Venonat counters

#0048

bug poisonTier 1

Lobby CP

3,020

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Venonat should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 528-573.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Venonat counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Galarian Articuno & Shadow Latios.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Salamence
S. Mewtwo
S. Blaziken
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Latios

10 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 / Psystrike0.040:06
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.040:07
3Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.040:08
4Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:08
5Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.050:08
6Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.050:08
7Mega Charizard YMegaEmber / Blast Burn0.050:08
8Mega BlazikenMegaEmber / Blast Burn0.050:08
9Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.050:09
10Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
12Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Brave Bird0.050:09
16Shadow LatiosShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Psychic0.050:09

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 Venonat

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Top 15 Venonat 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 CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
3	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.05	5296.5%
5	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:08	0.05	5245.5%
6	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
8	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:09	0.05	4977.2%
10	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,848	0:09	0.05	4898.9%
11	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinpsychicPsychic	4,783	0:09	0.05	4876.9%
12	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingBrave Bird	3,590	0:09	0.05	4855.2%
13	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4854.1%
14	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
15	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:09	0.05	4844.4%

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 Venonat.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Venonat'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%	1414%	5245.2%	0:08	0.05
Bug Bite / Psybeam	100%	1514%	5180.2%	0:08	0.05
Bug Bite / Signal Beam	100%	1442%	5180.2%	0:08	0.05
Bug Bite / Poison Fang	100%	1452%	5223.3%	0:08	0.05
Confusion / Poison Fang	100%	1426%	5284.9%	0:08	0.05
Confusion / Psybeam	100%	1494%	5284.9%	0:08	0.05
Confusion / Signal Beam	100%	1281%	5302.8%	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…

Venonat 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fairy0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.39xgrass0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Venonat throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusion	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugSignal BeamSTAB	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s
poisonPoison FangSTAB	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s
psychicPsybeam	65	-50	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	528	661
11/11/11	537	672
12/12/12	546	683
13/13/13	555	694
14/14/14	564	705
15/15/15hundo	573	717

Caught CP range 528 - 573, or 661 - 717 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.

Venonat 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 68 / Defense 68 (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 / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	100%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	6,428	94.6	615
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	90%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	6,112	87.3	611
3	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	72%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	75.1	601
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	79%	5296.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	90.0	740
5	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	77%	5245.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,143	83.8	696
6	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	65%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,178	70.7	601
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	71%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,455	73.9	628
8	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	66%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,161	76.0	646
9	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	65%	4977.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,346	71.0	622
10	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	59%	4898.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,848	72.4	644
11	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Psychic	Fire Spin / Psychic+23 more movesets	67%	4876.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	75.1	671
12	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Brave Bird	Psycho Cut / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	65%	4855.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,590	74.2	666
13	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	63%	4854.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	74.8	671
14	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	64%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,007	69.6	626
15	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	61%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,510	67.2	605
16	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	61%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,812	67.7	609
17	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	63%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,521	71.8	646
18	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	63%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,512	71.8	646
19	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	64%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,465	71.1	640
20	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	60%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,006	68.8	619
21	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	58%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,057	72.6	653
22	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	63%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,297	78.7	708
23	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	59%	4833.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	73.4	661
24	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	60%	4678.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,059	68.8	640
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	63.5	603
26	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	62%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,850	66.8	634
27	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	56%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,982	63.4	602
28	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	59%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,889	66.4	631
29	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	56%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,689	65.0	617
30	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	55%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,683	65.6	623

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.