Kingdra counters

#0230

water dragonTier 3

Lobby CP

18,128

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

152

Defense

152

Difficulty

0.55

Pokebattler scale

Beating Kingdra should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,437-1,509.

Weak todragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Kingdra counters are Mega Rayquaza, Eternatus, Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Palkia, Shadow Garchomp & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
S. Haxorus
S. Palkia
S. Garchomp
S. Dialga

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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.501:28
2EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.511:29
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+0.541:34
4Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.561:38
5Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.571:40
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.601:46
7Shadow PalkiaShadowLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Draco Meteor0.611:47
8Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.611:47
9Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyDragon Breath / Draco Meteor0.641:52
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.651:53

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

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Raid tier — Group Raid

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Related countersShadow Kingdra

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Top 15 Kingdra 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 Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	1:28	0.50	2.1	265.6%
2	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	1:29	0.51	1.8	262.3%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	1:34	0.54	1.9	249.6%
4	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	1:38	0.56	2.7	239.3%
5	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	1:40	0.57	3.8	233.5%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:46	0.60	2.1	222.2%
7	Shadow Palkiawaterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,991	1:47	0.61	2.7	218.5%
8	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	1:47	0.61	3.9	218.4%
9	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor	4,038	1:52	0.64	2.4	209.0%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:53	0.65	2.4	207.0%
11	Palkia (Origin)waterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonSpacial Rend	4,142	1:54	0.65	2.3	205.4%
12	Baxcaliburdragonice	dragonDragon BreathdragonGlaive Rush	3,550	1:54	0.65	2.9	205.3%
13	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor	4,038	1:55	0.66	3.8	204.0%
14	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	5,031	1:57	0.66	2.6	201.1%
15	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,749	1:58	0.67	3.7	199.1%

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 Kingdra.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Kingdra'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%	145%	233.3%	1:41	2.7	0.57
Dragon Breath / Blizzard	100%	101%	219.3%	1:47	4.5	0.61
Waterfall / Blizzard	100%	112%	223.5%	1:45	4.1	0.60
Dragon Breath / Outrage	100%	101%	228.5%	1:43	4.5	0.58
Waterfall / Outrage	100%	107%	229.6%	1:42	4.2	0.58
Waterfall / Hydro Pump	100%	162%	233.9%	1:40	2.5	0.57
Dragon Breath / Hydro Pump	100%	152%	235.0%	1:40	2.7	0.57
Waterfall / Surf	100%	188%	236.0%	1:39	1.8	0.57
Waterfall / Octazooka	100%	215%	236.7%	1:39	1.5	0.56
Waterfall / Swift	100%	187%	237.1%	1:39	1.7	0.56
Dragon Breath / Swift	100%	178%	237.3%	1:39	1.9	0.56
Dragon Breath / Octazooka	100%	203%	237.7%	1:39	1.5	0.56
Dragon Breath / Surf	100%	176%	237.8%	1:39	2.0	0.56

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…

Kingdra 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.

dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dark1x steel0.63x fire0.39x water0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (13)
Resists (3)

It resists fire0.39xwater0.39xsteel0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kingdra throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
waterOctazookaSTAB	55	-50	2.5s	1.50s
normalSwift	65	-50	3.0s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,437	1,796
11/11/11	1,451	1,814
12/12/12	1,465	1,832
13/13/13	1,480	1,850
14/14/14	1,495	1,868
15/15/15hundo	1,509	1,887

Caught CP range 1,437 - 1,509, or 1,796 - 1,887 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.

Kingdra 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 152 / Defense 152 (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 Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	98%	265.6%	0.50	1:28	1.9	100%	5,713	41.0	1357
2	Eternatus top pickpoisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	100%	262.3%	0.51	1:29	1.6	100%	4,429	41.9	1536
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	94%	249.6%	0.54	1:34	1.7	100%	4,823	40.2	1513
4	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	86%	239.3%	0.56	1:38	2.5	100%	5,424	37.0	1086
5	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	79%	233.5%	0.57	1:40	3.5	100%	3,593	36.8	829
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	83%	222.2%	0.60	1:46	1.9	100%	6,428	34.3	1220
7	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	79%	218.5%	0.61	1:47	2.5	100%	3,991	34.6	1202
8	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	73%	218.4%	0.61	1:47	4.1	100%	3,962	34.4	785
9	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	76%	209.0%	0.64	1:52	2.2	100%	4,038	32.6	1157
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	207.0%	0.65	1:53	2.2	100%	6,112	32.1	1108
11	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	75%	205.4%	0.65	1:54	2.2	100%	4,142	32.2	1307
12	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	73%	205.3%	0.65	1:54	2.7	100%	3,550	32.1	1013
13	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	70%	204.0%	0.66	1:55	3.5	100%	4,038	32.2	800
14	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	73%	201.1%	0.66	1:57	2.3	100%	5,031	31.6	1235
15	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	66%	199.1%	0.67	1:58	4.3	98%	3,749	32.8	830
16	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	71%	198.9%	0.67	1:58	2.6	100%	4,605	31.3	1099
17	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	70%	198.7%	0.67	1:58	2.7	100%	4,512	30.8	974
18	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	74%	198.3%	0.67	1:58	1.9	100%	4,090	30.7	1300
19	Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	67%	195.4%	0.68	2:00	3.4	100%	3,593	30.5	831
20	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	68%	194.4%	0.69	2:01	2.9	100%	5,007	30.4	1029
21	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	66%	192.7%	0.69	2:02	3.4	100%	3,812	30.0	843
22	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+23 more movesets	64%	190.8%	0.70	2:03	4.1	100%	3,792	30.6	846
23	Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	63%	186.7%	0.72	2:06	3.5	100%	3,962	29.2	812
24	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	62%	186.7%	0.72	2:06	4.4	100%	3,835	29.7	814
25	Dragapult dragonghost Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+7 more movesets	64%	186.5%	0.72	2:06	3.2	100%	3,532	29.0	961
26	Palkia waterdragon Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	67%	186.1%	0.72	2:06	2.5	100%	3,991	29.2	1240
27	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe	Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	62%	186.0%	0.72	2:06	4.1	100%	4,056	29.6	963
28	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Outrage	Dragon Breath / Outrage+14 more movesets	66%	183.0%	0.73	2:08	2.3	100%	4,801	28.3	1149
29	Regidrago dragon Dragon Breath / Dragon Energy	Dragon Breath / Dragon Energy+11 more movesets	63%	181.4%	0.74	2:09	3.1	100%	2,973	28.7	968
30	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Dragon Pulse	Dragon Breath / Dragon Pulse+17 more movesets	62%	177.6%	0.75	2:12	2.9	100%	4,605	27.8	994

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