Zweilous counters

#0634

dark dragonTier 1

Lobby CP

5,220

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

103

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zweilous should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 990-1,051.

Weak tofairy2.56xfighting1.6xbug1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6x

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 Fairy Mega — most top counters attack with Fairy

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 Zweilous counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Enamorus (Incarnate), Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Granbull, Shadow Gallade & Zacian (Crowned Sword).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Enamorus (Incarnate)
S. Haxorus
S. Granbull
S. Gallade
Zacian (Crowned Sword)

6 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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega AlakazamMegaCounter / Dazzling Gleam0.050:09
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.050:09
4Mega GardevoirMegaCharm / Triple Axel0.050:09
5Enamorus (Incarnate)LegendarypartyFairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam0.050:09
6Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:10
7Mega GalladeMegaCharm / Sacred Sword0.060:10
8Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.060:10
9Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.060:10
10Shadow GranbullShadowpartyCharm / Play Rough0.060:10
11Shadow GalladeShadowpartyCharm / Sacred Sword0.060:10
12Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Play Rough0.060:10

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Zweilous 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 Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
2	Mega Alakazampsychic	fightingCounterfairyDazzling Gleam	4,510	0:09	0.05	4678.0%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:09	0.05	4608.8%
4	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmiceTriple Axel	4,512	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
5	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindfairyDazzling Gleam	3,425	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
6	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:10	0.05	4588.4%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fairyCharmfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:10	0.06	4408.4%
8	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
9	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
10	Shadow Granbullfairy	fairyCharmfairyPlay Rough	2,552	0:10	0.06	4237.0%
11	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fairyCharmfightingSacred Sword	3,093	0:10	0.06	4204.3%
12	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawfairyPlay Rough	4,979	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
13	Shadow Alakazampsychic	fightingCounterfairyDazzling Gleam	3,057	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
14	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:11	0.06	4136.5%
15	Shadow Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	3,093	0:11	0.06	4040.6%

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 Zweilous.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zweilous'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%	1149%	4481.1%	0:10	0.05
Bite / Dragon Pulse	100%	1190%	4424.3%	0:10	0.05
Dragon Breath / Dragon Pulse	100%	1243%	4424.3%	0:10	0.05
Bite / Dark Pulse	100%	1137%	4452.5%	0:10	0.05
Dragon Breath / Dark Pulse	100%	1164%	4452.5%	0:10	0.05
Bite / Body Slam	100%	1142%	4519.8%	0:10	0.05
Dragon Breath / Body Slam	100%	1175%	4519.8%	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…

Zweilous 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.

fairy2.56x fighting1.6x bug1.6x ice1.6x dragon1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x ghost0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (6)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zweilous throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBiteSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
dragonDragon PulseSTAB	90	-50	3.5s	2.05s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	990	1,238
11/11/11	1,002	1,253
12/12/12	1,014	1,268
13/13/13	1,026	1,283
14/14/14	1,038	1,298
15/15/15hundo	1,051	1,313

Caught CP range 990 - 1,051, or 1,238 - 1,313 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.

Zweilous 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 103 / Defense 89 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	82.0	656
2	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Dazzling Gleam	Counter / Dazzling Gleam+17 more movesets	68%	4678.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,510	68.9	642
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	69%	4608.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	68.9	651
4	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,512	64.2	610
5	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam	Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam+8 more movesets	74%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,425	65.6	623
6	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	69%	4588.4%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	73.2	695
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Charm / Sacred Sword	Charm / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	68%	4408.4%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,521	63.0	622
8	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,424	60.6	606
9	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	61%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,593	61.8	618
10	Shadow Granbull fairyshadow Charm / Play Rough	Charm / Play Rough+8 more movesets	66%	4237.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,552	67.4	693
11	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Charm / Sacred Sword	Charm / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	61%	4204.3%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,093	62.1	643
12	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	72%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,979	57.5	604
13	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Counter / Dazzling Gleam	Counter / Dazzling Gleam+17 more movesets	56%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,057	58.3	612
14	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	67%	4136.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,826	69.9	735
15	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	63%	4040.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,093	75.0	809
16	Gardevoir psychicfairy Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	63%	4040.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,093	62.8	677
17	Hatterene psychicfairy Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+14 more movesets	61%	4040.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,829	62.8	677
18	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Charm / Aura Sphere	Charm / Aura Sphere+14 more movesets	59%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,801	57.2	629
19	Shadow Latias dragonpsychicshadow Charm / Aura Sphere	Charm / Aura Sphere+14 more movesets	56%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,510	54.7	602
20	Togekiss fairyflying Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+23 more movesets	66%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,332	59.6	656
21	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+20 more movesets	56%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,749	56.5	621
22	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	58%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,962	57.1	628
23	Shadow Alolan Ninetales icefairyshadow Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+17 more movesets	61%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,309	55.1	606
24	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	60%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,161	57.6	634
25	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	60%	3941.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,337	55.1	610
26	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	62%	3898.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,670	72.3	807
27	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Charm / Brick Break	Charm / Brick Break+35 more movesets	55%	3896.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,780	57.8	646
28	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Focus Blast	Bug Bite / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	51%	3837.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,842	55.4	629
29	Tapu Koko electricfairy Volt Switch / Nature's Madness	Volt Switch / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	63%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,168	61.6	708
30	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Charm / Outrage	Charm / Outrage+17 more movesets	53%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,128	52.3	601

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.