Mienshao counters

#0620

fightingElite

Lobby CP

46,006

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

268

Defense

139

Difficulty

1.70

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mienshao should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,472-1,548.

Weak toflying1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Mienshao counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Rayquaza, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Mewtwo & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
Rayquaza
S. Galarian Articuno
Mewtwo
S. Moltres

9 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.275:52
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.557:09
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.577:13
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.848:28
5Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+1.858:31
6Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+2.099:37
7Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic2.099:37
8RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.099:38
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly2.109:38
10Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic2.1710:00
13MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.1910:06
15Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly2.2310:17

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

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Top 15 Mienshao 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	5:52	1.27	6.0	86.4%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	7:09	1.55	6.0	70.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	7:13	1.57	5.9	70.2%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	8:28	1.84	6.0	59.9%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	8:31	1.85	6.0	59.5%
6	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	9:37	2.09	6.0	52.7%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	9:37	2.09	6.0	52.7%
8	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	9:38	2.09	6.0	52.6%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	9:38	2.10	5.9	52.6%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	10:00	2.17	6.0	50.7%
11	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	10:02	2.18	6.0	50.5%
12	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	10:03	2.18	5.7	50.4%
13	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	10:06	2.19	6.0	50.2%
14	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	10:09	2.21	6.0	49.9%
15	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	10:17	2.23	6.0	49.3%

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 Mienshao.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mienshao'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	79%	66%	56.1%	9:02	6.0	1.96
Low Kick / Stone Edge	47%	53%	48.7%	10:24	6.0	2.26
Poison Jab / Stone Edge	33%	47%	49.4%	10:16	6.0	2.23
Force Palm / Stone Edge	42%	52%	49.8%	10:11	6.0	2.21
Low Kick / Brutal Swing	53%	49%	53.4%	9:29	6.0	2.06
Force Palm / Brutal Swing	60%	52%	54.3%	9:20	6.0	2.03
Poison Jab / Brutal Swing	64%	49%	54.9%	9:14	6.0	2.01
Poison Jab / Grass Knot	83%	67%	57.0%	8:54	6.0	1.93
Force Palm / Grass Knot	88%	74%	57.3%	8:51	6.0	1.92
Low Kick / Grass Knot	93%	74%	57.5%	8:49	6.0	1.92
Force Palm / Blaze Kick	100%	91%	58.7%	8:38	6.0	1.88
Poison Jab / Blaze Kick	97%	80%	58.7%	8:38	6.0	1.88
Low Kick / Blaze Kick	99%	93%	59.0%	8:36	6.0	1.87
Poison Jab / Drain Punch	100%	99%	59.0%	8:35	6.0	1.87
Low Kick / Brick Break	100%	116%	59.3%	8:33	5.9	1.86
Low Kick / Drain Punch	100%	115%	59.4%	8:32	5.9	1.86
Poison Jab / Brick Break	100%	99%	59.5%	8:32	6.0	1.85
Force Palm / Brick Break	100%	115%	59.5%	8:31	5.9	1.85
Force Palm / Drain Punch	100%	113%	59.6%	8:31	5.9	1.85

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 2 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…

Mienshao 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 psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mienshao 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
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s
fightingForce PalmSTAB	10	+16	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
fireBlaze Kick	40	-33	1.0s	0.25s
grassGrass Knot	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
darkBrutal Swing	65	-33	2.0s	1.30s
fightingBrick BreakSTAB	40	-33	1.5s	0.70s
fightingDrain PunchSTAB	50	-33	2.5s	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	1,472	1,840
11/11/11	1,487	1,859
12/12/12	1,502	1,878
13/13/13	1,518	1,897
14/14/14	1,533	1,917
15/15/15hundo	1,548	1,936

Caught CP range 1,472 - 1,548, or 1,840 - 1,936 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.

Mienshao 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 268 / Defense 139 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	86.4%	1.27	5:52	10.8	100%	6,428	59.4	1848
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	81%	70.9%	1.55	7:09	11.8	100%	5,713	48.3	1700
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	80%	70.2%	1.57	7:13	12.5	100%	6,112	47.9	1542
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	64%	59.9%	1.84	8:28	24.1	100%	4,178	42.0	876
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	66%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	15.6	98%	3,979	40.9	1250
6	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	56%	52.7%	2.09	9:37	22.5	82%	3,741	36.7	874
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	55%	52.7%	2.09	9:37	27.7	72%	4,510	37.0	759
8	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	57%	52.6%	2.09	9:38	20.0	78%	3,835	36.3	1041
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	56%	52.6%	2.10	9:38	24.7	72%	3,590	36.8	1011
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	55%	50.7%	2.17	9:60	21.5	50%	4,521	35.0	921
11	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	50.5%	2.18	10:02	18.3	48%	5,007	34.7	1119
12	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	22.3	48%	4,512	34.9	1029
13	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	53%	50.2%	2.19	10:06	25.2	56%	4,178	35.0	853
14	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	54%	49.9%	2.21	10:09	20.8	40%	4,783	34.4	1015
15	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	51%	49.3%	2.23	10:17	29.2	84%	3,465	35.3	872
16	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	52%	48.6%	2.26	10:25	22.8	10%	3,143	33.8	830
17	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	53%	48.0%	2.29	10:33	17.1	36%	3,703	32.9	1489
18	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	53%	48.0%	2.30	10:34	16.6	0%	5,031	32.7	1275
19	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	51%	47.8%	2.30	10:36	24.6	0%	3,548	33.2	794
20	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	50%	47.7%	2.31	10:38	26.0	0%	3,812	33.2	811
21	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	49%	47.2%	2.33	10:44	31.7	8%	4,346	33.3	607
22	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	48%	46.5%	2.37	10:54	32.0	78%	3,749	33.7	825
23	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	48%	46.4%	2.37	10:56	31.4	32%	3,425	33.1	827
24	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	46%	46.2%	2.38	10:58	42.5	36%	2,689	34.1	498
25	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	49%	45.5%	2.42	11:08	23.2	0%	3,590	31.4	1014
26	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	47%	45.5%	2.42	11:08	32.7	0%	4,006	32.0	598
27	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	49%	45.5%	2.42	11:08	21.6	0%	4,979	31.3	873
28	Tapu Lele psychicfairy Confusion / Nature's Madness	Confusion / Nature's Madness+11 more movesets	48%	45.3%	2.43	11:11	26.6	0%	3,494	31.5	874
29	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	49%	45.3%	2.43	11:12	20.5	0%	4,911	31.0	944
30	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	44%	44.4%	2.48	11:24	44.7	0%	2,825	32.5	469

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