Binacle counters

#0688

rock waterTier 1

Lobby CP

3,159

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Binacle should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 497-540.

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 Binacle counters are Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Shadow Chesnaught, Shadow Venusaur, Shadow Tangrowth & Zarude.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Sceptile
Kartana
S. Chesnaught
S. Venusaur
S. Tangrowth
Zarude

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 %

1Mega SceptileMegapartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.040:06
2KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.040:07
3Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.040:07
4Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.040:07
5Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.040:07
6Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip0.040:07
7Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.040:07
8ZarudeLegendarypartyVine Whip / Power Whip0.040:08
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Binacle

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Top 15 Binacle 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	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
2	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:07	0.04	5844.7%
3	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	0:07	0.04	5836.9%
4	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	0:07	0.04	5836.9%
5	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	4,093	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
6	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
7	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
8	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
11	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
12	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
13	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
14	Roseradegrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	2,971	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
15	Meowscaradagrassdark	grassLeafagegrassGrass Knot	2,825	0:09	0.05	5058.0%

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 Binacle.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Binacle'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1649%	5901.0%	0:07	0.04
Scratch / Ancient Power	100%	1627%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Scratch / Dig	100%	1706%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Mud-Slap / Ancient Power	100%	1646%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Mud-Slap / Cross Chop	100%	1582%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Mud-Slap / Dig	100%	1873%	5878.9%	0:07	0.04
Scratch / Cross Chop	100%	1555%	5979.7%	0:07	0.04

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…

Binacle 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 Binacle 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
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCross Chop	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
groundDig	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	497	621
11/11/11	505	632
12/12/12	514	643
13/13/13	523	654
14/14/14	531	664
15/15/15hundo	540	675

Caught CP range 497 - 540, or 621 - 675 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.

Binacle 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 66 / Defense 80 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	100%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,056	99.9	649
2	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	80%	5844.7%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	92.4	689
3	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	86%	5836.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,954	84.3	630
4	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	81%	5836.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,720	83.5	624
5	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	93%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,093	84.3	632
6	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	83%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,030	81.5	611
7	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	86%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	83.5	626
8	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	79%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,833	76.6	613
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	89%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	100.9	807
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	82%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	75.4	618
11	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	75%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,592	77.4	658
12	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	71%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,505	74.7	635
13	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	69%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,757	72.5	616
14	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	70%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,971	72.7	618
15	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Grass Knot	Leafage / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	68%	5058.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,825	71.7	618
16	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+11 more movesets	69%	4887.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,014	73.1	651
17	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+7 more movesets	68%	4887.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,014	71.9	641
18	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+7 more movesets	65%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,985	68.0	612
19	Shadow Tangela grassshadow Vine Whip / Grass Knot	Vine Whip / Grass Knot+7 more movesets	64%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,238	67.6	608
20	Decidueye grassghost Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	70%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,775	68.0	612
21	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	64%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,161	69.5	625
22	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	67%	4800.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	86.2	783
23	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	68%	4678.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,934	79.4	740
24	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	66%	4638.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,324	73.4	690
25	Tsareena grass Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+17 more movesets	64%	4628.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,964	68.7	647
26	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	58%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,431	68.6	652
27	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	65%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,954	63.8	606
28	Torterra grassground Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	66%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,934	66.1	628
29	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,410	66.5	632
30	Shadow Shiftry grassdarkshadow Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+15 more movesets	57%	4565.4%	0.05	0:10	100%	2,333	67.0	640

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.