Delphox counters

#0655

fire psychicTier 3

Lobby CP

20,995

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

178

Defense

148

Difficulty

0.56

Pokebattler scale

Beating Delphox should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,669-1,748.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xdark1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Delphox counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Kyogre & Shadow Rampardos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Darkrai
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Kyogre
S. Rampardos

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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.511:29
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.511:30
3Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.541:35
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.571:40
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.581:42
6Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.591:44
7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.591:44
8Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.591:44
9Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.601:46
10Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.621:49
11Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.631:51

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

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Top 15 Delphox 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:29	0.51	1.8	264.0%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:30	0.51	1.7	259.6%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:35	0.54	2.1	246.0%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:40	0.57	1.6	233.7%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:42	0.58	1.6	230.7%
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:44	0.59	4.1	226.2%
7	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:44	0.59	3.5	225.7%
8	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:44	0.59	4.5	224.8%
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:46	0.60	2.6	221.8%
10	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	1:49	0.62	2.8	214.4%
11	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:51	0.63	4.6	211.4%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:52	0.64	2.3	210.1%
13	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:52	0.64	4.5	209.6%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:52	0.64	2.7	209.4%
15	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	1:52	0.64	2.2	209.1%

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 Delphox.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Delphox'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	133%	227.2%	1:43	3.2	0.59
Zen Headbutt / Psychic	100%	138%	219.5%	1:47	3.4	0.61
Fire Spin / Psychic	100%	129%	219.8%	1:47	3.7	0.61
Scratch / Psychic	100%	131%	220.5%	1:46	3.5	0.61
Zen Headbutt / Fire Blast	100%	120%	224.2%	1:45	3.7	0.60
Fire Spin / Fire Blast	100%	116%	224.5%	1:45	3.9	0.60
Scratch / Fire Blast	100%	122%	224.6%	1:45	3.5	0.60
Scratch / Flamethrower	100%	131%	226.6%	1:44	3.3	0.59
Scratch / Flame Charge	100%	150%	227.3%	1:43	2.7	0.59
Zen Headbutt / Flamethrower	100%	132%	227.7%	1:43	3.3	0.59
Fire Spin / Flame Charge	100%	146%	228.1%	1:43	2.8	0.59
Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire	100%	137%	228.5%	1:43	3.1	0.58
Scratch / Mystical Fire	100%	137%	228.6%	1:43	3.0	0.58
Fire Spin / Flamethrower	100%	128%	229.0%	1:42	3.4	0.58
Zen Headbutt / Psyshock	100%	171%	229.1%	1:42	2.7	0.58
Zen Headbutt / Flame Charge	100%	153%	229.1%	1:42	2.7	0.58
Scratch / Psyshock	100%	167%	230.9%	1:42	2.5	0.58
Fire Spin / Psyshock	100%	156%	231.4%	1:41	2.8	0.58
Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	100%	135%	232.0%	1:41	3.2	0.58

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…

Delphox 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.

ground1.6x rock1.6x ghost1.6x water1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x electric1x dragon1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

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

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Delphox throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
fireMystical FireSTAB	60	-33	2.0s	1.30s
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB	70	-33	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	1,669	2,087
11/11/11	1,685	2,106
12/12/12	1,701	2,126
13/13/13	1,716	2,146
14/14/14	1,732	2,165
15/15/15hundo	1,748	2,185

Caught CP range 1,669 - 1,748, or 2,087 - 2,185 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.

Delphox 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 178 / Defense 148 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

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

Share these exact settings

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 Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	264.0%	0.51	1:29	1.6	100%	3,784	42.3	1421
2	Mega Houndoom top pickdarkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	99%	259.6%	0.51	1:30	1.5	100%	3,842	40.1	1401
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	92%	246.0%	0.54	1:35	1.9	100%	3,701	38.3	1220
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	89%	233.7%	0.57	1:40	1.5	100%	5,902	36.4	1486
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	88%	230.7%	0.58	1:42	1.5	100%	5,902	35.8	1486
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	76%	226.2%	0.59	1:44	3.7	100%	3,922	36.0	747
7	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	77%	225.7%	0.59	1:44	3.2	100%	3,739	35.1	923
8	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	74%	224.8%	0.59	1:44	4.2	100%	4,336	35.6	684
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	80%	221.8%	0.60	1:46	2.3	100%	4,099	35.7	1120
10	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	76%	214.4%	0.62	1:49	2.5	100%	4,115	33.3	1009
11	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	69%	211.4%	0.63	1:51	4.3	100%	3,298	33.3	665
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	77%	210.1%	0.64	1:52	2.1	100%	6,428	33.6	1199
13	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	209.6%	0.64	1:52	4.5	100%	3,301	33.4	689
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	74%	209.4%	0.64	1:52	2.4	100%	6,112	32.4	1022
15	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	77%	209.1%	0.64	1:52	2.0	100%	4,401	32.6	1195
16	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	83%	208.8%	0.64	1:52	1.1	100%	5,347	32.3	1720
17	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	77%	208.2%	0.64	1:53	1.8	100%	5,424	32.7	1293
18	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	207.9%	0.64	1:53	2.2	100%	3,625	32.3	1099
19	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	77%	206.8%	0.65	1:53	1.8	100%	3,834	32.1	1263
20	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	71%	205.9%	0.65	1:54	3.1	100%	2,654	32.3	876
21	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	205.9%	0.65	1:54	3.1	100%	4,346	31.9	859
22	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	70%	205.7%	0.65	1:54	3.3	100%	4,115	32.2	805
23	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Snarl / Crabhammer	Snarl / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	68%	203.6%	0.66	1:55	3.7	100%	2,474	31.9	750
24	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	70%	199.8%	0.67	1:57	2.6	100%	3,733	31.2	983
25	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	68%	197.6%	0.68	1:59	3.0	100%	3,228	30.7	886
26	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	64%	197.5%	0.68	1:59	4.4	100%	2,829	31.2	661
27	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	195.5%	0.68	2:00	3.6	100%	3,922	30.8	758
28	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	70%	195.1%	0.69	2:00	2.4	100%	3,683	30.2	1049
29	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	194.1%	0.69	2:01	2.4	100%	3,941	30.1	1045
30	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Snarl / Razor Shell	Snarl / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	67%	194.0%	0.69	2:01	3.1	100%	2,802	30.0	872

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