Garchomp counters

#0445

dragon groundTier 1

Lobby CP

9,750

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

124

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Garchomp should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,174-2,264.

Weak toice2.56xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Garchomp counters are Kyurem (White), Shadow Mamoswine, Kyurem (Black), Eternatus, Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) & Shadow Weavile.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
S. Mamoswine
Kyurem (Black)
Eternatus
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
S. Weavile

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Blizzard0.060:10
2Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche0.060:11
3Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.070:12
4EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.070:12
5Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.070:12
6Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Triple Axel0.070:12
7BaxcaliburIce Fang / Avalanche0.070:12
8Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)Ice Fang / Avalanche0.070:12
9KyuremLegendaryDragon Breath / Glaciate0.070:13
10Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.070:13

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 Garchomp Mega Garchomp

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Top 15 Garchomp 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	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceBlizzard	4,605	0:10	0.06	0.0	4152.2%
2	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:11	0.06	0.0	3796.8%
3	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:12	0.07	0.0	3739.1%
4	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:12	0.07	0.0	3713.6%
5	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:12	0.07	0.0	3676.6%
6	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	0:12	0.07	0.1	3524.2%
7	Baxcaliburdragonice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,550	0:12	0.07	0.0	3487.8%
8	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:12	0.07	0.0	3487.8%
9	Kyuremdragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceGlaciate	3,575	0:13	0.07	0.0	3356.2%
10	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:13	0.07	0.0	3353.6%
11	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	4,178	0:13	0.07	0.0	3300.3%
12	Shadow Aurorusrockice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	2,802	0:13	0.07	0.0	3295.3%
13	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	0:13	0.07	0.0	3282.9%
14	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon BreathdragonOutrage+	4,823	0:13	0.07	0.0	3279.9%
15	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	0:14	0.08	0.0	3224.6%

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 Garchomp.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Garchomp'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%	611%	3743.6%	0:12	0.0	0.06
Mud Shot / Fire Blast	100%	841%	3433.5%	0:13	0.1	0.07
Mud Shot / Earthquake	100%	799%	3538.9%	0:12	0.0	0.07
Mud Shot / Outrage	100%	553%	3633.1%	0:12	0.0	0.07
Dragon Tail / Fire Blast	100%	600%	3643.2%	0:12	0.2	0.07
Mud Shot / Sand Tomb	100%	757%	3662.8%	0:12	0.0	0.07
Mud Shot / Twister	100%	722%	3777.4%	0:12	0.0	0.06
Dragon Tail / Sand Tomb	100%	614%	3818.8%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Dragon Tail / Outrage	100%	496%	3818.8%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Mud Shot / Breaking Swipe	100%	609%	3832.8%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Dragon Tail / Earthquake	100%	620%	3861.1%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Dragon Tail / Twister	100%	603%	3870.6%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	100%	528%	4011.6%	0:11	0.0	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…

Garchomp 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.

ice2.56x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x grass1x psychic1x dark1x poison0.63x rock0.63x fire0.63x electric0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists electric0.24xpoison0.625xrock0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Garchomp throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonBreaking SwipeSTAB	45	-33	1.0s	0.47s
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
fireFire Blast	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
dragonTwisterSTAB	50	-33	3.0s	1.15s
groundSand TombSTAB	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	2,174	2,718
11/11/11	2,192	2,740
12/12/12	2,210	2,762
13/13/13	2,227	2,785
14/14/14	2,245	2,807
15/15/15hundo	2,264	2,830

Caught CP range 2,174 - 2,264, or 2,718 - 2,830 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.

Garchomp 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 164 / Defense 124 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Blizzard	Ice Fang / Blizzard+17 more movesets	100%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,605	57.9	608
2	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	86%	3796.8%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,328	56.6	631
3	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	91%	3739.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,605	68.4	792
4	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	88%	3713.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,429	55.7	651
5	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	84%	3676.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,105	62.6	729
6	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	77%	3524.2%	0.07	0:12	0.1	100%	3,005	53.4	642
7	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	79%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,550	48.6	608
8	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	79%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,105	50.2	627
9	Kyurem dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaciate	Dragon Breath / Glaciate+7 more movesets	77%	3356.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,575	47.7	618
10	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	81%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,713	50.6	657
11	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	77%	3300.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,178	50.1	661
12	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	73%	3295.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,802	47.7	621
13	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	75%	3282.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,424	46.4	615
14	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Breath / Outrage+	Dragon Breath / Outrage++26 more movesets	82%	3279.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,823	54.8	725
15	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	82%	3224.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,428	56.5	763
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	81%	3224.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,112	54.9	741
17	Mega Glalie icemega Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	72%	3219.8%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,229	49.9	675
18	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	69%	3168.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,991	46.7	636
19	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	69%	3150.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,005	47.8	641
20	Glaceon ice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+9 more movesets	70%	3136.4%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,126	46.4	645
21	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	68%	3117.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,827	49.6	678
22	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+17 more movesets	73%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,051	43.8	613
23	Shadow Cloyster watericeshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+13 more movesets	67%	3070.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,547	43.9	623
24	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	70%	3061.2%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,405	47.6	630
25	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	65%	3004.8%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,962	44.3	634
26	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	66%	2998.6%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,142	41.8	601
27	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	73%	2990.1%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,512	44.4	648
28	Jynx icepsychic Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+14 more movesets	64%	2985.4%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	2,555	44.2	612
29	Shadow Abomasnow grassiceshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	65%	2981.8%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	2,362	42.7	587
30	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	65%	2945.9%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,792	42.8	626

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.