Lycanroc (Dusk) counters

#0745

rockTier 1

Lobby CP

7,568

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

148

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lycanroc (Dusk) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,469-1,543.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Lycanroc (Dusk) counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Landorus (Therian), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Shadow Metagross & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Landorus (Therian)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Metagross
S. Kingler

10 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
4Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.060:10
5Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
6Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.060:10
7Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Behemoth Bash0.060:10
8Mega ChesnaughtMegaLow Kick / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
9Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
10Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.060:11
16Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.060:12

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

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Top 15 Lycanroc (Dusk) 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5476.1%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
5	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4291.2%
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:10	0.06	4287.0%
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	iceIce FangsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
8	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	fightingLow KickgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4123.9%
9	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	4014.6%
10	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:11	0.06	3988.8%
11	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
12	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:11	0.06	3956.3%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	3920.0%
14	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3905.9%
15	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,424	0:12	0.06	3764.9%

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 Lycanroc (Dusk).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lycanroc (Dusk)'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%	1000%	4270.7%	0:10	0.06
Sucker Punch / Stone Edge	100%	1141%	4219.1%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Stone Edge	100%	1046%	4239.0%	0:10	0.06
Sucker Punch / Iron Head	100%	1088%	4244.7%	0:10	0.06
Sucker Punch / Crunch	100%	1069%	4256.3%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Iron Head	100%	970%	4264.9%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Trailblaze	100%	946%	4264.9%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Stone Edge	100%	1123%	4270.7%	0:10	0.06
Sucker Punch / Trailblaze	100%	1063%	4279.5%	0:10	0.06
Counter / Crunch	100%	954%	4288.2%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Iron Head	100%	1066%	4297.1%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Trailblaze	100%	1044%	4297.1%	0:10	0.06
Rock Throw / Crunch	100%	1032%	4320.7%	0:10	0.06

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…

Lycanroc (Dusk) 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x fire0.63x

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

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lycanroc (Dusk) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
steelIron Head	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
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	1,469	1,836
11/11/11	1,483	1,854
12/12/12	1,498	1,873
13/13/13	1,513	1,892
14/14/14	1,528	1,911
15/15/15hundo	1,543	1,929

Caught CP range 1,469 - 1,543, or 1,836 - 1,929 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.

Lycanroc (Dusk) 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 148 / Defense 91 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5476.1%	0.04	0:08	0.0	100%	6,112	89.3	710
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	86%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	3,784	74.6	612
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	80%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,701	74.1	667
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,099	65.2	652
5	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	70%	4291.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,826	69.4	704
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	68%	4287.0%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,922	64.1	651
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash	Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	74%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,172	58.9	618
8	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	73%	4123.9%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,093	59.4	627
9	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	62%	4014.6%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,056	57.5	624
10	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	63%	3988.8%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,791	55.9	611
11	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	5,902	55.6	612
12	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	62%	3956.3%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,161	57.6	635
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	64%	3920.0%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	6,428	71.6	794
14	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	65%	3905.9%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,670	70.4	784
15	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	62%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	5,424	52.1	603
16	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	53%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	2,829	54.2	627
17	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	58%	3685.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,521	58.2	688
18	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Earthquake	Metal Claw / Earthquake+14 more movesets	55%	3682.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,244	55.8	659
19	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	59%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,911	50.3	604
20	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	52%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,677	50.3	604
21	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	54%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,337	51.5	618
22	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	55%	3624.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,401	50.5	608
23	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	50%	3623.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,654	51.2	610
24	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	52%	3606.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,093	50.6	611
25	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	50%	3579.4%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,328	51.7	629
26	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Close Combat	Metal Claw / Close Combat+7 more movesets	55%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,979	48.9	611
27	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	52%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,115	48.9	611
28	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	54%	3482.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,902	50.2	629
29	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	47%	3446.7%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,842	50.6	605
30	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	54%	3432.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,814	54.4	691

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.