Forretress counters

#0205

bug steelTier 1

Lobby CP

6,394

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

105

Defense

131

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Forretress should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,236-1,304.

Weak tofire2.56x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Forretress counters are Mega Delphox, Blacephalon, Shadow Delphox, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Heatran & Cinderace.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
Blacephalon
S. Delphox
S. Blaziken
S. Heatran
Cinderace

3 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
2Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
3Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
4BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mystical Fire0.060:11
5Mega Charizard XMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:12
6Shadow DelphoxShadowpartyFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:12
7Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:12
8Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.070:12
9CinderacepartyFire Spin / Pyroball0.070:12
10Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendaryFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.070:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Forretress

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Top 15 Forretress 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,783	0:09	0.05	4638.2%
2	Mega Charizard Yfireflyingjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefightingjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
4	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMystical Fire	3,297	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
5	Mega Charizard Xfiredragon	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	3,850	0:12	0.06	3774.7%
6	Shadow Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	3,059	0:12	0.06	3742.3%
7	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,848	0:12	0.06	3742.3%
8	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
9	Cinderacefire	fireFire SpinfirePyroball	3,018	0:12	0.07	3533.0%
10	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:12	0.07	3510.2%
11	Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:13	0.07	3471.1%
12	Shadow Charizardfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,889	0:13	0.07	3382.2%
13	Shadow Infernapefirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	2,683	0:13	0.07	3343.3%
14	Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:13	0.07	3330.5%
15	Shadow Magmortarfire	fireFire SpinfireFire Punch	3,132	0:13	0.07	3328.0%

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 Forretress.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Forretress'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”: 3 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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	781%	3823.4%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Earthquake	100%	675%	3654.3%	0:12	0.07
Volt Switch / Earthquake	100%	767%	3723.6%	0:12	0.07
Struggle Bug / Earthquake	100%	732%	3754.8%	0:12	0.06
Bug Bite / Heavy Slam	100%	964%	3795.7%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Mirror Shot	100%	1039%	3814.1%	0:11	0.06
Volt Switch / Mirror Shot	100%	954%	3828.1%	0:11	0.06
Volt Switch / Heavy Slam	100%	864%	3832.8%	0:11	0.06
Struggle Bug / Mirror Shot	100%	990%	3842.1%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Rock Tomb	100%	868%	3846.9%	0:11	0.06
Struggle Bug / Heavy Slam	100%	901%	3846.9%	0:11	0.06
Volt Switch / Rock Tomb	100%	767%	3865.8%	0:11	0.06
Struggle Bug / Rock Tomb	100%	797%	3880.1%	0:11	0.06
Volt Switch / Sand Tomb	100%	772%	3880.1%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Sand Tomb	100%	794%	3889.8%	0:11	0.06
Struggle Bug / Sand Tomb	100%	776%	3894.6%	0:11	0.06

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…

Forretress 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.

fire2.56x fighting1x flying1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x grass0.39x

Double weak (1)
Neutral (8)
Resists (9)

It resists poison0.39xgrass0.39xnormal0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Forretress throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
bugStruggle BugSTAB	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s
electricVolt Switch	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelHeavy SlamSTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.40s
groundEarthquake	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
steelMirror ShotSTAB	50	-33	2.5s	1.90s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
groundSand Tomb	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,236	1,545
11/11/11	1,250	1,562
12/12/12	1,263	1,579
13/13/13	1,277	1,596
14/14/14	1,290	1,613
15/15/15hundo	1,304	1,630

Caught CP range 1,236 - 1,304, or 1,545 - 1,630 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.

Forretress 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 105 / Defense 131 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox top pickfirepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	100%	4638.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	68.4	643
2	Mega Charizard Y top pickfireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	98%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,455	65.0	617
3	Mega Blaziken top pickfirefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	99%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,161	66.8	634
4	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mystical Fire	Incinerate / Mystical Fire+7 more movesets	68%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,297	57.4	660
5	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	73%	3774.7%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,850	52.4	606
6	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	68%	3742.3%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,059	54.1	631
7	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	68%	3742.3%	0.06	0:12	100%	2,848	56.0	654
8	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	70%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,754	59.8	717
9	Cinderace fire Fire Spin / Pyroball	Fire Spin / Pyroball+14 more movesets	66%	3533.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,018	54.5	672
10	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	3510.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,038	71.6	888
11	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	70%	3471.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	59.3	745
12	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	63%	3382.2%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,889	52.5	681
13	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	60%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,683	53.1	696
14	Heatran firesteel Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	64%	3330.5%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,754	48.5	635
15	Shadow Magmortar fireshadow Fire Spin / Fire Punch	Fire Spin / Fire Punch+11 more movesets	59%	3328.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,132	49.7	652
16	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	61%	3310.5%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,842	47.6	624
17	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+14 more movesets	56%	3277.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,635	50.6	672
18	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Heat Wave	Fire Spin / Heat Wave+11 more movesets	63%	3258.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,465	51.3	686
19	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+11 more movesets	57%	3243.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,145	51.9	696
20	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Ember / Overheat	Ember / Overheat+14 more movesets	59%	3234.2%	0.08	0:13	100%	2,889	50.4	679
21	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Ember / Overheat	Ember / Overheat+9 more movesets	59%	3234.2%	0.08	0:13	100%	2,994	53.8	724
22	Mega Camerupt firegroundmega Ember / Overheat	Ember / Overheat+17 more movesets	60%	3186.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,220	46.7	639
23	Flareon fire Ember / Overheat	Ember / Overheat+11 more movesets	58%	3186.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,029	45.9	628
24	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	58%	3159.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,105	65.0	895
25	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Fire Punch	Mud Shot / Fire Punch+9 more movesets	65%	3145.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	5,902	43.6	604
26	Blaziken firefighting Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	57%	3131.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,848	45.5	632
27	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Overheat	Hex / Overheat+19 more movesets	58%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,268	43.4	608
28	Hisuian Typhlosion fireghost Ember / Overheat	Ember / Overheat+9 more movesets	57%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,994	43.9	614
29	Shadow Camerupt firegroundshadow Ember / Overheat	Ember / Overheat+17 more movesets	54%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,193	43.6	611
30	Darmanitan (Standard) fire Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	57%	3087.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,105	53.6	755

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