Barbaracle counters

#0689

rock waterElite

Lobby CP

43,840

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

205

Defense

216

Difficulty

2.20

Pokebattler scale

Beating Barbaracle should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,455-1,528.

Weak tograss2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Grass Mega — most top counters attack with Grass

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 Barbaracle counters are Mega Chesnaught, Kartana, Shadow Chesnaught, Shadow Sceptile, Shaymin (Sky) & Shadow Venusaur.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Chesnaught
Kartana
S. Chesnaught
S. Sceptile
Shaymin (Sky)
S. Venusaur

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 ChesnaughtMegapartyVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.928:51
2Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant2.049:25
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.179:59
4KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade2.2610:23
5Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant2.3810:58
6Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant2.4011:02
7Shadow SceptileShadowpartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant2.4311:10
8Shaymin (Sky)LegendarypartyMagical Leaf / Grass Knot2.4311:10
9Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant2.4411:13
10Shadow TangrowthShadowVine Whip / Power Whip2.5211:35

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

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Top 15 Barbaracle 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 Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	8:51	1.92	5.7	57.3%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	9:25	2.04	6.0	53.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	9:59	2.17	5.8	50.7%
4	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	10:23	2.26	6.0	48.8%
5	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	10:58	2.38	5.6	46.2%
6	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	11:02	2.40	6.0	46.0%
7	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	11:10	2.43	6.0	45.4%
8	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	11:10	2.43	5.8	45.4%
9	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	11:13	2.44	6.0	45.2%
10	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	11:35	2.52	6.0	43.8%
11	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	11:35	2.52	6.0	43.8%
12	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	11:45	2.55	6.0	43.1%
13	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	11:46	2.56	6.0	43.1%
14	Rillaboomgrass	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	3,324	11:54	2.58	6.0	42.6%
15	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	11:59	2.60	6.0	42.3%

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 Barbaracle.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Barbaracle'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	18%	64%	47.6%	10:38	5.9	2.31
Water Gun / Skull Bash	17%	47%	45.9%	11:02	6.0	2.40
Fury Cutter / Skull Bash	17%	47%	45.9%	11:02	6.0	2.40
Mud-Slap / Skull Bash	17%	50%	46.2%	10:58	6.0	2.38
Water Gun / Stone Edge	17%	57%	46.6%	10:52	6.0	2.36
Fury Cutter / Stone Edge	17%	57%	46.7%	10:51	6.0	2.36
Mud-Slap / Stone Edge	17%	58%	47.0%	10:47	6.0	2.34
Mud-Slap / Cross Chop	17%	78%	48.1%	10:32	5.9	2.29
Fury Cutter / Cross Chop	17%	78%	48.2%	10:31	5.9	2.28
Water Gun / Cross Chop	17%	79%	48.2%	10:30	5.9	2.28
Water Gun / Razor Shell	17%	83%	48.4%	10:28	5.8	2.27
Fury Cutter / Razor Shell	17%	82%	48.5%	10:28	5.8	2.27
Water Gun / Grass Knot	24%	88%	48.5%	10:27	5.9	2.27
Mud-Slap / Razor Shell	17%	81%	48.6%	10:26	5.8	2.27
Fury Cutter / Grass Knot	24%	88%	48.6%	10:25	5.9	2.26
Mud-Slap / Grass Knot	17%	86%	48.9%	10:22	5.8	2.25

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…

Barbaracle 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.

grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x electric1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x ice0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fire0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Barbaracle throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundMud-Slap	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
bugFury Cutter	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
waterRazor ShellSTAB	55	-33	1.5s	0.85s
normalSkull Bash	130	-100	3.0s	1.70s
grassGrass Knot	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
fightingCross Chop	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,455	1,820
11/11/11	1,470	1,838
12/12/12	1,484	1,856
13/13/13	1,499	1,874
14/14/14	1,514	1,892
15/15/15hundo	1,528	1,911

Caught CP range 1,455 - 1,528, or 1,820 - 1,911 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.

Barbaracle 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 205 / Defense 216 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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 Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	57.3%	1.92	8:51	11.4	100%	4,093	38.7	1649
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	89%	53.9%	2.04	9:25	19.5	92%	4,056	37.2	1097
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	85%	50.7%	2.17	9:59	16.9	48%	6,112	34.6	1155
4	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	78%	48.8%	2.26	10:23	25.9	8%	3,677	33.9	757
5	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	77%	46.2%	2.38	10:58	16.9	0%	3,698	31.5	1216
6	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	74%	46.0%	2.40	11:02	23.3	0%	2,954	31.7	840
7	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	71%	45.4%	2.43	11:10	30.5	0%	2,757	31.8	626
8	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	74%	45.4%	2.43	11:10	22.6	0%	3,592	31.3	1041
9	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	72%	45.2%	2.44	11:13	25.6	0%	2,720	31.3	822
10	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	70%	43.8%	2.52	11:35	27.0	0%	3,030	30.3	749
11	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	72%	43.8%	2.52	11:35	21.0	0%	3,833	29.9	938
12	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	68%	43.1%	2.55	11:45	28.1	0%	2,934	29.9	680
13	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	69%	43.1%	2.56	11:46	26.2	0%	3,505	29.9	875
14	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	42.6%	2.58	11:54	25.8	0%	3,324	29.4	790
15	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	65%	42.3%	2.60	11:59	35.5	0%	3,937	29.8	540
16	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	65%	41.4%	2.66	12:15	30.5	0%	3,826	28.8	642
17	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	64%	41.3%	2.67	12:16	32.8	0%	2,825	28.9	601
18	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	65%	40.7%	2.71	12:27	25.6	0%	5,902	28.2	814
19	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	63%	40.3%	2.74	12:35	30.6	0%	2,971	28.0	718
20	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	61%	40.0%	2.75	12:40	41.0	0%	3,780	28.5	480
21	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	61%	39.7%	2.77	12:45	36.9	0%	4,161	27.9	539
22	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	64%	39.6%	2.78	12:48	22.2	0%	2,954	27.1	859
23	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	61%	39.5%	2.79	12:49	36.0	0%	2,431	27.7	582
24	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+11 more movesets	61%	39.5%	2.79	12:50	33.3	0%	3,014	27.6	619
25	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	64%	39.5%	2.79	12:50	23.5	0%	2,775	27.1	914
26	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	63%	39.4%	2.80	12:52	26.5	0%	3,014	27.3	779
27	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	62%	39.2%	2.81	12:56	27.4	0%	3,419	27.1	792
28	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	61%	39.0%	2.82	12:59	31.1	0%	2,410	27.1	643
29	Venusaur grasspoison Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	61%	38.3%	2.88	13:14	27.9	0%	2,720	26.4	803
30	Sceptile grass Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	60%	38.2%	2.88	13:16	32.3	0%	2,757	26.6	605

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