Spheal counters

#0363

ice waterTier 1

Lobby CP

2,760

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Spheal should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 505-550.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Spheal counters are Shadow Blaziken, Mega Lucario, Keldeo, Shadow Mewtwo, Kartana & Shadow Conkeldurr.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Blaziken
M. Lucario
Keldeo
S. Mewtwo
Kartana
S. Conkeldurr

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 %

1Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
2Mega LucarioMegapartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
4KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.040:08
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.050:08
8Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Wild Charge0.050:08
9Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyCounter / Thunderbolt0.050:08
10KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.050:08
11Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyCounter / Dynamic Punch0.050:08

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Spheal

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Top 15 Spheal 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	Shadow Blazikenfirefightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:08	0.04	5575.6%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteeljoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:08	0.04	5533.1%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:08	0.04	5491.3%
4	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:08	0.05	5190.5%
8	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,780	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	4,178	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
10	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
11	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
12	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
13	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
14	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:09	0.05	5034.7%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:09	0.05	4887.9%

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 Spheal.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Spheal'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.

“Joint top pick”: 3 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	1378%	5329.8%	0:08	0.05
Water Gun / Aurora Beam	100%	1614%	5284.9%	0:08	0.05
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	1452%	5284.9%	0:08	0.05
Water Gun / Body Slam	100%	1434%	5329.8%	0:08	0.05
Rock Smash / Aurora Beam	100%	1309%	5338.9%	0:08	0.05
Rock Smash / Body Slam	100%	1411%	5338.9%	0:08	0.05
Rock Smash / Water Pulse	100%	1329%	5338.9%	0:08	0.05

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…

Spheal 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 rock1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x water0.63x ice0.39x

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

It resists ice0.39xwater0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Spheal throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceAurora BeamSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	505	631
11/11/11	514	642
12/12/12	523	653
13/13/13	532	665
14/14/14	541	676
15/15/15hundo	550	687

Caught CP range 505 - 550, or 631 - 687 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.

Spheal 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 65 / Defense 62 (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

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Blaziken top pickfirefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	79%	5575.6%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,848	84.0	656
2	Mega Lucario top pickfightingsteelmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	84%	5533.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,826	88.9	700
3	Mega Blaziken top pickfirefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	84%	5491.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,161	93.7	744
4	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	90%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,698	75.5	604
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	129.9	1039
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	93%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	96.7	793
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	82%	5190.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,521	81.3	683
8	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	75%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,780	72.8	619
9	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	77%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,178	71.2	605
10	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	74%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,677	71.9	611
11	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	75%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,337	72.1	613
12	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	77%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,093	72.1	613
13	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	83%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	87.8	746
14	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	5034.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,346	78.0	675
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	66%	4887.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	80.4	717
16	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	76%	4800.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	110.2	1000
17	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	73%	4708.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,056	69.7	645
18	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	69%	4697.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	71.1	659
19	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	67%	4623.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,937	69.3	654
20	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	75%	4608.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	71.9	679
21	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	66%	4603.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,345	68.1	645
22	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+11 more movesets	67%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,527	64.5	613
23	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	66%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,118	65.5	622
24	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	65%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,079	64.0	608
25	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	66%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,056	67.1	637
26	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	61%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	65.8	625
27	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	65%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,934	63.4	602
28	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	69%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,419	63.6	604
29	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	68%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	64.6	620
30	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Rock Tomb	Counter / Rock Tomb+17 more movesets	65%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,814	61.4	614

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.