Poliwag counters

#0060

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

2,798

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Poliwag should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 433-473.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Poliwag counters are Mega Raichu Y, Kartana, Zeraora, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki & Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kartana
Zeraora
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
S. Thundurus (Incarnate)

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 Raichu YMegapartyVolt Switch / Wild Charge0.040:07
2KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.040:07
3ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists0.040:08
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.050:08
5Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:08
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
7Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.050:08
8Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.050:08
9RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
10Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Punch0.050:09

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Poliwag 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	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
3	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.05	5381.5%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.05	5328.9%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5251.8%
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
8	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Punch	3,345	0:09	0.05	5058.0%
11	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
12	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	4,093	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
13	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
14	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
15	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	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 Poliwag.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Poliwag'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%	1383%	5431.2%	0:08	0.04
Mud Shot / Mud Bomb	100%	1471%	5417.2%	0:08	0.04
Mud Shot / Bubble Beam	100%	1467%	5421.9%	0:08	0.04
Mud Shot / Body Slam	100%	1493%	5421.9%	0:08	0.04
Bubble / Bubble Beam	100%	1355%	5450.1%	0:08	0.04
Bubble / Mud Bomb	100%	1347%	5450.1%	0:08	0.04
Bubble / Body Slam	100%	1380%	5450.1%	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…

Poliwag 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Poliwag throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
groundMud Shot	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
groundMud Bomb	60	-33	2.5s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	433	541
11/11/11	441	551
12/12/12	449	561
13/13/13	457	571
14/14/14	465	581
15/15/15hundo	473	592

Caught CP range 433 - 473, or 541 - 592 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.

Poliwag 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 69 / Defense 57 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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#	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	87.0	609
2	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	100%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	80.0	600
3	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	91%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,419	76.3	610
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	98%	5381.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	96.2	779
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	95%	5328.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	73.8	603
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	98%	5251.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	103.5	859
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	83%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,659	76.0	646
8	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	90%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,056	73.5	625
9	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	89%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	94.6	804
10	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	81%	5058.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,345	70.6	608
11	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	85%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	80.1	721
12	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	89%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,093	68.2	614
13	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	85%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,698	67.7	609
14	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	84%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,954	68.1	613
15	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	81%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,720	67.6	608
16	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	84%	4827.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	119.4	1078
17	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	77%	4821.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	78.2	706
18	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	75%	4727.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,383	72.0	663
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	73%	4718.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,079	69.8	644
20	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	79%	4688.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,934	69.6	647
21	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	75%	4688.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,937	76.4	710
22	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	74%	4658.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,452	68.0	636
23	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+19 more movesets	67%	4658.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,485	66.1	619
24	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Thunder	Charge Beam / Thunder+15 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,245	64.0	608
25	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	72%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,580	66.9	635
26	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	78%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,505	63.5	603
27	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	80%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,030	64.0	608
28	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	80%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,324	64.0	608
29	Roserade grasspoison Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	76%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,971	64.5	613
30	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,825	63.7	605

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.