Archen counters

#0566

rock flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

13,950

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

166

Defense

Difficulty

0.27

Pokebattler scale

Beating Archen should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 989-1,052.

Weak torock1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Archen counters are Mega Raichu Y, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
Kyurem (White)

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.250:44
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.250:44
3Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.270:48
4Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.270:48
5Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.270:48
6Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.290:51
7Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.300:53
8Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.300:53
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.300:53
10Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.300:53

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

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Top 15 Archen 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:44	0.25	1.1	535.7%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:44	0.25	0.8	530.2%
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:48	0.27	0.0	493.5%
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:48	0.27	0.0	487.7%
5	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:48	0.27	0.3	487.0%
6	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:51	0.29	1.1	461.9%
7	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:53	0.30	0.8	446.8%
8	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:53	0.30	1.1	444.0%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:53	0.30	1.1	444.0%
10	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:53	0.30	0.5	440.6%
11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:53	0.30	1.8	440.2%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:54	0.31	0.8	433.2%
13	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	0:54	0.31	0.7	433.1%
14	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:54	0.31	1.4	430.9%
15	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:55	0.31	0.3	429.5%

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 Archen.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Archen'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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	414%	480.2%	0:49	0.6	0.28
Wing Attack / Crunch	100%	379%	469.5%	0:50	0.8	0.28
Quick Attack / Crunch	100%	391%	471.4%	0:50	0.8	0.28
Quick Attack / Ancient Power	100%	420%	474.7%	0:49	0.6	0.28
Wing Attack / Ancient Power	100%	410%	481.0%	0:49	0.6	0.28
Quick Attack / Dragon Claw	100%	495%	485.9%	0:48	0.3	0.28
Wing Attack / Dragon Claw	100%	474%	488.7%	0:48	0.3	0.27

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…

Archen 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.

rock1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x fighting1x ghost1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x ground0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xground0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Archen throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingWing AttackSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.75s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon Claw	45	-33	1.5s	0.90s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	989	1,236
11/11/11	1,001	1,252
12/12/12	1,014	1,268
13/13/13	1,027	1,284
14/14/14	1,040	1,300
15/15/15hundo	1,052	1,316

Caught CP range 989 - 1,052, or 1,236 - 1,316 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.

Archen 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 166 / Defense 75 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	91%	535.7%	0.25	0:44	1.0	100%	3,780	88.4	1905
2	Mega Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	94%	530.2%	0.25	0:44	0.7	100%	3,784	84.6	2307
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	100%	493.5%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	4,172	79.8	3794
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	98%	487.7%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	4,979	82.3	3931
5	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	90%	487.0%	0.27	0:48	0.3	100%	4,099	82.6	3294
6	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	80%	461.9%	0.29	0:51	1.0	100%	3,701	79.4	2005
7	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	78%	446.8%	0.30	0:53	0.8	100%	3,791	69.4	2455
8	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	77%	444.0%	0.30	0:53	1.0	100%	3,510	77.5	1976
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	76%	444.0%	0.30	0:53	1.0	100%	4,605	70.7	1829
10	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	81%	440.6%	0.30	0:53	0.5	100%	5,902	69.4	2778
11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	440.2%	0.30	0:53	1.6	100%	3,659	73.1	1520
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	433.2%	0.31	0:54	0.7	100%	6,428	70.8	2318
13	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	78%	433.1%	0.31	0:54	0.7	100%	3,826	68.1	2350
14	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	71%	430.9%	0.31	0:54	1.3	100%	2,803	66.9	1611
15	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	429.5%	0.31	0:55	0.3	100%	4,911	66.6	3010
16	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	421.4%	0.32	0:56	1.7	100%	3,298	66.1	1325
17	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	71%	413.4%	0.32	0:57	0.9	100%	4,115	66.2	1850
18	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	404.6%	0.33	0:58	0.8	100%	4,346	63.8	2365
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	65%	403.1%	0.33	0:58	1.6	100%	3,079	62.6	1389
20	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	64%	402.0%	0.33	0:58	1.6	100%	2,654	63.3	1403
21	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	71%	400.0%	0.33	0:59	0.8	100%	6,112	61.5	1947
22	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	72%	398.7%	0.34	0:59	0.8	100%	4,401	61.3	2094
23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	66%	395.2%	0.34	0:59	1.2	100%	3,452	61.6	1634
24	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	61%	395.1%	0.34	0:59	2.1	100%	3,105	61.7	1176
25	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	390.8%	0.34	1:00	1.2	100%	4,605	63.2	1683
26	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	64%	390.6%	0.34	1:00	1.4	100%	3,937	60.8	1502
27	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	61%	389.9%	0.34	1:00	1.9	100%	2,829	61.9	1226
28	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	67%	387.6%	0.34	1:01	0.9	100%	4,038	60.2	1810
29	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	65%	381.1%	0.35	1:02	1.0	100%	3,205	59.4	1802
30	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	66%	375.6%	0.36	1:02	0.9	100%	3,733	60.6	1993

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