Bruxish counters

#0779

water psychicTier 3

Lobby CP

16,924

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

162

Defense

116

Difficulty

0.43

Pokebattler scale

Beating Bruxish should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,295-1,365.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xdark1.6x

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 Bruxish counters are Mega Raichu Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai, Regieleki & Shadow Absol.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Darkrai
Regieleki
S. Absol

8 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.381:07
2Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.421:13
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.421:14
4Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.431:15
5Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.441:17
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.441:17
7Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.441:18
8Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.451:19
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.461:20
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.461:22
12RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.491:26
14Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.491:27

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

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Top 15 Bruxish counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:07	0.38	2.0	351.7%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	1:13	0.42	3.1	320.7%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:14	0.42	1.1	318.7%
4	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:15	0.43	1.8	312.0%
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:17	0.44	1.5	304.8%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:17	0.44	1.6	304.0%
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:18	0.44	2.6	300.9%
8	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:19	0.45	1.0	296.5%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:20	0.46	3.0	292.3%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:22	0.46	1.4	287.5%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:23	0.47	1.9	282.9%
12	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:26	0.49	2.8	273.4%
13	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	1:26	0.49	1.9	273.3%
14	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	1:27	0.49	2.4	270.6%
15	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:27	0.50	1.2	269.3%

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 Bruxish.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Bruxish'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%	185%	296.1%	1:19	2.0	0.45
Confusion / Aqua Tail	100%	156%	292.3%	1:20	2.7	0.46
Confusion / Crunch	100%	164%	292.4%	1:20	2.4	0.46
Bite / Crunch	100%	175%	293.2%	1:20	2.2	0.46
Confusion / Psyshock	100%	191%	293.6%	1:20	2.2	0.46
Water Gun / Crunch	100%	175%	294.6%	1:20	2.2	0.45
Water Gun / Aqua Tail	100%	165%	294.8%	1:20	2.5	0.45
Bite / Aqua Tail	100%	162%	296.3%	1:19	2.5	0.45
Water Gun / Psyshock	100%	197%	298.0%	1:19	2.0	0.45
Bite / Psyshock	100%	195%	298.7%	1:19	2.0	0.45
Confusion / Psychic Fangs	100%	235%	298.9%	1:19	1.5	0.45
Bite / Psychic Fangs	100%	254%	302.3%	1:18	1.1	0.44
Water Gun / Psychic Fangs	100%	258%	303.2%	1:17	1.1	0.44

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…

Bruxish 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Bruxish throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsychic FangsSTAB	25	-33	1.0s	0.20s
waterAqua TailSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	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	1,295	1,620
11/11/11	1,309	1,637
12/12/12	1,323	1,654
13/13/13	1,337	1,671
14/14/14	1,351	1,689
15/15/15hundo	1,365	1,707

Caught CP range 1,295 - 1,365, or 1,620 - 1,707 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.

Bruxish 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 162 / Defense 116 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	351.7%	0.38	1:07	1.8	100%	3,780	56.8	1333
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	86%	320.7%	0.42	1:13	2.8	100%	3,383	52.4	1006
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	98%	318.7%	0.42	1:14	1.0	100%	3,842	52.6	2337
4	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	90%	312.0%	0.43	1:15	1.7	100%	3,510	50.3	1385
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	90%	304.8%	0.44	1:17	1.4	100%	4,099	47.3	1710
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	89%	304.0%	0.44	1:17	1.4	100%	4,056	47.7	1504
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	83%	300.9%	0.44	1:18	2.3	100%	3,659	48.0	1090
8	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	91%	296.5%	0.45	1:19	0.9	100%	4,093	47.2	2168
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	78%	292.3%	0.46	1:20	2.7	100%	4,336	45.6	965
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	86%	287.5%	0.46	1:22	1.3	100%	3,739	44.8	1704
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	81%	282.9%	0.47	1:23	1.7	100%	3,301	44.1	1406
12	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	273.4%	0.49	1:26	2.5	100%	2,803	42.4	1000
13	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	78%	273.3%	0.49	1:26	1.8	100%	4,814	42.5	1343
14	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	74%	270.6%	0.49	1:27	2.2	100%	2,526	42.2	1215
15	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	82%	269.3%	0.50	1:27	1.1	100%	6,428	42.7	1885
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	80%	267.4%	0.50	1:28	1.2	100%	6,112	41.4	1597
17	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	82%	265.5%	0.50	1:28	0.8	100%	3,625	41.3	2069
18	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	79%	264.9%	0.50	1:29	1.2	100%	3,834	41.0	1884
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	264.0%	0.51	1:29	2.7	100%	3,079	40.8	936
20	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	263.8%	0.51	1:29	0.6	100%	5,347	41.2	2725
21	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	74%	261.1%	0.51	1:30	1.7	100%	3,677	40.8	1331
22	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	71%	260.3%	0.51	1:30	2.6	100%	2,757	40.3	986
23	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	75%	258.3%	0.52	1:31	1.4	100%	3,683	40.1	1507
24	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	257.1%	0.52	1:31	2.3	100%	3,659	40.4	1064
25	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	256.4%	0.52	1:32	1.9	100%	3,419	40.4	1266
26	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	255.7%	0.52	1:32	2.0	100%	3,452	39.8	1168
27	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	67%	254.1%	0.53	1:32	3.0	100%	3,594	39.9	896
28	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	70%	254.0%	0.53	1:32	2.3	100%	3,580	39.5	1076
29	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	64%	250.8%	0.53	1:34	3.9	100%	3,268	40.2	754
30	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	72%	250.6%	0.53	1:34	1.7	100%	3,005	38.9	1414

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