Magikarp counters

#0129

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

1,077

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Magikarp should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 132-157.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 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 Magikarp counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kartana, Regieleki, Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) & Zeraora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kartana
Regieleki
S. Thundurus (Incarnate)
Zeraora

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 %

1Mega Raichu YMegapartySpark / Wild Charge0.040:07
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.050:08
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.050:08
5Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.050:08
6KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.050:08
7RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
8Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Punch0.050:09
9ZeraoraLegendarypartySpark / Plasma Fists0.050:09
10Mega StaraptorMegaQuick Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:09

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 Magikarp

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Top 15 Magikarp 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricSparkelectricWild Charge	3,780	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.05	5355.0%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5226.6%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
5	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
6	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
7	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
8	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Punch	3,345	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Zeraoraelectric	electricSparkelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
10	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	normalQuick AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
11	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4717.5%
12	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:09	0.05	4698.2%
13	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4637.2%
14	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:09	0.05	4589.4%

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 Magikarp.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Magikarp'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
Splash / Struggle	100%	1741%	5129.4%	0:08	0.0	0.05

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…

Magikarp 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Magikarp throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSplashSTAB	0	+17	1.5s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	132	165
11/11/11	137	171
12/12/12	141	177
13/13/13	146	183
14/14/14	151	189
15/15/15hundo	157	196

Caught CP range 132 - 157, or 165 - 196 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.

Magikarp 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 26 / Defense 59 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	95%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,780	80.0	600
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5355.0%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	93.8	763
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	99%	5226.6%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	99.2	827
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	86%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,659	73.7	626
5	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	88%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,056	71.3	606
6	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	90%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,677	75.0	637
7	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	87%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	91.9	781
8	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	80%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,345	67.8	610
9	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	81%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,419	68.0	612
10	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	84%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,979	68.9	620
11	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	85%	4717.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	114.6	1058
12	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	83%	4698.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	76.1	705
13	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	80%	4637.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	73.7	693
14	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	74%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,079	63.3	601
15	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	74%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,580	65.1	618
16	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	82%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,093	64.3	611
17	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	78%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,698	66.0	627
18	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	76%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,954	64.2	610
19	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,934	66.5	632
20	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,324	65.0	617
21	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	75%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,720	65.9	626
22	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	73%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	68.5	658
23	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	75%	4522.7%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,937	72.2	696
24	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	75%	4522.7%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,452	64.3	619
25	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Charge Beam / Thunder	Charge Beam / Thunder+11 more movesets	74%	4458.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,527	63.5	620
26	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	4395.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,713	68.6	680
27	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Thunderbolt	Confusion / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	71%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,178	61.1	611
28	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+15 more movesets	74%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,245	65.3	653
29	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	74%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,205	60.3	603
30	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+9 more movesets	70%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	65.4	654

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.