Grotle counters

#0388

grassTier 1

Lobby CP

5,295

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

102

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Grotle should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,018-1,080.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

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 Grotle counters are Mega Rayquaza, Kyurem (White), Blacephalon, Shadow Heatran, Shadow Staraptor & Eternatus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Kyurem (White)
Blacephalon
S. Heatran
S. Staraptor
Eternatus

10 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 Ascent0.050:09
2Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:10
3Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.060:10
4Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:11
5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.060:11
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:11
7Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:11
8BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.060:11
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.060:12
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
12Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.070:12
14Shadow StaraptorShadowpartyGust / Brave Bird0.070:12
16EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Dynamax Cannon0.070:12

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 Grotle

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Top 15 Grotle 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	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:10	0.05	4569.2%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:10	0.06	4359.0%
4	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,783	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
5	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
8	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.06	3790.4%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	3725.6%
11	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:12	0.07	3663.0%
12	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
13	Mega Pidgeotnormalflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird	3,680	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
14	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird	2,825	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
15	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	fireFire FangdarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:12	0.07	3626.5%

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 Grotle.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Grotle'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%	1054%	3809.5%	0:11	0.06
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	1151%	3786.5%	0:12	0.06
Bite / Energy Ball	100%	1057%	3791.1%	0:11	0.06
Bite / Solar Beam	100%	1204%	3791.1%	0:11	0.06
Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	100%	1213%	3791.1%	0:11	0.06
Razor Leaf / Body Slam	100%	997%	3828.1%	0:11	0.06
Bite / Body Slam	100%	953%	3837.4%	0:11	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…

Grotle 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 poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Grotle 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
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,018	1,273
11/11/11	1,030	1,288
12/12/12	1,043	1,304
13/13/13	1,055	1,319
14/14/14	1,067	1,334
15/15/15hundo	1,080	1,350

Caught CP range 1,018 - 1,080, or 1,273 - 1,350 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.

Grotle 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 102 / Defense 94 (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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	70.5	670
2	Mega Beedrill top pickbugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	90%	4569.2%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	69.5	663
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	90%	4359.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,979	68.2	682
4	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	71%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,783	55.1	634
5	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	76%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,605	55.0	632
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	74%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,455	52.4	603
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	70%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,161	53.9	620
8	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	67%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,297	52.2	600
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	74%	3790.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	6,112	55.9	643
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	72%	3725.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	6,428	59.1	691
11	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	75%	3663.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,505	61.4	730
12	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	71%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,754	52.0	624
13	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	66%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,680	50.8	609
14	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+15 more movesets	63%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,825	51.5	618
15	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	67%	3626.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,842	54.3	652
16	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	72%	3561.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,429	53.1	650
17	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	57%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,105	49.7	621
18	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	59%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,117	48.9	611
19	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	62%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,215	54.2	677
20	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	66%	3471.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	62.4	783
21	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	64%	3406.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,465	54.0	691
22	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	65%	3390.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	51.6	664
23	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Bullet Seed / Beak Blast	Bullet Seed / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	59%	3369.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,689	47.9	620
24	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb	Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	61%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,336	48.2	626
25	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Brave Bird	Fire Spin / Brave Bird+20 more movesets	56%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,848	47.6	619
26	Cinderace fire Fire Spin / Pyroball	Fire Spin / Pyroball+14 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,018	46.4	603
27	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	57%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,711	48.1	626
28	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	3330.5%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,605	47.9	627
29	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	3273.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,548	47.5	632
30	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	53%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	2,878	45.0	607

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.