Maractus counters

#0556

grassTier 1

Lobby CP

6,371

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

129

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Maractus should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,231-1,299.

Weak toflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

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 a Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Maractus counters are Mega Staraptor, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Honchkrow, Kyurem (White), Rayquaza & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Staraptor
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Honchkrow
Kyurem (White)
Rayquaza
Blacephalon

8 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 StaraptorMegapartyQuick Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:09
2Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:09
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.050:09
4Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
5Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.050:09
6Mega VictreebelMegaSucker Punch / Acid Spray+0.060:10
7Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:10
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.060:11
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.060:11
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.060:11
11Shadow HonchkrowShadowpartyPeck / Brave Bird0.060:11
12Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.060:11
13RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.060:11
14BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mystical Fire0.060:11

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Maractus

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Top 15 Maractus counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Staraptorfightingflyingjoint top pick	normalQuick AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:09	0.05	4865.0%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:09	0.05	4717.5%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
4	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,783	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
6	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	darkSucker PunchpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:10	0.06	4232.0%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:11	0.06	3944.8%
11	Shadow Honchkrowdarkflying	flyingPeckflyingBrave Bird	2,711	0:11	0.06	3831.1%
12	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
13	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
14	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMystical Fire	3,297	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
15	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BiteflyingFly	3,117	0:12	0.06	3774.7%

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 Maractus.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Maractus'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%	965%	3968.3%	0:11	0.06
Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	100%	1127%	3933.5%	0:11	0.06
Bullet Seed / Petal Blizzard	100%	1091%	3948.4%	0:11	0.06
Bullet Seed / Aerial Ace	100%	938%	3978.4%	0:11	0.06
Poison Jab / Aerial Ace	100%	793%	3993.6%	0:11	0.06
Poison Jab / Petal Blizzard	100%	869%	3993.6%	0:11	0.06
Poison Jab / Solar Beam	100%	929%	3993.6%	0:11	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…

Maractus 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.

flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

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

It resists ground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Maractus throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison Jab	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
grassBullet SeedSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassPetal BlizzardSTAB	110	-100	2.5s	1.60s
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
flyingAerial Ace	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,231	1,539
11/11/11	1,244	1,556
12/12/12	1,258	1,573
13/13/13	1,272	1,590
14/14/14	1,285	1,607
15/15/15hundo	1,299	1,624

Caught CP range 1,231 - 1,299, or 1,539 - 1,624 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.

Maractus 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 129 / Defense 86 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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 Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	100%	4865.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,979	69.1	618
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	91%	4717.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,383	77.5	713
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	97%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	77.2	733
4	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	90%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	64.1	609
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	83%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,161	63.4	602
6	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	83%	4232.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,505	61.4	632
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	82%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,455	59.5	625
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	79%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,428	54.7	602
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	71%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,590	54.6	600
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	73%	3944.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,112	61.9	683
11	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Brave Bird	Peck / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	64%	3831.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,711	54.2	616
12	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	76%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,605	59.9	689
13	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,835	54.2	623
14	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mystical Fire	Incinerate / Mystical Fire+7 more movesets	62%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,297	54.5	627
15	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / Fly	Bug Bite / Fly+15 more movesets	66%	3774.7%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,117	56.5	653
16	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	65%	3687.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,842	59.7	704
17	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	59%	3676.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,848	54.2	647
18	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Overheat	Hex / Overheat+19 more movesets	65%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,268	50.8	609
19	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	65%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,680	55.1	661
20	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	72%	3627.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,754	56.6	680
21	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	71%	3609.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,429	58.4	705
22	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	64%	3550.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,749	56.6	698
23	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	64%	3550.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,465	56.2	693
24	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	62%	3547.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,182	50.0	615
25	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	60%	3530.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,105	54.7	674
26	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Sludge Bomb	Snarl / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	61%	3521.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,739	49.4	610
27	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	72%	3493.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,703	50.9	636
28	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Struggle Bug / Megahorn	Struggle Bug / Megahorn+17 more movesets	61%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,814	51.4	643
29	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Hurricane	Gust / Hurricane+9 more movesets	60%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,215	49.2	615
30	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	63%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,850	48.0	600

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.