Bonsly counters

#0438

rockTier 1

Lobby CP

4,142

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Bonsly should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 693-744.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Bonsly counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Conkeldurr & Shadow Greninja.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Conkeldurr
S. Greninja

7 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.060:10
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.060:10
6Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.060:10
7Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
8Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Behemoth Bash0.060:10
9Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.060:11
10Mega ChesnaughtMegaLow Kick / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
12Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch0.060:11
13Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.060:11

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 Bonsly

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Top 15 Bonsly 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
7	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4184.1%
8	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	iceIce FangsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:11	0.06	4128.6%
10	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	fightingLow KickgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	3984.5%
11	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
12	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
13	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
14	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:11	0.06	3931.3%
15	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:11	0.06	3854.8%

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 Bonsly.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Bonsly'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%	1235%	4285.3%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Rock Tomb	100%	1290%	4270.7%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Rock Slide	100%	1279%	4270.7%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Bulldoze	100%	1270%	4270.7%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Rock Tomb	100%	1269%	4288.2%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Earthquake	100%	1204%	4288.2%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Rock Slide	100%	1256%	4288.2%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Bulldoze	100%	1208%	4288.2%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Earthquake	100%	1285%	4288.2%	0:10	0.06

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…

Bonsly 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x fire0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Bonsly throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquake	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
groundBulldoze	80	-50	3.5s	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	693	866
11/11/11	703	879
12/12/12	713	891
13/13/13	723	904
14/14/14	733	917
15/15/15hundo	744	930

Caught CP range 693 - 744, or 866 - 930 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.

Bonsly 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 83 / Defense 88 (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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	91.8	734
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	80%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	77.7	637
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	76%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	76.7	690
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,902	60.0	600
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	57%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,161	60.8	608
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	67.5	675
7	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	4184.1%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,826	70.9	738
8	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash	Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	64%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,172	61.4	645
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	61%	4128.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,922	64.4	680
10	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	65%	3984.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	61.5	672
11	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	55%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	58.9	648
12	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	55%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,337	55.8	614
13	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	51%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,654	54.8	603
14	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	56%	3931.3%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,791	57.3	635
15	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	59%	3854.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,911	54.6	618
16	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	58%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,428	52.5	604
17	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	54%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,902	53.1	610
18	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	56%	3783.9%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,670	71.6	824
19	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	56%	3755.2%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,115	52.2	606
20	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	59%	3732.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	5,424	54.7	639
21	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	48%	3682.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,829	55.8	660
22	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	55%	3639.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,401	53.2	638
23	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	52%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,814	51.0	612
24	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	54%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,962	50.2	602
25	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	47%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,328	54.0	648
26	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	47%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,677	51.8	622
27	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	53%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,922	50.1	601
28	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	49%	3609.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,093	51.9	626
29	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	47%	3603.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,703	51.8	627
30	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Close Combat	Metal Claw / Close Combat+7 more movesets	48%	3576.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,979	50.0	610

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.