Necrozma (Dawn Wings) counters

#0800

psychic ghostTier 5

Lobby CP

54,822

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

230

Defense

185

Difficulty

1.33

Pokebattler scale

Beating Necrozma (Dawn Wings) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,251-2,342.

Weak toghost2.56xdark2.56x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Necrozma (Dawn Wings) counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Darkrai, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Darkrai.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar
S. Darkrai
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Darkrai

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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+1.125:09
2Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.356:12
3Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.366:15
4Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.376:17
5Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.376:18
6Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing1.446:38
7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.476:45
8Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.506:55
9DarkraiLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.567:10
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.567:11

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

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Top 15 Necrozma (Dawn Wings) counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	5:09	1.12	6.0	98.4%
2	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	6:12	1.35	5.8	81.7%
3	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	6:15	1.36	6.0	81.1%
4	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	6:17	1.37	6.0	80.7%
5	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	6:18	1.37	6.0	80.4%
6	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	6:38	1.44	6.0	76.5%
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	6:45	1.47	6.0	75.1%
8	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	6:55	1.50	6.0	73.2%
9	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	7:10	1.56	6.0	70.7%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	7:11	1.56	6.0	70.6%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	7:23	1.61	6.0	68.6%
12	Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	7:28	1.62	6.0	67.9%
13	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	7:29	1.62	6.0	67.8%
14	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	7:31	1.63	6.0	67.4%
15	Mega Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,031	7:32	1.64	6.0	67.3%

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 Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Necrozma (Dawn Wings)'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	97%	95%	80.6%	6:18	6.0	1.37
Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	83%	56%	65.1%	7:47	6.0	1.69
Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	83%	61%	66.7%	7:36	6.0	1.65
Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	86%	61%	70.0%	7:14	6.0	1.57
Shadow Claw / Outrage	100%	79%	80.2%	6:19	6.0	1.37
Metal Claw / Outrage	100%	82%	81.0%	6:16	6.0	1.36
Psycho Cut / Outrage	100%	86%	81.0%	6:15	6.0	1.36
Shadow Claw / Iron Head	100%	107%	83.9%	6:03	6.0	1.31
Psycho Cut / Iron Head	100%	116%	84.2%	6:01	6.0	1.31
Shadow Claw / Future Sight	100%	129%	84.4%	6:00	6.0	1.31
Metal Claw / Iron Head	100%	111%	84.5%	5:60	6.0	1.30
Shadow Claw / Dark Pulse	100%	121%	84.7%	5:59	6.0	1.30
Metal Claw / Future Sight	100%	131%	84.8%	5:58	6.0	1.30
Metal Claw / Dark Pulse	100%	120%	84.9%	5:58	6.0	1.30
Psycho Cut / Dark Pulse	100%	127%	84.9%	5:58	6.0	1.30
Psycho Cut / Future Sight	100%	140%	85.2%	5:57	6.0	1.29

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…

Necrozma (Dawn Wings) 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.

ghost2.56x dark2.56x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x psychic0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.24x

Double weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xpoison0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Necrozma (Dawn Wings) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
steelMetal Claw	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostMoongeist BeamSTAB	230	-100	3.0s	2.20s
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
steelIron Head	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
dragonOutrage	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	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	2,251	2,813
11/11/11	2,269	2,836
12/12/12	2,287	2,859
13/13/13	2,305	2,882
14/14/14	2,324	2,905
15/15/15hundo	2,342	2,928

Caught CP range 2,251 - 2,342, or 2,813 - 2,928 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.

Necrozma (Dawn Wings) 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 230 / Defense 185 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

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

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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	98.4%	1.12	5:09	10.1	100%	3,842	51.0	1464
2	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	83%	81.7%	1.35	6:12	10.3	100%	5,347	41.7	1439
3	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	79%	81.1%	1.36	6:15	15.2	100%	3,625	42.2	958
4	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	79%	80.7%	1.37	6:17	14.5	100%	3,834	41.7	1017
5	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	77%	80.4%	1.37	6:18	18.7	100%	3,739	42.5	862
6	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	76.5%	1.44	6:38	23.2	100%	3,301	41.2	709
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	71%	75.1%	1.47	6:45	22.2	84%	4,099	42.7	909
8	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	67%	73.2%	1.50	6:55	27.5	100%	4,336	40.2	596
9	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	68%	70.7%	1.56	7:10	17.3	100%	3,739	36.8	861
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	67%	70.6%	1.56	7:11	18.5	84%	6,428	38.0	967
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	65%	68.6%	1.61	7:23	19.5	82%	6,112	36.8	903
12	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	65%	67.9%	1.62	7:28	17.0	100%	3,625	35.1	904
13	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	62%	67.8%	1.62	7:29	28.8	100%	3,268	37.1	569
14	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	61%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	29.3	90%	3,594	37.0	541
15	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	64%	67.3%	1.64	7:32	17.9	100%	5,031	35.0	840
16	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	65%	67.1%	1.64	7:33	16.4	100%	3,834	34.6	943
17	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	60%	66.2%	1.66	7:39	29.1	86%	3,749	36.2	578
18	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	60%	66.1%	1.67	7:40	28.6	98%	3,005	35.9	601
19	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	59%	64.9%	1.70	7:49	27.2	80%	3,683	35.4	646
20	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Crunch	Bite / Crunch+23 more movesets	63%	64.5%	1.71	7:52	13.7	100%	4,717	33.0	1200
21	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	57%	64.2%	1.72	7:54	36.9	94%	2,526	36.0	463
22	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	60%	64.1%	1.72	7:54	20.7	100%	2,757	33.5	711
23	Kingambit darksteel Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+19 more movesets	62%	63.0%	1.75	8:03	13.3	100%	3,614	32.2	1234
24	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	57%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	26.9	80%	2,635	33.8	652
25	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	56%	62.3%	1.77	8:08	29.6	88%	2,994	34.0	556
26	Incineroar firedark Snarl / Darkest Lariat	Snarl / Darkest Lariat+23 more movesets	59%	61.3%	1.80	8:16	16.4	100%	2,996	31.6	921
27	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	54%	60.2%	1.83	8:25	30.3	80%	2,526	32.7	542
28	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	54%	59.8%	1.84	8:28	31.2	80%	2,711	32.7	537
29	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	53%	59.7%	1.84	8:29	35.1	86%	3,297	33.3	482
30	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	54%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	27.5	80%	4,042	32.5	726

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