Cryogonal counters

#0615

iceTier 1

Lobby CP

7,664

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

122

Defense

139

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cryogonal should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,524-1,598.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Cryogonal counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Blacephalon, Shadow Reshiram & Shadow Chandelure.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Blacephalon
S. Reshiram
S. Chandelure

5 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+0.060:11
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:13
3Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.070:13
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.080:14
5Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.080:15
6Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.080:15
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.090:15
8BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.090:15
9Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.090:16
10Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Overheat0.090:16
11Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Overheat0.090:16

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

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Top 15 Cryogonal counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:11	0.06	3810.3%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:13	0.07	3449.9%
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:13	0.07	3287.8%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:14	0.08	3027.5%
5	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:15	0.08	2925.9%
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
8	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:16	0.09	2768.0%
10	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	4,038	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
11	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,268	0:16	0.09	2724.7%
12	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:16	0.09	2704.4%
13	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:16	0.09	2694.4%
14	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:16	0.09	2642.1%
15	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:16	0.09	2642.1%

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 Cryogonal.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Cryogonal'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%	686%	2996.5%	0:15	0.08
Ice Shard / Solar Beam	100%	751%	2972.4%	0:15	0.08
Frost Breath / Solar Beam	100%	740%	2975.2%	0:15	0.08
Ice Shard / Aurora Beam	100%	704%	2990.8%	0:15	0.08
Ice Shard / Water Pulse	100%	682%	2995.1%	0:15	0.08
Frost Breath / Aurora Beam	100%	693%	2999.4%	0:15	0.08
Frost Breath / Water Pulse	100%	667%	3003.7%	0:15	0.08
Ice Shard / Night Slash	100%	657%	3006.6%	0:14	0.08
Frost Breath / Night Slash	100%	646%	3009.4%	0:14	0.08
Ice Shard / Triple Axel	100%	632%	3012.3%	0:14	0.08
Frost Breath / Triple Axel	100%	625%	3015.2%	0:14	0.08

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…

Cryogonal 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 rock1.6x steel1.6x fire1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ice0.63x

Weak (4)
Neutral (13)
Resists (1)

It resists ice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cryogonal throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceFrost BreathSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.55s
iceIce ShardSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
iceTriple AxelSTAB	60	-33	2.0s	1.50s
iceAurora BeamSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s
waterWater Pulse	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,524	1,905
11/11/11	1,539	1,923
12/12/12	1,553	1,942
13/13/13	1,568	1,961
14/14/14	1,583	1,979
15/15/15hundo	1,598	1,998

Caught CP range 1,524 - 1,598, or 1,905 - 1,998 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.

Cryogonal 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 122 / Defense 139 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	3810.3%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	6,112	61.3	700
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	88%	3449.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,783	49.3	623
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	87%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,979	46.3	613
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	73%	3027.5%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,161	44.2	636
5	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	71%	2925.9%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,826	46.6	694
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	72%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,099	40.5	607
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	67%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	6,428	39.2	607
8	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	62%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,297	41.4	642
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	63%	2768.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,521	38.6	607
10	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+9 more movesets	62%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,038	37.8	604
11	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	59%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,268	37.5	600
12	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	62%	2704.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,455	37.9	611
13	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	63%	2694.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,791	37.3	603
14	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	68%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,172	36.7	605
15	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	61%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,670	37.5	619
16	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Blast Burn	Counter / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	58%	2623.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,848	36.9	614
17	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	55%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,346	35.5	604
18	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	55%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,105	35.5	603
19	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	51%	2543.6%	0.10	0:17	0.2	100%	3,298	36.2	566
20	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	61%	2494.0%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,754	35.6	623
21	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	53%	2445.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,337	35.3	630
22	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	59%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,911	33.3	600
23	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	52%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,465	33.4	601
24	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	54%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,850	33.8	609
25	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	53%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,059	34.3	617
26	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	51%	2408.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	2,889	33.8	612
27	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	51%	2404.7%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	2,683	33.6	602
28	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword	Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	50%	2394.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,093	34.1	620
29	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	53%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,814	32.4	600
30	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	49%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,056	32.7	604

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.