Scyther counters

#0123

bug flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

7,762

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

139

Defense

110

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Scyther should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,472-1,546.

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Scyther counters are Mega Diancie, Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Rampardos, Rhyperior & Shadow Aerodactyl.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Diancie
S. Rampardos
S. Rhyperior
Rampardos
Rhyperior
S. Aerodactyl

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 DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide0.050:08
2Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.050:09
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
4Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.060:10
5Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.060:10
6Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.060:10
7RampardospartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.060:11
8Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.060:11
9Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.060:11
10RhyperiorpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.060:11
11Shadow AerodactylShadowpartyRock Throw / Rock Slide0.060:11

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 Scyther

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Top 15 Scyther 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 Diancierockfairyjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
2	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:09	0.05	4957.0%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4545.4%
4	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:10	0.06	4316.7%
5	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
6	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
7	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:11	0.06	4132.5%
8	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:11	0.06	4066.2%
9	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:11	0.06	3830.4%
10	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
11	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
12	Shadow Gigalithrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,228	0:12	0.06	3781.2%
13	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricSparkelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:12	0.07	3702.1%
14	Shadow Alolan Golemrockelectric	rockRock ThrowrockRock Blast	2,949	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
15	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:12	0.07	3615.0%

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 Scyther.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Scyther'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%	761%	4285.5%	0:10	0.06
Fury Cutter / Trailblaze	100%	583%	4230.6%	0:10	0.06
Fury Cutter / Night Slash	100%	887%	4276.7%	0:10	0.06
Fury Cutter / Aerial Ace	100%	937%	4276.7%	0:10	0.06
Air Slash / Trailblaze	100%	599%	4279.8%	0:10	0.06
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	100%	813%	4288.4%	0:10	0.06
Air Slash / Night Slash	100%	872%	4317.9%	0:10	0.06
Air Slash / X-Scissor	100%	793%	4317.9%	0:10	0.06
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	100%	925%	4317.9%	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…

Scyther 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.

rock2.56x flying1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x ground0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists ground0.24xfighting0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Scyther throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,472	1,841
11/11/11	1,487	1,859
12/12/12	1,502	1,877
13/13/13	1,516	1,896
14/14/14	1,531	1,914
15/15/15hundo	1,546	1,933

Caught CP range 1,472 - 1,546, or 1,841 - 1,933 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.

Scyther 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 139 / Defense 110 (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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	4,346	70.7	601
2	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	89%	4957.0%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,298	73.4	639
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	86%	4545.4%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	67.6	648
4	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	81%	4316.7%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,733	66.4	671
5	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	84%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	5,713	57.9	608
6	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	81%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,118	57.6	605
7	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	73%	4132.5%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,298	59.4	627
8	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	80%	4066.2%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,979	60.4	646
9	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	75%	3830.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,783	66.9	761
10	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	72%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,733	52.7	606
11	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	69%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	2,783	52.4	603
12	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+14 more movesets	68%	3781.2%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	3,228	54.3	626
13	Mega Raichu X electricmega Spark / Volt Tackle+	Spark / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	70%	3702.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,510	51.2	602
14	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	66%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,949	50.8	610
15	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	69%	3615.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,038	54.5	657
16	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	62%	3559.3%	0.07	0:12	0.1	100%	2,949	50.8	597
17	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	61%	3559.3%	0.07	0:12	0.1	100%	2,786	50.4	593
18	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	64%	3533.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,331	57.4	707
19	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	67%	3527.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,802	59.6	734
20	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Stone Edge	Fire Spin / Stone Edge+20 more movesets	63%	3504.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,161	51.5	639
21	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	64%	3479.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,698	50.3	631
22	Shadow Sudowoodo rockshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+11 more movesets	61%	3460.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,148	53.8	675
23	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	65%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,128	70.9	895
24	Shadow Crustle bugrockshadow Fury Cutter / Rock Wrecker	Fury Cutter / Rock Wrecker+7 more movesets	62%	3427.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,542	49.1	624
25	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	61%	3406.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,588	52.3	671
26	Archeops rockflying Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	61%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,331	46.6	606
27	Glimmora rockpoison Smack Down / Power Gem	Smack Down / Power Gem+7 more movesets	62%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,273	46.9	610
28	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	61%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,659	47.9	622
29	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	60%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,297	49.2	640
30	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	63%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,347	46.5	606

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.