Arbok counters

#0024

poisonTier 5

Lobby CP

28,891

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

143

Defense

132

Difficulty

1.23

Pokebattler scale

Beating Arbok should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,035-1,097.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Arbok counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Regigigas.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Mewtwo
S. Groudon
S. Regigigas

9 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.914:11
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.105:04
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.265:49
4Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.366:15
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.376:17
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic1.406:26
7MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.486:50
8Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic1.496:52
9Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.516:58
10Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic1.516:58
15Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Crush Grip1.567:11

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

Build and order a party of six →Plan your raid lobby →

Best from your Pokebox

Pokebox

The Pokebox saved in this browser · each at its own level, IVs and moves.

Search bosses

Type a name, then Enter or click a result

Raid tier — Legendary Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Arbok

Raid alerts…

Top 15 Arbok 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 Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:11	0.91	4.9	121.1%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	5:04	1.10	5.1	100.0%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	5:49	1.26	5.6	87.2%
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	6:15	1.36	5.4	81.0%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	6:17	1.37	4.1	80.6%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	6:26	1.40	5.6	78.7%
7	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	6:50	1.48	5.5	74.2%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	6:52	1.49	5.5	73.9%
9	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	6:58	1.51	5.3	72.8%
10	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	6:58	1.51	5.4	72.8%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	6:59	1.52	4.8	72.6%
12	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	6:59	1.52	5.7	72.5%
13	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	7:00	1.52	5.4	72.4%
14	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	7:01	1.52	5.3	72.2%
15	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	7:11	1.56	5.5	70.6%

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 Arbok.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arbok'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	150%	81.7%	6:12	5.3	1.35
Poison Sting / Gunk Shot	17%	123%	79.4%	6:23	6.0	1.39
Bite / Gunk Shot	17%	119%	79.7%	6:21	6.0	1.38
Dragon Tail / Gunk Shot	17%	114%	80.0%	6:20	6.0	1.38
Acid / Gunk Shot	17%	119%	80.4%	6:18	6.0	1.37
Acid / Sludge Wave	17%	139%	81.0%	6:15	5.9	1.36
Poison Sting / Dark Pulse	17%	123%	81.1%	6:15	6.0	1.36
Poison Sting / Sludge Wave	17%	145%	81.1%	6:15	5.9	1.36
Bite / Dark Pulse	17%	121%	81.1%	6:15	6.0	1.36
Bite / Sludge Wave	17%	140%	81.1%	6:15	5.9	1.36
Dragon Tail / Brutal Swing	17%	123%	81.3%	6:14	6.0	1.35
Dragon Tail / Sludge Wave	17%	134%	81.4%	6:14	6.0	1.35
Dragon Tail / Dark Pulse	17%	123%	81.4%	6:14	6.0	1.35
Poison Sting / Brutal Swing	17%	128%	81.4%	6:14	6.0	1.35
Acid / Dark Pulse	17%	126%	81.5%	6:13	6.0	1.35
Bite / Brutal Swing	17%	124%	81.6%	6:12	6.0	1.35
Acid / Brutal Swing	17%	127%	81.8%	6:12	6.0	1.35
Dragon Tail / Wrap	17%	174%	82.2%	6:10	5.7	1.34
Acid / Wrap	17%	180%	82.6%	6:08	5.6	1.33
Poison Sting / Wrap	17%	187%	82.7%	6:08	5.4	1.33
Bite / Wrap	17%	179%	82.7%	6:08	5.6	1.33
Dragon Tail / Acid Spray	17%	303%	84.4%	6:00	2.9	1.30
Bite / Acid Spray	17%	337%	84.5%	5:60	2.7	1.30
Poison Sting / Acid Spray	17%	371%	84.6%	5:60	2.3	1.30
Acid / Acid Spray	17%	327%	84.7%	5:59	2.8	1.30

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…

Arbok 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 psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arbok throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon Tail	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
poisonAcidSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.60s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonGunk ShotSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.60s
poisonSludge WaveSTAB	105	-100	3.0s	1.80s
darkBrutal Swing	65	-33	2.0s	1.30s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
normalWrap	60	-33	3.0s	2.15s
poisonAcid SpraySTAB	20	-50	3.0s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,035	1,295
11/11/11	1,048	1,310
12/12/12	1,060	1,325
13/13/13	1,072	1,341
14/14/14	1,085	1,356
15/15/15hundo	1,097	1,372

Caught CP range 1,035 - 1,097, or 1,295 - 1,372 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.

Arbok 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 143 / Defense 132 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	121.1%	0.91	4:11	5.2	100%	6,428	62.0	2787
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	81%	100.0%	1.10	5:04	6.0	24%	6,112	50.4	2424
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	87.2%	1.26	5:49	11.9	0%	4,178	45.0	1397
4	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	63%	81.0%	1.36	6:15	9.0	0%	3,922	41.2	1710
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	80.6%	1.37	6:17	4.9	0%	5,902	40.4	2974
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	59%	78.7%	1.40	6:26	13.5	0%	4,510	40.6	1224
7	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	74.2%	1.48	6:50	12.2	0%	4,178	38.0	1319
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	57%	73.9%	1.49	6:52	10.1	0%	4,521	37.4	1532
9	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	57%	72.8%	1.51	6:58	8.2	0%	4,115	36.8	1834
10	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	72.8%	1.51	6:58	10.5	0%	5,007	37.1	1500
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	58%	72.6%	1.52	6:59	6.6	0%	5,424	36.6	2220
12	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	72.5%	1.52	6:59	12.7	0%	4,512	37.1	1292
13	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	55%	72.4%	1.52	7:00	10.8	0%	4,783	36.9	1489
14	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	57%	72.2%	1.52	7:01	8.4	0%	3,143	36.6	1726
15	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	54%	70.6%	1.56	7:11	10.2	0%	4,346	35.8	1466
16	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	52%	69.6%	1.58	7:17	12.4	0%	4,006	35.6	1270
17	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	54%	69.1%	1.59	7:20	8.6	0%	3,244	34.9	2135
18	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	68.9%	1.60	7:21	14.7	0%	3,812	35.5	1115
19	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	49%	68.5%	1.61	7:24	20.4	0%	3,057	36.0	821
20	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	9.6	0%	3,791	34.2	1922
21	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	52%	66.8%	1.65	7:35	9.5	0%	3,962	33.8	1637
22	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	52%	66.7%	1.65	7:36	9.3	0%	3,922	33.9	1657
23	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	51%	66.7%	1.65	7:36	11.7	0%	3,328	34.0	1349
24	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	53%	65.8%	1.67	7:42	7.0	0%	4,911	33.0	2616
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	51%	65.7%	1.68	7:43	9.8	0%	5,713	33.2	1579
26	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	49%	65.3%	1.69	7:46	11.6	0%	3,588	33.3	1369
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	52%	65.0%	1.69	7:48	7.4	0%	3,733	32.7	2246
28	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	51%	64.3%	1.71	7:53	8.2	0%	4,099	32.4	2401
29	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+14 more movesets	49%	63.5%	1.73	7:59	10.2	0%	4,801	32.3	1593
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	47%	63.4%	1.74	7:60	14.1	0%	3,701	32.5	1171

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