Staryu counters

#0120

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

4,195

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Staryu should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 613-661.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Staryu counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Regieleki, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Zapdos & Xurkitree.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
Regieleki
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Thundurus (Therian)
S. Zapdos
Xurkitree

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 %

1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
2RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
4Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.060:10
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunder0.060:10
7Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
8Shadow ZapdosShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon0.060:10
9XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.060:10
10Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.060:11

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 Staryu

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Top 15 Staryu 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 Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
2	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4811.3%
4	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4512.4%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunder	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
7	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
8	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon	3,527	0:10	0.06	4184.1%
9	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
10	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4024.9%
11	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassLeaf Blade	4,056	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
12	Mega Ampharoselectricdragon	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon	4,245	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
13	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon	3,205	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
14	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:11	0.06	3927.0%
15	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:11	0.06	3885.7%

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 Staryu.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Staryu'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%	1162%	4536.8%	0:10	0.05
Tackle / Swift	100%	1251%	4533.5%	0:10	0.05
Tackle / Power Gem	100%	1158%	4533.5%	0:10	0.05
Water Gun / Swift	100%	1228%	4533.5%	0:10	0.05
Water Gun / Power Gem	100%	1142%	4533.5%	0:10	0.05
Tackle / Bubble Beam	100%	1205%	4536.8%	0:10	0.05
Water Gun / Bubble Beam	100%	1184%	4536.8%	0:10	0.05
Quick Attack / Swift	100%	1226%	4536.8%	0:10	0.05
Quick Attack / Power Gem	100%	1173%	4536.8%	0:10	0.05
Quick Attack / Bubble Beam	100%	1055%	4550.0%	0:10	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…

Staryu 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

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

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Staryu 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
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s
normalSwift	65	-50	3.0s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	613	766
11/11/11	622	778
12/12/12	632	790
13/13/13	641	802
14/14/14	651	814
15/15/15hundo	661	826

Caught CP range 613 - 661, or 766 - 826 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.

Staryu 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 90 / Defense 75 (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	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	79.0	648
2	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	88%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	72.1	613
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	82%	4811.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	90.6	821
4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	74%	4512.4%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	98.6	952
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	75%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	6,112	60.8	608
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+9 more movesets	65%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	61.7	617
7	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	67.0	670
8	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	4184.1%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,527	60.6	631
9	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	64%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,937	57.5	604
10	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	76%	4024.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	75.7	819
11	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade	Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	65%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	55.8	614
12	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	67%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,245	58.0	638
13	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	65%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,205	56.9	626
14	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Acid Spray+	Magical Leaf / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	65%	3927.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,505	59.7	663
15	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	61%	3885.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,757	57.7	647
16	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Seed Flare	Magical Leaf / Seed Flare+11 more movesets	59%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,592	52.2	600
17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	62%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,713	54.2	623
18	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm	Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm+29 more movesets	59%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,971	52.2	600
19	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	54%	3758.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	2,340	54.4	630
20	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	58%	3745.5%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,079	64.0	745
21	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	59%	3716.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	56.9	667
22	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	60%	3704.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,677	56.6	668
23	Deoxys psychic Charge Beam / Thunderbolt	Charge Beam / Thunderbolt+5 more movesets	52%	3701.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,160	52.9	622
24	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	60%	3701.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	59.4	698
25	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	58%	3676.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,178	54.1	641
26	Raikou electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	59%	3676.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	51.7	613
27	Electivire electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	57%	3676.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,079	52.9	627
28	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	58%	3665.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,670	51.6	613
29	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	53%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,345	50.3	604
30	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	61%	3609.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,038	55.5	671

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.