Golduck counters

#0055

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

6,713

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

123

Defense

105

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Golduck should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,330-1,400.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Golduck counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Xurkitree, Kartana, Zeraora & Shadow Chesnaught.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Xurkitree
Kartana
Zeraora
S. Chesnaught

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
2Mega Raichu XMegaVolt Switch / Volt Tackle+0.050:10
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:11
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.070:12
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
6Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.070:13
7XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.080:14
8KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.080:14
9ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists0.080:14
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.080:14
11Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.080:15

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Golduck 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4578.8%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricVolt SwitchelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:10	0.05	4540.6%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:12	0.07	3705.2%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	3692.9%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:13	0.07	3443.7%
7	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:14	0.08	3182.2%
8	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
9	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:14	0.08	3025.4%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:14	0.08	3006.6%
11	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	0:15	0.08	2975.8%
12	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	0:15	0.08	2906.4%
13	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricDischarge	3,117	0:15	0.08	2898.7%
14	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:15	0.08	2885.2%
15	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:15	0.08	2883.3%

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 Golduck.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Golduck'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”: 2 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%	673%	3346.0%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Psychic	100%	618%	3324.7%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	600%	3331.8%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	100%	785%	3337.1%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Bubble Beam	100%	720%	3346.0%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Synchronoise	100%	650%	3354.9%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Cross Chop	100%	683%	3356.7%	0:13	0.07
Water Gun / Liquidation	100%	672%	3374.8%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Psychic	100%	599%	3374.8%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Ice Beam	100%	580%	3374.8%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Hydro Pump	100%	628%	3383.9%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Cross Chop	100%	614%	3385.7%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Synchronoise	100%	593%	3387.6%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Bubble Beam	100%	611%	3393.0%	0:13	0.07
Confusion / Liquidation	100%	589%	3415.2%	0:13	0.07

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…

Golduck 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

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

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Golduck throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusion	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
fightingCross Chop	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s
psychicSynchronoise	80	-50	2.5s	0.75s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
waterLiquidationSTAB	70	-33	3.0s	2.00s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,330	1,663
11/11/11	1,344	1,680
12/12/12	1,358	1,697
13/13/13	1,372	1,715
14/14/14	1,386	1,732
15/15/15hundo	1,400	1,750

Caught CP range 1,330 - 1,400, or 1,663 - 1,750 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.

Golduck 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 123 / Defense 105 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	99%	4578.8%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	71.8	683
2	Mega Raichu X top pickelectricmega Volt Switch / Volt Tackle+	Volt Switch / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,510	63.4	609
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	76%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,659	53.1	611
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	82%	3705.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,093	51.5	605
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	88%	3692.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,428	52.0	613
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	73%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,056	48.4	612
7	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	63%	3182.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,937	44.3	607
8	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	63%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,677	44.9	628
9	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	63%	3025.4%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,419	44.5	642
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	64%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,112	41.8	606
11	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	58%	2975.8%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,954	41.9	614
12	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	59%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,698	40.5	608
13	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	54%	2898.7%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,117	40.7	613
14	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	55%	2885.2%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,803	40.9	619
15	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	56%	2883.3%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,580	41.2	624
16	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	54%	2854.4%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	2,720	41.2	624
17	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	55%	2832.7%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,079	45.8	708
18	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	54%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,505	39.5	612
19	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	54%	2776.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,452	40.4	635
20	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	51%	2767.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,345	40.6	631
21	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	53%	2752.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,757	44.2	698
22	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	53%	2732.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,979	40.8	650
23	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Solar Beam	Vine Whip / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	54%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,030	38.1	609
24	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Solar Beam	Dragon Tail / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	52%	2664.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,902	38.2	624
25	Pawmot electricfighting Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+23 more movesets	47%	2636.2%	0.09	0:17	0.1	100%	2,634	37.8	603
26	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	57%	2634.2%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,833	37.1	613
27	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Solar Beam	Dragon Breath / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	55%	2612.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	5,007	36.6	611
28	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	51%	2607.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,527	44.3	739
29	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	46%	2584.7%	0.09	0:17	0.1	100%	2,431	37.0	587
30	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon	Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon+5 more movesets	38%	2369.2%	0.10	0:18	0.6	100%	2,580	36.8	479

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.