Pineco counters

#0204

bugTier 3

Lobby CP

8,638

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

100

Difficulty

0.35

Pokebattler scale

Beating Pineco should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 586-633.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Pineco counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Salamence, Blacephalon, Shadow Moltres & Shadow Toucannon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Reshiram
S. Salamence
Blacephalon
S. Moltres
S. Toucannon

4 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.310:54
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.320:57
3Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.341:00
4Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.361:03
5Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.381:07
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.381:08
7Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.391:08
8BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.391:08
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.401:10
10Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.401:10

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

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Related countersShadow Pineco

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Top 15 Pineco 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 Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:54	0.31	0.2	434.6%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:57	0.32	0.4	414.4%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:00	0.34	0.2	391.8%
4	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:03	0.36	0.6	369.8%
5	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	1:07	0.38	0.7	350.2%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	1:08	0.38	0.6	347.5%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:08	0.39	0.6	345.7%
8	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	1:08	0.39	1.3	344.0%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	1:10	0.40	1.0	336.2%
10	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	1:10	0.40	1.1	333.9%
11	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:11	0.40	0.2	330.6%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:12	0.41	0.2	327.6%
13	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	1:12	0.41	0.6	327.6%
14	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	1:13	0.42	0.5	321.8%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:13	0.42	1.9	320.6%

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 Pineco.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Pineco'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	321%	356.2%	1:06	0.8	0.38
Bug Bite / Sand Tomb	100%	476%	353.3%	1:06	0.4	0.38
Tackle / Sand Tomb	100%	459%	354.1%	1:06	0.4	0.38
Bug Bite / Rock Tomb	100%	260%	357.3%	1:06	1.3	0.37
Tackle / Rock Tomb	100%	257%	357.4%	1:06	1.3	0.37
Bug Bite / Gyro Ball	100%	360%	363.7%	1:05	0.5	0.37
Tackle / Gyro Ball	100%	354%	364.4%	1:04	0.5	0.37

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…

Pineco 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x poison1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x grass0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists fighting0.625xground0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Pineco throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelGyro Ball	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
groundSand Tomb	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	586	733
11/11/11	595	744
12/12/12	605	756
13/13/13	614	768
14/14/14	623	779
15/15/15hundo	633	791

Caught CP range 586 - 633, or 733 - 791 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.

Pineco 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 89 / Defense 100 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	434.6%	0.31	0:54	0.2	100%	5,713	68.2	3349
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	90%	414.4%	0.32	0:57	0.4	100%	4,783	63.9	2821
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	89%	391.8%	0.34	0:60	0.1	100%	3,979	60.7	3337
4	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	77%	369.8%	0.36	1:03	0.5	100%	4,038	58.2	2573
5	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	73%	350.2%	0.38	1:07	0.6	100%	3,749	54.5	2391
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	73%	347.5%	0.38	1:08	0.6	100%	4,161	56.5	2627
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	72%	345.7%	0.39	1:08	0.6	100%	4,455	54.8	2921
8	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	67%	344.0%	0.39	1:08	1.2	100%	3,297	55.8	1765
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	67%	336.2%	0.40	1:10	0.9	100%	3,465	53.4	2677
10	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	66%	333.9%	0.40	1:10	1.0	100%	2,689	52.1	2192
11	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	74%	330.6%	0.40	1:11	0.2	100%	3,741	55.1	3468
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	72%	327.6%	0.41	1:12	0.1	100%	6,428	53.9	3560
13	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	327.6%	0.41	1:12	0.6	100%	3,835	52.1	2548
14	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	71%	321.8%	0.42	1:13	0.4	100%	5,031	50.0	2766
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	59%	320.6%	0.42	1:13	1.7	100%	3,298	50.0	1360
16	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	63%	320.1%	0.42	1:13	1.0	100%	2,825	50.1	2157
17	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	60%	315.7%	0.42	1:14	1.4	100%	3,105	50.0	1583
18	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	65%	314.4%	0.43	1:15	0.7	100%	3,590	49.4	2377
19	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	61%	314.0%	0.43	1:15	1.1	100%	2,848	50.2	1724
20	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	65%	312.2%	0.43	1:15	0.8	100%	3,754	49.1	2469
21	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	60%	311.8%	0.43	1:15	1.4	100%	3,268	49.8	1668
22	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	59%	308.4%	0.43	1:16	1.4	100%	4,346	48.3	1571
23	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	63%	306.8%	0.44	1:16	0.6	100%	3,863	47.8	2833
24	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	62%	305.4%	0.44	1:17	0.7	100%	3,850	47.5	2355
25	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	63%	305.1%	0.44	1:17	0.6	100%	4,038	48.1	2473
26	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	59%	304.3%	0.44	1:17	1.2	100%	3,059	47.6	1662
27	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	60%	300.4%	0.44	1:18	0.9	100%	3,215	48.4	2334
28	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	58%	299.8%	0.45	1:18	1.2	100%	2,889	46.8	2164
29	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	59%	299.3%	0.45	1:18	1.0	100%	2,982	47.0	1792
30	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	58%	299.1%	0.45	1:18	1.2	100%	2,683	46.3	1692

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