Lotad counters

#0270

water grassTier 1

Lobby CP

2,020

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

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 Shadow Moltres, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Toucannon, Pheromosa, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Galarian Articuno.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Moltres
M. Rayquaza
S. Toucannon
Pheromosa
S. Salamence
S. Galarian Articuno

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 %

1Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.040:07
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Aerial Ace0.040:07
3Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Sludge Bomb0.040:07
4Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.040:07
5PheromosaLegendarypartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz0.040:08
6Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.040:08
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb0.040:08
8Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Fly0.040:08
9Shadow Galarian ZapdosShadowLegendaryCounter / Fly0.040:08
10Shadow VikavoltShadowBug Bite / Fly0.040:08

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Lotad

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Top 15 Lotad counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Moltresfireflyingjoint top pick	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingAerial Ace	5,713	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitepoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
4	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
5	Pheromosabugfighting	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	2,842	0:08	0.04	5714.5%
6	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:08	0.04	5491.3%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
8	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingFly	3,590	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
9	Shadow Galarian Zapdosfightingflying	fightingCounterflyingFly	3,548	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
10	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BiteflyingFly	3,117	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
11	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,979	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
12	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
13	Shadow Honchkrowdarkflying	flyingPeckflyingSky Attack	2,711	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
14	Shadow Unfezantnormalflying	flyingAir SlashflyingSky Attack	2,734	0:08	0.05	5304.2%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.05	5290.0%

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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1779%	5733.9%	0:08	0.04
Water Gun / Bubble Beam	100%	1666%	5723.4%	0:08	0.04
Water Gun / Energy Ball	100%	1945%	5723.4%	0:08	0.04
Water Gun / Scald	100%	1909%	5723.4%	0:08	0.04
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	1837%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Razor Leaf / Scald	100%	1753%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Razor Leaf / Bubble Beam	100%	1746%	5792.1%	0:08	0.04

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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 51 / Defense 54 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	92%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	88.9	622
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	100%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	5,713	83.1	623
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Sludge Bomb	Bug Bite / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	85%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,383	81.1	608
4	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	89%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,689	92.2	691
5	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	77%	5714.5%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,842	82.0	625
6	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	92%	5491.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	79.7	632
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	85%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,336	75.5	604
8	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	86%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,590	76.0	608
9	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	85%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,548	76.9	615
10	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	77%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,117	76.4	611
11	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+19 more movesets	90%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	76.9	615
12	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	82%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,825	78.0	624
13	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	79%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,711	75.0	600
14	Shadow Unfezant normalflyingshadow Air Slash / Sky Attack	Air Slash / Sky Attack+5 more movesets	75%	5304.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,734	75.3	619
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	89%	5290.0%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	100.7	829
16	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Fury Cutter / Brave Bird	Fury Cutter / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	75%	5284.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,985	80.0	660
17	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	84%	5184.3%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,814	90.7	762
18	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	80%	5165.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,182	76.8	648
19	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	88%	5164.7%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	106.5	898
20	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	89%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,429	77.9	662
21	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	73%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,959	71.7	609
22	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	74%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,946	76.0	646
23	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	79%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,173	73.8	627
24	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	71%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,488	72.1	613
25	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	76%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,689	71.4	607
26	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb	Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	70%	5075.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,878	70.8	608
27	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Sky Attack	Air Slash / Sky Attack+9 more movesets	77%	4977.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,741	74.8	654
28	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	86%	4943.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,031	76.8	677
29	Salamence dragonflying Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	78%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,749	68.3	615
30	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Poison Jab / Dark Pulse	Poison Jab / Dark Pulse+5 more movesets	54%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,580	70.8	637

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