Swinub counters

#0220

ice groundTier 1

Lobby CP

2,357

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Swinub should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 384-423.

Weak tofighting1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 Swinub counters are Mega Lucario, Shadow Heatran, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Keldeo, Shadow Dialga & Kartana.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Lucario
S. Heatran
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Keldeo
S. Dialga
Kartana

7 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 LucarioMegapartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.030:06
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
3Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.040:06
4Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.040:06
5Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.040:06
6Mega GalladeMegaPsycho Cut / Sacred Sword0.040:07
7Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.040:07
8KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.040:07
9Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head0.040:07
10Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Upper Hand0.040:07
13KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Sacred Sword0.040:07

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 Swinub

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Top 15 Swinub 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 Lucariofightingsteeljoint top pick	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	3,784	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
3	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
4	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
5	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
6	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:07	0.04	6273.7%
7	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:07	0.04	6246.8%
8	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:07	0.04	6246.8%
9	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
10	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingUpper Hand	4,814	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
11	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire	4,783	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
12	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfireBlaze Kick	4,161	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
13	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeaffightingSacred Sword	3,677	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
14	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
15	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMystical Fire	3,297	0:07	0.04	6228.9%

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 Swinub.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Swinub'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”: 2 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%	2082%	6547.3%	0:07	0.04
Tackle / Icy Wind	100%	2075%	6540.5%	0:07	0.04
Tackle / Rock Slide	100%	2172%	6540.5%	0:07	0.04
Powder Snow / Icy Wind	100%	2252%	6540.5%	0:07	0.04
Powder Snow / Body Slam	100%	2166%	6540.5%	0:07	0.04
Powder Snow / Rock Slide	100%	2131%	6540.5%	0:07	0.04
Tackle / Body Slam	100%	2135%	6567.8%	0:07	0.04

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…

Swinub 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 steel1.6x fire1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (11)
Resists (2)

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Swinub throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
iceIcy WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	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	384	480
11/11/11	392	490
12/12/12	399	499
13/13/13	407	509
14/14/14	415	519
15/15/15hundo	423	529

Caught CP range 384 - 423, or 480 - 529 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.

Swinub 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 62 / Defense 50 (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 Lucario top pickfightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	100%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,826	115.4	692
2	Mega Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	93%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,784	101.5	609
3	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	88%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,754	94.5	614
4	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	76%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,056	100.2	651
5	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	96%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,172	115.6	751
6	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword	Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	82%	6273.7%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,521	92.8	645
7	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	81%	6246.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,401	91.0	635
8	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	85%	6246.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	101.5	708
9	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,038	90.9	636
10	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,814	87.0	609
11	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+23 more movesets	80%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,783	94.7	663
12	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Blaze Kick	Counter / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	76%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,161	88.2	617
13	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	74%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	87.9	615
14	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	82%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,941	85.7	600
15	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mystical Fire	Incinerate / Mystical Fire+7 more movesets	75%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,297	88.6	620
16	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Ember / Aura Sphere	Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	74%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,848	99.7	698
17	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	71%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,829	89.9	629
18	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon	Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	82%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,900	88.3	618
19	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	74%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,654	87.0	609
20	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	81%	6193.5%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	89.2	628
21	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	80%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,911	95.6	717
22	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	78%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,791	99.2	744
23	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	70%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,244	83.2	624
24	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	70%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,337	84.4	633
25	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	68%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,056	81.9	614
26	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Surf	Counter / Surf+9 more movesets	64%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,593	83.5	626
27	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	74%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,093	84.6	634
28	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	78%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,791	83.0	622
29	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	67%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,030	81.8	613
30	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	71%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	83.8	628

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.