Hisuian Growlithe counters

#0058

fire rockTier 1

Lobby CP

3,978

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hisuian Growlithe should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 703-755.

Weak toground2.56xwater2.56xfighting1.6xrock1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Hisuian Growlithe counters are Shadow Greninja, Mega Greninja, Shadow Kingler, Shadow Swampert, Shadow Hisuian Samurott & Shadow Samurott.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Greninja
M. Greninja
S. Kingler
S. Swampert
S. Hisuian Samurott
S. Samurott

3 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 %

1Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
2Mega GreninjaMegapartyBubble / Surf0.030:06
3Shadow KinglerShadowpartyMud Shot / Crabhammer0.030:06
4Shadow SwampertShadowpartyMud Shot / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
5Mega SwampertMegaMud Shot / Hydro Cannon0.040:06
6Mega BlastoiseMegaRollout / Hydro Cannon0.040:06
7Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Surf0.040:06
8Shadow Hisuian SamurottShadowpartyWaterfall / Razor Shell0.040:06
9Shadow SamurottShadowpartyWaterfall / Razor Shell0.040:06
10Shadow CrawdauntShadowWaterfall / Razor Shell0.040:06

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 Hisuian Growlithe Growlithe

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Top 15 Hisuian Growlithe 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterSurf	3,784	0:06	0.03	7101.7%
3	Shadow Kinglerwater	groundMud ShotwaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:06	0.03	6954.4%
4	Shadow Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	0:06	0.03	6954.4%
5	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:06	0.04	6899.3%
6	Mega Blastoisewater	rockRolloutwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
7	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterSurf	3,701	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
8	Shadow Hisuian Samurottwaterdark	waterWaterfallwaterRazor Shell	2,802	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
9	Shadow Samurottwater	waterWaterfallwaterRazor Shell	2,826	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
10	Shadow Crawdauntwaterdark	waterWaterfallwaterRazor Shell	2,474	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
11	Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:07	0.04	6566.7%
12	Inteleonwater	waterWater GunwaterSnipe Shot	2,964	0:07	0.04	6282.8%
13	Shadow Feraligatrwater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,857	0:07	0.04	6246.8%
14	Quaquavalwaterfighting	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,018	0:07	0.04	6246.8%
15	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterHydro Pump	5,902	0:07	0.04	6228.9%

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 Hisuian Growlithe.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hisuian Growlithe'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1635%	6961.2%	0:06	0.03
Ember / Rock Slide	100%	1420%	6884.8%	0:06	0.04
Ember / Crunch	100%	1640%	6884.8%	0:06	0.04
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	1653%	6884.8%	0:06	0.04
Bite / Crunch	100%	1700%	7007.8%	0:06	0.03
Bite / Rock Slide	100%	1613%	7070.9%	0:06	0.03
Bite / Flamethrower	100%	1789%	7070.9%	0:06	0.03

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…

Hisuian Growlithe 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.

ground2.56x water2.56x fighting1.6x rock1.6x ghost1x steel1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (2)
Neutral (7)
Resists (7)

It resists fire0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hisuian Growlithe throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
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	703	879
11/11/11	713	892
12/12/12	724	905
13/13/13	734	918
14/14/14	745	931
15/15/15hundo	755	944

Caught CP range 703 - 755, or 879 - 944 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.

Hisuian Growlithe 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 93 / Defense 63 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	91%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,654	114.2	685
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf	Bubble / Surf+17 more movesets	93%	7101.7%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,784	105.5	646
3	Shadow Kingler watershadow Mud Shot / Crabhammer	Mud Shot / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	87%	6954.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,829	106.2	665
4	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	93%	6954.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,974	101.8	637
5	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	99%	6899.3%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,401	112.3	709
6	Mega Blastoise watermega Rollout / Hydro Cannon	Rollout / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	100%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,941	92.8	603
7	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Surf	Water Gun / Surf+44 more movesets	84%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,701	94.8	616
8	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	85%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,802	99.0	643
9	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	83%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,826	96.2	625
10	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	81%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,474	100.8	655
11	Kingler water Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	82%	6566.7%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,829	96.6	639
12	Inteleon water Water Gun / Snipe Shot	Water Gun / Snipe Shot+9 more movesets	78%	6282.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,964	102.8	713
13	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	80%	6246.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,857	101.9	711
14	Quaquaval waterfighting Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	83%	6246.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,018	95.7	668
15	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+5 more movesets	86%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	5,902	91.0	637
16	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Aqua Tail	Waterfall / Aqua Tail+23 more movesets	88%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,717	96.0	672
17	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Aqua Tail	Waterfall / Aqua Tail+23 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,391	94.7	663
18	Shadow Hippowdon groundshadow Sand Attack / Earth Power	Sand Attack / Earth Power+29 more movesets	80%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,085	90.5	633
19	Shadow Flygon grounddragonshadow Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	Sand Attack / Scorching Sands+23 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,661	88.6	620
20	Swampert waterground Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	83%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,974	86.0	602
21	Shadow Blastoise watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,466	86.0	602
22	Clawitzer water Water Gun / Crabhammer	Water Gun / Crabhammer+7 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,763	87.3	611
23	Greninja waterdark Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,654	91.0	637
24	Excadrill groundsteel Mud Shot / Drill Run	Mud Shot / Drill Run+14 more movesets	75%	6184.7%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,244	86.0	606
25	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud Shot / Drill Run	Mud Shot / Drill Run+14 more movesets	74%	6141.2%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,244	102.6	728
26	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Surf	Mud-Slap / Surf+15 more movesets	79%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,733	98.2	736
27	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Surf	Mud-Slap / Surf+9 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,179	91.1	683
28	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Surf	Counter / Surf+9 more movesets	70%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,593	83.1	623
29	Landorus (Incarnate) groundflying Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	74%	5775.0%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,588	92.1	695
30	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	70%	5767.4%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,826	88.8	670

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.