Lotad counters

#0270

water grassTier 3

Lobby CP

4,949

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.24

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lotad should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 307-342.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Lotad counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Toucannon, Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, Eternatus & Shadow Tornadus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Toucannon
Rayquaza
S. Moltres
Eternatus
S. Tornadus (Therian)

5 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.210:37
2Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.220:38
3Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.240:42
4Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.250:43
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.260:45
6Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.270:48
7RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.280:48
8Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.280:49
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.280:49
10EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Dynamax Cannon0.280:49
11Shadow Tornadus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyGust / Bleakwind Storm0.280:50

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

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Top 15 Lotad 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:37	0.21	0.0	633.0%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:38	0.22	0.0	612.7%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:42	0.24	0.0	555.4%
4	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:43	0.25	0.0	542.2%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:45	0.26	0.0	519.1%
6	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:48	0.27	0.1	492.2%
7	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:48	0.28	0.0	483.9%
8	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:49	0.28	0.0	482.7%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:49	0.28	0.4	478.8%
10	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:49	0.28	0.0	476.7%
11	Shadow Tornadus (Therian)flying	flyingGustflyingBleakwind Storm	3,215	0:50	0.28	0.0	471.8%
12	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingFly	2,825	0:50	0.29	0.2	467.2%
13	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:50	0.29	0.0	466.6%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:50	0.29	0.0	465.2%
15	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	0:51	0.29	0.0	460.0%

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 Lotad.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lotad'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%	659%	500.9%	0:47	0.1	0.27
Water Gun / Energy Ball	100%	715%	497.3%	0:47	0.0	0.27
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	705%	497.6%	0:47	0.0	0.27
Water Gun / Bubble Beam	100%	668%	501.7%	0:47	0.1	0.27
Water Gun / Scald	100%	626%	503.4%	0:47	0.2	0.27
Razor Leaf / Bubble Beam	100%	660%	505.1%	0:46	0.0	0.26
Razor Leaf / Scald	100%	614%	506.0%	0:46	0.1	0.26

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…

Lotad 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.

flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x fire1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x steel0.63x water0.39x

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

It resists water0.39xground0.625xsteel0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lotad throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassRazor LeafSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	307	384
11/11/11	314	392
12/12/12	321	401
13/13/13	327	410
14/14/14	334	418
15/15/15hundo	342	427

Caught CP range 307 - 342, or 384 - 427 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.

Lotad 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 62 / Defense 67 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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 dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	633.0%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	5,713	100.5	3726
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	83%	612.7%	0.22	0:38	0.0	100%	3,383	95.7	3663
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	79%	555.4%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,979	90.3	3815
4	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	77%	542.2%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	3,741	83.9	3633
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	73%	519.1%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	6,428	81.2	3669
6	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	62%	492.2%	0.27	0:48	0.1	100%	2,689	79.8	3572
7	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	483.9%	0.28	0:48	0.0	100%	3,835	75.0	3636
8	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	65%	482.7%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	4,814	75.2	3656
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	60%	478.8%	0.28	0:49	0.3	100%	3,465	77.5	3075
10	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	72%	476.7%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	4,429	74.8	3683
11	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	61%	471.8%	0.28	0:50	0.0	100%	3,215	75.6	3681
12	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	59%	467.2%	0.29	0:50	0.2	100%	2,825	75.3	3448
13	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	68%	466.6%	0.29	0:50	0.0	100%	3,505	81.1	4079
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	63%	465.2%	0.29	0:50	0.0	100%	6,112	71.7	3615
15	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	59%	460.0%	0.29	0:51	0.0	100%	4,336	70.7	3570
16	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	57%	455.6%	0.29	0:52	0.2	100%	3,117	72.4	3386
17	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	451.5%	0.30	0:52	0.0	100%	3,590	73.4	3816
18	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	62%	441.0%	0.30	0:53	0.0	100%	3,749	72.8	3872
19	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	57%	438.2%	0.31	0:54	0.0	100%	3,680	68.2	3651
20	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	56%	431.4%	0.31	0:54	0.0	100%	3,548	69.1	3721
21	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	54%	428.4%	0.31	0:55	0.1	100%	3,425	67.0	3558
22	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Sky Attack	Snarl / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	51%	428.1%	0.31	0:55	0.5	100%	2,711	66.6	2619
23	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	64%	427.8%	0.31	0:55	0.0	100%	5,031	66.8	3665
24	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	53%	421.7%	0.32	0:56	0.2	100%	2,689	65.3	3269
25	Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) flyingshadow Air Slash / Hurricane	Air Slash / Hurricane+7 more movesets	51%	415.8%	0.32	0:56	0.2	100%	3,345	65.5	3237
26	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	52%	414.4%	0.32	0:57	0.3	100%	3,465	64.0	3007
27	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	56%	413.2%	0.32	0:57	0.0	100%	4,182	64.1	3642
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	53%	413.0%	0.32	0:57	0.0	100%	4,346	68.8	3908
29	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	48%	412.6%	0.32	0:57	0.9	100%	2,842	65.6	1918
30	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	55%	405.8%	0.33	0:58	0.0	100%	3,781	64.6	3735

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.