Pidove counters

#0519

normal flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

2,697

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Pidove should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 443-484.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Pidove counters are Mega Raichu Y, Zeraora, Kyurem (White), Shadow Gigalith, Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Zeraora
Kyurem (White)
S. Gigalith
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Thundurus (Incarnate)

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 Raichu YMegapartyVolt Switch / Wild Charge0.040:07
2ZeraoraLegendarypartySpark / Plasma Fists0.040:08
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.040:08
5Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.040:08
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
7Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
8Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.050:08
9Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Punch0.050:08
10Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.050:08

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 Pidove

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Top 15 Pidove 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,780	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
2	Zeraoraelectric	electricSparkelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:08	0.04	5582.7%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5531.7%
4	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
5	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
7	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
8	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Punch	3,345	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
10	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
11	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,005	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
12	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
13	Shadow Alolan Golemrockelectric	rockRock ThrowelectricWild Charge	2,949	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
14	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
15	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:09	0.05	5105.4%

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 Pidove.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Pidove'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%	1575%	5473.9%	0:08	0.04
Quick Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	1582%	5464.3%	0:08	0.04
Quick Attack / Air Cutter	100%	1631%	5464.3%	0:08	0.04
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	100%	1537%	5464.3%	0:08	0.04
Quick Attack / Heat Wave	100%	1680%	5483.4%	0:08	0.04
Air Slash / Heat Wave	100%	1651%	5483.4%	0:08	0.04
Air Slash / Air Cutter	100%	1586%	5483.4%	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…

Pidove 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Pidove throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
normalQuick AttackSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
flyingAir CutterSTAB	55	-50	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	443	554
11/11/11	451	564
12/12/12	459	574
13/13/13	467	584
14/14/14	476	595
15/15/15hundo	484	605

Caught CP range 443 - 484, or 554 - 605 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.

Pidove 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 67 / Defense 56 (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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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 Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	100%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,780	88.7	621
2	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	91%	5582.7%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,419	78.3	611
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	90%	5531.7%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	101.4	798
4	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	88%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,605	75.5	604
5	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	93%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,228	75.3	602
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	106.1	870
7	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	82%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	75.2	617
8	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	79%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,659	77.4	658
9	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	79%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,345	73.3	623
10	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	87%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,118	74.4	632
11	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	74%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,005	71.1	604
12	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	81%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,580	71.7	609
13	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Wild Charge	Rock Throw / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	87%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,949	72.4	615
14	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	85%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	96.5	820
15	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	84%	5105.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,346	86.5	739
16	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	72%	4919.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,979	73.3	649
17	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Flamethrower	Smack Down / Flamethrower+5 more movesets	71%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	69.3	624
18	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	82%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	82.1	739
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	73%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,079	67.0	603
20	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	74%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	79.7	717
21	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	81%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	120.7	1098
22	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	4728.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	73.2	674
23	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	72%	4637.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	78.1	734
24	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	72%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	73.6	699
25	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Avalanche	Waterfall / Avalanche+5 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,902	66.2	629
26	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Charge Beam / Thunder	Charge Beam / Thunder+11 more movesets	69%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,527	68.1	647
27	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	69%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,937	81.2	771
28	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Ice Beam	Confusion / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	66%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,178	67.9	645
29	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Thunder	Charge Beam / Thunder+15 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,245	65.0	617
30	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	69%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,452	68.3	649

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.