Dusclops counters

#0356

ghostTier 5

Lobby CP

26,863

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

109

Defense

196

Difficulty

2.02

Pokebattler scale

Beating Dusclops should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 851-909.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 a Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Dusclops counters are Mega Houndoom, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar & Shadow Absol.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar
S. Absol

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+1.788:11
2Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.999:08
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam2.009:11
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball2.059:25
5Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play2.059:27
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball2.109:41
7Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing2.169:57
8Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing2.2310:15
9Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing2.2410:20
10Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing2.2510:21
11Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing2.2810:29

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

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Related countersShadow Dusclops

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Top 15 Dusclops 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	8:11	1.78	3.7	61.9%
2	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	9:08	1.99	6.0	55.5%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	9:11	2.00	5.5	55.2%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	9:25	2.05	4.8	53.8%
5	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	9:27	2.05	5.3	53.6%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	9:41	2.10	4.7	52.3%
7	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	9:57	2.16	5.7	51.0%
8	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	10:15	2.23	2.7	49.4%
9	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	10:20	2.24	4.5	49.1%
10	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	10:21	2.25	4.0	48.9%
11	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	10:29	2.28	6.0	48.4%
12	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	10:43	2.33	6.0	47.3%
13	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	10:48	2.35	6.0	46.9%
14	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	11:05	2.41	5.2	45.7%
15	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	11:08	2.42	3.9	45.6%

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 Dusclops.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Dusclops'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	47%	123%	52.4%	9:40	4.9	2.10
Feint Attack / Poltergeist	40%	84%	50.9%	9:58	6.0	2.16
Hex / Poltergeist	38%	86%	51.0%	9:56	6.0	2.16
Hex / Fire Punch	50%	152%	52.8%	9:36	4.3	2.09
Hex / Shadow Punch	50%	163%	52.8%	9:36	4.0	2.08
Feint Attack / Fire Punch	50%	149%	52.8%	9:35	4.4	2.08
Hex / Ice Punch	50%	131%	52.9%	9:35	5.0	2.08
Feint Attack / Ice Punch	50%	128%	52.9%	9:35	5.1	2.08
Feint Attack / Shadow Punch	50%	159%	52.9%	9:35	4.1	2.08

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 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…

Dusclops 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.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

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

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dusclops throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostPoltergeistSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.70s
ghostShadow PunchSTAB	35	-33	1.5s	1.10s
iceIce Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.40s
fireFire Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	851	1,064
11/11/11	863	1,078
12/12/12	874	1,093
13/13/13	886	1,107
14/14/14	897	1,122
15/15/15hundo	909	1,136

Caught CP range 851 - 909, or 1,064 - 1,136 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.

Dusclops 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 109 / Defense 196 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	61.9%	1.78	8:11	6.0	100%	3,842	30.9	2250
2	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	81%	55.5%	1.99	9:08	15.6	100%	4,336	28.3	977
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	81%	55.2%	2.00	9:11	15.1	84%	4,099	28.4	1086
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	82%	53.8%	2.05	9:25	10.8	100%	6,428	27.2	1393
5	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	81%	53.6%	2.05	9:27	11.0	100%	3,739	27.0	1292
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	80%	52.3%	2.10	9:41	10.9	100%	6,112	26.4	1399
7	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	51.0%	2.16	9:57	14.5	72%	3,301	25.9	1007
8	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	49.4%	2.23	10:15	5.5	0%	5,347	24.6	2434
9	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	49.1%	2.24	10:20	10.9	0%	3,625	24.7	1399
10	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	77%	48.9%	2.25	10:21	8.2	0%	3,834	24.6	1715
11	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	48.4%	2.28	10:29	19.3	0%	2,526	24.9	768
12	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	67%	47.3%	2.33	10:43	20.7	0%	3,594	24.3	731
13	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	66%	46.9%	2.35	10:48	21.8	0%	3,268	24.3	798
14	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	67%	45.7%	2.41	11:05	15.6	0%	3,005	23.2	1011
15	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	70%	45.6%	2.42	11:08	9.6	0%	3,784	22.9	1484
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	68%	45.2%	2.44	11:13	11.9	0%	5,713	22.8	1354
17	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	64%	44.9%	2.45	11:18	19.2	0%	4,178	23.0	806
18	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	60%	44.7%	2.46	11:20	33.4	2%	2,878	23.9	555
19	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	65%	44.7%	2.46	11:20	16.3	0%	3,683	22.8	1060
20	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	67%	44.1%	2.50	11:29	11.5	0%	3,739	22.2	1258
21	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	62%	43.8%	2.52	11:35	20.2	0%	4,510	22.5	764
22	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	62%	43.7%	2.52	11:35	19.5	0%	3,749	22.4	846
23	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	60%	43.3%	2.55	11:43	26.3	0%	3,297	22.5	677
24	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	61%	43.2%	2.55	11:44	21.3	0%	2,994	22.3	802
25	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	43.1%	2.56	11:46	11.2	0%	4,605	21.6	1269
26	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	63%	42.7%	2.58	11:52	14.9	0%	2,635	21.7	1005
27	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	60%	42.0%	2.62	12:05	19.0	0%	4,042	21.4	887
28	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	59%	41.9%	2.63	12:07	20.6	0%	2,711	21.5	735
29	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	59%	41.7%	2.64	12:08	21.7	0%	3,659	21.4	698
30	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	63%	41.7%	2.64	12:10	11.1	0%	3,625	20.9	1371

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