Dondozo counters

#0977

waterTier 3In raids until Tue 6 Oct, 22:00

Lobby CP

15,920

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

139

Defense

140

Difficulty

0.54

Pokebattler scale

Beating Dondozo should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,633-1,712.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Dondozo counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Kartana, Thundurus (Therian) & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Kartana
Thundurus (Therian)
S. Raikou

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.461:21
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.511:29
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.541:35
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.551:36
5Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.581:41
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.581:42
7RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.591:43
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.621:49
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.631:50
10Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.631:50
11Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.631:51

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

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Top 15 Dondozo 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:21	0.46	2.8	288.5%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:29	0.51	2.5	262.8%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:35	0.54	3.5	246.6%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:36	0.55	1.2	244.5%
5	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:41	0.58	2.1	232.4%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:42	0.58	1.9	230.4%
7	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:43	0.59	3.7	227.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:49	0.62	2.2	215.7%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	1:50	0.63	2.7	213.6%
10	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:50	0.63	3.4	212.8%
11	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	1:51	0.63	3.5	212.1%
12	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	1:51	0.63	4.3	211.5%
13	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	1:52	0.64	3.8	210.5%
14	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	1:53	0.64	3.6	207.7%
15	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	1:54	0.65	3.2	206.7%

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 Dondozo.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Dondozo'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%	123%	229.2%	1:42	3.4	0.58
Waterfall / Hydro Pump	100%	114%	222.9%	1:45	3.7	0.60
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	100%	119%	225.0%	1:44	3.6	0.59
Waterfall / Outrage	100%	124%	230.4%	1:42	3.3	0.58
Water Gun / Outrage	100%	128%	231.4%	1:41	3.1	0.58
Water Gun / Surf	100%	129%	232.7%	1:41	3.1	0.57
Waterfall / Liquidation	100%	130%	233.0%	1:41	3.0	0.57
Waterfall / Surf	100%	126%	234.0%	1:40	3.2	0.57
Water Gun / Liquidation	100%	135%	235.2%	1:40	2.9	0.57

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…

Dondozo 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dondozo throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
waterLiquidationSTAB	70	-33	3.0s	2.00s
dragonOutrage	110	-50	4.0s	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	1,633	2,041
11/11/11	1,648	2,061
12/12/12	1,664	2,081
13/13/13	1,680	2,100
14/14/14	1,696	2,120
15/15/15hundo	1,712	2,140

Caught CP range 1,633 - 1,712, or 2,041 - 2,140 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.

LeekDuck publishes 1,633 - 1,712 normal and 2,041 - 2,140 boosted for this boss — both match the table above exactly, computed from base stats rather than copied from it.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

in raids nowDondozoTier 3shiny availableWed 30 Sept, 06:00 – Tue 6 Oct, 22:00 · ends in 1 day

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 139 / Defense 140 (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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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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	288.5%	0.46	1:21	2.6	100%	3,780	45.3	979
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	92%	262.8%	0.51	1:29	2.3	100%	3,510	40.9	1052
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	83%	246.6%	0.54	1:35	3.2	100%	3,659	39.0	839
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	97%	244.5%	0.55	1:36	1.1	100%	4,093	37.9	1720
5	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	84%	232.4%	0.58	1:41	1.9	100%	4,056	36.2	1442
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	85%	230.4%	0.58	1:42	1.8	100%	6,428	37.2	1325
7	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	76%	227.0%	0.59	1:43	3.4	100%	2,803	35.8	798
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	78%	215.7%	0.62	1:49	2.0	100%	6,112	34.2	1191
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	74%	213.6%	0.63	1:50	2.5	100%	3,677	33.1	996
10	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	72%	212.8%	0.63	1:50	3.1	100%	3,659	33.4	849
11	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	212.1%	0.63	1:51	3.2	100%	3,452	32.9	828
12	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	211.5%	0.63	1:51	3.9	100%	3,079	33.1	698
13	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	70%	210.5%	0.64	1:52	3.4	100%	3,937	32.6	775
14	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	207.7%	0.64	1:53	3.3	100%	3,580	32.4	803
15	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	71%	206.7%	0.65	1:54	2.9	100%	3,419	32.8	910
16	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	69%	202.1%	0.66	1:56	3.0	100%	2,757	31.9	880
17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	201.7%	0.66	1:56	1.8	100%	5,713	31.6	1401
18	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	67%	201.1%	0.66	1:57	3.3	100%	3,205	31.4	822
19	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	72%	200.5%	0.67	1:57	2.0	100%	4,038	31.0	1259
20	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	71%	200.1%	0.67	1:57	2.2	100%	2,954	31.2	1096
21	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	66%	199.5%	0.67	1:58	3.5	100%	3,527	31.0	772
22	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	71%	198.0%	0.68	1:59	2.0	100%	3,592	30.6	1154
23	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	196.8%	0.68	1:59	2.7	100%	2,720	30.6	960
24	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	72%	196.6%	0.68	1:59	1.7	100%	3,698	30.7	1343
25	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	194.1%	0.69	2:01	4.2	100%	2,888	30.2	660
26	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	67%	191.2%	0.70	2:03	2.3	100%	3,030	29.8	1078
27	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	63%	190.5%	0.70	2:03	3.6	100%	4,178	29.5	746
28	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	61%	189.6%	0.71	2:04	4.3	100%	3,345	29.4	638
29	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	70%	188.4%	0.71	2:05	1.6	100%	3,833	29.2	1388
30	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	60%	188.2%	0.71	2:05	4.5	100%	3,117	29.5	620

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 ahead of time for these settings (seed 1, 50 Monte Carlo runs each) and served instantly. Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.