Buizel counters

#0418

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

3,260

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Buizel should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 555-602.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 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 Buizel counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Raikou, Shadow Magnezone & Shaymin (Sky).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Electivire
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Raikou
S. Magnezone
Shaymin (Sky)

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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.030:06
2Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.040:06
3Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.040:06
4Mega ManectricMegaThunder Fang / Wild Charge0.040:06
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Thunderbolt0.040:07
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.040:07
7Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.040:07
8Shadow MagnezoneShadowpartyVolt Switch / Wild Charge0.040:07
9Shaymin (Sky)LegendarypartyMagical Leaf / Grass Knot0.040:07
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Thunderbolt0.040:07

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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Top 15 Buizel 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	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,780	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
3	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
4	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,428	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
7	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
8	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
9	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,112	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
11	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
12	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
13	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	4,093	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
14	Shadow Luxrayelectric	electricSparkelectricWild Charge	2,888	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
15	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricSparkelectricWild Charge	3,510	0:07	0.04	5813.6%

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 Buizel.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Buizel'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%	1725%	6459.7%	0:07	0.04
Water Gun / Aqua Jet	100%	1612%	6459.7%	0:07	0.04
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	1944%	6459.7%	0:07	0.04
Water Gun / Swift	100%	1956%	6459.7%	0:07	0.04
Quick Attack / Aqua Jet	100%	1574%	6459.7%	0:07	0.04
Quick Attack / Water Pulse	100%	1609%	6459.7%	0:07	0.04
Quick Attack / Swift	100%	1666%	6459.7%	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…

Buizel 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 Buizel 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
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
normalSwift	65	-50	3.0s	2.20s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	555	694
11/11/11	564	705
12/12/12	574	717
13/13/13	583	729
14/14/14	593	741
15/15/15hundo	602	753

Caught CP range 555 - 602, or 694 - 753 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.

Buizel 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 87 / Defense 48 (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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	92%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,780	110.2	661
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	100%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,056	93.4	607
3	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	82%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,079	92.6	602
4	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	84%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,580	93.6	608
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	86%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	6,428	85.9	601
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,659	98.0	686
7	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	80%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,452	87.0	609
8	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	83%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,205	87.2	610
9	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	86%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,592	86.3	604
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	80%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	6,112	80.4	603
11	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	72%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,937	82.8	621
12	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	95.0	712
13	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	83%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,093	87.2	654
14	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	71%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,888	80.6	604
15	Mega Raichu X electricmega Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	74%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,510	80.4	603
16	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,030	83.0	622
17	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	79%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	85.0	637
18	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,954	87.0	652
19	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	74%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,720	84.8	636
20	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,340	80.0	600
21	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	76%	5633.2%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,419	90.9	703
22	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	67%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,527	77.4	619
23	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	75%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,833	77.9	623
24	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	75%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	87.6	701
25	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Grass Knot	Leafage / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	64%	5215.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,825	75.1	627
26	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	63%	5209.1%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,345	84.6	708
27	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Thunderbolt	Confusion / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	64%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,178	79.0	671
28	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	63%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,659	75.0	637
29	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	66%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,505	77.2	656
30	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,757	74.0	629

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.