Mega Alakazam counters

#0065

psychicMega Legendary

Lobby CP

85,375

22,500

Timer

5:00

Attack

301

Defense

175

Difficulty

3.17

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Alakazam should take 3 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 Giratina (Origin), Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar & Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+2.9513:42
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.1014:24
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play3.2214:57
4Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+3.2214:57
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.2214:58
6Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force3.3215:25
7Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing3.3815:43
8Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.4115:50
9Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent3.4215:53
10Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.4315:57
12Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam3.5216:23

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

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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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	13:42	2.95	6.0	37.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	14:24	3.10	6.0	35.2%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	14:57	3.22	6.0	33.9%
4	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	14:57	3.22	6.0	33.9%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	14:58	3.22	6.0	33.9%
6	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	15:25	3.32	6.0	32.9%
7	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	15:43	3.38	5.7	32.3%
8	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	15:50	3.41	6.0	32.0%
9	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	15:53	3.42	6.0	31.9%
10	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	15:57	3.43	6.0	31.8%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	16:07	3.47	6.0	31.5%
12	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	16:23	3.52	6.0	31.0%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,031	16:31	3.55	6.0	30.7%
14	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	16:40	3.59	6.0	30.4%
15	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	16:46	3.61	6.0	30.2%

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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	68%	30%	32.8%	15:28	6.0	3.33
Psycho Cut / Focus Blast	33%	33%	26.6%	19:05	5.9	4.10
Confusion / Focus Blast	28%	31%	28.8%	17:36	6.0	3.79
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	67%	34%	30.4%	16:40	6.0	3.59
Confusion / Shadow Ball	67%	35%	32.3%	15:41	6.0	3.37
Confusion / Future Sight	83%	45%	36.9%	13:46	6.0	2.96
Psycho Cut / Future Sight	83%	48%	37.1%	13:40	6.0	2.94
Psycho Cut / Fire Punch	100%	60%	37.7%	13:27	6.0	2.89
Confusion / Fire Punch	83%	56%	37.8%	13:25	6.0	2.88

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 3 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 Legendary: 22,500 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

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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	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	37.0%	2.95	13:42	45.7	74%	3,842	30.5	752
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	97%	35.2%	3.10	14:24	37.0	76%	6,428	27.5	672
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	89%	33.9%	3.22	14:57	59.5	74%	3,739	27.8	498
4	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	87%	33.9%	3.22	14:57	75.1	74%	3,383	29.1	357
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	92%	33.9%	3.22	14:58	43.8	64%	6,112	26.7	571
6	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	89%	32.9%	3.32	15:25	43.2	38%	3,683	25.8	612
7	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	86%	32.3%	3.38	15:43	50.4	74%	5,347	26.1	931
8	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	84%	32.0%	3.41	15:50	59.8	74%	3,625	26.2	577
9	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	86%	31.9%	3.42	15:53	43.4	0%	5,713	25.0	591
10	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	31.8%	3.43	15:57	57.5	74%	3,834	25.9	642
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	81%	31.5%	3.47	16:07	72.4	60%	3,301	26.1	365
12	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	81%	31.0%	3.52	16:23	66.4	76%	4,099	26.9	735
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	83%	30.7%	3.55	16:31	43.3	0%	5,031	24.0	601
14	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	78%	30.4%	3.59	16:40	68.2	0%	3,749	24.6	392
15	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	79%	30.2%	3.61	16:46	60.8	0%	4,182	24.2	410
16	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	77%	30.1%	3.63	16:52	73.0	44%	4,814	25.0	380
17	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	80%	29.8%	3.66	17:00	45.2	0%	4,783	23.4	572
18	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	29.8%	3.67	17:02	81.1	6%	2,526	24.8	319
19	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	74%	29.6%	3.68	17:07	92.1	50%	4,336	25.6	408
20	Shadow Giratina (Altered) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	76%	28.4%	3.84	17:50	47.2	0%	3,379	22.3	592
21	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Shadow Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Shadow Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	75%	28.4%	3.85	17:53	53.8	0%	4,099	22.4	468
22	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	73%	28.4%	3.85	17:53	64.3	0%	4,087	22.6	372
23	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	74%	28.3%	3.85	17:54	58.3	0%	4,429	22.6	498
24	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	73%	28.3%	3.86	17:56	67.1	0%	3,739	23.1	465
25	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	70%	27.9%	3.92	18:13	81.2	0%	3,005	23.0	337
26	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	71%	27.6%	3.95	18:23	68.9	10%	3,784	22.9	509
27	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	27.5%	3.97	18:27	66.1	0%	3,625	22.4	568
28	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	64%	26.1%	4.18	19:26	106.8	22%	3,594	22.6	313
29	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	25.9%	4.21	19:34	88.1	0%	4,605	22.0	374
30	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	61%	24.0%	4.54	21:06	80.2	0%	4,346	20.7	433

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.

Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.7 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.