Luxray counters

#0405

electricTier 3

Lobby CP

19,379

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

180

Defense

124

Difficulty

0.52

Pokebattler scale

Beating Luxray should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,573-1,650.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Luxray counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Garchomp.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Groudon
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
S. Excadrill
Landorus (Therian)
S. Garchomp

3 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 %

1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.501:27
2Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.501:27
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.511:30
4Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.531:33
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.531:34
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.541:35
7Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Scorching Sands0.561:38
8Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.581:42
9Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power0.581:42
10Shadow MamoswineShadowMud-Slap / High Horsepower0.581:42

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

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Top 15 Luxray 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	Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:27	0.50	1.4	269.6%
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyingjoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:27	0.50	2.7	269.4%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:30	0.51	2.4	261.7%
4	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	1:33	0.53	2.4	251.5%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	1:34	0.53	1.5	250.1%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:35	0.54	2.2	248.1%
7	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	1:38	0.56	2.8	238.3%
8	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:42	0.58	2.8	230.9%
9	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	1:42	0.58	2.4	230.7%
10	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	1:42	0.58	3.0	229.1%
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	1:43	0.59	3.4	226.8%
12	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,733	1:47	0.61	2.1	218.7%
13	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	1:52	0.64	3.6	209.1%
14	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	1:54	0.65	2.2	206.6%
15	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	1:54	0.65	2.3	206.4%

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 Luxray.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Luxray'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”: 2 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%	159%	245.8%	1:35	2.4	0.54
Spark / Hyper Beam	100%	131%	237.8%	1:39	3.3	0.56
Snarl / Hyper Beam	100%	130%	240.7%	1:38	3.3	0.56
Hidden Power / Hyper Beam	100%	135%	241.3%	1:37	3.2	0.55
Spark / Crunch	100%	179%	249.2%	1:34	1.9	0.54
Spark / Wild Charge	100%	212%	250.1%	1:34	1.6	0.53
Hidden Power / Wild Charge	100%	193%	250.1%	1:34	1.8	0.53
Snarl / Wild Charge	100%	193%	251.2%	1:33	1.8	0.53
Hidden Power / Crunch	100%	168%	254.3%	1:32	2.1	0.53
Snarl / Crunch	100%	165%	254.5%	1:32	2.2	0.53

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…

Luxray 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.

ground1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (1)
Neutral (14)
Resists (3)

It resists flying0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Luxray throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
normalHidden Power	15	+15	1.5s	1.10s
electricSparkSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	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	1,573	1,967
11/11/11	1,588	1,986
12/12/12	1,604	2,005
13/13/13	1,619	2,024
14/14/14	1,634	2,043
15/15/15hundo	1,650	2,063

Caught CP range 1,573 - 1,650, or 1,967 - 2,063 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.

Luxray 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 180 / Defense 124 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Groudon top pickgroundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	269.6%	0.50	1:27	1.2	100%	5,902	42.5	1638
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian) top pickgroundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	91%	269.4%	0.50	1:27	2.5	100%	3,922	43.3	1050
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	261.7%	0.51	1:30	2.2	100%	6,428	40.9	1093
4	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	86%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	2.2	100%	4,115	39.0	1178
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	91%	250.1%	0.53	1:34	1.3	100%	5,424	38.9	1703
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	86%	248.1%	0.54	1:35	2.0	100%	6,112	38.7	1203
7	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	80%	238.3%	0.56	1:38	2.6	100%	3,244	37.2	989
8	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	78%	230.9%	0.58	1:42	2.6	100%	3,922	36.4	1001
9	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	79%	230.7%	0.58	1:42	2.2	100%	3,962	36.2	1248
10	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	76%	229.1%	0.58	1:42	2.7	100%	3,328	35.8	968
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	74%	226.8%	0.59	1:43	3.1	100%	3,588	35.6	858
12	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	77%	218.7%	0.61	1:47	1.9	100%	3,733	34.4	1199
13	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	68%	209.1%	0.64	1:52	3.3	100%	4,346	33.0	841
14	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	71%	206.6%	0.65	1:54	2.0	100%	4,429	32.1	1156
15	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	71%	206.4%	0.65	1:54	2.1	100%	4,115	32.0	1178
16	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	66%	206.0%	0.65	1:54	3.4	100%	4,783	32.1	783
17	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	70%	202.4%	0.66	1:56	2.1	100%	4,401	32.4	1150
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	67%	202.0%	0.66	1:56	2.8	100%	5,713	31.2	925
19	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	66%	201.9%	0.66	1:56	3.1	100%	3,826	31.8	908
20	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	68%	201.7%	0.66	1:56	2.5	100%	3,179	31.5	1003
21	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	66%	199.4%	0.67	1:58	2.6	100%	3,244	31.1	972
22	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	62%	195.5%	0.68	2:00	3.6	100%	2,854	31.0	834
23	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	62%	194.9%	0.69	2:00	3.5	100%	4,161	30.4	825
24	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	192.9%	0.69	2:02	2.7	100%	4,605	29.9	961
25	Garchomp dragonground Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	66%	191.5%	0.70	2:03	2.0	100%	3,962	30.0	1284
26	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	58%	190.8%	0.70	2:03	5.1	100%	3,383	30.9	594
27	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	64%	190.6%	0.70	2:03	2.6	100%	4,823	30.3	1006
28	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+11 more movesets	63%	190.1%	0.70	2:03	2.8	100%	2,949	29.6	921
29	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	58%	189.2%	0.71	2:04	4.6	100%	4,178	29.9	610
30	Shadow Hippowdon groundshadow Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	Sand Attack / Scorching Sands+29 more movesets	62%	188.0%	0.71	2:05	2.8	100%	3,085	29.3	963

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