Butterfree counters

#0012

bug flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

13,463

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

132

Defense

110

Difficulty

0.32

Pokebattler scale

Beating Butterfree should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 983-1,044.

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Butterfree counters are Shadow Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Tyrantrum, Shadow Gigalith & Rampardos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Rhyperior
S. Tyrantrum
S. Gigalith
Rampardos

1 more Mega 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 %

1Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.300:52
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide0.310:54
3Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.320:56
4Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.320:57
5Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.330:57
6Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge0.341:00
7RampardospartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.351:01
8Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.351:01
9Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.351:01
10Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.351:02

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

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Top 15 Butterfree counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:52	0.30	2.1	449.7%
2	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:54	0.31	1.0	436.2%
3	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:56	0.32	1.1	420.5%
4	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:57	0.32	1.5	413.8%
5	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:57	0.33	1.2	408.7%
6	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	1:00	0.34	0.7	390.3%
7	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:01	0.35	2.1	387.1%
8	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:01	0.35	0.8	385.1%
9	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	1:01	0.35	1.0	384.2%
10	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:02	0.35	0.9	377.1%
11	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	1:03	0.36	1.6	374.4%
12	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	1:04	0.36	1.5	368.8%
13	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	1:06	0.37	1.0	356.5%
14	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	1:06	0.38	1.8	355.5%
15	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	1:06	0.38	1.0	355.4%

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 Butterfree.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Butterfree'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%	240%	418.2%	0:56	1.5	0.32
Confusion / Bug Buzz	100%	229%	413.1%	0:57	1.7	0.32
Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz	100%	238%	413.8%	0:57	1.7	0.32
Confusion / Signal Beam	100%	250%	416.9%	0:56	1.5	0.32
Struggle Bug / Psychic	100%	239%	417.7%	0:56	1.5	0.32
Confusion / Psychic	100%	232%	418.3%	0:56	1.6	0.32
Struggle Bug / Signal Beam	100%	259%	420.4%	0:56	1.4	0.32

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…

Butterfree 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.

rock2.56x flying1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x ground0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists ground0.24xfighting0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Butterfree throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusion	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
bugStruggle BugSTAB	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
bugSignal BeamSTAB	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	983	1,229
11/11/11	995	1,244
12/12/12	1,007	1,259
13/13/13	1,019	1,274
14/14/14	1,031	1,289
15/15/15hundo	1,044	1,305

Caught CP range 983 - 1,044, or 1,229 - 1,305 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.

Butterfree 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 132 / Defense 110 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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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	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	93%	449.7%	0.30	0:52	1.9	100%	3,298	71.2	1229
2	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	436.2%	0.31	0:54	0.9	100%	4,346	68.5	1854
3	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	94%	420.5%	0.32	0:56	1.0	100%	3,733	66.5	1817
4	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	90%	413.8%	0.32	0:57	1.3	100%	3,128	65.5	1566
5	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	90%	408.7%	0.33	0:57	1.1	100%	3,228	66.1	1751
6	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	91%	390.3%	0.34	1:00	0.6	100%	5,347	62.3	2498
7	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	80%	387.1%	0.35	1:01	1.9	100%	3,298	60.6	1199
8	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	91%	385.1%	0.35	1:01	0.7	100%	5,713	62.2	2345
9	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	89%	384.2%	0.35	1:01	0.9	100%	4,118	60.4	1895
10	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	87%	377.1%	0.35	1:02	0.9	100%	4,783	61.2	2042
11	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	81%	374.4%	0.36	1:03	1.4	100%	3,834	59.2	1751
12	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	80%	368.8%	0.36	1:04	1.3	100%	3,273	57.9	1629
13	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	82%	356.5%	0.37	1:06	0.9	100%	3,000	55.4	1860
14	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	76%	355.5%	0.38	1:06	1.6	100%	2,783	55.7	1410
15	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	80%	355.4%	0.38	1:06	0.9	100%	3,733	55.8	1843
16	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	76%	354.0%	0.38	1:06	1.4	100%	2,802	55.8	1488
17	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	73%	351.7%	0.38	1:07	1.9	100%	3,780	59.1	1303
18	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	77%	350.5%	0.38	1:07	1.2	100%	3,588	54.9	1667
19	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	72%	348.5%	0.38	1:07	1.9	100%	3,331	55.6	1266
20	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	75%	345.9%	0.39	1:08	1.3	100%	3,698	53.8	1653
21	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	73%	339.9%	0.39	1:09	1.5	100%	3,128	53.9	1449
22	Gigalith rock Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	72%	332.0%	0.40	1:11	1.5	100%	3,228	52.3	1481
23	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	67%	327.9%	0.41	1:12	2.0	100%	2,786	51.1	1150
24	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	68%	327.5%	0.41	1:12	1.8	100%	2,949	50.8	1263
25	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	68%	327.5%	0.41	1:12	1.8	100%	2,949	50.8	1263
26	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	73%	325.9%	0.41	1:12	1.1	100%	3,979	51.2	2161
27	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	69%	324.6%	0.41	1:12	1.4	100%	3,145	50.5	1513
28	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	67%	323.3%	0.41	1:13	1.9	100%	3,105	50.4	1212
29	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	67%	321.2%	0.42	1:13	1.9	100%	3,510	52.8	1291
30	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	70%	318.9%	0.42	1:14	1.2	100%	4,038	50.8	1680

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