Chikorita counters

#0152

grassTier 1

Lobby CP

3,067

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Chikorita should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 491-534.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Chikorita counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Rayquaza, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Heatran.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
Rayquaza
S. Blaziken
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Salamence
S. Heatran

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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
2Mega StaraptorMegaQuick Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:09
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
4Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
5Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
6Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:10
7Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.060:10
8RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.060:10
9Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:10
10Mega VictreebelMegaSucker Punch / Acid Spray+0.060:11
11Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.060:11
12Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.060:11
13Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyBug Bite / Magma Storm0.060:11

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 Chikorita

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Top 15 Chikorita 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 Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5245.5%
2	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	normalQuick AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,783	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
4	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
6	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:10	0.05	4540.6%
7	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:10	0.06	4266.0%
8	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
9	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,848	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
10	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	darkSucker PunchpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:11	0.06	4147.5%
11	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:11	0.06	3970.7%
12	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
13	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	bugBug BitefireMagma Storm	3,754	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
14	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
15	Mega Pidgeotnormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird	3,680	0:11	0.06	3963.4%

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 Chikorita.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Chikorita'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%	1252%	4202.7%	0:10	0.06
Tackle / Energy Ball	100%	1383%	4172.0%	0:10	0.06
Tackle / Grass Knot	100%	1247%	4172.0%	0:10	0.06
Tackle / Body Slam	100%	1245%	4180.3%	0:10	0.06
Vine Whip / Energy Ball	100%	1396%	4205.5%	0:10	0.06
Vine Whip / Grass Knot	100%	1276%	4205.5%	0:10	0.06
Vine Whip / Body Slam	100%	1235%	4205.5%	0:10	0.06
Magical Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	1278%	4205.5%	0:10	0.06
Magical Leaf / Body Slam	100%	1211%	4208.3%	0:10	0.06
Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	100%	1181%	4219.6%	0:10	0.06

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…

Chikorita 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.

flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Chikorita throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassVine WhipSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.25s
grassMagical LeafSTAB	17	+17	1.5s	0.85s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	491	614
11/11/11	499	624
12/12/12	508	635
13/13/13	517	646
14/14/14	525	657
15/15/15hundo	534	668

Caught CP range 491 - 534, or 614 - 668 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.

Chikorita 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 63 / Defense 81 (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 Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	98%	5245.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	74.0	614
2	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	100%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,979	73.0	657
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	87%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	68.2	648
4	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	88%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,455	65.1	618
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	82%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,161	66.9	635
6	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	85%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	79.2	760
7	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	87%	4266.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,713	78.8	805
8	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,835	59.7	627
9	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,848	57.2	600
10	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	80%	4147.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,505	63.3	665
11	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	72%	3970.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,590	58.6	644
12	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	70%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,749	56.1	617
13	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Bug Bite / Magma Storm	Bug Bite / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	77%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,754	54.6	600
14	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	71%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,465	56.2	618
15	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	68%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,680	55.3	608
16	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+15 more movesets	65%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,825	55.7	613
17	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Brave Bird	Peck / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	61%	3797.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,711	56.6	649
18	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	71%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,605	63.4	729
19	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Overheat	Ice Fang / Overheat+7 more movesets	59%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,105	52.4	603
20	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	69%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,850	52.3	601
21	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mystical Fire	Incinerate / Mystical Fire+7 more movesets	63%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,297	57.6	662
22	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	63%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,059	53.6	616
23	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	68%	3770.8%	0.06	0:12	100%	6,112	64.2	742
24	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	59%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,328	53.1	614
25	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	60%	3691.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,117	58.0	684
26	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	62%	3657.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,425	52.1	621
27	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	64%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,814	50.0	600
28	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	68%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	5,031	50.2	602
29	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Overheat	Hex / Overheat+19 more movesets	61%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,268	53.2	638
30	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	57%	3570.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,959	50.2	612

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.