Granbull counters

#0210

fairyTier 3

Lobby CP

16,457

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

165

Defense

106

Difficulty

0.40

Pokebattler scale

Beating Granbull should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,385-1,458.

Weak topoison1.6xsteel1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Granbull counters are Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Metagross & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Metagross
S. Dialga

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 %

1Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.371:04
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.371:05
3Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.381:06
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.421:14
5Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.431:16
6Mega LucarioMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.431:16
7Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Acid Spray+0.441:17
8Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.451:18
9Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.471:22
10Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb0.471:23
11Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head0.491:26

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

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Top 15 Granbull 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	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	1:04	0.37	1.4	364.1%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	1:05	0.37	1.1	360.5%
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	1:06	0.38	0.8	355.1%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:14	0.42	1.6	319.3%
5	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:16	0.43	2.3	310.0%
6	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	1:16	0.43	2.6	307.6%
7	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	1:17	0.44	1.5	304.0%
8	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	1:18	0.45	1.5	299.8%
9	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	1:22	0.47	2.4	284.6%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	1:23	0.47	2.2	282.9%
11	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	1:26	0.49	3.1	274.2%
12	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	1:26	0.49	1.5	273.2%
13	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:27	0.50	2.0	268.9%
14	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	3,244	1:30	0.51	3.3	260.3%
15	Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:30	0.52	2.4	259.3%

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 Granbull.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Granbull'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%	222%	328.5%	1:11	1.7	0.41
Bite / Close Combat	100%	215%	322.4%	1:13	1.9	0.41
Charm / Crunch	100%	243%	322.9%	1:13	1.6	0.41
Snarl / Close Combat	100%	210%	324.7%	1:12	1.9	0.41
Bite / Crunch	100%	264%	326.2%	1:12	1.4	0.41
Snarl / Play Rough	100%	223%	326.4%	1:12	1.6	0.41
Charm / Close Combat	100%	210%	327.1%	1:12	1.9	0.41
Bite / Play Rough	100%	228%	327.8%	1:12	1.6	0.41
Charm / Play Rough	100%	224%	329.2%	1:11	1.6	0.41
Snarl / Crunch	100%	265%	329.5%	1:11	1.4	0.41

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…

Granbull 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.

poison1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

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

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Granbull throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyCharmSTAB	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose Combat	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fairyPlay RoughSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	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	1,385	1,732
11/11/11	1,400	1,750
12/12/12	1,414	1,768
13/13/13	1,429	1,786
14/14/14	1,443	1,804
15/15/15hundo	1,458	1,823

Caught CP range 1,385 - 1,458, or 1,732 - 1,823 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.

Granbull 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 165 / Defense 106 (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

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	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) top pickpsychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	96%	364.1%	0.37	1:04	1.3	100%	4,099	56.4	1560
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	98%	360.5%	0.37	1:05	1.0	100%	4,172	57.3	2143
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	355.1%	0.38	1:06	0.7	100%	4,979	58.8	2356
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	84%	319.3%	0.42	1:14	1.5	100%	6,428	49.7	1447
5	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	77%	310.0%	0.43	1:16	2.1	100%	3,791	48.5	1127
6	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	75%	307.6%	0.43	1:16	2.4	100%	3,826	48.2	1149
7	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	80%	304.0%	0.44	1:17	1.4	100%	3,505	49.8	1565
8	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	299.8%	0.45	1:18	1.3	100%	4,911	47.6	1567
9	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	71%	284.6%	0.47	1:22	2.2	100%	3,383	44.3	1114
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	71%	282.9%	0.47	1:23	2.0	100%	4,336	44.9	1292
11	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	65%	274.2%	0.49	1:26	2.8	100%	4,038	42.5	961
12	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	71%	273.2%	0.49	1:26	1.4	100%	4,429	42.5	1556
13	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	68%	268.9%	0.50	1:27	1.8	100%	3,741	42.3	1243
14	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	62%	260.3%	0.51	1:30	3.0	100%	3,244	40.4	884
15	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	64%	259.3%	0.52	1:30	2.1	100%	3,791	40.5	1112
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	64%	256.5%	0.52	1:31	2.0	100%	6,112	39.9	1278
17	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	61%	255.2%	0.52	1:32	2.7	100%	2,946	39.9	1032
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	63%	254.3%	0.53	1:32	2.1	100%	5,713	40.0	1266
19	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	60%	247.6%	0.54	1:35	2.7	100%	4,346	39.0	980
20	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	58%	247.4%	0.54	1:35	2.9	100%	3,173	38.5	910
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	62%	246.4%	0.54	1:35	2.0	100%	4,783	38.2	1206
22	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	56%	246.2%	0.54	1:35	3.7	100%	2,878	39.2	806
23	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	63%	242.4%	0.55	1:37	1.6	100%	3,949	37.5	1348
24	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	57%	239.4%	0.56	1:38	2.8	100%	4,099	37.9	1072
25	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Ice Burn	Steel Wing / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	56%	236.8%	0.56	1:39	3.1	100%	4,605	36.9	911
26	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	55%	236.7%	0.56	1:39	3.5	100%	2,488	37.7	851
27	Dialga steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	56%	233.6%	0.57	1:40	2.7	100%	4,038	36.2	968
28	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	60%	231.3%	0.58	1:41	1.5	100%	2,250	37.3	1453
29	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	53%	229.7%	0.58	1:42	3.8	100%	3,780	36.7	744
30	Roserade grasspoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+29 more movesets	55%	227.8%	0.59	1:43	2.7	100%	2,971	35.2	917

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