Kirlia counters

#0281

psychic fairyTier 3

Lobby CP

8,115

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.28

Pokebattler scale

Beating Kirlia should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 508-552.

Weak topoison1.6xghost1.6xsteel1.6x

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 a Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Kirlia counters are Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Mega Gengar & Shadow Metagross.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
M. Gengar
S. Metagross

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.270:48
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Moongeist Beam0.270:48
3Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.270:48
4Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.280:49
5Mega GengarMegapartyLick / Shadow Ball0.290:51
6Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.300:52
7Mega LucarioMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.310:54
8Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Acid Spray+0.310:54
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.310:55
10Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.310:55

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

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Related countersShadow Kirlia

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Top 15 Kirlia 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	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:48	0.27	0.0	491.9%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostjoint top pick	steelMetal ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:48	0.27	0.1	490.2%
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:48	0.27	0.0	486.5%
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:49	0.28	0.0	479.2%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:51	0.29	0.8	459.0%
6	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:52	0.30	0.1	447.6%
7	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	0:54	0.31	0.7	434.3%
8	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:54	0.31	0.7	433.3%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:55	0.31	0.0	429.9%
10	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:55	0.31	0.0	426.7%
11	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:57	0.32	1.5	414.1%
12	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:59	0.33	1.1	399.1%
13	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:59	0.34	1.1	395.3%
14	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	1:00	0.34	1.2	393.0%
15	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:00	0.34	0.2	391.3%

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 Kirlia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Kirlia'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”: 3 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%	497%	475.0%	0:49	0.2	0.28
Confusion / Shadow Sneak	100%	463%	467.7%	0:50	0.4	0.29
Magical Leaf / Shadow Sneak	100%	480%	470.1%	0:50	0.4	0.28
Charge Beam / Shadow Sneak	100%	481%	471.0%	0:50	0.4	0.28
Confusion / Psychic	100%	474%	473.0%	0:50	0.3	0.28
Confusion / Triple Axel	100%	527%	473.1%	0:50	0.2	0.28
Charge Beam / Psychic	100%	485%	473.9%	0:50	0.3	0.28
Confusion / Disarming Voice	100%	520%	474.6%	0:49	0.2	0.28
Magical Leaf / Psychic	100%	480%	474.7%	0:49	0.3	0.28
Magical Leaf / Triple Axel	100%	544%	475.6%	0:49	0.1	0.28
Charge Beam / Triple Axel	100%	554%	476.2%	0:49	0.1	0.28
Confusion / Draining Kiss	100%	504%	476.8%	0:49	0.2	0.28
Charge Beam / Disarming Voice	100%	539%	479.1%	0:49	0.0	0.28
Charge Beam / Draining Kiss	100%	533%	479.6%	0:49	0.0	0.28
Magical Leaf / Draining Kiss	100%	522%	480.0%	0:49	0.0	0.28
Magical Leaf / Disarming Voice	100%	532%	480.1%	0:49	0.0	0.28

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…

Kirlia 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.

poison1.6x ghost1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dark1x fairy1x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x dragon0.39x

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

It resists fighting0.39xdragon0.39xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kirlia 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
grassMagical Leaf	17	+17	1.5s	0.85s
electricCharge Beam	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
iceTriple Axel	60	-33	2.0s	1.50s
fairyDraining KissSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	0.90s
fairyDisarming VoiceSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.30s
ghostShadow Sneak	50	-33	3.0s	2.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	508	635
11/11/11	517	646
12/12/12	526	657
13/13/13	534	668
14/14/14	543	679
15/15/15hundo	552	690

Caught CP range 508 - 552, or 635 - 690 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.

Kirlia 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 96 / Defense 76 (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	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	99%	491.9%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	4,172	78.9	3689
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) top pickpsychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	93%	490.2%	0.27	0:48	0.1	100%	4,099	78.0	3505
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword) top pickfairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	486.5%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	4,979	79.1	3819
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	99%	479.2%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	4,099	81.5	3991
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	81%	459.0%	0.29	0:51	0.7	100%	4,336	71.6	2378
6	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	87%	447.6%	0.30	0:52	0.1	100%	3,791	69.7	3437
7	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	78%	434.3%	0.31	0:54	0.6	100%	3,826	67.8	2472
8	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	77%	433.3%	0.31	0:54	0.7	100%	3,505	67.5	2520
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	83%	429.9%	0.31	0:55	0.0	100%	6,428	66.1	3608
10	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	87%	426.7%	0.31	0:55	0.0	100%	4,911	65.7	3616
11	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	67%	414.1%	0.32	0:57	1.4	100%	2,878	64.6	1588
12	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	69%	399.1%	0.33	0:59	1.0	100%	3,268	63.7	2011
13	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	67%	395.3%	0.34	0:59	1.0	100%	3,594	62.7	1786
14	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	66%	393.0%	0.34	0:60	1.1	100%	3,383	62.3	2159
15	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	74%	391.3%	0.34	0:60	0.2	100%	3,741	60.6	3223
16	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	71%	387.7%	0.34	1:01	0.6	100%	4,038	59.8	2495
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	69%	379.4%	0.35	1:02	0.5	100%	6,112	62.9	2800
18	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	63%	378.2%	0.35	1:02	1.2	100%	3,297	59.5	1757
19	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	67%	372.1%	0.36	1:03	0.5	100%	4,429	58.7	2739
20	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	65%	369.5%	0.36	1:04	0.8	100%	3,683	57.8	2017
21	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	65%	367.6%	0.36	1:04	0.8	100%	3,244	57.2	2116
22	Metagross steelpsychic Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	70%	363.3%	0.37	1:05	0.1	100%	3,791	56.6	3434
23	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	61%	356.9%	0.37	1:06	1.1	100%	2,994	57.2	1819
24	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	62%	355.0%	0.38	1:06	0.7	100%	2,946	56.2	2234
25	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	61%	353.2%	0.38	1:06	0.9	100%	3,739	57.6	2232
26	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	62%	350.7%	0.38	1:07	0.7	100%	4,346	54.0	2276
27	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	61%	349.1%	0.38	1:07	0.8	100%	5,713	56.0	2229
28	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	65%	347.9%	0.38	1:07	0.3	100%	4,783	53.8	3048
29	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	63%	347.1%	0.39	1:08	0.4	100%	4,042	53.7	2825
30	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	59%	344.5%	0.39	1:08	1.0	100%	3,268	53.8	1928

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.