Arctibax counters

#0997

dragon iceTier 3

Lobby CP

13,488

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

137

Defense

104

Difficulty

0.35

Pokebattler scale

Beating Arctibax should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,130-1,195.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xsteel1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 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 Arctibax counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Eternatus, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) & Shadow Haxorus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Eternatus
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Haxorus

6 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+0.290:51
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.341:00
3EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.351:01
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.351:01
5Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.351:02
6Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.351:02
7Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+0.361:03
8Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.371:04
9Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.371:06
10Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.381:07
12Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.391:08

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

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Top 15 Arctibax 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 Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:51	0.29	0.6	458.7%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:00	0.34	1.0	391.2%
3	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	1:01	0.35	1.4	384.2%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	1:01	0.35	2.3	383.0%
5	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	1:02	0.35	0.4	378.6%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:02	0.35	1.2	376.8%
7	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	1:03	0.36	1.9	374.7%
8	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	1:04	0.37	0.2	365.2%
9	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	1:06	0.37	0.3	358.0%
10	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	1:07	0.38	2.2	351.6%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:07	0.38	1.0	348.9%
12	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	1:08	0.39	3.3	344.1%
13	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:08	0.39	1.4	344.0%
14	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	1:11	0.41	2.1	328.3%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:12	0.41	1.2	326.5%

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 Arctibax.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arctibax'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	100%	334%	381.7%	1:01	1.0	0.35
Dragon Breath / Outrage	100%	334%	375.0%	1:03	1.3	0.36
Ice Fang / Avalanche	100%	285%	375.2%	1:03	1.5	0.36
Dragon Breath / Avalanche	100%	285%	375.9%	1:02	1.5	0.36
Ice Fang / Outrage	100%	322%	376.6%	1:02	1.4	0.35
Dragon Breath / Icy Wind	100%	349%	378.2%	1:02	0.8	0.35
Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	100%	403%	382.7%	1:01	0.8	0.35
Ice Fang / Icy Wind	100%	355%	382.9%	1:01	0.7	0.35
Ice Fang / Dragon Claw	100%	389%	384.2%	1:01	0.7	0.35

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…

Arctibax 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 rock1.6x steel1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x psychic1x ice1x dark1x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (10)
Resists (3)

It resists water0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arctibax throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
iceIce FangSTAB	12	+20	1.5s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceAvalancheSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.50s
dragonDragon ClawSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	0.90s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
iceIcy WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,130	1,412
11/11/11	1,143	1,428
12/12/12	1,156	1,445
13/13/13	1,169	1,461
14/14/14	1,182	1,477
15/15/15hundo	1,195	1,494

Caught CP range 1,130 - 1,195, or 1,412 - 1,494 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.

Arctibax 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 137 / Defense 104 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	458.7%	0.29	0:51	0.6	100%	6,112	72.8	2550
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	82%	391.2%	0.34	0:60	0.9	100%	3,826	61.2	1859
3	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	76%	384.2%	0.35	1:01	1.3	100%	4,429	62.3	1624
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	71%	383.0%	0.35	1:01	2.1	100%	5,713	59.4	1191
5	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	84%	378.6%	0.35	1:02	0.4	100%	4,099	59.0	2908
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	376.8%	0.35	1:02	1.1	100%	4,161	58.8	1710
7	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	72%	374.7%	0.36	1:03	1.7	100%	4,823	59.4	1357
8	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	87%	365.2%	0.37	1:04	0.2	100%	4,979	61.7	3546
9	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	82%	358.0%	0.37	1:06	0.3	100%	4,172	57.6	3182
10	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	66%	351.6%	0.38	1:07	2.0	100%	5,424	54.8	1221
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	73%	348.9%	0.38	1:07	0.9	100%	6,428	54.8	1862
12	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	61%	344.1%	0.39	1:08	3.0	100%	3,593	53.5	871
13	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	68%	344.0%	0.39	1:08	1.3	100%	3,670	54.0	1594
14	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	62%	328.3%	0.41	1:11	1.9	100%	2,848	51.4	1289
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	67%	326.5%	0.41	1:12	1.1	100%	3,698	50.7	1736
16	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	62%	325.8%	0.41	1:12	1.9	100%	5,007	51.1	1214
17	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	64%	324.2%	0.41	1:12	1.4	100%	4,521	50.3	1523
18	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	57%	322.4%	0.41	1:13	3.2	100%	3,962	50.1	854
19	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	319.4%	0.42	1:13	0.9	100%	3,791	50.1	1877
20	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Draco Meteor	Metal Claw / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	62%	318.3%	0.42	1:14	1.5	100%	4,038	50.5	1495
21	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	59%	314.4%	0.43	1:15	2.3	100%	3,991	49.2	1106
22	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	56%	312.1%	0.43	1:15	2.7	100%	3,812	48.6	949
23	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	69%	311.2%	0.43	1:15	0.4	100%	4,911	47.8	2774
24	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Metal Claw / Roar of Time	Metal Claw / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	62%	308.9%	0.43	1:16	1.2	100%	4,090	48.8	1644
25	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	52%	304.6%	0.44	1:17	3.8	100%	3,749	48.3	746
26	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	54%	302.5%	0.44	1:18	3.0	100%	3,298	47.2	891
27	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	301.3%	0.44	1:18	1.4	100%	2,703	46.8	1494
28	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	57%	300.7%	0.44	1:18	1.9	100%	4,142	47.3	1281
29	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	56%	296.0%	0.45	1:19	2.1	100%	3,337	46.3	1118
30	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	57%	289.7%	0.46	1:21	1.3	100%	4,814	45.4	1544

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.