Polteageist counters

#0855

ghostTier 5

Lobby CP

46,006

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

207

Defense

161

Difficulty

1.76

Pokebattler scale

Beating Polteageist should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,668-1,747.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Polteageist counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Absol & Shadow Giratina (Origin).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Tyranitar
S. Hydreigon
S. Absol
S. Giratina (Origin)

5 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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+1.537:02
2Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.758:05
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.788:11
4Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.818:19
5Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing1.828:22
6Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.848:27
7Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.848:27
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.898:43
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.908:44
10Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing1.948:54
11Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force2.009:12

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

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Top 15 Polteageist 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	7:02	1.53	5.9	72.1%
2	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	8:05	1.75	6.0	62.8%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:11	1.78	6.0	61.9%
4	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	8:19	1.81	4.5	60.9%
5	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	8:22	1.82	6.0	60.6%
6	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	8:27	1.84	5.8	60.0%
7	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	8:27	1.84	6.0	59.9%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	8:43	1.89	6.0	58.1%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	8:44	1.90	6.0	58.1%
10	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	8:54	1.94	6.0	56.9%
11	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	9:12	2.00	6.0	55.1%
12	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	9:16	2.01	6.0	54.7%
13	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	9:22	2.04	6.0	54.1%
14	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	9:30	2.07	6.0	53.3%
15	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	9:34	2.08	6.0	53.0%

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 Polteageist.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Polteageist'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	89%	60.8%	8:21	6.0	1.81
Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	100%	69%	59.0%	8:35	6.0	1.87
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	70%	59.3%	8:33	6.0	1.86
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	71%	59.3%	8:33	6.0	1.86
Hex / Dark Pulse	100%	93%	60.9%	8:19	6.0	1.81
Astonish / Dark Pulse	100%	95%	61.1%	8:18	6.0	1.80
Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse	100%	93%	61.1%	8:17	6.0	1.80
Sucker Punch / Psychic	100%	114%	61.7%	8:13	5.9	1.79
Astonish / Psychic	100%	116%	61.8%	8:12	5.9	1.78
Hex / Psychic	100%	114%	61.8%	8:12	5.9	1.78

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 2 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…

Polteageist 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.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

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

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Polteageist throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,668	2,085
11/11/11	1,684	2,105
12/12/12	1,700	2,125
13/13/13	1,715	2,145
14/14/14	1,731	2,165
15/15/15hundo	1,747	2,185

Caught CP range 1,668 - 1,747, or 2,085 - 2,185 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.

Polteageist 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 207 / Defense 161 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	72.1%	1.53	7:02	10.5	100%	3,842	36.8	1318
2	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	84%	62.8%	1.75	8:05	15.0	100%	3,739	32.2	947
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	80%	61.9%	1.78	8:11	19.9	100%	6,428	32.3	809
4	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	87%	60.9%	1.81	8:19	7.6	100%	5,347	30.6	1758
5	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	78%	60.6%	1.82	8:22	20.2	100%	3,301	31.5	724
6	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	60.0%	1.84	8:27	11.9	100%	3,834	30.4	1174
7	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	81%	59.9%	1.84	8:27	14.0	100%	3,625	30.6	1034
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	75%	58.1%	1.89	8:43	20.5	100%	6,112	30.3	757
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	71%	58.1%	1.90	8:44	33.1	98%	4,336	31.3	436
10	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	72%	56.9%	1.94	8:54	24.8	100%	2,526	29.9	583
11	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	69%	55.1%	2.00	9:12	25.5	100%	3,683	29.0	568
12	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	71%	54.7%	2.01	9:16	18.9	100%	3,005	28.2	756
13	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	54.1%	2.04	9:22	18.8	100%	5,713	27.9	744
14	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	71%	53.3%	2.07	9:30	16.2	90%	3,784	27.3	900
15	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	71%	53.0%	2.08	9:34	15.4	100%	3,739	27.1	937
16	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	66%	52.5%	2.10	9:39	27.7	88%	3,749	27.7	519
17	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	61%	49.6%	2.22	10:13	33.3	34%	4,178	26.5	484
18	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	66%	49.4%	2.23	10:15	14.2	0%	3,625	25.1	990
19	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	67%	49.3%	2.23	10:17	12.5	0%	3,834	24.9	1132
20	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	64%	49.0%	2.25	10:20	19.1	0%	5,031	25.2	742
21	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	62%	48.6%	2.27	10:25	21.5	0%	4,605	25.1	653
22	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	61%	48.5%	2.27	10:28	26.9	26%	2,711	25.4	559
23	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	61%	48.4%	2.28	10:29	25.7	4%	2,635	25.2	579
24	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	61%	48.1%	2.29	10:33	22.4	0%	4,429	24.9	642
25	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	60%	48.0%	2.29	10:33	27.3	10%	4,783	25.2	575
26	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	58%	47.5%	2.32	10:40	36.3	32%	4,510	25.5	441
27	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	61%	47.5%	2.32	10:41	19.9	0%	2,757	24.4	712
28	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	62%	47.4%	2.32	10:42	17.7	0%	4,979	24.3	849
29	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	59%	47.2%	2.34	10:45	28.0	0%	2,526	24.7	536
30	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	52%	43.8%	2.52	11:35	52.8	66%	4,099	27.8	553

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