Malamar counters

#0687

dark psychicTier 1

Lobby CP

6,309

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

114

Defense

107

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Malamar should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,279-1,347.

Weak tobug2.56xfairy1.6x

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 Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

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 Malamar counters are Mega Heracross, Shadow Pinsir, Shadow Escavalier, Shadow Scizor, Shadow Vikavolt & Kartana.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Heracross
S. Pinsir
S. Escavalier
S. Scizor
S. Vikavolt
Kartana

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 HeracrossMegapartyFury Cutter / Megahorn0.050:08
2Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.050:09
3Shadow PinsirShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.060:10
4Shadow EscavalierShadowpartyBug Bite / Megahorn0.060:10
5Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.060:10
6Mega PinsirMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.060:10
7Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.060:11
8Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor0.060:11
9KartanaLegendarypartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.060:11
10PheromosaLegendaryBug Bite / Bug Buzz0.060:11

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Malamar 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 Heracrossbugfightingjoint top pick	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:08	0.05	0.0	5343.2%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:09	0.05	0.0	4758.7%
3	Shadow Pinsirbug	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,959	0:10	0.06	0.0	4291.2%
4	Shadow Escavalierbugsteel	bugBug BitebugMegahorn	2,889	0:10	0.06	0.0	4282.8%
5	Shadow Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,001	0:10	0.06	0.0	4228.8%
6	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	0:10	0.06	0.0	4184.1%
7	Mega Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,087	0:11	0.06	0.0	4132.5%
8	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	0:11	0.06	0.0	4003.5%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,677	0:11	0.06	0.0	3963.4%
10	Pheromosabugfighting	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	2,842	0:11	0.06	0.1	3829.5%
11	Shadow Scytherbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,706	0:12	0.07	0.0	3735.9%
12	Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	0:12	0.07	0.0	3707.3%
13	Shadow Scolipedebugpoison	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	2,447	0:12	0.07	0.0	3672.9%
14	Genesectbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	0:12	0.07	0.0	3594.2%
15	Genesect (Burn)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	0:12	0.07	0.0	3594.2%

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 Malamar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Malamar'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%	859%	4317.9%	0:10	0.06
Psycho Cut / Hyper Beam	100%	1089%	4276.7%	0:10	0.06
Psywave / Hyper Beam	100%	1089%	4276.7%	0:10	0.06
Peck / Superpower	100%	796%	4294.3%	0:10	0.06
Psycho Cut / Superpower	100%	945%	4300.1%	0:10	0.06
Psywave / Superpower	100%	945%	4300.1%	0:10	0.06
Psycho Cut / Psybeam	100%	970%	4314.9%	0:10	0.06
Psywave / Psybeam	100%	970%	4314.9%	0:10	0.06
Peck / Psybeam	100%	824%	4317.9%	0:10	0.06
Peck / Hyper Beam	100%	798%	4323.8%	0:10	0.06
Psycho Cut / Foul Play	100%	850%	4335.8%	0:10	0.06
Psywave / Foul Play	100%	850%	4335.8%	0:10	0.06
Peck / Foul Play	100%	758%	4399.6%	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…

Malamar 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.

bug2.56x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x psychic0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (1)
Neutral (15)
Double resists (1)

It resists psychic0.24x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Malamar throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeck	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s
psychicPsywaveSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
fightingSuperpower	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	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	1,279	1,599
11/11/11	1,292	1,616
12/12/12	1,306	1,633
13/13/13	1,320	1,650
14/14/14	1,334	1,667
15/15/15hundo	1,347	1,685

Caught CP range 1,279 - 1,347, or 1,599 - 1,685 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.

Malamar 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 114 / Defense 107 (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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	100%	5343.2%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	4,814	74.9	611
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	87%	4758.7%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,383	104.0	949
3	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	72%	4291.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	2,959	61.4	623
4	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	77%	4282.8%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	2,889	60.6	617
5	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	74%	4228.8%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,001	60.7	625
6	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	76%	4184.1%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,182	64.0	667
7	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	78%	4132.5%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,087	58.8	619
8	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	67%	4003.5%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,117	63.7	694
9	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	66%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,677	54.6	601
10	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	60%	3829.5%	0.06	0:11	0.1	100%	2,842	65.4	730
11	Shadow Scyther bugflyingshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	61%	3735.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,706	54.8	640
12	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	62%	3707.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,117	54.8	643
13	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	57%	3672.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,447	52.3	620
14	Genesect bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	63%	3594.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,353	51.1	620
15	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	63%	3594.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,353	51.1	620
16	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	63%	3594.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,353	51.1	620
17	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	63%	3594.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,353	51.1	620
18	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	63%	3594.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,353	51.1	620
19	Pinsir bug Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	60%	3594.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,959	50.8	616
20	Kleavor bugrock Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+11 more movesets	61%	3535.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,146	52.5	648
21	Shadow Galvantula bugelectricshadow Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz	Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz+9 more movesets	55%	3446.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,206	54.7	692
22	Scyther bugflying Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz	Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz+14 more movesets	56%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,706	48.6	632
23	Shadow Accelgor bugshadow Infestation / Signal Beam	Infestation / Signal Beam+14 more movesets	52%	3328.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,441	52.3	684
24	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	54%	3292.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,802	48.1	635
25	Shadow Crustle bugrockshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	54%	3253.5%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,542	49.2	659
26	Escavalier bugsteel Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	55%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	2,889	44.8	605
27	Scizor bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	55%	3219.8%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,001	51.2	693
28	Golisopod bugwater Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+19 more movesets	55%	3215.1%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,162	47.4	642
29	Durant bugsteel Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+5 more movesets	53%	3205.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,659	45.3	616
30	Shadow Venomoth bugpoisonshadow Infestation / Bug Buzz	Infestation / Bug Buzz+15 more movesets	48%	3159.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,082	48.1	663

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.