Mega Alakazam counters

#0065

psychicMega

Lobby CP

53,995

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

301

Defense

175

Difficulty

1.21

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Alakazam should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,666-1,747 (you catch Alakazam).

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Mega Alakazam counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Giratina (Origin) & Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar
S. Giratina (Origin)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+1.085:00
2Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+1.165:24
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.215:38
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.235:44
5Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.275:55
6Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.285:56
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.285:58
8Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.306:02
9Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing1.306:03
10Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force1.316:06
13Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.386:24

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

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Raid tier — Easy Mega Raid

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Top 15 Mega Alakazam 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	5:00	1.08	6.0	101.3%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	5:24	1.16	6.0	94.0%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	5:38	1.21	6.0	90.1%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	5:44	1.23	6.0	88.4%
5	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	5:55	1.27	5.7	85.7%
6	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	5:56	1.28	6.0	85.5%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	5:58	1.28	6.0	84.9%
8	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	6:02	1.30	6.0	84.0%
9	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	6:03	1.30	6.0	83.9%
10	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	6:06	1.31	6.0	83.1%
11	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:17	1.35	6.0	80.7%
12	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	6:20	1.36	6.0	80.0%
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	6:24	1.38	5.8	79.2%
14	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	6:25	1.38	6.0	79.0%
15	Mega Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,031	6:29	1.40	6.0	78.2%

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 Mega Alakazam.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Alakazam'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	97%	88%	86.3%	5:52	6.0	1.26
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	83%	82%	76.2%	6:39	6.0	1.43
Psycho Cut / Focus Blast	100%	100%	76.3%	6:39	5.7	1.43
Confusion / Focus Blast	100%	87%	79.2%	6:24	6.0	1.38
Confusion / Shadow Ball	94%	85%	81.6%	6:13	6.0	1.34
Confusion / Future Sight	100%	121%	94.4%	5:22	6.0	1.16
Psycho Cut / Future Sight	100%	134%	94.5%	5:22	6.0	1.15
Psycho Cut / Fire Punch	100%	136%	94.8%	5:21	6.0	1.15
Confusion / Fire Punch	100%	127%	95.1%	5:20	6.0	1.15

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 2 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…

Mega Alakazam 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists fighting0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Alakazam throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fireFire Punch	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	1,666	2,083
11/11/11	1,682	2,103
12/12/12	1,698	2,123
13/13/13	1,714	2,143
14/14/14	1,730	2,163
15/15/15hundo	1,747	2,184

Caught CP range 1,666 - 1,747, or 2,083 - 2,184 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.

Mega Alakazam 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

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 301 / Defense 175 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	101.3%	1.08	5:00	13.6	100%	3,842	32.1	806
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	87%	94.0%	1.16	5:24	24.5	100%	3,383	30.9	400
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	86%	90.1%	1.21	5:38	18.2	100%	3,739	28.6	562
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	87%	88.4%	1.23	5:44	13.9	100%	6,428	27.5	686
5	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	85%	85.7%	1.27	5:55	13.4	100%	5,347	26.7	994
6	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	82%	85.5%	1.28	5:56	17.0	100%	3,625	26.9	640
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	82%	84.9%	1.28	5:58	16.6	100%	6,112	26.7	580
8	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	84.0%	1.30	6:02	16.8	100%	3,834	26.4	698
9	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	78%	83.9%	1.30	6:03	23.2	100%	3,301	27.0	423
10	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	81%	83.1%	1.31	6:06	15.9	100%	3,683	25.9	639
11	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	78%	80.7%	1.35	6:17	15.5	100%	5,713	25.1	618
12	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	73%	80.0%	1.36	6:20	29.9	100%	4,336	26.7	430
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	74%	79.2%	1.38	6:24	24.7	88%	4,099	27.6	804
14	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	72%	79.0%	1.38	6:25	26.8	100%	2,526	25.6	363
15	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	76%	78.2%	1.40	6:29	14.7	100%	5,031	24.1	649
16	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	71%	76.6%	1.42	6:37	24.5	100%	3,749	24.6	416
17	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	71%	76.1%	1.43	6:40	22.5	100%	4,182	24.1	433
18	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	72%	74.9%	1.46	6:46	16.4	100%	4,783	23.3	601
19	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	71%	74.9%	1.46	6:46	20.4	100%	3,739	23.6	525
20	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	70%	74.4%	1.47	6:49	20.4	100%	3,784	23.7	562
21	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	67%	73.2%	1.49	6:56	26.6	100%	3,005	23.5	375
22	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	72.6%	1.50	6:59	19.4	100%	3,625	22.8	620
23	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	67%	71.6%	1.52	7:05	23.2	100%	4,087	22.6	412
24	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	67%	71.5%	1.53	7:05	21.2	100%	4,429	22.7	508
25	Shadow Giratina (Altered) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	69%	71.5%	1.53	7:06	17.3	100%	3,379	22.2	616
26	Giratina (Origin) ghostdragon Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	68%	71.3%	1.53	7:07	17.3	100%	3,683	22.2	615
27	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	62%	70.5%	1.55	7:11	40.1	92%	2,878	24.1	288
28	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	63%	70.1%	1.56	7:14	34.6	92%	3,594	23.5	343
29	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	65%	69.7%	1.57	7:17	22.5	100%	4,346	22.3	476
30	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	64%	69.3%	1.57	7:19	25.4	96%	4,605	22.5	414

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