Honchkrow counters

#0430

dark flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

16,815

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

188

Defense

Difficulty

0.35

Pokebattler scale

Beating Honchkrow should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,471-1,549.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Honchkrow counters are Mega Raichu Y, Kyurem (White), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Rampardos, Kyurem (Black) & Shadow Raikou.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kyurem (White)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Rampardos
Kyurem (Black)
S. Raikou

2 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 Raichu YMegapartyVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.310:54
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.310:55
3Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.340:59
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.351:01
5Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.371:05
6Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.371:06
7Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.381:07
8Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.391:08
9XurkitreeLegendaryThunder Shock / Discharge0.391:08
10RegielekiLegendaryLock-On / Thunder Cage0.391:09

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

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Top 15 Honchkrow 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:54	0.31	2.3	432.8%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:55	0.31	1.6	426.0%
3	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:59	0.34	1.8	395.2%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:01	0.35	2.6	385.2%
5	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:05	0.37	3.4	362.2%
6	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:06	0.37	2.0	357.7%
7	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	1:07	0.38	2.1	349.5%
8	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	1:08	0.39	2.2	344.2%
9	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	1:08	0.39	2.7	343.0%
10	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:09	0.39	2.7	342.2%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	6,112	1:09	0.39	2.5	341.9%
12	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	1:09	0.39	3.3	340.6%
13	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	1:09	0.40	2.6	337.8%
14	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	1:10	0.40	2.1	337.2%
15	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:10	0.40	2.4	333.7%

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 Honchkrow.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Honchkrow'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%	183%	380.9%	1:02	2.2	0.35
Snarl / Brave Bird	100%	161%	370.6%	1:03	2.7	0.36
Peck / Brave Bird	100%	169%	372.9%	1:03	2.5	0.36
Peck / Psychic	100%	185%	376.7%	1:02	2.3	0.35
Peck / Dark Pulse	100%	185%	376.7%	1:02	2.3	0.35
Snarl / Dark Pulse	100%	180%	377.5%	1:02	2.4	0.35
Snarl / Psychic	100%	180%	377.8%	1:02	2.4	0.35
Snarl / Sky Attack	100%	193%	386.2%	1:01	2.1	0.35
Peck / Sky Attack	100%	204%	389.6%	1:00	1.9	0.34

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…

Honchkrow 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x ghost0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x ground0.39x psychic0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xpsychic0.39xghost0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Honchkrow throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
flyingPeckSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,471	1,839
11/11/11	1,486	1,858
12/12/12	1,502	1,878
13/13/13	1,518	1,897
14/14/14	1,533	1,917
15/15/15hundo	1,549	1,937

Caught CP range 1,471 - 1,549, or 1,839 - 1,937 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.

Honchkrow 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 188 / Defense 86 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	98%	432.8%	0.31	0:54	2.1	100%	3,780	68.3	1177
2	Mega Raichu X top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	426.0%	0.31	0:55	1.5	100%	3,510	67.2	1475
3	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	92%	395.2%	0.34	0:59	1.7	100%	4,605	61.7	1336
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	85%	385.2%	0.35	1:01	2.4	100%	3,659	61.7	1098
5	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	362.2%	0.37	1:05	3.1	100%	3,298	56.7	846
6	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	82%	357.7%	0.37	1:06	1.8	100%	4,605	57.1	1305
7	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	80%	349.5%	0.38	1:07	1.9	100%	4,346	54.6	1223
8	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	78%	344.2%	0.39	1:08	2.0	100%	3,452	54.2	1180
9	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	75%	343.0%	0.39	1:08	2.5	100%	3,937	53.4	1024
10	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	76%	342.2%	0.39	1:09	2.5	100%	2,803	56.4	1078
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	76%	341.9%	0.39	1:09	2.2	100%	6,112	54.0	1173
12	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	73%	340.6%	0.39	1:09	3.0	100%	3,079	53.5	888
13	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	75%	337.8%	0.40	1:09	2.3	100%	3,580	52.4	1045
14	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	77%	337.2%	0.40	1:10	1.9	100%	3,733	53.5	1257
15	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	75%	333.7%	0.40	1:10	2.2	100%	3,659	52.9	1127
16	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	74%	333.1%	0.40	1:10	2.3	100%	4,512	52.9	1161
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	76%	331.8%	0.40	1:11	1.8	100%	6,428	51.9	1334
18	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	74%	331.6%	0.40	1:11	2.3	100%	3,527	52.1	1094
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	74%	326.7%	0.41	1:12	2.0	100%	5,713	51.1	1205
20	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	69%	324.1%	0.41	1:12	3.1	100%	3,328	50.4	853
21	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	71%	324.0%	0.41	1:12	2.5	100%	3,128	51.1	1001
22	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	74%	321.6%	0.42	1:13	1.8	100%	3,205	50.1	1265
23	Tapu Koko electricfairy Volt Switch / Nature's Madness	Volt Switch / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	72%	318.4%	0.42	1:14	2.1	100%	3,168	49.6	1152
24	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	72%	318.1%	0.42	1:14	2.1	100%	3,228	52.6	1194
25	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	80%	315.2%	0.42	1:14	0.7	100%	5,347	50.1	2321
26	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	76%	314.6%	0.42	1:15	1.2	100%	4,979	50.5	1679
27	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	311.1%	0.43	1:15	1.8	100%	4,038	49.1	1277
28	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	62%	306.8%	0.44	1:17	4.2	100%	3,105	49.4	680
29	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	72%	305.0%	0.44	1:17	1.5	100%	3,834	48.0	1470
30	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	62%	302.0%	0.44	1:18	3.8	100%	2,340	47.1	716

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