Mega Charizard X counters

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fire dragonPrimalNext in raids Wed 21 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 16 days)

Lobby CP

65,230

22,500

Timer

5:00

Attack

227

Defense

180

Difficulty

2.59

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Charizard X should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,574-1,651 (you catch Charizard).

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xdragon1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Mega Charizard X counters are Eternatus, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Palkia & Palkia (Origin).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Eternatus
M. Rayquaza
S. Haxorus
S. Garchomp
S. Palkia
Palkia (Origin)

4 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 %

1EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon2.3610:58
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.4011:09
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+2.5511:50
4Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.6812:26
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.7712:53
6Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.7812:57
7Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.8913:26
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.0013:57
9Shadow PalkiaShadowLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Draco Meteor3.0414:07
10Palkia (Origin)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Spacial Rend3.0914:22

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

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Related countersCharizard Mega Charizard Y

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Top 15 Mega Charizard X 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	10:58	2.36	6.0	46.2%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	11:09	2.40	6.0	45.5%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	11:50	2.55	6.0	42.9%
4	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	12:26	2.68	6.0	40.8%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	12:53	2.77	6.0	39.3%
6	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	12:57	2.78	6.0	39.2%
7	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	13:26	2.89	6.0	37.7%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	13:57	3.00	6.0	36.3%
9	Shadow Palkiawaterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,991	14:07	3.04	6.0	35.9%
10	Palkia (Origin)waterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonSpacial Rend	4,142	14:22	3.09	6.0	35.3%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,749	14:29	3.11	6.0	35.0%
12	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	5,031	14:31	3.12	6.0	34.9%
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	14:34	3.13	6.0	34.8%
14	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	14:46	3.18	6.0	34.4%
15	Baxcaliburdragonice	dragonDragon BreathdragonGlaive Rush	3,550	14:52	3.20	6.0	34.1%

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 Mega Charizard X.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Charizard X'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	99%	50%	39.6%	12:48	6.0	2.75
Fire Spin / Dragon Claw	86%	40%	38.4%	13:12	6.0	2.84
Air Slash / Dragon Claw	86%	39%	38.6%	13:08	6.0	2.83
Fire Spin / Overheat	100%	50%	39.4%	12:53	6.0	2.77
Air Slash / Overheat	100%	48%	39.6%	12:49	6.0	2.76
Air Slash / Fire Blast	100%	52%	39.9%	12:43	6.0	2.73
Fire Spin / Fire Blast	100%	54%	40.0%	12:41	6.0	2.73
Air Slash / Air Cutter	100%	61%	40.3%	12:36	6.0	2.71
Fire Spin / Air Cutter	100%	64%	40.5%	12:31	6.0	2.69

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 3 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…

Mega Charizard X 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.

ground1.6x rock1.6x dragon1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x fire0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (5)

It resists fire0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Charizard X throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
flyingAir Slash	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
dragonDragon ClawSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	0.90s
flyingAir Cutter	55	-50	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	1,574	1,968
11/11/11	1,589	1,987
12/12/12	1,605	2,006
13/13/13	1,620	2,025
14/14/14	1,635	2,044
15/15/15hundo	1,651	2,064

Caught CP range 1,574 - 1,651, or 1,968 - 2,064 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.

comingMega Charizard XMegashiny availableWed 21 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 27 Oct, 22:00 · starts in 16 days

All settings

Primal: 22,500 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 227 / Defense 180 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Eternatus top pickpoisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	100%	46.2%	2.36	10:58	23.0	100%	4,429	35.7	1016
2	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	97%	45.5%	2.40	11:09	25.2	100%	5,713	35.2	928
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	92%	42.9%	2.55	11:50	23.8	100%	4,823	33.1	987
4	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	87%	40.8%	2.68	12:26	26.0	100%	5,424	31.4	900
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	86%	39.3%	2.77	12:53	21.9	100%	5,902	30.1	1059
6	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	79%	39.2%	2.78	12:57	46.5	100%	3,593	31.2	520
7	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	77%	37.7%	2.89	13:26	37.2	100%	3,962	29.6	643
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	76%	36.3%	3.00	13:57	33.3	100%	6,428	28.3	758
9	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	74%	35.9%	3.04	14:07	34.6	90%	3,991	28.0	697
10	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	74%	35.3%	3.09	14:22	30.3	90%	4,142	27.3	805
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	70%	35.0%	3.11	14:29	47.1	82%	3,749	27.8	510
12	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	74%	34.9%	3.12	14:31	29.6	92%	5,031	26.9	800
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	69%	34.8%	3.13	14:34	55.3	62%	3,922	28.3	494
14	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	68%	34.4%	3.18	14:46	52.1	74%	3,298	27.4	472
15	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	69%	34.1%	3.20	14:52	45.8	76%	3,550	26.9	527
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	69%	33.9%	3.21	14:57	39.2	52%	6,112	26.5	611
17	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	69%	33.7%	3.24	15:03	36.4	58%	4,038	26.3	668
18	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	69%	33.7%	3.24	15:04	37.6	50%	4,090	26.3	734
19	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	68%	33.6%	3.25	15:06	43.3	46%	3,835	26.4	552
20	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	68%	33.5%	3.25	15:07	44.8	50%	3,792	26.4	538
21	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	68%	33.5%	3.25	15:07	43.3	26%	4,605	26.3	572
22	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	33.4%	3.26	15:10	44.7	46%	4,115	26.3	556
23	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	69%	33.3%	3.27	15:13	36.4	50%	4,346	25.9	758
24	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Meteor Beam	Dragon Tail / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	68%	33.3%	3.28	15:14	37.8	32%	3,128	25.9	670
25	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	68%	33.1%	3.30	15:20	35.4	0%	5,007	25.6	669
26	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	68%	33.0%	3.30	15:21	34.4	20%	3,733	25.6	734
27	Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	65%	32.5%	3.35	15:35	49.4	4%	3,593	25.7	483
28	Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	67%	32.3%	3.38	15:41	36.3	0%	3,962	25.1	651
29	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	65%	31.8%	3.43	15:57	38.2	8%	3,228	24.8	647
30	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	63%	31.7%	3.44	15:60	49.0	0%	3,812	25.0	488

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.

Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.6 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.