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Not obtainable in Pokemon GO as of 2026-10-03: PvPoke flags it released:false and onemorecatch.site lists the species as unavailable. It is left out of default counter lists, boss pickers, tools and the Pokebox; the numbers on this page are what the Game Master gives it.

List checked 2026-10-03. Source: PvPoke gamemaster released:false flags (github.com/pvpoke/pvpoke, snapshot 2026-10-03 03:11:52) cross-checked with onemorecatch.site's unavailable list (updated 2026-10-02) and theclick.gg's Mega list (2026-09-16); PvP-only exclusions (Ditto, Shedinja, Spewpa, Cosmog, Cosmoem) and the stale Mega Camerupt flag corrected by hand.

Arceus (Dark) counters

#0493Not released in Pokemon GO

darkElite

Lobby CP

56,910

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

249

Defense

249

Difficulty

3.36

Pokebattler scale

Beating Arceus (Dark) should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,190-2,279.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Arceus (Dark) counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Kartana, Lucario, Terrakion & Shadow Gallade.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
Kartana
Lucario
Terrakion
S. Gallade

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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.6111:59
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere3.1814:37
3KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword3.4816:02
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+3.5816:30
5Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword3.6116:37
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast3.7017:03
7Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere3.7417:11
8Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn4.0518:39
9KartanaLegendarypartyFury Cutter / Sacred Sword4.0818:47
10LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere4.1419:03
11TerrakionLegendarypartyDouble Kick / Sacred Sword4.1519:07
13Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword4.2219:26

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Top 15 Arceus (Dark) 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	11:59	2.61	6.0	42.3%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	14:37	3.18	6.0	34.7%
3	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	16:02	3.48	6.0	31.6%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	16:30	3.58	6.0	30.7%
5	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	16:37	3.61	6.0	30.5%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	17:03	3.70	6.0	29.7%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	17:11	3.74	6.0	29.5%
8	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	18:39	4.05	6.0	27.2%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CutterfightingSacred Sword	3,677	18:47	4.08	6.0	27.0%
10	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	19:03	4.14	6.0	26.6%
11	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	19:07	4.15	6.0	26.5%
12	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	4,512	19:21	4.21	6.0	26.2%
13	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	19:26	4.22	6.0	26.1%
14	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockfightingAura Sphere	3,452	20:06	4.37	6.0	25.2%
15	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawfairyPlay Rough	4,979	20:09	4.38	5.5	25.2%

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 Arceus (Dark).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arceus (Dark)'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	17%	28%	29.2%	17:22	6.0	3.77
Shadow Claw / Hyper Beam	17%	28%	28.5%	17:49	6.0	3.87
Iron Tail / Hyper Beam	17%	28%	28.8%	17:36	6.0	3.82
Iron Tail / Future Sight	17%	26%	28.9%	17:31	6.0	3.80
Shadow Claw / Future Sight	17%	28%	29.4%	17:15	6.0	3.75
Shadow Claw / Outrage	17%	32%	29.5%	17:11	6.0	3.73
Iron Tail / Outrage	17%	32%	29.8%	17:02	6.0	3.70

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…

Arceus (Dark) 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.

fighting1.6x bug1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x ghost0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

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

What Arceus (Dark) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron Tail	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
ghostShadow Claw	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture Sight	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
dragonOutrage	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,190	2,738
11/11/11	2,208	2,760
12/12/12	2,226	2,782
13/13/13	2,243	2,805
14/14/14	2,261	2,827
15/15/15hundo	2,279	2,850

Caught CP range 2,190 - 2,279, or 2,738 - 2,850 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.

Arceus (Dark) 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 249 / Defense 249 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	42.3%	2.61	11:59	30.0	100%	6,112	29.5	638
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	79%	34.7%	3.18	14:37	40.9	80%	3,826	24.3	473
3	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	71%	31.6%	3.48	16:02	46.8	0%	3,698	22.3	405
4	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	68%	30.7%	3.58	16:30	53.0	0%	3,670	21.8	361
5	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	68%	30.5%	3.61	16:37	53.7	0%	4,521	21.6	354
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	68%	29.7%	3.70	17:03	40.4	0%	6,428	20.7	491
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	64%	29.5%	3.74	17:11	70.9	48%	4,161	21.9	321
8	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	60%	27.2%	4.05	18:39	54.3	0%	4,814	19.1	355
9	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	59%	27.0%	4.08	18:47	58.3	0%	3,677	19.1	328
10	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	26.6%	4.14	19:03	59.2	0%	2,703	18.8	323
11	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	58%	26.5%	4.15	19:07	60.7	0%	3,698	18.8	333
12	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	59%	26.2%	4.21	19:21	47.5	0%	4,512	18.2	443
13	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	56%	26.1%	4.22	19:26	78.0	0%	3,093	18.9	253
14	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	55%	25.2%	4.37	20:06	61.7	0%	3,452	17.8	308
15	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	59%	25.2%	4.38	20:09	31.9	0%	4,979	17.1	665
16	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:15	53.7	0%	5,007	17.5	367
17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	55%	24.8%	4.44	20:25	57.9	0%	5,713	17.5	332
18	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	54%	24.8%	4.45	20:28	64.1	0%	4,178	17.5	299
19	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Charm / Aura Sphere	Charm / Aura Sphere+14 more movesets	54%	24.2%	4.55	20:57	52.8	0%	4,801	16.9	384
20	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	55%	24.0%	4.59	21:08	39.0	0%	4,172	16.4	499
21	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	23.6%	4.66	21:26	91.2	0%	3,337	17.4	240
22	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Dazzling Gleam	Counter / Dazzling Gleam+17 more movesets	51%	23.6%	4.68	21:31	70.2	0%	4,510	16.7	280
23	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	53%	23.4%	4.71	21:41	43.7	0%	4,087	16.1	435
24	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	48%	23.2%	4.74	21:49	101.5	0%	3,383	17.7	217
25	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	51%	23.0%	4.79	22:03	54.3	0%	4,783	16.0	363
26	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	49%	23.0%	4.80	22:05	71.8	0%	4,182	16.3	265
27	Urshifu (Single Strike) fightingdark Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	22.9%	4.80	22:05	60.7	0%	3,606	16.1	320
28	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	49%	22.8%	4.83	22:14	66.9	0%	3,001	16.1	287
29	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	45%	22.1%	4.97	22:53	120.1	0%	2,848	17.1	193
30	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	44%	21.5%	5.12	23:33	106.7	0%	2,848	16.3	214

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