Deerling counters

#0585

normal grassTier 3

Lobby CP

8,364

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.27

Pokebattler scale

Beating Deerling should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 601-648.

Weak tofighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

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 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 Deerling counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Salamence, Blacephalon, Keldeo & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
S. Salamence
Blacephalon
Keldeo
S. Moltres

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+0.240:42
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.260:45
3Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.270:48
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.280:48
5Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.280:49
6Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.280:49
7Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.300:52
8Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.300:53
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.300:53
10Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.310:54
11Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.310:55
12BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.320:56
13KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.320:56
14Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.320:57

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

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Top 15 Deerling 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	0:42	0.24	0.0	565.2%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:45	0.26	0.0	519.5%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:48	0.27	0.2	487.0%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:48	0.28	0.2	484.1%
5	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:49	0.28	0.1	481.3%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:49	0.28	0.2	476.3%
7	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:52	0.30	0.2	447.7%
8	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:53	0.30	0.0	442.8%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:53	0.30	0.1	441.4%
10	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:54	0.31	0.7	433.7%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:55	0.31	0.2	428.5%
12	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:56	0.32	1.0	417.7%
13	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:56	0.32	1.0	416.9%
14	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:57	0.32	0.4	414.7%
15	Shadow Galarian Zapdosfightingflying	fightingCounterflyingFly	3,548	0:57	0.32	0.5	414.5%

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 Deerling.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Deerling'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%	415%	440.9%	0:53	0.4	0.30
Take Down / Wild Charge	100%	339%	434.8%	0:54	0.8	0.31
Tackle / Wild Charge	100%	334%	437.8%	0:54	0.8	0.31
Take Down / Seed Bomb	100%	464%	443.5%	0:53	0.3	0.30
Take Down / Trailblaze	100%	448%	443.7%	0:53	0.3	0.30
Tackle / Seed Bomb	100%	466%	444.0%	0:53	0.2	0.30
Tackle / Trailblaze	100%	445%	444.0%	0:53	0.3	0.30
Take Down / Energy Ball	100%	448%	444.2%	0:53	0.3	0.30
Tackle / Energy Ball	100%	451%	445.3%	0:53	0.3	0.30

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…

Deerling 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 flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x rock1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x ghost0.39x

Weak (6)
Neutral (7)
Resists (5)

It resists ghost0.39xground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Deerling throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackleSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
normalTake DownSTAB	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassTrailblazeSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
electricWild Charge	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassSeed BombSTAB	55	-33	2.0s	1.10s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	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	601	751
11/11/11	610	763
12/12/12	619	774
13/13/13	629	786
14/14/14	639	798
15/15/15hundo	648	810

Caught CP range 601 - 648, or 751 - 810 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.

Deerling 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 94 / Defense 83 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	565.2%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	6,112	87.3	3587
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	98%	519.5%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	5,713	81.5	3684
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	83%	487.0%	0.27	0:48	0.2	100%	3,383	76.6	3331
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	83%	484.1%	0.28	0:48	0.2	100%	3,826	78.1	3446
5	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	87%	481.3%	0.28	0:49	0.1	100%	4,783	82.2	3857
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	81%	476.3%	0.28	0:49	0.2	100%	4,161	73.4	3290
7	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	77%	447.7%	0.30	0:52	0.2	100%	3,979	72.2	3362
8	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	81%	442.8%	0.30	0:53	0.0	100%	4,038	68.1	3609
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	76%	441.4%	0.30	0:53	0.1	100%	6,428	68.3	3379
10	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	71%	433.7%	0.31	0:54	0.7	100%	3,670	66.9	2317
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	74%	428.5%	0.31	0:55	0.2	100%	3,749	66.3	3198
12	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	66%	417.7%	0.32	0:56	0.9	100%	3,297	65.8	2043
13	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	64%	416.9%	0.32	0:56	0.9	100%	3,698	64.8	1836
14	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	69%	414.7%	0.32	0:57	0.4	100%	3,465	63.8	3075
15	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	67%	414.5%	0.32	0:57	0.4	100%	3,548	64.0	2820
16	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	65%	413.1%	0.32	0:57	0.9	100%	2,848	64.1	1954
17	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	72%	411.9%	0.32	0:57	0.2	100%	3,741	67.4	3404
18	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	71%	400.1%	0.33	0:59	0.0	100%	4,605	64.7	3795
19	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	69%	398.3%	0.34	0:59	0.3	100%	4,455	65.8	3392
20	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	64%	396.9%	0.34	0:59	0.8	100%	4,521	62.3	2101
21	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	73%	389.6%	0.34	1:00	0.0	100%	4,429	60.2	3626
22	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	60%	385.6%	0.35	1:01	0.9	100%	3,105	60.0	1850
23	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	69%	382.2%	0.35	1:01	0.0	100%	3,505	65.4	3944
24	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	65%	382.0%	0.35	1:01	0.2	100%	4,814	61.6	3448
25	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	59%	380.8%	0.35	1:02	1.0	100%	2,689	61.5	1890
26	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	67%	378.3%	0.35	1:02	0.2	100%	3,835	62.5	3495
27	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	66%	376.1%	0.36	1:02	0.2	100%	3,754	59.3	3374
28	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	58%	375.8%	0.36	1:02	1.1	100%	2,825	58.7	1798
29	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	68%	375.2%	0.36	1:03	0.0	100%	4,038	58.7	3675
30	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	60%	372.1%	0.36	1:03	0.6	100%	3,590	59.0	2625

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.