Hippowdon counters

#0450

groundTier 3

Lobby CP

18,601

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

157

Defense

150

Difficulty

0.57

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hippowdon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,684-1,763.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

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 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 Hippowdon counters are Mega Greninja, Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre, Kyurem (Black), Kartana & Shadow Greninja.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
Kyurem (Black)
Kartana
S. Greninja

7 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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.521:31
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.541:35
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.581:41
4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.591:43
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.591:44
6Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.591:44
7Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.601:46
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.631:51
9Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.641:52
10Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.651:55
11Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.661:56
12KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.692:00
13Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.692:01

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

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Top 15 Hippowdon 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:31	0.52	2.7	258.1%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:35	0.54	2.5	247.2%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:41	0.58	1.8	232.0%
4	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:43	0.59	2.8	227.3%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:44	0.59	2.2	226.4%
6	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:44	0.59	1.2	225.9%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:46	0.60	2.8	221.5%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:51	0.63	2.1	211.8%
9	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	1:52	0.64	3.2	210.2%
10	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	1:55	0.65	2.2	204.7%
11	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:56	0.66	3.0	202.7%
12	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	2:00	0.69	4.2	195.1%
13	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	2:01	0.69	4.9	193.4%
14	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	2:01	0.69	2.8	193.4%
15	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	2:02	0.69	2.1	192.6%

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 Hippowdon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hippowdon'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	118%	211.6%	1:51	3.6	0.63
Bite / Earth Power	100%	106%	206.1%	1:54	4.2	0.65
Sand Attack / Earth Power	100%	108%	206.2%	1:54	4.1	0.65
Fire Fang / Earthquake	100%	102%	206.8%	1:53	4.4	0.65
Fire Fang / Earth Power	100%	108%	207.0%	1:53	4.1	0.65
Fire Fang / Scorching Sands	100%	108%	207.4%	1:53	4.1	0.64
Thunder Fang / Earth Power	100%	110%	207.8%	1:53	4.1	0.64
Bite / Scorching Sands	100%	108%	208.1%	1:53	4.1	0.64
Thunder Fang / Earthquake	100%	109%	208.4%	1:53	4.1	0.64
Thunder Fang / Scorching Sands	100%	110%	208.7%	1:52	4.0	0.64
Ice Fang / Earth Power	100%	115%	209.0%	1:52	3.8	0.64
Ice Fang / Earthquake	100%	109%	209.4%	1:52	4.1	0.64
Ice Fang / Scorching Sands	100%	116%	210.1%	1:52	3.8	0.64
Sand Attack / Earthquake	100%	112%	210.2%	1:52	3.9	0.64
Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	100%	109%	210.6%	1:51	4.0	0.63
Bite / Earthquake	100%	112%	210.8%	1:51	3.9	0.63
Fire Fang / Stone Edge	100%	117%	212.8%	1:50	3.8	0.63
Bite / Stone Edge	100%	127%	213.3%	1:50	3.3	0.63
Ice Fang / Stone Edge	100%	129%	213.8%	1:50	3.2	0.63
Sand Attack / Stone Edge	100%	128%	214.2%	1:50	3.2	0.62
Thunder Fang / Stone Edge	100%	124%	215.3%	1:49	3.3	0.62
Bite / Weather Ball (Rock)	100%	133%	215.9%	1:49	3.0	0.62
Sand Attack / Body Slam	100%	163%	216.0%	1:49	2.2	0.62
Fire Fang / Body Slam	100%	153%	216.3%	1:48	2.5	0.62
Sand Attack / Weather Ball (Rock)	100%	133%	216.7%	1:48	3.0	0.62
Fire Fang / Weather Ball (Rock)	100%	127%	216.9%	1:48	3.3	0.62
Bite / Body Slam	100%	161%	216.9%	1:48	2.2	0.62
Ice Fang / Weather Ball (Rock)	100%	136%	216.9%	1:48	3.0	0.62
Thunder Fang / Body Slam	100%	157%	217.6%	1:48	2.3	0.61
Thunder Fang / Weather Ball (Rock)	100%	131%	217.8%	1:48	3.1	0.61
Ice Fang / Body Slam	100%	163%	218.0%	1:48	2.1	0.61

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…

Hippowdon 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.

water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hippowdon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire Fang	13	+9	1.0s	0.74s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
electricThunder Fang	10	+13	1.0s	0.20s
groundSand AttackSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s
iceIce Fang	12	+20	1.5s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
rockWeather Ball (Rock)	55	-33	1.5s	1.25s
groundScorching SandsSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
groundEarth PowerSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
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	1,684	2,105
11/11/11	1,700	2,125
12/12/12	1,715	2,145
13/13/13	1,731	2,164
14/14/14	1,747	2,184
15/15/15hundo	1,763	2,204

Caught CP range 1,684 - 1,763, or 2,105 - 2,204 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.

Hippowdon 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 157 / Defense 150 (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	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	258.1%	0.52	1:31	2.5	100%	3,784	41.2	1051
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	97%	247.2%	0.54	1:35	2.3	100%	3,701	38.6	1097
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	95%	232.0%	0.58	1:41	1.6	100%	5,902	36.2	1380
4	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	88%	227.3%	0.59	1:43	2.5	100%	4,605	35.5	1007
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	91%	226.4%	0.59	1:44	2.0	100%	6,428	35.1	1208
6	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	97%	225.9%	0.59	1:44	1.1	100%	4,093	35.4	1728
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	85%	221.5%	0.60	1:46	2.5	100%	4,056	34.5	996
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	85%	211.8%	0.63	1:51	1.9	100%	6,112	32.9	1297
9	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	79%	210.2%	0.64	1:52	2.9	100%	4,115	32.8	922
10	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	82%	204.7%	0.65	1:55	2.0	100%	4,401	31.9	1270
11	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	77%	202.7%	0.66	1:56	2.7	100%	4,605	31.6	940
12	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	70%	195.1%	0.69	2:00	4.1	100%	3,677	30.8	749
13	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	193.4%	0.69	2:01	4.8	100%	2,654	30.7	614
14	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	74%	193.4%	0.69	2:01	2.5	100%	3,941	30.1	1013
15	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	192.6%	0.69	2:02	1.9	100%	5,713	30.1	1297
16	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	67%	192.3%	0.70	2:02	4.9	100%	2,829	30.7	610
17	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	188.2%	0.71	2:05	4.0	100%	2,757	29.7	690
18	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	67%	185.5%	0.72	2:07	3.8	100%	3,328	29.2	734
19	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	69%	184.6%	0.72	2:07	2.9	100%	3,030	28.6	884
20	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	63%	184.4%	0.73	2:07	5.7	100%	3,105	30.2	553
21	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	66%	184.1%	0.73	2:07	4.0	100%	2,826	28.8	692
22	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	70%	184.0%	0.73	2:08	2.6	100%	2,954	28.6	968
23	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	68%	183.0%	0.73	2:08	3.3	100%	2,974	28.3	849
24	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	70%	181.7%	0.74	2:09	2.6	100%	3,592	28.3	1160
25	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	69%	181.5%	0.74	2:09	2.8	100%	3,698	28.1	942
26	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	67%	180.7%	0.74	2:10	3.3	100%	4,346	28.3	825
27	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	70%	180.2%	0.74	2:10	2.4	100%	4,717	28.1	1067
28	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	64%	179.2%	0.75	2:11	4.1	100%	2,720	28.1	685
29	Kyogre water Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	68%	177.8%	0.75	2:12	2.7	100%	4,115	27.6	972
30	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	64%	177.8%	0.75	2:12	3.9	100%	2,857	27.8	713

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