Trapinch counters

#0328

groundTier 3

Lobby CP

10,241

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

129

Defense

Difficulty

0.25

Pokebattler scale

Beating Trapinch should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 676-728.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

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 an Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Trapinch counters are Mega Greninja, Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) & Kartana.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Kyogre
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
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 GreninjaMegapartyBubble / Surf+0.240:41
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.240:42
3Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.250:45
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.260:45
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.260:46
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.270:47
7Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.280:49
8Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.290:51
9Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.290:51
10Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.300:52
12Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.300:53
13KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.300:53

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

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Top 15 Trapinch 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterBubblewaterSurf+	3,784	0:41	0.24	0.5	568.7%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:42	0.24	0.7	560.3%
3	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:45	0.25	0.0	524.9%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:45	0.26	0.3	521.3%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:46	0.26	0.5	511.7%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:47	0.27	0.4	494.9%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:49	0.28	0.5	482.4%
8	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:51	0.29	0.4	464.6%
9	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:51	0.29	0.8	462.4%
10	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:52	0.30	0.5	448.7%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:53	0.30	0.4	446.0%
12	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:53	0.30	1.4	442.4%
13	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:53	0.30	1.4	439.4%
14	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:54	0.31	1.4	436.9%
15	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:54	0.31	1.5	434.4%

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 Trapinch.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Trapinch'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	339%	475.9%	0:49	0.8	0.28
Mud Shot / Dig	100%	307%	461.6%	0:51	1.1	0.29
Sand Attack / Dig	100%	307%	461.6%	0:51	1.1	0.29
Struggle Bug / Dig	100%	290%	464.9%	0:50	1.3	0.29
Struggle Bug / Scorching Sands	100%	273%	468.0%	0:50	1.3	0.29
Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	100%	300%	472.9%	0:50	1.1	0.28
Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	100%	300%	472.9%	0:50	1.1	0.28
Struggle Bug / Sand Tomb	100%	372%	482.2%	0:49	0.6	0.28
Mud Shot / Sand Tomb	100%	396%	482.4%	0:49	0.5	0.28
Sand Attack / Sand Tomb	100%	396%	482.4%	0:49	0.5	0.28
Mud Shot / Crunch	100%	409%	482.7%	0:49	0.5	0.28
Sand Attack / Crunch	100%	409%	482.7%	0:49	0.5	0.28
Struggle Bug / Crunch	100%	379%	488.8%	0:48	0.5	0.27

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…

Trapinch 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.

water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Trapinch throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugStruggle Bug	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s
groundSand AttackSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundScorching SandsSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
groundDigSTAB	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s
groundSand TombSTAB	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	676	845
11/11/11	686	858
12/12/12	697	871
13/13/13	707	884
14/14/14	717	897
15/15/15hundo	728	910

Caught CP range 676 - 728, or 845 - 910 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.

Trapinch 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 129 / Defense 67 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	96%	568.7%	0.24	0:41	0.5	100%	3,784	88.5	2659
2	Mega Starmie top pickwaterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	94%	560.3%	0.24	0:42	0.6	100%	3,701	86.2	2346
3	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	524.9%	0.25	0:45	0.0	100%	4,093	80.8	3613
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	93%	521.3%	0.26	0:45	0.3	100%	5,902	81.0	3098
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	88%	511.7%	0.26	0:46	0.5	100%	6,428	79.1	2678
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	85%	494.9%	0.27	0:47	0.4	100%	4,605	79.9	3028
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	82%	482.4%	0.28	0:49	0.5	100%	4,056	77.8	2756
8	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	79%	464.6%	0.29	0:51	0.4	100%	4,605	74.1	2896
9	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	76%	462.4%	0.29	0:51	0.7	100%	4,115	71.8	2258
10	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	76%	448.7%	0.30	0:52	0.4	100%	4,401	69.2	2747
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	446.0%	0.30	0:53	0.4	100%	6,112	68.9	2899
12	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	67%	442.4%	0.30	0:53	1.3	100%	3,105	69.7	1580
13	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	68%	439.4%	0.30	0:53	1.2	100%	3,677	68.7	1614
14	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	67%	436.9%	0.31	0:54	1.3	100%	2,654	68.3	1600
15	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	66%	434.4%	0.31	0:54	1.4	100%	2,829	69.7	1561
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	423.5%	0.32	0:55	0.1	100%	5,713	65.9	3429
17	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	67%	418.3%	0.32	0:56	1.0	100%	2,757	64.8	1841
18	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	65%	417.6%	0.32	0:56	1.1	100%	3,328	64.8	1708
19	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	70%	412.7%	0.32	0:57	0.5	100%	2,954	64.0	2723
20	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	63%	409.0%	0.33	0:57	1.3	100%	2,964	64.6	1605
21	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	67%	407.0%	0.33	0:58	0.7	100%	3,941	65.1	2365
22	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	67%	404.4%	0.33	0:58	0.6	100%	3,698	62.8	2398
23	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	62%	403.4%	0.33	0:58	1.2	100%	2,826	64.3	1651
24	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	61%	399.1%	0.33	0:59	1.3	100%	3,005	62.8	1594
25	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	74%	398.7%	0.34	0:59	0.2	100%	3,592	64.0	3398
26	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	61%	398.4%	0.34	0:59	1.3	100%	2,720	62.6	1595
27	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	62%	396.5%	0.34	0:59	1.1	100%	2,974	61.8	1704
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	63%	389.5%	0.34	1:00	0.9	100%	4,346	64.8	2032
29	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	60%	389.5%	0.34	1:00	1.3	100%	2,802	60.6	1593
30	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	64%	388.7%	0.34	1:00	0.7	100%	2,934	60.4	2183

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