Gimmighoul counters

#0999

ghostTier 3

Lobby CP

8,871

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

113

Defense

Difficulty

0.26

Pokebattler scale

Beating Gimmighoul should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 583-631.

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

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+0.220:39
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.260:45
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.270:47
4Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.270:48
5Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.280:50
6Mega GengarMegaHex / Shadow Ball0.280:50
7Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.290:50
8Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.290:51
9Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.290:51
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Shadow Ball0.300:52
11Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.300:52

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

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Top 15 Gimmighoul 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 Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:39	0.22	0.1	600.8%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:45	0.26	1.0	520.1%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:47	0.27	0.9	499.4%
4	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:48	0.27	1.0	491.8%
5	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:50	0.28	0.0	473.6%
6	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:50	0.28	2.3	470.1%
7	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:50	0.29	0.8	466.2%
8	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:51	0.29	1.6	460.2%
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:51	0.29	2.6	458.8%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:52	0.30	1.3	451.3%
11	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:52	0.30	0.6	448.7%
12	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:54	0.31	3.0	437.6%
13	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:54	0.31	2.9	436.7%
14	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	0:55	0.31	1.7	429.3%
15	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:55	0.31	0.9	426.5%

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 Gimmighoul.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Gimmighoul'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
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	341%	484.0%	0:48	1.2	0.28

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…

Gimmighoul 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 Gimmighoul throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	583	729
11/11/11	592	740
12/12/12	602	752
13/13/13	611	764
14/14/14	621	776
15/15/15hundo	631	788

Caught CP range 583 - 631, or 729 - 788 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.

Gimmighoul 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 113 / Defense 66 (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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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	600.8%	0.22	0:39	0.1	100%	3,842	98.9	3697
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	520.1%	0.26	0:45	0.9	100%	6,428	81.4	1907
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	77%	499.4%	0.27	0:47	0.8	100%	3,739	77.8	2009
4	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	491.8%	0.27	0:48	0.9	100%	3,301	77.6	1850
5	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	473.6%	0.28	0:50	0.0	100%	5,347	73.1	3621
6	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	63%	470.1%	0.28	0:50	2.1	100%	4,336	75.4	1242
7	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	466.2%	0.29	0:50	0.7	100%	3,625	72.2	2215
8	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	65%	460.2%	0.29	0:51	1.5	100%	2,526	72.6	1469
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	61%	458.8%	0.29	0:51	2.3	100%	4,099	75.6	1150
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	65%	451.3%	0.30	0:52	1.2	100%	6,112	74.3	1731
11	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	71%	448.7%	0.30	0:52	0.6	100%	3,834	70.9	2524
12	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	56%	437.6%	0.31	0:54	2.7	100%	2,878	68.6	943
13	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	57%	436.7%	0.31	0:54	2.6	100%	3,268	69.7	1030
14	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	60%	429.3%	0.31	0:55	1.6	100%	3,683	67.3	1388
15	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	64%	426.5%	0.31	0:55	0.8	100%	5,713	67.4	2071
16	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	62%	424.8%	0.31	0:55	0.9	100%	3,005	68.2	1921
17	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	64%	413.3%	0.32	0:57	0.8	100%	3,739	65.8	2052
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	63%	411.5%	0.32	0:57	0.8	100%	3,784	65.3	2086
19	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	53%	410.2%	0.33	0:57	2.7	100%	3,297	66.0	973
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	53%	409.9%	0.33	0:57	2.7	100%	3,594	66.7	1016
21	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	54%	406.7%	0.33	0:58	2.2	100%	4,178	66.4	1176
22	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	58%	401.4%	0.33	0:58	1.2	100%	2,635	62.8	1627
23	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	55%	391.0%	0.34	1:00	1.3	100%	2,526	61.5	1609
24	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	50%	389.2%	0.34	1:00	3.0	100%	2,994	62.0	917
25	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	59%	388.9%	0.34	1:00	0.8	100%	5,031	60.7	1976
26	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	56%	388.5%	0.34	1:00	0.9	100%	3,979	60.1	1886
27	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Fly	Bite / Fly+20 more movesets	54%	388.4%	0.34	1:00	1.7	100%	3,749	60.5	1329
28	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	53%	387.7%	0.34	1:01	1.8	100%	3,659	60.8	1260
29	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	386.5%	0.35	1:01	0.8	100%	3,625	60.1	2079
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	51%	376.3%	0.36	1:02	1.9	100%	3,701	60.0	1233

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