Articuno counters

#0144

ice flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

40,165

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

163

Defense

198

Difficulty

1.58

Pokebattler scale

Beating Articuno should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,665-1,743.

Weak torock2.56xsteel1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Articuno counters are Shadow Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Gigalith, Shadow Tyranitar & Shadow Tyrantrum.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Rhyperior
S. Gigalith
S. Tyranitar
S. Tyrantrum

2 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 %

1Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.486:48
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide1.506:54
3Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker1.587:17
4Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam1.617:24
5Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge1.657:34
6Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.697:47
7Shadow TyranitarShadowpartySmack Down / Stone Edge1.717:52
8Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam1.727:55
9Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide1.748:00
10RampardosSmack Down / Rock Slide1.748:00

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 Articuno Galarian Articuno

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Top 15 Articuno 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	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	6:48	1.48	6.0	74.6%
2	Mega Diancierockfairyjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	6:54	1.50	6.0	73.4%
3	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	7:17	1.58	5.9	69.6%
4	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	7:24	1.61	6.0	68.4%
5	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	7:34	1.65	5.5	66.9%
6	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	7:47	1.69	5.6	65.1%
7	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	7:52	1.71	6.0	64.5%
8	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	7:55	1.72	6.0	64.0%
9	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	8:00	1.74	6.0	63.4%
10	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	8:00	1.74	6.0	63.4%
11	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	8:12	1.78	4.1	61.8%
12	Shadow Aurorusrockice	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,802	8:14	1.79	5.9	61.6%
13	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	8:17	1.80	6.0	61.2%
14	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	8:19	1.81	5.0	61.0%
15	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	8:19	1.81	5.7	60.9%

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 Articuno.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Articuno'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	99%	79%	68.7%	7:23	6.0	1.60
Frost Breath / Blizzard	94%	57%	63.2%	8:01	6.0	1.74
Ice Shard / Blizzard	100%	62%	66.4%	7:38	6.0	1.66
Powder Snow / Blizzard	100%	65%	66.5%	7:37	6.0	1.66
Frost Breath / Ice Beam	100%	70%	67.8%	7:29	6.0	1.62
Ice Shard / Ice Beam	100%	71%	68.0%	7:27	6.0	1.62
Powder Snow / Ice Beam	100%	73%	68.1%	7:26	6.0	1.62
Powder Snow / Triple Axel	100%	85%	69.6%	7:17	6.0	1.58
Frost Breath / Triple Axel	100%	80%	69.7%	7:16	6.0	1.58
Ice Shard / Triple Axel	100%	80%	69.8%	7:16	6.0	1.58
Frost Breath / Icy Wind	100%	92%	70.6%	7:11	6.0	1.56
Powder Snow / Icy Wind	100%	98%	70.6%	7:11	6.0	1.56
Ice Shard / Icy Wind	100%	93%	70.7%	7:10	6.0	1.56
Powder Snow / Ancient Power	100%	125%	72.1%	7:02	5.8	1.53
Ice Shard / Ancient Power	100%	117%	72.1%	7:02	6.0	1.53
Frost Breath / Ancient Power	100%	114%	72.1%	7:02	6.0	1.53

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…

Articuno 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.

rock2.56x steel1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (3)

It resists ground0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Articuno throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceFrost BreathSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.55s
iceIce ShardSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.40s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceBlizzardSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
iceTriple AxelSTAB	60	-33	2.0s	1.50s
iceIce BeamSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
iceIcy WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,665	2,082
11/11/11	1,681	2,101
12/12/12	1,696	2,121
13/13/13	1,712	2,140
14/14/14	1,728	2,160
15/15/15hundo	1,743	2,179

Caught CP range 1,665 - 1,743, or 2,082 - 2,179 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.

Articuno 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 163 / Defense 198 (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

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Rampardos top pickrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	98%	74.6%	1.48	6:48	20.5	100%	3,298	39.3	703
2	Mega Diancie top pickrockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	73.4%	1.50	6:54	14.4	100%	4,346	37.9	985
3	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	93%	69.6%	1.58	7:17	17.9	100%	3,733	36.3	904
4	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	93%	68.4%	1.61	7:24	14.8	100%	3,228	35.4	953
5	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	96%	66.9%	1.65	7:34	9.2	100%	5,347	33.8	1482
6	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	92%	65.1%	1.69	7:47	9.8	100%	4,783	33.0	1419
7	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	88%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	14.8	100%	3,834	33.2	968
8	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	82%	64.0%	1.72	7:55	25.6	92%	3,128	34.4	627
9	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	83%	63.4%	1.74	7:60	21.0	100%	4,118	33.1	679
10	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	83%	63.4%	1.74	7:60	21.1	100%	3,298	33.2	674
11	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	91%	61.8%	1.78	8:12	6.9	100%	4,172	31.0	2006
12	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	85%	61.6%	1.79	8:14	12.4	100%	2,802	31.3	1148
13	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	82%	61.2%	1.80	8:17	16.5	100%	3,273	31.6	865
14	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	88%	61.0%	1.81	8:19	8.5	100%	4,979	30.8	1592
15	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	86%	60.9%	1.81	8:19	10.7	100%	3,000	30.9	1301
16	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	78%	60.1%	1.83	8:26	21.4	100%	3,780	31.5	675
17	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	80%	60.0%	1.84	8:27	17.5	100%	3,733	31.0	910
18	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	85%	59.4%	1.85	8:32	8.9	100%	4,099	30.0	1523
19	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	78%	57.7%	1.91	8:47	14.9	100%	3,698	29.5	1004
20	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	78%	57.5%	1.92	8:49	14.4	100%	2,786	29.4	961
21	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	74%	57.0%	1.93	8:54	23.1	100%	3,128	29.8	646
22	Gigalith rock Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	76%	56.3%	1.96	9:00	16.5	100%	3,228	28.9	876
23	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	75%	55.3%	1.99	9:09	14.2	100%	3,834	28.2	989
24	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	76%	55.3%	1.99	9:10	14.0	100%	4,161	28.2	996
25	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	73%	55.1%	2.00	9:12	18.9	100%	3,510	28.5	756
26	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	74%	55.0%	2.00	9:13	16.1	100%	3,145	28.2	882
27	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	71%	54.5%	2.02	9:18	20.4	100%	2,949	28.2	706
28	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	53.8%	2.05	9:25	19.9	84%	4,038	27.8	720
29	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Rock Slide	Metal Claw / Rock Slide+14 more movesets	70%	53.5%	2.06	9:28	22.2	98%	3,244	27.8	724
30	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	64%	52.4%	2.10	9:40	37.9	80%	2,783	28.6	408

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