Gourgeist (Small) counters

#0711

ghost grassTier 3

Lobby CP

17,071

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

135

Defense

170

Difficulty

0.60

Pokebattler scale

Beating Gourgeist (Small) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,220-1,288.

Weak toflying1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Gourgeist (Small) counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Salamence, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Moltres & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Reshiram
S. Salamence
Kyurem (Black)
S. Moltres
Kyurem (White)

6 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.531:34
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.551:36
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.591:44
4Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.621:50
5Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.631:50
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.651:54
7Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.651:54
8Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.651:55
9Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.661:56
10Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.661:57
12Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.671:58

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

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Top 15 Gourgeist (Small) 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 Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:34	0.53	1.3	249.9%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:36	0.55	2.4	245.2%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:44	0.59	1.7	226.1%
4	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:50	0.62	2.2	214.1%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:50	0.63	2.1	213.3%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	1:54	0.65	2.9	206.5%
7	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	1:54	0.65	2.9	205.3%
8	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:55	0.65	2.3	204.7%
9	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:56	0.66	2.4	201.7%
10	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	1:57	0.66	2.9	201.2%
11	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:58	0.67	4.3	198.8%
12	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:58	0.67	2.3	198.4%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:59	0.68	3.0	196.5%
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	2:00	0.68	4.1	196.2%
15	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	2:00	0.68	3.4	195.4%

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 Gourgeist (Small).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Gourgeist (Small)'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	152%	209.3%	1:52	2.4	0.64
Razor Leaf / Poltergeist	100%	125%	205.2%	1:54	3.3	0.65
Hex / Poltergeist	100%	122%	205.6%	1:54	3.5	0.65
Razor Leaf / Shadow Ball	100%	124%	207.5%	1:53	3.3	0.64
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	121%	207.6%	1:53	3.4	0.64
Incinerate / Poltergeist	100%	129%	208.5%	1:53	3.0	0.64
Incinerate / Shadow Ball	100%	128%	208.6%	1:53	3.2	0.64
Hex / Fire Blast	100%	165%	209.0%	1:52	2.2	0.64
Incinerate / Seed Bomb	100%	212%	210.2%	1:52	1.2	0.64
Razor Leaf / Fire Blast	100%	174%	210.2%	1:52	1.9	0.64
Incinerate / Fire Blast	100%	174%	211.5%	1:51	2.0	0.63
Hex / Foul Play	100%	152%	211.6%	1:51	2.3	0.63
Incinerate / Foul Play	100%	155%	212.3%	1:51	2.2	0.63
Razor Leaf / Foul Play	100%	157%	213.3%	1:50	2.2	0.63
Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb	100%	231%	213.5%	1:50	0.8	0.63
Hex / Seed Bomb	100%	220%	213.7%	1:50	0.8	0.63

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…

Gourgeist (Small) 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.

flying1.6x ghost1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x poison1x rock1x bug1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Gourgeist (Small) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassRazor LeafSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
fireIncinerate	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostPoltergeistSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.70s
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkFoul Play	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
fireFire Blast	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
grassSeed BombSTAB	55	-33	2.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,220	1,526
11/11/11	1,234	1,542
12/12/12	1,247	1,559
13/13/13	1,261	1,576
14/14/14	1,274	1,593
15/15/15hundo	1,288	1,610

Caught CP range 1,220 - 1,288, or 1,526 - 1,610 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.

Gourgeist (Small) 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 135 / Defense 170 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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

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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	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	249.9%	0.53	1:34	1.2	100%	5,713	39.4	1852
2	Mega Delphox top pickfirepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	91%	245.2%	0.55	1:36	2.1	100%	4,783	38.1	1243
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	89%	226.1%	0.59	1:44	1.6	100%	3,842	35.3	1394
4	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	81%	214.1%	0.62	1:50	2.0	100%	4,038	33.2	1285
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	81%	213.3%	0.63	1:50	1.9	100%	3,979	33.8	1301
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	76%	206.5%	0.65	1:54	2.6	100%	4,161	32.1	1016
7	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	75%	205.3%	0.65	1:54	2.7	100%	3,749	32.0	1030
8	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	77%	204.7%	0.65	1:55	2.1	100%	4,455	31.8	1190
9	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	76%	201.7%	0.66	1:56	2.2	100%	4,605	31.6	1158
10	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	73%	201.2%	0.66	1:57	2.7	100%	3,465	31.2	1045
11	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	68%	198.8%	0.67	1:58	4.0	100%	4,336	31.6	752
12	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	74%	198.4%	0.67	1:58	2.1	100%	4,605	31.1	1171
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	71%	196.5%	0.68	1:59	2.7	100%	6,428	30.4	976
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	67%	196.2%	0.68	1:60	4.0	100%	4,099	32.0	799
15	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	195.4%	0.68	2:00	3.1	100%	3,739	30.4	863
16	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	70%	195.1%	0.68	2:00	2.8	100%	3,741	31.1	1024
17	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	69%	193.9%	0.69	2:01	3.1	100%	2,689	30.2	874
18	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	192.4%	0.69	2:02	2.3	100%	3,835	30.1	1133
19	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	65%	191.3%	0.70	2:03	4.0	100%	3,301	29.8	689
20	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	74%	190.4%	0.70	2:03	1.6	100%	5,031	29.6	1405
21	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Sky Attack	Snarl / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	65%	189.9%	0.70	2:04	3.9	100%	2,711	29.7	713
22	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	68%	188.4%	0.71	2:05	2.6	100%	3,754	29.2	1022
23	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	67%	188.3%	0.71	2:05	3.1	100%	2,825	29.2	874
24	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	68%	187.6%	0.71	2:05	2.7	100%	6,112	29.7	1004
25	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	183.4%	0.73	2:08	2.2	100%	3,625	28.4	1099
26	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	62%	183.0%	0.73	2:08	4.0	100%	3,590	29.0	746
27	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	72%	183.0%	0.73	2:08	1.4	100%	5,347	28.2	1503
28	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	67%	182.9%	0.73	2:08	2.4	100%	3,834	28.3	1040
29	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	180.9%	0.74	2:10	4.1	100%	3,105	28.6	710
30	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	57%	177.7%	0.75	2:12	6.1	98%	3,297	29.2	573

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.