Monferno counters

#0391

fire fightingTier 1

Lobby CP

4,642

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

103

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Monferno should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 843-899.

Weak toflying1.6xground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Monferno counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Alakazam, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Alakazam
S. Groudon
S. Kyogre

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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.040:07
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.040:07
3Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.040:08
4Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.040:08
5Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
6Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.050:08
7Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Brave Bird0.050:09
8Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.050:09
9Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic0.050:09
10Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Psychic0.050:09
11Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyConfusion / Psychic0.050:09
13Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.050:09
16Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Surf0.050:09

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 Monferno

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Top 15 Monferno 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.04	5476.1%
4	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:08	0.04	5428.4%
5	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5355.0%
6	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
7	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingBrave Bird	3,590	0:09	0.05	4926.5%
8	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
10	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
11	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
12	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
13	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:09	0.05	4693.2%
14	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	5,902	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 Monferno.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Monferno'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%	1228%	4994.7%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flame Wheel	100%	1192%	4990.8%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	1132%	4994.7%	0:09	0.05
Rock Smash / Low Sweep	100%	1306%	5002.7%	0:09	0.05
Ember / Low Sweep	100%	1252%	5006.7%	0:09	0.05
Rock Smash / Flame Wheel	100%	1184%	5022.7%	0:09	0.05
Rock Smash / Flamethrower	100%	1096%	5063.2%	0:09	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…

Monferno 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 ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Monferno throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingRock SmashSTAB	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
fireFlame WheelSTAB	55	-50	2.5s	1.90s
fightingLow SweepSTAB	40	-33	2.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	843	1,054
11/11/11	854	1,068
12/12/12	865	1,082
13/13/13	876	1,096
14/14/14	888	1,110
15/15/15hundo	899	1,124

Caught CP range 843 - 899, or 1,054 - 1,124 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.

Monferno 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 103 / Defense 71 (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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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 Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	100%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	0.0	100%	6,428	86.7	607
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	92%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	0.0	100%	6,112	80.3	602
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	91%	5476.1%	0.04	0:08	0.0	100%	3,979	96.3	766
4	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	87%	5428.4%	0.04	0:08	0.0	100%	3,143	83.2	668
5	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	80%	5355.0%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	3,784	96.4	784
6	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	78%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	4,178	81.1	689
7	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Brave Bird	Psycho Cut / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	75%	4926.5%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,590	71.2	630
8	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	72%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,510	77.0	693
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	72%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,521	68.8	619
10	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	74%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,512	68.8	619
11	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	66%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,057	69.6	626
12	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	81%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,701	101.3	912
13	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	69%	4693.2%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,115	72.0	669
14	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	5,713	92.8	881
15	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	5,902	67.6	642
16	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	67%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,115	63.4	602
17	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,835	70.8	672
18	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	4532.1%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	5,902	75.7	728
19	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	60%	4480.0%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	65.0	633
20	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	67%	4390.6%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,099	63.0	625
21	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	5,007	63.9	639
22	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,783	64.0	640
23	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	64%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,812	62.2	622
24	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	63%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,178	63.7	637
25	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	55%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	2,825	60.5	605
26	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	62%	4287.0%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,922	81.3	825
27	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+14 more movesets	53%	4228.8%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,244	65.3	672
28	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Brave Bird	Peck / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	54%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	2,711	67.4	707
29	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	57%	4097.6%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,680	64.2	682
30	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Zen Headbutt / Psycho Boost	Zen Headbutt / Psycho Boost+5 more movesets	45%	4090.2%	0.06	0:11	0.2	100%	2,580	59.6	566

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.