Skarmory counters

#0227

steel flyingElite

Lobby CP

35,785

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

160

Defense

237

Difficulty

3.14

Pokebattler scale

Beating Skarmory should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,139-1,204.

Weak tofire1.6xelectric1.6x

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 a Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Skarmory counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Heatran, Shadow Electivire & Reshiram.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Heatran
S. Electivire
Reshiram

4 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+2.7812:47
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+2.8413:04
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+3.2314:51
4Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare3.2815:06
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm3.2815:06
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn3.4115:42
7Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn3.6416:46
8Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm3.6816:55
9Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge3.7517:16
10ReshiramLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare3.7817:23

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Related countersMega Skarmory

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Top 15 Skarmory 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.

Trainers3small group

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	12:47	2.78	6.0	39.7%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	13:04	2.84	6.0	38.8%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	14:51	3.23	6.0	34.1%
4	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	15:06	3.28	6.0	33.6%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	15:06	3.28	6.0	33.6%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	15:42	3.41	6.0	32.3%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	16:46	3.64	6.0	30.2%
8	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	16:55	3.68	5.9	30.0%
9	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	17:16	3.75	6.0	29.3%
10	Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	17:23	3.78	6.0	29.2%
11	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	17:25	3.78	6.0	29.1%
12	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	17:41	3.84	6.0	28.7%
13	Shadow Ho-Ohfireflying	fireIncineratefireSacred Fire++	3,863	17:42	3.85	5.9	28.6%
14	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	17:46	3.86	6.0	28.5%
15	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,428	17:50	3.87	6.0	28.4%

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 Skarmory.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Skarmory'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	36%	42%	32.1%	15:46	6.0	3.43
Air Slash / Drill Run	38%	36%	31.3%	16:13	6.0	3.52
Steel Wing / Drill Run	43%	37%	31.4%	16:09	6.0	3.51
Steel Wing / Brave Bird	17%	37%	31.5%	16:05	6.0	3.49
Air Slash / Brave Bird	17%	37%	32.0%	15:50	6.0	3.44
Air Slash / Sky Attack	46%	44%	32.5%	15:35	6.0	3.39
Steel Wing / Sky Attack	40%	45%	32.6%	15:33	6.0	3.38
Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	43%	59%	33.0%	15:20	5.9	3.33
Air Slash / Flash Cannon	47%	58%	33.3%	15:13	5.9	3.31

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…

Skarmory 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.

fire1.6x electric1.6x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x water1x ice1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x bug0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (6)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Skarmory throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelSteel WingSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
groundDrill Run	85	-50	3.0s	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	1,139	1,424
11/11/11	1,152	1,440
12/12/12	1,165	1,456
13/13/13	1,178	1,473
14/14/14	1,191	1,489
15/15/15hundo	1,204	1,506

Caught CP range 1,139 - 1,204, or 1,424 - 1,506 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.

Skarmory 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 160 / Defense 237 (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	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	39.7%	2.78	12:47	25.8	100%	4,783	27.4	755
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	96%	38.8%	2.84	13:04	32.1	100%	3,780	27.1	617
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	85%	34.1%	3.23	14:51	29.8	76%	3,510	23.6	683
4	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	82%	33.6%	3.28	15:06	35.7	58%	4,038	23.4	556
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	83%	33.6%	3.28	15:06	32.3	64%	3,659	23.2	596
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	80%	32.3%	3.41	15:42	29.9	8%	4,455	22.2	695
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	70%	30.2%	3.64	16:46	55.5	14%	4,161	21.6	391
8	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	73%	30.0%	3.68	16:55	34.4	0%	3,754	20.7	650
9	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	29.3%	3.75	17:16	45.8	0%	3,079	20.5	429
10	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	29.2%	3.78	17:23	34.8	0%	4,038	20.1	566
11	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	69%	29.1%	3.78	17:25	44.1	0%	2,803	20.4	457
12	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	70%	28.7%	3.84	17:41	32.8	0%	3,419	19.7	593
13	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	71%	28.6%	3.85	17:42	31.7	0%	3,863	19.6	650
14	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	70%	28.5%	3.86	17:46	31.9	0%	3,527	19.5	601
15	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	70%	28.4%	3.87	17:50	32.2	0%	6,428	19.5	595
16	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	69%	28.3%	3.89	17:55	32.7	0%	3,659	19.4	580
17	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	68%	28.2%	3.90	17:57	37.1	0%	3,452	19.5	526
18	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	67%	28.0%	3.93	18:05	40.5	0%	3,465	19.4	501
19	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	66%	27.9%	3.95	18:10	44.6	0%	3,937	19.4	448
20	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	64%	27.7%	3.97	18:16	61.5	0%	3,297	19.9	329
21	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	66%	27.6%	3.99	18:23	42.9	0%	6,112	19.1	475
22	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	66%	27.6%	3.99	18:23	41.9	0%	3,580	19.1	480
23	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	64%	27.6%	3.99	18:23	56.3	0%	3,268	19.5	347
24	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	68%	27.5%	4.00	18:26	29.7	0%	4,038	18.8	666
25	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	66%	27.4%	4.01	18:28	40.1	0%	3,850	19.0	495
26	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	64%	27.3%	4.03	18:33	52.0	0%	3,059	19.2	381
27	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	66%	27.0%	4.08	18:45	36.1	0%	3,205	18.6	634
28	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	27.0%	4.08	18:47	59.3	0%	3,105	19.2	333
29	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	63%	26.8%	4.10	18:53	46.6	0%	2,889	18.7	433
30	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	61%	25.9%	4.25	19:32	46.3	0%	3,473	18.1	425

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