Blastoise counters

#0009

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

6,788

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

111

Defense

132

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Blastoise should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,338-1,409.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Blastoise counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Raikou, Regieleki, Kartana & Shadow Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Electivire
S. Raikou
Regieleki
Kartana
S. Thundurus (Therian)

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 Raichu YMegapartySpark / Zap Cannon+0.080:13
2Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
3Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:17
4Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:17
5RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.090:17
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.090:17
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Thunderbolt0.100:17
8KartanaLegendarypartyFury Cutter / Leaf Blade0.100:17
9Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.100:17
10ZekromLegendaryCharge Beam / Fusion Bolt0.100:18

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 Blastoise Mega Blastoise

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Top 15 Blastoise 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricSparkelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:13	0.08	0.0	3229.4%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	0.0	2733.3%
3	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:17	0.09	0.0	2612.1%
4	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:17	0.09	0.0	2588.8%
5	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:17	0.09	0.0	2587.3%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:17	0.09	0.0	2577.8%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,428	0:17	0.10	0.0	2542.0%
8	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CuttergrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:17	0.10	0.0	2514.1%
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:17	0.10	0.0	2496.6%
10	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:18	0.10	0.0	2471.4%
11	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:18	0.10	0.0	2468.6%
12	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:18	0.10	0.0	2464.4%
13	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:18	0.10	0.0	2453.3%
14	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricCharge BeamelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:18	0.10	0.0	2451.9%
15	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:18	0.10	0.1	2445.0%

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 Blastoise.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Blastoise'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%	498%	2678.2%	0:16	0.09
Water Gun / Flash Cannon	100%	596%	2607.0%	0:17	0.09
Bite / Flash Cannon	100%	592%	2607.0%	0:17	0.09
Rollout / Ice Beam	100%	479%	2618.9%	0:17	0.09
Rollout / Flash Cannon	100%	528%	2646.6%	0:16	0.09
Water Gun / Skull Bash	100%	546%	2664.6%	0:16	0.09
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	100%	522%	2666.8%	0:16	0.09
Bite / Hydro Pump	100%	518%	2666.8%	0:16	0.09
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	469%	2668.0%	0:16	0.09
Bite / Ice Beam	100%	468%	2669.1%	0:16	0.09
Bite / Skull Bash	100%	544%	2674.8%	0:16	0.09
Rollout / Skull Bash	100%	452%	2677.1%	0:16	0.09
Rollout / Hydro Pump	100%	442%	2689.7%	0:16	0.09

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…

Blastoise 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Blastoise 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
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
rockRollout	15	+19	1.5s	1.06s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
normalSkull Bash	130	-100	3.0s	1.70s
steelFlash Cannon	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,338	1,673
11/11/11	1,352	1,691
12/12/12	1,366	1,708
13/13/13	1,380	1,726
14/14/14	1,394	1,743
15/15/15hundo	1,409	1,761

Caught CP range 1,338 - 1,409, or 1,673 - 1,761 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.

Blastoise 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 111 / Defense 132 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Spark / Zap Cannon+	Spark / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	3,780	45.0	607
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	79%	2733.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,056	40.5	644
3	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	73%	2612.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,079	38.4	639
4	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	75%	2588.8%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,452	37.3	626
5	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	76%	2587.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,803	42.0	707
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	83%	2577.8%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	6,112	39.6	669
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	78%	2542.0%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	6,428	36.9	633
8	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	72%	2514.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,677	35.6	617
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	68%	2496.6%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,659	40.1	690
10	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	76%	2471.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,038	35.7	630
11	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	71%	2468.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,580	36.7	648
12	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	69%	2464.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,937	36.2	639
13	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	68%	2453.3%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,527	34.7	617
14	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	71%	2451.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,205	34.0	605
15	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	66%	2445.0%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,757	34.6	594
16	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	69%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,510	33.7	606
17	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	64%	2366.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	2,888	33.2	606
18	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	64%	2357.7%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,117	33.9	626
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	2353.9%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	5,713	34.2	635
20	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	61%	2342.6%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	2,340	32.5	581
21	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	63%	2321.1%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,345	32.3	599
22	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	Razor Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	65%	2290.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,505	31.5	594
23	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	62%	2284.3%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,383	31.6	603
24	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	62%	2254.4%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	3,592	33.1	605
25	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	64%	2241.4%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,842	32.1	624
26	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	67%	2239.1%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,099	31.7	617
27	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	61%	2231.0%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,659	31.9	623
28	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	69%	2229.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,093	33.0	645
29	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Solar Beam	Lock-On / Solar Beam+14 more movesets	61%	2227.6%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,266	32.4	633
30	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	60%	2208.4%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	2,971	31.0	611

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