Herdier counters

#0507

normalTier 1

Lobby CP

4,653

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Herdier should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 848-904.

Weak tofighting1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Herdier counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Lucario, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Conkeldurr, Shadow Gallade & Kartana.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Lucario
S. Blaziken
S. Conkeldurr
S. Gallade
Kartana

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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.060:10
3Mega LucarioMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.060:10
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.060:10
5LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:11
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
7Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.060:11
8Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch0.060:11
9Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Upper Hand0.060:11
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.060:12
11Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.070:12
12KartanaLegendarypartyFury Cutter / Sacred Sword0.070:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Herdier

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Top 15 Herdier 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
2	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3948.4%
7	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:11	0.06	3927.7%
8	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	0:11	0.06	3913.6%
9	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingUpper Hand	4,814	0:11	0.06	3892.7%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:12	0.06	3764.9%
11	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	0:12	0.07	3735.9%
12	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CutterfightingSacred Sword	3,677	0:12	0.07	3648.3%
13	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3632.5%
14	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	0:12	0.07	3618.0%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	0:12	0.07	3567.7%

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 Herdier.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Herdier'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%	924%	4039.9%	0:11	0.06
Sand Attack / Dig	100%	1145%	3973.4%	0:11	0.06
Lick / Dig	100%	1064%	3988.5%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Thunderbolt	100%	1112%	4011.5%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Dig	100%	1084%	4021.7%	0:11	0.06
Sand Attack / Thunderbolt	100%	958%	4021.7%	0:11	0.06
Take Down / Play Rough	100%	1085%	4042.5%	0:11	0.06
Lick / Thunderbolt	100%	932%	4047.7%	0:11	0.06
Sand Attack / Play Rough	100%	930%	4050.3%	0:11	0.06
Lick / Play Rough	100%	910%	4060.8%	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…

Herdier 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.

fighting1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ghost0.39x

Weak (1)
Neutral (16)
Resists (1)

It resists ghost0.39x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Herdier throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostLick	5	+6	0.5s	0.20s
normalTake DownSTAB	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricThunderbolt	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
fairyPlay Rough	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
groundDig	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	848	1,060
11/11/11	859	1,074
12/12/12	870	1,088
13/13/13	881	1,102
14/14/14	893	1,116
15/15/15hundo	904	1,130

Caught CP range 848 - 904, or 1,060 - 1,130 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.

Herdier 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 95 / Defense 84 (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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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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	97.4	779
2	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,161	63.8	638
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,826	60.5	605
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	6,428	57.6	605
5	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,703	55.9	615
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	63%	3948.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,670	77.5	854
7	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	55%	3927.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,848	56.1	624
8	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	58%	3913.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,337	58.2	648
9	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	61%	3892.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,814	54.6	611
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	58%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,521	59.6	690
11	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	53%	3735.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,093	56.2	654
12	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	55%	3648.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,677	51.9	619
13	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	57%	3632.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	53.1	637
14	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	56%	3618.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	53.0	637
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	53%	3567.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,698	50.1	612
16	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	49%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,056	52.9	661
17	Mega Lopunny normalfightingmega Double Kick / Focus Blast	Double Kick / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	51%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,745	49.4	618
18	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Close Combat	Low Kick / Close Combat+7 more movesets	46%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,842	49.1	614
19	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+9 more movesets	49%	3465.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,982	50.4	633
20	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	51%	3432.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,548	54.6	692
21	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	47%	3411.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,985	53.2	679
22	Shadow Sawk fightingshadow Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	47%	3408.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,788	49.6	633
23	Shadow Annihilape fightingghostshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+11 more movesets	49%	3358.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,268	48.0	623
24	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	49%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,698	52.0	675
25	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Aura Sphere	Volt Switch / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	50%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,452	46.2	600
26	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Future Sight	Counter / Future Sight+17 more movesets	49%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,510	49.8	647
27	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	52%	3322.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,429	48.4	634
28	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	51%	3292.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,979	47.2	625
29	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	46%	3285.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,829	48.5	645
30	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Breaking Swipe	Counter / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	46%	3258.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,593	48.4	647

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.