Ampharos counters

#0181

electricTier 5

Lobby CP

37,545

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

178

Defense

145

Difficulty

1.60

Pokebattler scale

Beating Ampharos should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,554-1,630.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Ampharos counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Landorus (Therian), Shadow Garchomp & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Groudon
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
Landorus (Therian)
S. Garchomp
S. Mamoswine

3 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 %

1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.526:59
2Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.527:01
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.587:16
4Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.637:31
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power1.677:41
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+1.707:48
7Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.778:10
8Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power1.828:23
9Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower1.858:31
10Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendaryMud Shot / Earth Power1.888:39

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

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Related countersShadow Ampharos Mega Ampharos

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Top 15 Ampharos 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	Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	6:59	1.52	4.5	72.7%
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyingjoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	7:01	1.52	6.0	72.3%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	7:16	1.58	6.0	69.8%
4	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	7:31	1.63	5.5	67.4%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	7:41	1.67	3.8	66.0%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	7:48	1.70	5.9	65.0%
7	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	8:10	1.77	5.9	62.1%
8	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	8:23	1.82	4.7	60.4%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	8:31	1.85	5.8	59.5%
10	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	8:39	1.88	6.0	58.6%
11	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	8:47	1.91	5.8	57.8%
12	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,733	9:03	1.97	5.4	56.0%
13	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	9:13	2.00	6.0	55.0%
14	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	9:16	2.01	5.1	54.7%
15	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	9:16	2.02	4.8	54.7%

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 Ampharos.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Ampharos'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	127%	65.0%	7:48	5.3	1.69
Volt Switch / Focus Blast	100%	94%	63.0%	8:03	6.0	1.75
Charge Beam / Focus Blast	100%	96%	63.6%	7:58	6.0	1.73
Charge Beam / Trailblaze	100%	98%	63.7%	7:57	5.9	1.73
Volt Switch / Trailblaze	100%	102%	64.5%	7:51	5.9	1.71
Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	100%	143%	65.0%	7:48	5.3	1.69
Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	100%	144%	65.1%	7:47	5.2	1.69
Volt Switch / Power Gem	100%	121%	65.1%	7:47	5.8	1.69
Charge Beam / Brutal Swing	100%	110%	65.1%	7:47	5.9	1.69
Charge Beam / Power Gem	100%	118%	65.3%	7:46	5.8	1.69
Volt Switch / Brutal Swing	100%	113%	65.4%	7:45	5.9	1.68
Charge Beam / Thunder	100%	173%	66.3%	7:39	4.7	1.66
Volt Switch / Thunder	100%	170%	66.7%	7:36	4.8	1.65
Charge Beam / Thunder Punch	100%	219%	67.1%	7:33	3.9	1.64
Volt Switch / Thunder Punch	100%	216%	67.7%	7:29	4.0	1.63

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…

Ampharos 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.

ground1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (1)
Neutral (14)
Resists (3)

It resists flying0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Ampharos throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricVolt SwitchSTAB	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s
electricCharge BeamSTAB	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricZap CannonSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.80s
electricThunderSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
darkBrutal Swing	65	-33	2.0s	1.30s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
electricThunder PunchSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.90s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,554	1,943
11/11/11	1,569	1,961
12/12/12	1,584	1,980
13/13/13	1,599	1,999
14/14/14	1,614	2,018
15/15/15hundo	1,630	2,037

Caught CP range 1,554 - 1,630, or 1,943 - 2,037 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.

Ampharos 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 178 / Defense 145 (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	Primal Groudon top pickgroundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	72.7%	1.52	6:59	6.5	100%	5,902	36.5	2157
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian) top pickgroundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	93%	72.3%	1.52	7:01	12.5	100%	3,922	37.2	1108
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	91%	69.8%	1.58	7:16	11.0	100%	6,428	35.6	1254
4	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	88%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	10.5	100%	4,115	34.3	1463
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	91%	66.0%	1.67	7:41	6.5	100%	5,424	33.1	2573
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	84%	65.0%	1.70	7:48	11.3	100%	6,112	33.0	1236
7	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	80%	62.1%	1.77	8:10	12.5	100%	3,922	31.7	1099
8	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	80%	60.4%	1.82	8:23	9.3	100%	3,962	30.5	1739
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	74%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	16.3	100%	3,328	30.6	1009
10	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	73%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	15.8	100%	3,588	30.1	884
11	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	71%	57.8%	1.91	8:47	19.7	86%	3,244	30.5	1020
12	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	70%	56.0%	1.97	9:03	15.5	88%	3,733	28.8	1225
13	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	68%	55.0%	2.00	9:13	18.3	88%	4,346	28.5	783
14	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	72%	54.7%	2.01	9:16	9.9	100%	4,429	27.6	1431
15	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	71%	54.7%	2.02	9:16	10.8	98%	4,115	27.7	1437
16	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	68%	53.5%	2.06	9:28	13.2	88%	4,401	27.3	1159
17	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	66%	53.2%	2.07	9:32	17.8	84%	4,783	27.4	847
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	65%	52.1%	2.11	9:44	16.3	100%	5,713	26.6	948
19	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	66%	51.8%	2.13	9:47	13.2	88%	4,823	26.4	1121
20	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	65%	51.7%	2.13	9:48	15.6	74%	4,814	26.5	946
21	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	63%	51.7%	2.13	9:49	19.5	72%	2,854	26.7	882
22	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	62%	51.6%	2.13	9:49	22.6	60%	3,826	26.8	739
23	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	63%	51.3%	2.15	9:52	18.5	68%	3,179	26.6	991
24	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	64%	51.3%	2.15	9:53	15.5	70%	3,244	26.2	1040
25	Garchomp dragonground Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	67%	51.1%	2.16	9:55	9.7	76%	3,962	25.7	1697
26	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	63%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	16.8	60%	3,013	25.9	961
27	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	60%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	25.0	52%	3,383	26.4	632
28	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	61%	50.3%	2.19	10:05	22.4	44%	4,161	26.0	671
29	Shadow Ursaluna groundnormalshadow Tackle / High Horsepower	Tackle / High Horsepower+31 more movesets	63%	49.5%	2.23	10:15	14.5	44%	3,854	25.2	1156
30	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	59%	49.3%	2.23	10:16	24.0	6%	4,178	25.6	596

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