Lugia counters

#0249

psychic flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

45,925

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

164

Defense

256

Difficulty

2.61

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lugia should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,028-2,115.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Lugia counters are Mega Raichu Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black) & Shadow Giratina (Origin).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Giratina (Origin)

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+2.3710:53
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+2.5211:36
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam2.6312:07
4Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+2.6412:09
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm2.7412:35
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.7412:36
7Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock2.8212:58
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball2.8613:08
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball2.9313:28
10Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Brutal Swing2.9413:32
11Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force3.0213:55

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

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Top 15 Lugia 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	10:53	2.37	6.0	46.5%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	11:36	2.52	5.9	43.7%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	12:07	2.63	6.0	41.8%
4	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	12:09	2.64	6.0	41.7%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	12:35	2.74	6.0	40.3%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	12:36	2.74	6.0	40.2%
7	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	12:58	2.82	6.0	39.1%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	13:08	2.86	6.0	38.6%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	13:28	2.93	6.0	37.6%
10	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DowndarkBrutal Swing	5,347	13:32	2.94	5.5	37.5%
11	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	13:55	3.02	6.0	36.4%
12	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DowndarkBrutal Swing	3,834	13:56	3.03	6.0	36.4%
13	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	14:00	3.04	6.0	36.2%
14	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	14:04	3.06	6.0	36.0%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	14:10	3.08	6.0	35.8%

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 Lugia.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lugia'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	96%	50%	40.4%	12:32	6.0	2.72
Dragon Tail / Aeroblast++	89%	38%	38.1%	13:18	6.0	2.89
Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	89%	40%	38.1%	13:18	6.0	2.89
Extrasensory / Future Sight	100%	55%	40.4%	12:32	6.0	2.72
Extrasensory / Hydro Pump	100%	64%	40.7%	12:28	6.0	2.71
Dragon Tail / Future Sight	100%	51%	40.7%	12:27	6.0	2.71
Dragon Tail / Earth Power	100%	55%	40.8%	12:25	6.0	2.70
Dragon Tail / Fly	100%	48%	40.9%	12:23	6.0	2.69
Extrasensory / Fly	100%	51%	40.9%	12:23	6.0	2.69
Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump	100%	60%	41.1%	12:20	6.0	2.68
Extrasensory / Earth Power	100%	59%	41.2%	12:18	6.0	2.67
Extrasensory / Sky Attack	100%	55%	41.4%	12:15	6.0	2.66
Dragon Tail / Sky Attack	100%	53%	41.5%	12:12	6.0	2.65

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 3 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…

Lugia 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.

rock1.6x ghost1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fairy1x grass0.63x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x ground0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists fighting0.39xground0.39xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lugia throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon Tail	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
psychicExtrasensorySTAB	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAeroblast++STAB	225	-100	3.5s	3.30s
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
waterHydro Pump	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,028	2,535
11/11/11	2,045	2,557
12/12/12	2,063	2,579
13/13/13	2,080	2,601
14/14/14	2,098	2,623
15/15/15hundo	2,115	2,645

Caught CP range 2,028 - 2,115, or 2,535 - 2,645 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.

Lugia 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 164 / Defense 256 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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.

#	PB #	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	5	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	46.5%	2.37	10:53	29.5	100%	3,780	24.5	486
2	—	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	94%	43.7%	2.52	11:36	28.7	100%	3,842	22.8	550
3	1	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	92%	41.8%	2.63	12:07	23.3	100%	4,099	21.6	624
4	22	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	90%	41.7%	2.64	12:09	29.0	100%	3,510	21.8	500
5	24	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	86%	40.3%	2.74	12:35	31.8	100%	3,659	21.1	454
6	2	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	87%	40.2%	2.74	12:36	26.4	100%	4,605	20.8	552
7	4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	85%	39.1%	2.82	12:58	26.5	98%	4,605	20.2	555
8	9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	85%	38.6%	2.86	13:08	24.0	100%	6,428	19.8	610
9	7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	77%	37.6%	2.93	13:28	46.0	84%	4,336	20.3	334
10	3	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	37.5%	2.94	13:32	19.7	100%	5,347	19.1	782
11	—	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	78%	36.4%	3.02	13:55	28.9	90%	3,683	18.9	508
12	—	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	36.4%	3.03	13:56	29.8	96%	3,834	18.8	529
13	29	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	75%	36.2%	3.04	14:00	43.2	84%	3,739	19.4	402
14	13	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	75%	36.0%	3.06	14:04	39.6	88%	2,803	19.1	367
15	—	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	35.8%	3.08	14:10	37.1	92%	3,625	18.8	440
16	20	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	73%	34.6%	3.18	14:38	34.3	68%	3,419	18.1	437
17	—	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	34.5%	3.19	14:41	43.1	80%	3,079	18.2	335
18	16	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	34.5%	3.20	14:42	38.1	68%	4,346	18.1	395
19	19	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	71%	34.3%	3.21	14:45	42.8	58%	3,937	18.1	345
20	—	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	34.3%	3.21	14:46	37.4	60%	3,452	17.9	397
21	12	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	34.2%	3.22	14:48	53.7	80%	3,301	18.6	305
22	17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	74%	34.2%	3.22	14:49	28.1	76%	5,713	17.6	564
23	24	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	33.6%	3.27	15:04	34.1	48%	3,659	17.5	430
24	15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	70%	33.4%	3.30	15:10	39.1	84%	6,112	17.7	438
25	30	Mega Manectric electricmega Snarl / Wild Charge	Snarl / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	33.3%	3.31	15:13	40.1	34%	3,580	17.5	365
26	—	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	69%	33.1%	3.33	15:18	40.0	24%	3,128	17.4	363
27	—	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	65%	32.9%	3.35	15:24	61.8	66%	3,298	18.1	262
28	—	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	69%	32.8%	3.35	15:26	36.9	22%	3,527	17.1	408
29	—	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	65%	32.8%	3.36	15:28	60.4	56%	2,526	17.9	262
30	—	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	66%	32.4%	3.40	15:38	48.2	64%	3,749	17.3	379

PB # is pokebattler.com's own rank for the same attacker at these settings (snapshot 2026-09-10). 19 of our 30 rows are on its 30-row list, 7 in both top tens. Sort by Pokebattler's own rank

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