Cranidos counters

#0408

rockTier 3

Lobby CP

12,964

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

170

Defense

Difficulty

0.21

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cranidos should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 974-1,040.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Cranidos counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Keldeo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Landorus (Therian)
Keldeo

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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.190:34
2Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.210:37
3Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.210:37
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.210:37
5Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.220:38
6Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.220:39
7Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.220:39
8Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.230:40
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.230:40
10Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.230:40
12Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.240:42
16KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.250:44

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

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Top 15 Cranidos 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	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:34	0.19	0.0	700.2%
2	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:37	0.21	0.3	640.5%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:37	0.21	0.8	638.6%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:37	0.21	0.5	633.5%
5	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:38	0.22	0.3	618.2%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:39	0.22	1.1	599.7%
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:39	0.22	0.3	596.0%
8	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:40	0.23	0.6	587.9%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:40	0.23	0.4	582.2%
10	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:40	0.23	0.1	580.9%
11	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:41	0.24	0.5	568.5%
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:42	0.24	0.7	561.6%
13	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:43	0.24	0.0	548.9%
14	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:43	0.25	0.8	541.6%
15	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:43	0.25	0.4	541.5%

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 Cranidos.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Cranidos'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%	478%	612.0%	0:38	0.4	0.22
Take Down / Bulldoze	100%	428%	598.1%	0:39	0.6	0.22
Zen Headbutt / Bulldoze	100%	415%	604.7%	0:39	0.7	0.22
Zen Headbutt / Rock Tomb	100%	541%	605.2%	0:39	0.3	0.22
Zen Headbutt / Ancient Power	100%	546%	607.4%	0:39	0.2	0.22
Take Down / Ancient Power	100%	567%	607.6%	0:39	0.2	0.22
Take Down / Rock Tomb	100%	571%	611.2%	0:38	0.2	0.22

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…

Cranidos 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 ground1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x fire0.63x

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

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cranidos throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen Headbutt	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
normalTake Down	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
groundBulldoze	80	-50	3.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	974	1,217
11/11/11	987	1,234
12/12/12	1,000	1,250
13/13/13	1,013	1,267
14/14/14	1,026	1,283
15/15/15hundo	1,040	1,300

Caught CP range 974 - 1,040, or 1,217 - 1,300 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.

Cranidos 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 170 / Defense 62 (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	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	700.2%	0.19	0:34	0.0	100%	6,112	117.0	3913
2	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	85%	640.5%	0.21	0:37	0.3	100%	4,099	99.3	3085
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	82%	638.6%	0.21	0:37	0.7	100%	3,784	99.2	2254
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	82%	633.5%	0.21	0:37	0.5	100%	3,826	98.9	2977
5	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	83%	618.2%	0.22	0:38	0.3	100%	4,979	103.0	3326
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	73%	599.7%	0.22	0:39	1.0	100%	4,161	98.3	1925
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	84%	596.0%	0.22	0:39	0.3	100%	4,172	92.8	3128
8	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	76%	587.9%	0.23	0:40	0.6	100%	3,701	96.8	2603
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	582.2%	0.23	0:40	0.4	100%	6,428	89.8	2821
10	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	78%	580.9%	0.23	0:40	0.1	100%	5,902	90.9	3520
11	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	74%	568.5%	0.24	0:41	0.5	100%	3,670	88.3	2695
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	71%	561.6%	0.24	0:42	0.6	100%	3,922	90.4	2579
13	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	78%	548.9%	0.24	0:43	0.0	100%	4,093	89.2	3811
14	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	541.6%	0.25	0:43	0.7	100%	4,056	84.0	2216
15	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	70%	541.5%	0.25	0:43	0.4	100%	4,521	83.4	2815
16	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	70%	539.0%	0.25	0:44	0.5	100%	3,698	86.7	2747
17	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	61%	533.1%	0.25	0:44	1.6	100%	2,848	84.9	1449
18	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	68%	526.5%	0.25	0:45	0.5	100%	3,791	85.5	2881
19	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	69%	512.7%	0.26	0:46	0.2	100%	4,911	82.0	3266
20	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	66%	508.7%	0.26	0:46	0.5	100%	5,902	84.8	2867
21	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	65%	504.7%	0.26	0:47	0.4	100%	4,115	81.6	2938
22	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	58%	493.3%	0.27	0:48	1.3	100%	2,654	77.3	1591
23	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	61%	491.9%	0.27	0:48	0.9	100%	4,115	78.4	2001
24	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	60%	489.1%	0.27	0:48	0.9	100%	3,337	78.7	2010
25	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	65%	489.0%	0.27	0:48	0.2	100%	5,424	75.1	3135
26	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	483.1%	0.28	0:49	1.1	100%	2,703	75.4	2043
27	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	63%	476.1%	0.28	0:49	0.3	100%	4,401	77.4	3175
28	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	54%	473.6%	0.28	0:50	1.6	100%	2,829	74.3	1347
29	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	57%	473.1%	0.28	0:50	1.0	100%	3,677	74.1	1812
30	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	59%	471.2%	0.28	0:50	0.9	100%	3,698	73.3	2067

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