Ludicolo counters

#0272

water grassTier 3

Lobby CP

15,589

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

137

Defense

139

Difficulty

0.52

Pokebattler scale

Beating Ludicolo should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,259-1,327.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6x

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 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 Ludicolo counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, Rayquaza, Shadow Toucannon, Eternatus & Shadow Galarian Articuno.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Moltres
Rayquaza
S. Toucannon
Eternatus
S. Galarian Articuno

6 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 Ascent0.441:18
2Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.491:27
3Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.511:30
4Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.531:33
5Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.571:39
6RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.571:41
7Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.581:42
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.581:42
9Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Acid Spray+0.591:43
10Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.591:44
11EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Dynamax Cannon0.591:44
12Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.591:44

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

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Top 15 Ludicolo 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	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:18	0.44	1.6	302.1%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	1:27	0.49	2.6	271.1%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:30	0.51	2.1	262.2%
4	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:33	0.53	1.8	251.1%
5	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	1:39	0.57	3.1	236.3%
6	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	1:41	0.57	2.3	232.6%
7	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	1:42	0.58	3.9	231.2%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:42	0.58	2.1	230.6%
9	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	1:43	0.59	2.0	227.8%
10	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	1:44	0.59	2.1	226.6%
11	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	1:44	0.59	1.4	225.7%
12	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	1:44	0.59	3.0	224.9%
13	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingFly	2,825	1:47	0.61	4.1	220.2%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:49	0.62	2.3	215.9%
15	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	1:49	0.62	3.2	215.5%

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 Ludicolo.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Ludicolo'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%	154%	240.9%	1:37	2.6	0.55
Razor Leaf / Ice Beam	100%	120%	230.6%	1:42	3.9	0.58
Astonish / Ice Beam	100%	120%	231.0%	1:42	3.8	0.58
Bubble / Ice Beam	100%	114%	231.2%	1:41	4.0	0.58
Bubble / Hydro Pump	100%	161%	237.7%	1:39	2.9	0.56
Astonish / Hydro Pump	100%	165%	238.0%	1:39	2.7	0.56
Bubble / Blizzard	100%	114%	238.3%	1:38	4.0	0.56
Razor Leaf / Hydro Pump	100%	167%	238.9%	1:38	2.7	0.56
Razor Leaf / Blizzard	100%	122%	239.0%	1:38	3.7	0.56
Astonish / Blizzard	100%	122%	240.7%	1:38	3.6	0.56
Bubble / Scald	100%	197%	241.1%	1:37	2.3	0.55
Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	100%	203%	241.2%	1:37	1.8	0.55
Astonish / Solar Beam	100%	200%	241.2%	1:37	2.0	0.55
Astonish / Scald	100%	202%	241.4%	1:37	2.0	0.55
Astonish / Leaf Storm	100%	212%	241.6%	1:37	1.7	0.55
Astonish / Weather Ball (Water)	100%	191%	241.6%	1:37	2.2	0.55
Razor Leaf / Leaf Storm	100%	213%	241.7%	1:37	1.8	0.55
Razor Leaf / Weather Ball (Water)	100%	194%	241.7%	1:37	2.3	0.55
Bubble / Leaf Storm	100%	202%	241.9%	1:37	1.9	0.55
Razor Leaf / Scald	100%	204%	242.1%	1:37	2.0	0.55
Astonish / Energy Ball	100%	249%	242.2%	1:37	1.1	0.55
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	250%	242.7%	1:37	1.1	0.55
Bubble / Energy Ball	100%	242%	242.8%	1:37	1.3	0.55
Bubble / Weather Ball (Water)	100%	190%	243.1%	1:37	2.3	0.55
Bubble / Solar Beam	100%	196%	243.5%	1:36	2.0	0.55

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…

Ludicolo 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 Ludicolo 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
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassLeaf StormSTAB	130	-100	2.5s	1.10s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
waterWeather Ball (Water)STAB	55	-33	1.5s	1.25s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
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	1,259	1,574
11/11/11	1,273	1,591
12/12/12	1,286	1,608
13/13/13	1,300	1,625
14/14/14	1,313	1,642
15/15/15hundo	1,327	1,659

Caught CP range 1,259 - 1,327, or 1,574 - 1,659 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.

Ludicolo 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 137 / Defense 139 (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 dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	302.1%	0.44	1:18	1.5	100%	5,713	47.5	1856
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	83%	271.1%	0.49	1:27	2.3	100%	3,383	43.4	1146
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	83%	262.2%	0.51	1:30	1.9	100%	3,979	41.2	1298
4	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	81%	251.1%	0.53	1:33	1.6	100%	3,741	38.9	1388
5	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	71%	236.3%	0.57	1:39	2.8	100%	3,465	36.9	1000
6	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	72%	232.6%	0.57	1:41	2.1	100%	3,835	36.6	1358
7	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	67%	231.2%	0.58	1:42	3.6	100%	2,689	36.6	782
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	74%	230.6%	0.58	1:42	1.9	100%	6,428	37.1	1257
9	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	72%	227.8%	0.59	1:43	1.8	100%	3,505	36.3	1443
10	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	71%	226.6%	0.59	1:44	1.9	100%	4,814	35.1	1235
11	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	75%	225.7%	0.59	1:44	1.3	100%	4,429	35.0	1689
12	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	67%	224.9%	0.59	1:44	2.8	100%	3,590	35.4	955
13	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	63%	220.2%	0.61	1:47	3.7	100%	2,825	34.9	762
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	68%	215.9%	0.62	1:49	2.1	100%	6,112	34.1	1159
15	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	64%	215.5%	0.62	1:49	2.9	100%	4,336	33.9	908
16	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	62%	213.3%	0.63	1:50	3.6	100%	3,117	33.2	765
17	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	62%	212.8%	0.63	1:50	3.2	100%	3,215	33.7	869
18	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	62%	212.4%	0.63	1:50	3.2	100%	3,749	34.0	1082
19	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	62%	211.0%	0.63	1:51	3.1	100%	3,548	32.8	869
20	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	67%	207.7%	0.64	1:53	1.7	100%	5,031	32.5	1536
21	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	61%	199.6%	0.67	1:58	2.3	100%	3,781	31.0	1090
22	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	59%	198.2%	0.67	1:58	2.8	100%	3,465	30.8	1009
23	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	57%	197.7%	0.68	1:59	3.5	100%	3,425	31.0	795
24	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	58%	197.7%	0.68	1:59	3.3	100%	3,527	30.9	834
25	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	54%	195.8%	0.68	1:60	5.0	100%	2,711	31.2	619
26	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	59%	195.7%	0.68	1:60	2.7	100%	4,182	30.3	1019
27	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	63%	195.1%	0.68	2:00	1.6	100%	3,703	30.4	1381
28	Shadow Galarian Moltres darkflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+7 more movesets	58%	194.2%	0.69	2:01	2.8	100%	3,167	30.2	956
29	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	55%	193.4%	0.69	2:01	3.7	100%	2,689	30.5	780
30	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	58%	191.7%	0.70	2:02	2.8	100%	4,346	30.4	950

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.