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,465	53.9	678
27	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	52%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,814	53.3	674
28	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Brave Bird	Counter / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	45%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,985	49.1	622
29	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	52%	3406.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,038	50.4	645
30	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb	Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	50%	3395.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	48.0	615

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.