Empoleon counters

#0395

water steelElite

Lobby CP

45,112

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

221

Defense

197

Difficulty

2.60

Pokebattler scale

Beating Empoleon should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,581-1,657.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xelectric1.6x

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 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 Empoleon counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Raikou, Shadow Blaziken, Zeraora & Shadow Gallade.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Raikou
S. Blaziken
Zeraora
S. Gallade

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+2.099:38
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere2.4611:20
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.7112:29
4KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword2.7212:30
5Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+2.7612:43
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+2.8313:01
7Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere2.9013:21
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Thunderbolt2.9213:25
9Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword2.9213:28
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Aura Sphere3.1714:34
11Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere3.2915:08
12ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists3.3315:20
14Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword3.3715:31

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

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Top 15 Empoleon counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	9:38	2.09	6.0	52.6%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	11:20	2.46	6.0	44.7%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	12:29	2.71	6.0	40.6%
4	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	12:30	2.72	6.0	40.5%
5	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	12:43	2.76	6.0	39.9%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	13:01	2.83	6.0	39.0%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	13:21	2.90	6.0	38.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	6,428	13:25	2.92	6.0	37.8%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	13:28	2.92	6.0	37.7%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockfightingAura Sphere	3,452	14:34	3.17	6.0	34.8%
11	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	15:08	3.29	6.0	33.5%
12	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	15:20	3.33	6.0	33.0%
13	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	15:28	3.36	6.0	32.8%
14	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	15:31	3.37	6.0	32.7%
15	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	15:32	3.38	6.0	32.6%

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 Empoleon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Empoleon'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	64%	39%	36.9%	13:44	6.0	2.98
Metal Sound / Hydro Pump	51%	33%	33.5%	15:09	6.0	3.29
Metal Claw / Hydro Pump	50%	33%	33.6%	15:05	6.0	3.28
Steel Wing / Hydro Pump	50%	33%	34.7%	14:35	6.0	3.17
Waterfall / Hydro Pump	50%	33%	34.9%	14:31	6.0	3.16
Metal Sound / Blizzard	50%	41%	37.2%	13:38	6.0	2.96
Metal Claw / Blizzard	51%	41%	37.2%	13:37	6.0	2.96
Metal Sound / Flash Cannon	76%	46%	37.6%	13:28	6.0	2.93
Waterfall / Blizzard	68%	40%	37.6%	13:28	6.0	2.93
Metal Claw / Flash Cannon	72%	46%	37.7%	13:27	6.0	2.92
Waterfall / Drill Peck	83%	42%	37.7%	13:26	6.0	2.92
Steel Wing / Blizzard	56%	41%	37.8%	13:25	6.0	2.92
Metal Sound / Drill Peck	83%	46%	37.8%	13:23	6.0	2.91
Waterfall / Flash Cannon	69%	43%	37.9%	13:22	6.0	2.91
Metal Claw / Drill Peck	83%	46%	37.9%	13:22	6.0	2.90
Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	75%	45%	38.1%	13:19	6.0	2.89
Steel Wing / Drill Peck	83%	45%	38.1%	13:18	6.0	2.89

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 3 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…

Empoleon 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 ground1.6x electric1.6x ghost1x fire1x grass1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x water0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x steel0.39x ice0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (4)
Resists (11)

It resists poison0.39xsteel0.39xice0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xwater0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Empoleon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelSteel WingSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
flyingDrill Peck	70	-33	2.5s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,581	1,976
11/11/11	1,596	1,995
12/12/12	1,611	2,014
13/13/13	1,626	2,033
14/14/14	1,642	2,052
15/15/15hundo	1,657	2,072

Caught CP range 1,581 - 1,657, or 1,976 - 2,072 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.

Empoleon 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 221 / Defense 197 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	52.6%	2.09	9:38	24.0	100%	6,112	36.7	794
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	83%	44.7%	2.46	11:20	31.0	100%	3,826	31.3	622
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	76%	40.6%	2.71	12:29	29.4	100%	3,510	28.3	679
4	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	76%	40.5%	2.72	12:30	27.2	100%	3,698	28.0	693
5	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	72%	39.9%	2.76	12:43	41.7	78%	3,780	29.0	555
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	39.0%	2.83	13:01	39.4	100%	3,670	27.5	479
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	67%	38.0%	2.90	13:21	49.7	74%	4,161	28.0	495
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	70%	37.8%	2.92	13:25	31.9	100%	6,428	26.2	616
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	37.7%	2.92	13:28	43.1	100%	4,521	26.7	439
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	63%	34.8%	3.17	14:34	38.2	74%	3,452	24.3	532
11	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	57%	33.5%	3.29	15:08	63.5	74%	2,848	24.9	342
12	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	60%	33.0%	3.33	15:20	36.4	30%	3,419	23.0	559
13	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	58%	32.8%	3.36	15:28	47.0	74%	5,902	24.3	671
14	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	56%	32.7%	3.37	15:31	58.7	10%	3,093	23.5	324
15	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	58%	32.6%	3.38	15:32	41.9	24%	3,580	22.9	484
16	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	32.6%	3.38	15:33	53.2	0%	3,337	23.2	359
17	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	58%	32.6%	3.38	15:34	46.3	28%	3,937	23.0	443
18	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	56%	32.1%	3.43	15:48	55.2	42%	2,703	23.1	381
19	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	55%	32.1%	3.43	15:48	59.2	24%	3,698	23.1	358
20	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	56%	32.0%	3.45	15:51	50.3	4%	4,814	22.7	385
21	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	58%	31.9%	3.45	15:52	36.6	14%	3,205	22.2	607
22	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	58%	31.5%	3.49	16:04	31.2	0%	4,038	21.7	651
23	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	55%	31.4%	3.51	16:09	52.6	0%	4,178	22.3	367
24	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	53%	30.2%	3.65	16:48	52.7	64%	5,424	22.1	496
25	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	51%	29.9%	3.68	16:56	62.0	22%	3,079	21.9	383
26	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	51%	29.8%	3.70	17:01	64.0	36%	4,115	22.1	373
27	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	51%	29.8%	3.70	17:01	67.0	48%	3,659	22.6	402
28	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	50%	29.2%	3.77	17:22	62.1	38%	2,803	21.8	395
29	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	49%	28.5%	3.87	17:48	67.2	12%	3,244	21.0	365
30	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	47%	27.9%	3.94	18:08	78.1	48%	3,922	21.5	320

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