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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 (Dragon) counters

#0493Not released in Pokemon GO

dragonTier 5

Lobby CP

49,286

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

199

Defense

199

Difficulty

1.96

Pokebattler scale

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

Weak toice1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 (Dragon) counters are Mega Rayquaza, Eternatus, Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Garchomp & Shadow Palkia.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Garchomp
S. Palkia

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 %

1Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.858:31
2Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.898:42
3EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.928:51
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.969:01
5Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.039:21
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.119:44
7Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn2.149:51
8Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.1810:01
9Shadow PalkiaShadowLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Draco Meteor2.2910:32
10BaxcaliburDragon Breath / Glaive Rush2.3310:44

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Arceus (Dragon)

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Top 15 Arceus (Dragon) 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 Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	8:31	1.85	6.0	59.5%
2	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	8:42	1.89	6.0	58.3%
3	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	8:51	1.92	6.0	57.3%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	9:01	1.96	6.0	56.2%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	9:21	2.03	6.0	54.2%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	9:44	2.11	6.0	52.1%
7	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	9:51	2.14	6.0	51.5%
8	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	10:01	2.18	6.0	50.6%
9	Shadow Palkiawaterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,991	10:32	2.29	6.0	48.1%
10	Baxcaliburdragonice	dragonDragon BreathdragonGlaive Rush	3,550	10:44	2.33	6.0	47.2%
11	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	10:54	2.37	6.0	46.5%
12	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	5,031	10:55	2.37	6.0	46.4%
13	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor	4,038	11:02	2.40	6.0	45.9%
14	Shadow Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,792	11:07	2.42	6.0	45.6%
15	Dialga (Origin)steeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonRoar of Time	4,090	11:08	2.42	6.0	45.5%

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 (Dragon).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arceus (Dragon)'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	76%	56%	53.6%	9:27	6.0	2.05
Shadow Claw / Outrage	64%	47%	52.4%	9:41	6.0	2.10
Iron Tail / Outrage	79%	48%	53.4%	9:30	6.0	2.06
Iron Tail / Hyper Beam	58%	60%	53.4%	9:29	6.0	2.06
Shadow Claw / Future Sight	83%	63%	53.6%	9:27	6.0	2.05
Iron Tail / Future Sight	82%	60%	54.0%	9:23	6.0	2.04
Shadow Claw / Hyper Beam	67%	64%	54.4%	9:19	6.0	2.03

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…

Arceus (Dragon) 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.

ice1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dark1x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists fire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arceus (Dragon) 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
dragonOutrageSTAB	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 (Dragon) 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 199 / Defense 199 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	100%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	21.7	100%	5,713	31.0	651
2	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	99%	58.3%	1.89	8:42	19.0	100%	4,823	30.2	782
3	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	96%	57.3%	1.92	8:51	22.2	100%	4,429	30.0	665
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	94%	56.2%	1.96	9:01	23.4	100%	4,605	29.4	616
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	91%	54.2%	2.03	9:21	22.7	100%	5,424	28.2	633
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	89%	52.1%	2.11	9:44	17.7	82%	6,428	26.8	812
7	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	85%	51.5%	2.14	9:51	26.1	72%	4,605	27.0	546
8	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	82%	50.6%	2.18	10:01	29.3	60%	3,962	26.6	483
9	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	78%	48.1%	2.29	10:32	30.9	0%	3,991	25.4	457
10	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	76%	47.2%	2.33	10:44	31.4	0%	3,550	24.9	455
11	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	72%	46.5%	2.37	10:54	48.3	68%	3,593	26.0	350
12	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	77%	46.4%	2.37	10:55	25.1	0%	5,031	24.1	591
13	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	76%	45.9%	2.40	11:02	24.4	0%	4,038	23.9	621
14	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	73%	45.6%	2.42	11:07	33.6	0%	3,792	24.1	424
15	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	78%	45.5%	2.42	11:08	18.9	0%	4,090	23.4	756
16	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	74%	45.2%	2.43	11:12	28.1	0%	4,142	23.7	517
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	45.1%	2.44	11:14	22.6	0%	6,112	23.4	620
18	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	72%	45.0%	2.45	11:16	33.6	0%	3,835	23.8	421
19	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	70%	44.6%	2.47	11:22	39.1	0%	3,749	24.1	397
20	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	74%	44.4%	2.48	11:25	24.1	0%	4,512	23.0	644
21	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	71%	43.9%	2.51	11:33	31.3	0%	4,038	23.1	452
22	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe	Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	69%	43.8%	2.52	11:35	37.6	0%	4,056	23.3	380
23	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	71%	43.6%	2.53	11:37	28.6	0%	5,007	22.8	522
24	Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	68%	43.1%	2.55	11:45	40.0	0%	3,593	23.0	357
25	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	42.9%	2.57	11:50	21.9	0%	5,902	22.0	637
26	Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	69%	42.8%	2.58	11:51	31.4	0%	3,962	22.4	456
27	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	68%	42.5%	2.59	11:55	36.5	0%	3,812	22.5	409
28	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	73%	42.0%	2.62	12:04	15.6	0%	4,979	21.4	965
29	Dragapult dragonghost Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+7 more movesets	67%	41.9%	2.63	12:05	32.4	0%	3,532	22.0	482
30	Palkia waterdragon Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	65%	40.5%	2.72	12:30	33.5	0%	3,991	21.3	437

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