Barboach counters

#0339

water groundTier 3

Lobby CP

6,382

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.20

Pokebattler scale

Beating Barboach should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 427-468.

Weak tograss2.56x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Barboach counters are Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Shadow Sceptile, Shadow Chesnaught, Shadow Porygon-Z & Shaymin (Sky).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Sceptile
Kartana
S. Sceptile
S. Chesnaught
S. Porygon-Z
Shaymin (Sky)

1 more Mega 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 SceptileMegapartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.180:31
2Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.190:33
3KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.190:34
4Shadow SceptileShadowpartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.210:36
5Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.220:38
6Shadow Porygon-ZShadowpartyLock-On / Solar Beam0.220:39
7Shaymin (Sky)LegendarypartyMagical Leaf / Grass Knot0.220:39
8Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.220:39
9Shadow ExeggutorShadowBullet Seed / Solar Beam0.230:40
10Shadow VenusaurShadowVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.230:40

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

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Raid tier — Group Raid

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Related countersShadow Barboach

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Top 15 Barboach 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 Sceptilegrassdragonjoint top pick	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:31	0.18	0.2	753.0%
2	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:33	0.19	0.0	706.7%
3	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:34	0.19	0.1	697.7%
4	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:36	0.21	0.2	649.4%
5	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	0:38	0.22	0.2	612.6%
6	Shadow Porygon-Znormal	normalLock-OngrassSolar Beam	3,266	0:39	0.22	0.1	604.2%
7	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	0:39	0.22	0.2	601.3%
8	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	0:39	0.22	0.0	596.9%
9	Shadow Exeggutorgrasspsychic	grassBullet SeedgrassSolar Beam	3,014	0:40	0.23	0.3	591.5%
10	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	0:40	0.23	0.2	591.4%
11	Roseradegrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	2,971	0:40	0.23	0.2	590.6%
12	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	0:40	0.23	0.1	582.7%
13	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	0:41	0.23	0.2	575.4%
14	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	0:41	0.23	0.3	575.0%
15	Shadow Alolan Exeggutorgrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassSolar Beam	3,014	0:41	0.23	0.4	574.4%

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 Barboach.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Barboach'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%	597%	648.9%	0:36	0.2	0.21
Mud Shot / Ice Beam	100%	429%	644.7%	0:36	0.5	0.21
Mud Shot / Mud Bomb	100%	761%	646.5%	0:36	0.0	0.21
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	423%	646.9%	0:36	0.5	0.21
Mud Shot / Scald	100%	749%	647.5%	0:36	0.0	0.21
Water Gun / Mud Bomb	100%	729%	647.5%	0:36	0.0	0.21
Water Gun / Scald	100%	736%	648.6%	0:36	0.0	0.21
Mud Shot / Aqua Tail	100%	760%	652.4%	0:36	0.0	0.20
Water Gun / Aqua Tail	100%	749%	653.6%	0:36	0.0	0.20

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…

Barboach 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 normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x electric0.63x

Double weak (1)
Neutral (12)
Resists (5)

It resists poison0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Barboach throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterAqua TailSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
groundMud BombSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.90s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	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	427	534
11/11/11	435	544
12/12/12	443	554
13/13/13	451	564
14/14/14	459	574
15/15/15hundo	468	585

Caught CP range 427 - 468, or 534 - 585 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.

Barboach 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 78 / Defense 70 (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 Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	96%	753.0%	0.18	0:31	0.2	100%	4,056	116.8	3270
2	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	706.7%	0.19	0:33	0.0	100%	4,093	124.4	4128
3	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	86%	697.7%	0.19	0:34	0.1	100%	3,677	108.0	3525
4	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	78%	649.4%	0.21	0:36	0.2	100%	2,757	101.6	3249
5	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	77%	612.6%	0.22	0:38	0.2	100%	2,954	95.6	3318
6	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Solar Beam	Lock-On / Solar Beam+14 more movesets	72%	604.2%	0.22	0:39	0.1	100%	3,266	93.7	3520
7	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	75%	601.3%	0.22	0:39	0.2	100%	3,592	98.3	3416
8	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	77%	596.9%	0.22	0:39	0.0	100%	3,698	95.4	3715
9	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+11 more movesets	71%	591.5%	0.23	0:40	0.2	100%	3,014	91.5	3154
10	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	71%	591.4%	0.23	0:40	0.2	100%	2,720	97.6	3522
11	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	70%	590.6%	0.23	0:40	0.2	100%	2,971	91.3	3261
12	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	72%	582.7%	0.23	0:40	0.1	100%	3,505	94.7	3550
13	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	72%	575.4%	0.23	0:41	0.2	100%	3,030	95.3	3545
14	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	68%	575.0%	0.23	0:41	0.3	100%	2,934	94.1	3364
15	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	68%	574.4%	0.23	0:41	0.3	100%	3,014	89.3	3090
16	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	566.9%	0.24	0:41	0.2	100%	2,825	87.8	3262
17	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	74%	565.7%	0.24	0:41	0.0	100%	3,833	91.9	3772
18	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	64%	557.5%	0.24	0:42	0.5	100%	2,431	87.8	2822
19	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	70%	557.4%	0.24	0:42	0.1	100%	3,324	91.6	3667
20	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	69%	550.6%	0.24	0:43	0.1	100%	3,419	85.7	3435
21	Shadow Shiftry grassdarkshadow Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+15 more movesets	62%	540.2%	0.25	0:43	0.3	100%	2,333	84.4	3144
22	Sceptile grass Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	534.1%	0.25	0:44	0.2	100%	2,757	82.8	3194
23	Shadow Tangela grassshadow Vine Whip / Solar Beam	Vine Whip / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	60%	525.6%	0.25	0:45	0.3	100%	2,238	82.0	3078
24	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	523.7%	0.26	0:45	0.2	100%	2,410	81.6	3206
25	Shadow Vileplume grasspoisonshadow Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	Razor Leaf / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	59%	522.7%	0.26	0:45	0.4	100%	2,559	80.6	2796
26	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	60%	520.3%	0.26	0:45	0.3	100%	3,937	85.4	3230
27	Breloom grassfighting Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	59%	519.8%	0.26	0:45	0.3	100%	2,628	80.8	3098
28	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	65%	516.4%	0.26	0:45	0.2	100%	2,954	80.2	3314
29	Shadow Cacturne grassdarkshadow Sucker Punch / Grass Knot	Sucker Punch / Grass Knot+14 more movesets	56%	512.0%	0.26	0:46	0.6	100%	2,298	79.9	2704
30	Decidueye grassghost Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	62%	511.7%	0.26	0:46	0.2	100%	2,775	79.4	3193

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