Necrozma counters

#0800

psychicElite

Lobby CP

54,513

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

262

Defense

206

Difficulty

3.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Necrozma should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,018-2,104.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

7 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+2.7112:28
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam2.9613:38
3Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing3.1014:17
4Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play3.1114:19
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.1614:32
6Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.2014:43
7Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing3.2214:50
8Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing3.2314:52
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball3.2514:58
10Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+3.3915:36
13Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force3.5716:27

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

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Top 15 Necrozma 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	12:28	2.71	6.0	40.7%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	13:38	2.96	6.0	37.2%
3	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	14:17	3.10	5.9	35.5%
4	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	14:19	3.11	6.0	35.4%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	14:32	3.16	6.0	34.9%
6	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	14:43	3.20	6.0	34.4%
7	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	14:50	3.22	6.0	34.2%
8	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	14:52	3.23	6.0	34.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	14:58	3.25	6.0	33.9%
10	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	15:36	3.39	6.0	32.5%
11	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	15:38	3.40	6.0	32.4%
12	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	16:10	3.51	6.0	31.4%
13	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	16:27	3.57	6.0	30.8%
14	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	16:40	3.62	6.0	30.4%
15	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	16:50	3.66	6.0	30.1%

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.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Necrozma'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	72%	39%	35.2%	14:25	6.0	3.13
Metal Claw / Outrage	49%	30%	32.9%	15:26	6.0	3.35
Shadow Claw / Outrage	50%	30%	33.4%	15:10	6.0	3.30
Psycho Cut / Outrage	47%	32%	34.0%	14:54	6.0	3.24
Shadow Claw / Future Sight	82%	47%	35.5%	14:17	6.0	3.10
Shadow Claw / Iron Head	83%	42%	35.7%	14:12	6.0	3.08
Psycho Cut / Future Sight	83%	51%	35.8%	14:10	6.0	3.08
Metal Claw / Future Sight	83%	48%	35.8%	14:10	6.0	3.08
Shadow Claw / Dark Pulse	83%	44%	35.8%	14:10	6.0	3.08
Metal Claw / Iron Head	68%	43%	35.8%	14:09	6.0	3.07
Metal Claw / Dark Pulse	83%	43%	35.9%	14:08	6.0	3.07
Psycho Cut / Dark Pulse	83%	46%	36.0%	14:05	6.0	3.06
Psycho Cut / Iron Head	83%	45%	36.0%	14:05	6.0	3.06

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 3 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 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

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

What Necrozma throws at you

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

Fast moves

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

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
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	2,018	2,522
11/11/11	2,035	2,544
12/12/12	2,052	2,565
13/13/13	2,069	2,587
14/14/14	2,087	2,608
15/15/15hundo	2,104	2,630

Caught CP range 2,018 - 2,104, or 2,522 - 2,630 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 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 262 / Defense 206 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	40.7%	2.71	12:28	26.0	100%	3,842	28.1	798
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	88%	37.2%	2.96	13:38	36.9	100%	4,099	26.1	539
3	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	88%	35.5%	3.10	14:17	24.1	100%	5,347	24.2	830
4	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	84%	35.4%	3.11	14:19	37.9	92%	3,739	24.8	507
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	84%	34.9%	3.16	14:32	31.5	98%	6,428	24.2	610
6	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	34.4%	3.20	14:43	36.7	68%	3,834	24.0	559
7	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	79%	34.2%	3.22	14:50	48.4	62%	3,301	24.3	407
8	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	80%	34.1%	3.23	14:52	41.0	78%	3,625	23.9	527
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	81%	33.9%	3.25	14:58	33.8	74%	6,112	23.5	578
10	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	73%	32.5%	3.39	15:36	64.6	74%	3,383	24.6	346
11	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	75%	32.4%	3.40	15:38	47.3	52%	4,814	23.0	507
12	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	70%	31.4%	3.51	16:10	68.1	72%	4,336	23.4	344
13	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	71%	30.8%	3.57	16:27	49.3	0%	3,683	21.8	401
14	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	71%	30.4%	3.62	16:40	39.8	0%	3,739	21.1	501
15	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	30.1%	3.66	16:50	43.8	0%	5,713	21.1	453
16	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	68%	30.0%	3.67	16:53	53.7	0%	3,005	21.3	375
17	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	71%	30.0%	3.67	16:54	37.5	0%	3,784	20.8	539
18	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	65%	28.8%	3.83	17:36	55.8	0%	4,178	20.4	347
19	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	65%	28.7%	3.84	17:40	52.0	0%	4,182	20.2	378
20	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	66%	28.6%	3.85	17:44	49.0	0%	2,635	20.0	394
21	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	63%	28.5%	3.86	17:46	73.3	0%	3,594	21.1	293
22	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	67%	28.3%	3.89	17:55	39.3	0%	3,625	19.6	508
23	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	67%	28.2%	3.90	17:58	36.9	0%	3,834	19.4	542
24	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	67%	28.2%	3.91	17:59	37.1	0%	4,087	19.4	534
25	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	61%	28.1%	3.91	18:00	80.6	0%	2,526	20.9	268
26	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	64%	27.9%	3.95	18:09	46.2	0%	4,042	19.5	444
27	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	65%	27.9%	3.95	18:10	44.2	0%	5,031	19.4	460
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	64%	27.7%	3.97	18:17	49.3	0%	4,346	19.5	396
29	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	62%	27.5%	4.00	18:25	58.2	0%	4,510	19.5	332
30	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	57%	26.1%	4.22	19:26	80.8	0%	3,117	19.2	301

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