Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) counters

#0555

iceElite

Lobby CP

44,653

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

273

Defense

127

Difficulty

1.59

Pokebattler scale

Beating Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,691-1,774.

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Keldeo, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Blaziken & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Keldeo
S. Reshiram
S. Blaziken
Blacephalon

8 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+1.336:07
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.486:47
3Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash1.607:21
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.657:35
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+1.737:57
6KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.788:11
7Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.798:14
8Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare1.838:26
9Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.848:29
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.868:34
11Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere1.888:38
14BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown1.999:11

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

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Top 15 Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) 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	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	6:07	1.33	6.0	82.8%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	6:47	1.48	6.0	74.7%
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	7:21	1.60	6.0	69.0%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	7:35	1.65	6.0	66.9%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	7:57	1.73	6.0	63.7%
6	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	8:11	1.78	6.0	62.0%
7	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	8:14	1.79	6.0	61.5%
8	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	8:26	1.83	6.0	60.0%
9	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	8:29	1.84	6.0	59.8%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	8:34	1.86	6.0	59.2%
11	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	8:38	1.88	6.0	58.7%
12	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	8:48	1.91	6.0	57.6%
13	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	8:52	1.93	6.0	57.2%
14	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	9:11	1.99	6.0	55.2%
15	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	9:16	2.01	6.0	54.7%

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 Galarian Darmanitan (Standard).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	96%	71%	63.6%	7:58	6.0	1.73
Tackle / Avalanche	85%	67%	60.9%	8:19	6.0	1.81
Ice Fang / Overheat	88%	64%	61.7%	8:13	6.0	1.79
Ice Fang / Avalanche	90%	71%	61.9%	8:11	6.0	1.78
Tackle / Overheat	100%	64%	63.0%	8:03	6.0	1.75
Tackle / Ice Punch	100%	94%	65.2%	7:46	6.0	1.69
Ice Fang / Superpower	100%	80%	65.4%	7:45	6.0	1.68
Tackle / Superpower	100%	81%	65.4%	7:45	6.0	1.68
Ice Fang / Ice Punch	100%	97%	65.8%	7:42	6.0	1.67

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 2 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…

Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) 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 Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
iceIce FangSTAB	12	+20	1.5s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceAvalancheSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.50s
fireOverheat	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
iceIce PunchSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.40s
fightingSuperpower	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,691	2,114
11/11/11	1,707	2,134
12/12/12	1,724	2,155
13/13/13	1,741	2,176
14/14/14	1,757	2,197
15/15/15hundo	1,774	2,218

Caught CP range 1,691 - 1,774, or 2,114 - 2,218 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.

Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 273 / Defense 127 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

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

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	82.8%	1.33	6:07	13.4	100%	6,112	57.1	1457
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	91%	74.7%	1.48	6:47	12.5	100%	4,783	51.1	1488
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	82%	69.0%	1.60	7:21	15.6	100%	4,172	47.6	1348
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	66.9%	1.65	7:35	20.3	100%	4,161	46.7	957
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	75%	63.7%	1.73	7:57	17.8	100%	6,428	44.1	1124
6	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	73%	62.0%	1.78	8:11	17.7	100%	3,698	42.8	1076
7	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	61.5%	1.79	8:14	29.4	76%	3,826	45.0	827
8	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	68%	60.0%	1.83	8:26	23.6	100%	4,038	42.2	828
9	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	68%	59.8%	1.84	8:29	25.0	100%	3,670	42.2	782
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	59.2%	1.86	8:34	24.4	100%	4,521	41.5	825
11	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	65%	58.7%	1.88	8:38	28.1	100%	2,848	41.6	683
12	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	66%	57.6%	1.91	8:48	22.9	100%	4,455	40.3	870
13	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	57.2%	1.93	8:52	17.4	100%	4,911	39.2	1187
14	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	62%	55.2%	1.99	9:11	27.5	70%	3,297	39.3	760
15	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	61%	54.7%	2.01	9:16	31.1	74%	4,979	41.5	1092
16	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	63%	54.6%	2.02	9:17	21.4	92%	3,754	37.8	1086
17	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	58%	52.3%	2.11	9:42	28.0	92%	3,698	36.7	687
18	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	59%	51.8%	2.13	9:47	22.5	70%	4,038	35.9	863
19	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	58%	51.7%	2.13	9:48	25.3	76%	3,059	36.1	754
20	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Blast Burn	Low Kick / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	57%	51.2%	2.15	9:53	29.0	74%	2,982	36.1	667
21	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	57%	51.1%	2.16	9:55	27.9	70%	3,268	36.1	734
22	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	56%	50.8%	2.17	9:59	32.8	74%	3,791	37.0	799
23	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	57%	50.7%	2.17	9:60	25.3	68%	3,850	35.4	787
24	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	55%	50.6%	2.18	10:01	33.0	72%	3,105	36.2	586
25	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	56%	50.5%	2.18	10:02	31.8	52%	4,346	35.7	601
26	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere	Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	56%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	27.3	50%	5,007	35.3	755
27	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	55%	49.9%	2.21	10:10	33.6	32%	4,038	35.5	576
28	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	55%	49.8%	2.21	10:11	29.1	28%	2,848	35.0	661
29	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	52%	48.9%	2.25	10:22	41.3	72%	3,093	35.7	544
30	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	53%	48.3%	2.28	10:30	33.8	12%	2,889	34.3	574

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