Hoopa (Unbound) counters

#0720

psychic darkTier 5

Lobby CP

57,305

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

257

Defense

162

Difficulty

1.39

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hoopa (Unbound) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,197-2,289.

Weak tobug2.56xfairy1.6x

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 Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

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 Hoopa (Unbound) counters are Mega Heracross, Shadow Vikavolt, Shadow Pinsir, Shadow Scizor, Shadow Scyther & Volcarona.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Heracross
S. Vikavolt
S. Pinsir
S. Scizor
S. Scyther
Volcarona

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 %

1Mega HeracrossMegapartyFury Cutter / Megahorn1.275:50
2Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+1.295:55
3Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor1.396:23
4Mega PinsirMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.426:31
5Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.506:53
6Shadow PinsirShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.506:55
7Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.516:57
8Shadow ScytherShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.627:28
9VolcaronapartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz1.637:31
10KartanaLegendaryFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.647:32

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Hoopa (Unbound)Hoopa

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Top 15 Hoopa (Unbound) 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Heracrossbugfightingjoint top pick	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	5:50	1.27	6.0	86.8%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	5:55	1.29	6.0	85.7%
3	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	6:23	1.39	6.0	79.4%
4	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	6:31	1.42	6.0	77.8%
5	Mega Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,087	6:53	1.50	6.0	73.6%
6	Shadow Pinsirbug	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,959	6:55	1.50	6.0	73.2%
7	Shadow Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,001	6:57	1.51	6.0	72.9%
8	Shadow Scytherbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,706	7:28	1.62	6.0	67.8%
9	Volcaronabugfire	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	3,632	7:31	1.63	6.0	67.4%
10	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,677	7:32	1.64	6.0	67.3%
11	Shadow Escavalierbugsteel	bugBug BitebugMegahorn	2,889	7:34	1.64	6.0	67.0%
12	Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	7:43	1.68	6.0	65.6%
13	Genesectbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	7:52	1.71	6.0	64.5%
14	Genesect (Burn)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	7:52	1.71	6.0	64.5%
15	Genesect (Chill)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	7:52	1.71	6.0	64.5%

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 Hoopa (Unbound).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hoopa (Unbound)'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	61%	73.8%	6:52	6.0	1.49
Confusion / Psychic	100%	54%	72.4%	7:00	6.0	1.52
Confusion / Shadow Ball	100%	57%	73.3%	6:55	6.0	1.50
Astonish / Psychic	100%	60%	73.5%	6:54	6.0	1.50
Confusion / Dark Pulse	100%	63%	73.9%	6:51	6.0	1.49
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	69%	75.2%	6:44	6.0	1.46
Astonish / Dark Pulse	100%	76%	75.4%	6:43	6.0	1.46

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 2 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…

Hoopa (Unbound) 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.

bug2.56x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x psychic0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (1)
Neutral (15)
Double resists (1)

It resists psychic0.24x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hoopa (Unbound) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,197	2,746
11/11/11	2,215	2,769
12/12/12	2,233	2,792
13/13/13	2,252	2,815
14/14/14	2,270	2,838
15/15/15hundo	2,289	2,862

Caught CP range 2,197 - 2,289, or 2,746 - 2,862 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.

Hoopa (Unbound) 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 257 / Defense 162 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Heracross top pickbugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	100%	86.8%	1.27	5:50	16.9	100%	4,814	45.9	910
2	Mega Beedrill top pickbugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	94%	85.7%	1.29	5:55	29.3	98%	3,383	50.0	613
3	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	88%	79.4%	1.39	6:23	24.5	100%	3,117	42.6	577
4	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	88%	77.8%	1.42	6:31	20.1	100%	4,182	41.2	694
5	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	85%	73.6%	1.50	6:53	16.0	100%	4,087	38.1	865
6	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	80%	73.2%	1.50	6:55	26.6	100%	2,959	39.5	531
7	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	81%	72.9%	1.51	6:57	23.2	100%	3,001	38.8	602
8	Shadow Scyther bugflyingshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	74%	67.8%	1.62	7:28	29.1	100%	2,706	36.5	486
9	Volcarona bugfire Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	75%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	23.2	100%	3,632	35.7	608
10	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	74%	67.3%	1.64	7:32	25.2	100%	3,677	35.8	556
11	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	74%	67.0%	1.64	7:34	24.7	100%	2,889	35.6	569
12	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	72%	65.6%	1.68	7:43	27.1	100%	3,117	35.1	520
13	Genesect bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	72%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	22.9	100%	3,353	34.0	623
14	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	72%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	22.9	100%	3,353	34.0	623
15	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	72%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	22.9	100%	3,353	34.0	623
16	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	72%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	22.9	100%	3,353	34.0	623
17	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	72%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	22.9	100%	3,353	34.0	623
18	Kleavor bugrock Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+11 more movesets	70%	64.1%	1.72	7:55	27.7	100%	3,146	34.2	506
19	Scizor bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	68%	61.6%	1.79	8:14	25.0	100%	3,001	32.5	572
20	Pinsir bug Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	66%	60.6%	1.82	8:22	29.2	100%	2,959	32.4	481
21	Shadow Crustle bugrockshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	65%	59.7%	1.84	8:29	30.2	100%	2,542	31.9	465
22	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	67%	59.4%	1.85	8:32	20.0	100%	2,802	30.8	695
23	Heracross bugfighting Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	64%	59.0%	1.87	8:35	30.9	98%	3,101	31.8	511
24	Yanmega bugflying Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+5 more movesets	64%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	29.4	100%	2,946	31.3	480
25	Golisopod bugwater Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+19 more movesets	63%	57.2%	1.92	8:51	25.6	100%	3,162	30.1	555
26	Frosmoth icebug Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	61%	57.1%	1.93	8:52	32.1	100%	2,728	30.7	444
27	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	58%	56.6%	1.95	8:57	53.5	74%	2,842	33.1	309
28	Escavalier bugsteel Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	62%	56.5%	1.95	8:58	26.9	100%	2,889	29.9	535
29	Scyther bugflying Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	60%	56.0%	1.97	9:03	32.3	100%	2,706	30.0	436
30	Centiskorch firebug Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	60%	55.7%	1.98	9:06	29.6	100%	2,990	29.6	476

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.

Reused the ranking already computed for these exact settings (seed 1, 50 runs each). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.