Nidoran♀ counters

#0029

poisonTier 1

Lobby CP

2,522

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Nidoran♀ should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 425-466.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

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 Nidoran♀ counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Mewtwo, Shadow Latios, Shadow Metagross & Shadow Rhyperior.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
Mewtwo
S. Latios
S. Metagross
S. Rhyperior

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 / Psystrike0.030:06
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.040:07
4Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
5Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:08
6Mega MalamarMegaPsycho Cut / Psybeam+0.050:08
7Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.050:08
8Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Synchronoise0.050:08
9Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Synchronoise0.050:08
10MewtwoLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.050:08
11Shadow LatiosShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Psychic0.050:09
15Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyZen Headbutt / Psychic0.050:09
16Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartyMud-Slap / Drill Run0.050:09

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 Nidoran♀

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Top 15 Nidoran♀ 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	0:06	0.03	7148.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:06	0.03	7055.7%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
4	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.05	5239.2%
6	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	0:08	0.05	5177.0%
7	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,521	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicSynchronoise	4,512	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
10	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
11	Shadow Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	3,812	0:09	0.05	5046.3%
12	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	0:09	0.05	4932.1%
13	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	0:09	0.05	4932.1%
14	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,911	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
15	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	3,791	0:09	0.05	4844.4%

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 Nidoran♀.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Nidoran♀'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	1643%	5421.9%	0:08	0.04
Poison Sting / Poison Fang	100%	1759%	5370.8%	0:08	0.05
Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	100%	1649%	5407.9%	0:08	0.04
Poison Sting / Body Slam	100%	1708%	5417.2%	0:08	0.04
Bite / Sludge Bomb	100%	1607%	5431.2%	0:08	0.04
Bite / Poison Fang	100%	1653%	5440.7%	0:08	0.04
Bite / Body Slam	100%	1603%	5440.7%	0:08	0.04

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…

Nidoran♀ 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.

ground1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Nidoran♀ throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
poisonPoison FangSTAB	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	425	532
11/11/11	433	542
12/12/12	441	552
13/13/13	449	562
14/14/14	458	572
15/15/15hundo	466	583

Caught CP range 425 - 466, or 532 - 583 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.

Nidoran♀ 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 60 / Defense 62 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	97%	7148.2%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	108.5	661
2	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	100%	7055.7%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,112	103.9	642
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	76%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,178	87.2	610
4	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	68%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,510	82.0	615
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	65%	5239.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	76.0	632
6	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	68%	5177.0%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,143	93.4	786
7	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	67%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	5,424	72.1	613
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	62%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,521	77.0	654
9	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Synchronoise	Confusion / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	58%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,512	77.0	654
10	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	62%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,178	77.9	662
11	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	59%	5046.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,812	75.7	653
12	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	60%	4932.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,007	77.8	687
13	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	60%	4932.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	77.8	687
14	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	63%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,911	69.3	624
15	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	61%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,791	71.5	643
16	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	62%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,733	67.5	607
17	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	56%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,006	75.9	683
18	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+14 more movesets	62%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,244	71.2	641
19	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	51%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,057	67.0	603
20	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,093	70.6	635
21	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,093	70.6	635
22	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+11 more movesets	51%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,014	69.6	626
23	Alakazam psychic Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	52%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,057	66.7	600
24	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	57%	4774.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	81.2	741
25	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	55%	4697.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	69.3	643
26	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	57%	4637.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	71.0	667
27	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Extrasensory / Bulldoze	Extrasensory / Bulldoze+9 more movesets	54%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,922	63.5	603
28	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	55%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,962	64.1	609
29	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	54%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,588	64.1	609
30	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Future Sight	Psycho Cut / Future Sight+7 more movesets	52%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,590	70.6	671

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.