Carvanha counters

#0318

water darkTier 3

Lobby CP

8,200

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

135

Defense

Difficulty

0.13

Pokebattler scale

Beating Carvanha should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 531-583.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Carvanha counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Lucario, Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
Lucario
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Thundurus (Therian)

10 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+0.110:20
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.130:23
3Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.130:24
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.140:24
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.140:25
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.150:26
7Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.150:26
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast0.150:26
9Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.150:27
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.150:27
11KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.160:28
13LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.160:29
15Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.170:29
16Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.170:29

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

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Top 15 Carvanha counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:20	0.11	0.0	1189.5%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:23	0.13	0.0	1018.7%
3	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:24	0.13	0.0	991.7%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:24	0.14	0.0	966.7%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:25	0.14	0.0	935.2%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:26	0.15	0.0	903.6%
7	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:26	0.15	0.2	895.2%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	0:26	0.15	0.1	888.7%
9	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:27	0.15	0.3	885.5%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:27	0.15	0.0	865.4%
11	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:28	0.16	0.0	838.3%
12	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:29	0.16	0.1	823.1%
13	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	0:29	0.16	0.0	813.2%
14	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:29	0.17	0.0	809.4%
15	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:29	0.17	0.3	807.2%

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 Carvanha.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Carvanha'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%	664%	879.7%	0:27	0.1	0.15
Bite / Poison Fang	100%	789%	868.4%	0:27	0.0	0.15
Snarl / Poison Fang	100%	765%	871.3%	0:27	0.0	0.15
Snarl / Crunch	100%	592%	872.1%	0:27	0.2	0.15
Bite / Aqua Jet	100%	633%	879.5%	0:27	0.2	0.15
Bite / Crunch	100%	606%	883.9%	0:27	0.1	0.15
Snarl / Aqua Jet	100%	621%	887.9%	0:26	0.1	0.15

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…

Carvanha 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 bug1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x ghost0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

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

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Carvanha throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBiteSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkCrunchSTAB	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s
poisonPoison Fang	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	531	664
11/11/11	541	676
12/12/12	551	689
13/13/13	562	702
14/14/14	572	716
15/15/15hundo	583	729

Caught CP range 531 - 583, or 664 - 729 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.

Carvanha 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 135 / Defense 39 (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%	1189.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,780	182.8	3606
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	98%	1018.7%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	6,112	207.6	4780
3	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	90%	991.7%	0.13	0:24	0.0	100%	3,670	154.8	3663
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	87%	966.7%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	3,826	166.1	4030
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	80%	935.2%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,161	155.8	3832
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	76%	903.6%	0.15	0:26	0.0	100%	4,056	147.1	3776
7	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	72%	895.2%	0.15	0:26	0.2	100%	2,848	142.7	3317
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	76%	888.7%	0.15	0:26	0.1	100%	6,428	140.4	3596
9	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	73%	885.5%	0.15	0:27	0.2	100%	3,383	147.9	3447
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	74%	865.4%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	4,521	133.8	3593
11	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	75%	838.3%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	3,698	129.4	3624
12	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	70%	823.1%	0.16	0:29	0.1	100%	3,510	161.6	4484
13	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	813.2%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	2,703	129.3	3691
14	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	72%	809.4%	0.17	0:29	0.0	100%	4,814	124.6	3612
15	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	64%	807.2%	0.17	0:29	0.2	100%	3,659	133.6	3353
16	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	65%	802.4%	0.17	0:29	0.1	100%	3,659	130.5	3611
17	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Focus Blast	Force Palm / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	67%	794.9%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,337	123.5	3609
18	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	65%	784.3%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,452	127.6	3696
19	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	64%	779.3%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	4,512	122.4	3576
20	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	62%	778.2%	0.17	0:30	0.2	100%	3,093	121.0	3208
21	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	62%	772.1%	0.17	0:30	0.1	100%	3,937	122.0	3406
22	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	61%	770.7%	0.17	0:30	0.3	100%	2,803	138.3	3500
23	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	62%	768.3%	0.17	0:31	0.3	100%	3,677	120.6	3165
24	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	61%	759.4%	0.18	0:31	0.2	100%	3,580	118.4	3253
25	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	70%	755.9%	0.18	0:31	0.0	100%	4,093	122.8	3813
26	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	61%	753.7%	0.18	0:31	0.2	100%	3,527	116.4	3249
27	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	58%	749.7%	0.18	0:31	0.5	100%	3,079	119.0	2802
28	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	63%	741.3%	0.18	0:32	0.0	100%	3,698	117.0	3667
29	Tapu Koko electricfairy Volt Switch / Nature's Madness	Volt Switch / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	60%	735.6%	0.18	0:32	0.0	100%	3,168	114.3	3572
30	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	56%	732.9%	0.18	0:32	0.4	100%	4,510	114.3	2930

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.