Charmander counters

#0004

fireTier 1

Lobby CP

3,334

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Charmander should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 516-560.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Charmander counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Kingler, Shadow Rampardos & Shadow Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Kyogre
S. Excadrill
S. Kingler
S. Rampardos
S. Groudon

7 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Surf0.050:08
5Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Surf0.050:08
6Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.050:09
7Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.050:09
8Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Drill Run0.050:09
9Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Razor Shell0.050:09
10Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
12Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.050:09
13Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:09

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Charmander

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Top 15 Charmander 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5435.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5302.9%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5290.0%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	5,902	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
5	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	4,115	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
6	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:09	0.05	4866.0%
7	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
8	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,244	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterRazor Shell	2,829	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
10	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4832.6%
11	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4779.6%
12	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:09	0.05	4728.8%
13	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:09	0.05	4638.2%
14	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4637.2%
15	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:09	0.05	4608.8%

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 Charmander.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Charmander'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%	1276%	4927.9%	0:09	0.05
Scratch / Flame Charge	100%	1384%	4885.7%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flame Charge	100%	1321%	4893.3%	0:09	0.05
Scratch / Flame Burst	100%	1273%	4924.0%	0:09	0.05
Scratch / Flamethrower	100%	1254%	4935.6%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flame Burst	100%	1351%	4939.5%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	1248%	4943.4%	0:09	0.05

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…

Charmander 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 water1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Charmander throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
fireFlame BurstSTAB	70	-50	2.5s	0.90s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	516	645
11/11/11	524	656
12/12/12	533	667
13/13/13	542	678
14/14/14	551	689
15/15/15hundo	560	700

Caught CP range 516 - 560, or 645 - 700 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.

Charmander 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 78 / Defense 64 (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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5435.2%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	87.7	704
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	99%	5302.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	92.8	763
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	99%	5290.0%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	105.8	871
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	95%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	5,902	77.5	659
5	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	90%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,115	72.1	613
6	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	84%	4866.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,346	74.9	670
7	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	88%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,424	67.1	604
8	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+14 more movesets	71%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,244	68.5	616
9	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	78%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,829	68.0	612
10	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	91%	4832.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	103.9	937
11	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	78%	4779.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	66.6	607
12	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	4728.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	77.3	712
13	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	78%	4638.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,115	80.1	752
14	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	80%	4637.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	68.3	642
15	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	76%	4608.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,979	64.1	606
16	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Earth Power	Rock Throw / Earth Power+7 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,588	68.3	648
17	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	81%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,733	71.0	674
18	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	80%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,118	63.2	600
19	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	64.2	610
20	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	76%	4570.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	4,115	65.9	628
21	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Earth Power	Dragon Tail / Earth Power+13 more movesets	78%	4504.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,962	62.7	606
22	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	81%	4504.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,713	64.1	620
23	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	84%	4480.9%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,902	83.9	816
24	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	69%	4448.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	71.7	703
25	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	76%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,401	60.4	604
26	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,900	62.2	622
27	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	71%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,826	62.5	625
28	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Surf	Water Shuriken / Surf+14 more movesets	69%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,654	62.1	621
29	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	71%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,857	60.8	608
30	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Crabhammer	Waterfall / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,474	63.9	639

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.