Orthworm counters

#0968

steelElite

Lobby CP

38,074

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

173

Defense

230

Difficulty

2.86

Pokebattler scale

Beating Orthworm should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,245-1,313.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Orthworm counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Conkeldurr.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Reshiram
S. Groudon
S. Conkeldurr

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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.3510:49
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+2.7612:41
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere2.9013:22
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere2.9113:24
5Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+3.0914:13
6KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword3.1714:36
7Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm3.1914:42
8Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword3.2715:02
9Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare3.2815:06
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast3.3315:19
13Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.5116:09
15Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch3.6116:38

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Top 15 Orthworm 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	10:49	2.35	5.6	46.8%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	12:41	2.76	6.0	39.9%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	13:22	2.90	6.0	37.9%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	13:24	2.91	5.8	37.8%
5	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	14:13	3.09	6.0	35.6%
6	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	14:36	3.17	5.8	34.7%
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	14:42	3.19	6.0	34.5%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	15:02	3.27	6.0	33.7%
9	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	15:06	3.28	6.0	33.6%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	15:19	3.33	6.0	33.1%
11	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	15:20	3.33	6.0	33.1%
12	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	15:21	3.33	5.6	33.0%
13	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	16:09	3.51	6.0	31.4%
14	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	16:27	3.58	5.4	30.8%
15	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	16:38	3.61	6.0	30.5%

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 Orthworm.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Orthworm'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	57%	52%	34.6%	14:39	5.9	3.18
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	49%	45%	33.7%	15:03	6.0	3.27
Iron Tail / Earthquake	51%	43%	33.9%	14:56	6.0	3.24
Mud-Slap / Iron Head	63%	55%	34.7%	14:37	6.0	3.18
Iron Tail / Iron Head	65%	56%	34.9%	14:31	6.0	3.15
Iron Tail / Rock Tomb	57%	70%	35.1%	14:27	5.7	3.14
Mud-Slap / Rock Tomb	58%	71%	35.3%	14:22	5.8	3.12

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…

Orthworm 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x fire1.6x ghost1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (4)
Resists (11)

It resists poison0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Orthworm throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron TailSTAB	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
groundMud-Slap	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquake	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,245	1,557
11/11/11	1,259	1,574
12/12/12	1,272	1,591
13/13/13	1,286	1,608
14/14/14	1,300	1,625
15/15/15hundo	1,313	1,642

Caught CP range 1,245 - 1,313, or 1,557 - 1,642 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.

Orthworm 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 173 / Defense 230 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	46.8%	2.35	10:49	16.0	100%	6,112	31.8	1247
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	81%	39.9%	2.76	12:41	26.8	100%	4,783	27.6	778
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	75%	37.9%	2.90	13:22	32.5	100%	4,161	26.4	650
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	74%	37.8%	2.91	13:24	33.8	84%	3,826	26.5	796
5	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	35.6%	3.09	14:13	27.8	66%	3,670	24.6	760
6	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	71%	34.7%	3.17	14:36	22.8	100%	3,698	23.6	894
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	34.5%	3.19	14:42	26.8	94%	3,922	23.7	722
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	68%	33.7%	3.27	15:02	28.4	54%	4,521	23.1	717
9	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	66%	33.6%	3.28	15:06	36.5	52%	4,038	23.4	567
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	67%	33.1%	3.33	15:19	24.6	28%	6,428	22.6	792
11	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	65%	33.1%	3.33	15:20	32.4	58%	4,455	22.9	697
12	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	33.0%	3.33	15:21	25.4	58%	5,902	22.6	890
13	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	31.4%	3.51	16:09	30.7	0%	4,115	21.6	672
14	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	63%	30.8%	3.58	16:27	23.4	0%	5,424	20.9	875
15	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	59%	30.5%	3.61	16:38	38.1	0%	3,337	21.1	548
16	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	62%	30.5%	3.61	16:38	26.2	0%	3,922	20.8	745
17	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	57%	29.8%	3.70	17:01	43.2	0%	3,698	20.8	507
18	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	29.7%	3.71	17:04	27.5	0%	4,814	20.2	684
19	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	55%	29.6%	3.72	17:08	61.0	46%	2,848	21.6	403
20	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	57%	29.2%	3.77	17:20	37.0	0%	4,038	20.2	571
21	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	57%	29.2%	3.78	17:23	33.6	0%	3,863	20.1	658
22	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	56%	29.0%	3.80	17:28	39.9	0%	3,850	20.1	518
23	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	57%	28.9%	3.81	17:33	31.7	0%	3,588	19.8	613
24	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	55%	28.8%	3.82	17:36	43.7	0%	3,093	20.0	471
25	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	56%	28.5%	3.86	17:47	34.4	0%	3,962	19.6	607
26	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	55%	28.5%	3.87	17:47	41.5	0%	3,465	19.8	509
27	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	54%	28.2%	3.91	17:58	45.2	0%	2,889	19.7	453
28	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	51%	27.8%	3.96	18:13	63.5	2%	3,297	20.2	336
29	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	50%	27.2%	4.06	18:40	61.4	0%	3,754	19.6	577
30	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	50%	27.0%	4.09	18:48	61.1	0%	2,703	19.5	513

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