Xerneas counters

#0716

fairyTier 3In raids until Tue 6 Oct, 22:00

Lobby CP

22,485

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

193

Defense

146

Difficulty

0.56

Pokebattler scale

Beating Xerneas should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,073-2,160.

Weak topoison1.6xsteel1.6x

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 a Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Xerneas counters are Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Metagross & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Metagross
S. Dialga

4 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 %

1Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.501:28
2Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.511:29
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.541:34
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.591:44
5Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.601:45
6Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Acid Spray+0.601:46
7Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.611:48
8Mega LucarioMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.621:48
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb0.671:57
10Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head0.671:58

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

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Top 15 Xerneas 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	1:28	0.50	2.1	267.5%
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	1:29	0.51	1.8	262.4%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	1:34	0.54	2.0	249.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:44	0.59	2.5	226.7%
5	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:45	0.60	3.1	222.5%
6	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	1:46	0.60	3.1	222.2%
7	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	1:48	0.61	2.2	218.2%
8	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	1:48	0.62	4.2	216.8%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	1:57	0.67	3.1	199.8%
10	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	1:58	0.67	3.7	199.5%
11	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:59	0.68	3.0	197.7%
12	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	1:59	0.68	2.8	196.5%
13	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	3,244	2:01	0.69	4.1	193.4%
14	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	2:03	0.70	4.7	191.0%
15	Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	2:03	0.70	3.1	190.7%

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 Xerneas.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Xerneas'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%	156%	236.6%	1:39	2.6	0.56
Tackle / Giga Impact	100%	144%	231.1%	1:42	3.0	0.58
Zen Headbutt / Giga Impact	100%	144%	231.9%	1:41	2.9	0.58
Zen Headbutt / Moonblast	100%	150%	233.3%	1:41	2.7	0.57
Tackle / Moonblast	100%	154%	233.7%	1:40	2.6	0.57
Tackle / Close Combat	100%	152%	235.4%	1:40	2.7	0.57
Tackle / Thunder	100%	164%	236.1%	1:39	2.2	0.57
Zen Headbutt / Close Combat	100%	157%	237.0%	1:39	2.6	0.56
Zen Headbutt / Thunder	100%	162%	237.2%	1:39	2.2	0.56
Zen Headbutt / Megahorn	100%	185%	238.0%	1:39	2.2	0.56
Tackle / Megahorn	100%	194%	239.4%	1:38	2.1	0.56

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…

Xerneas 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.

poison1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

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

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Xerneas throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen Headbutt	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugMegahorn	105	-100	2.0s	1.50s
normalGiga Impact	200	-100	4.5s	0.80s
fightingClose Combat	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
fairyMoonblastSTAB	130	-100	4.0s	2.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,073	2,591
11/11/11	2,090	2,613
12/12/12	2,108	2,635
13/13/13	2,125	2,657
14/14/14	2,143	2,679
15/15/15hundo	2,160	2,701

Caught CP range 2,073 - 2,160, or 2,591 - 2,701 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.

The raid schedule lists 2,073 - 2,160 normal and 2,591 - 2,701 boosted for this boss — both match the table above exactly, computed from base stats rather than copied from it.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

in raids nowXerneasTier 5shiny availableWed 30 Sept, 06:00 – Tue 6 Oct, 22:00 · ends in 1 day

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 193 / Defense 146 (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	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	99%	267.5%	0.50	1:28	1.9	100%	4,172	41.8	1245
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword) top pickfairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	262.4%	0.51	1:29	1.6	100%	4,979	40.8	1366
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	93%	249.0%	0.54	1:34	1.8	100%	4,099	38.8	1231
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	82%	226.7%	0.59	1:44	2.3	100%	6,428	35.9	1129
5	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	78%	222.5%	0.60	1:45	2.9	100%	3,791	34.8	902
6	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	78%	222.2%	0.60	1:46	2.8	100%	3,505	35.7	979
7	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	81%	218.2%	0.61	1:48	2.0	100%	4,911	34.3	1193
8	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	72%	216.8%	0.62	1:48	3.8	100%	3,826	34.1	752
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	69%	199.8%	0.67	1:57	2.8	100%	4,336	31.5	993
10	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	68%	199.5%	0.67	1:58	3.3	100%	4,038	31.0	845
11	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	69%	197.7%	0.68	1:59	2.8	100%	3,741	30.8	1017
12	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	69%	196.5%	0.68	1:59	2.6	100%	4,429	30.4	1038
13	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	65%	193.4%	0.69	2:01	3.9	100%	3,244	30.2	766
14	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	61%	191.0%	0.70	2:03	5.1	100%	3,383	30.6	642
15	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	190.7%	0.70	2:03	2.8	100%	3,791	29.7	910
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	65%	186.7%	0.72	2:06	2.9	100%	5,713	29.2	949
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	64%	185.5%	0.72	2:07	3.1	100%	6,112	28.9	905
18	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	62%	182.6%	0.73	2:09	3.5	100%	4,346	28.7	772
19	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	59%	180.5%	0.74	2:10	4.5	100%	2,878	28.6	697
20	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	63%	177.2%	0.75	2:12	2.6	100%	4,099	27.9	1108
21	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	57%	177.2%	0.75	2:12	5.2	100%	2,946	28.1	578
22	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	62%	176.1%	0.76	2:13	2.5	100%	3,949	27.2	1006
23	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	61%	175.3%	0.76	2:14	2.9	100%	4,783	27.6	929
24	Dialga steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	59%	172.9%	0.77	2:16	3.2	100%	4,038	26.9	897
25	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	55%	171.5%	0.78	2:17	5.1	100%	3,173	27.1	611
26	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Ice Burn	Steel Wing / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	57%	170.9%	0.78	2:17	3.8	100%	4,605	26.6	757
27	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	60%	170.0%	0.79	2:18	2.5	100%	2,250	26.7	1054
28	Genesect bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	165.6%	0.81	2:22	3.3	100%	3,353	25.7	814
29	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	165.6%	0.81	2:22	3.3	100%	3,353	25.7	814
30	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	53%	162.5%	0.82	2:24	4.3	100%	3,979	26.0	730

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