Primarina counters

#0730

water fairyTier 5

Lobby CP

43,838

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

195

Defense

165

Difficulty

1.77

Pokebattler scale

Beating Primarina should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,748-1,829.

Weak topoison1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6x

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 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 Primarina counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kartana, Shadow Raikou, Eternatus & Zeraora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kartana
S. Raikou
Eternatus
Zeraora

7 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.627:27
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.707:50
3Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.778:10
4Mega VictreebelMegaMagical Leaf / Acid Spray+1.808:16
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.858:31
6Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.888:40
7Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant2.039:19
8KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade2.049:24
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb2.069:28
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge2.079:31
12EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb2.089:34
13ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists2.129:45

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

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Top 15 Primarina 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	7:27	1.62	6.0	68.1%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	7:50	1.70	6.0	64.7%
3	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	8:10	1.77	6.0	62.1%
4	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	8:16	1.80	6.0	61.4%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:31	1.85	6.0	59.5%
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	8:40	1.88	6.0	58.5%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	9:19	2.03	6.0	54.4%
8	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	9:24	2.04	6.0	53.9%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	9:28	2.06	6.0	53.5%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	9:31	2.07	6.0	53.2%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,112	9:33	2.08	6.0	53.0%
12	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	9:34	2.08	6.0	53.0%
13	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	9:45	2.12	6.0	52.0%
14	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	9:45	2.12	6.0	52.0%
15	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	9:47	2.12	5.9	51.8%

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 Primarina.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Primarina'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	97%	59%	56.0%	9:03	6.0	1.97
Waterfall / Hydro Pump	90%	55%	54.0%	9:23	6.0	2.04
Waterfall / Moonblast	89%	55%	54.4%	9:19	6.0	2.02
Charm / Moonblast	94%	53%	54.7%	9:16	6.0	2.01
Charm / Hydro Pump	93%	55%	55.0%	9:13	6.0	2.00
Waterfall / Psychic	89%	58%	56.4%	8:60	6.0	1.95
Charm / Psychic	100%	58%	56.8%	8:56	6.0	1.94
Waterfall / Sparkling Aria	100%	66%	57.0%	8:54	6.0	1.93
Charm / Sparkling Aria	100%	64%	57.1%	8:53	6.0	1.93
Charm / Disarming Voice	100%	74%	57.3%	8:51	6.0	1.92
Waterfall / Disarming Voice	100%	78%	57.8%	8:46	6.0	1.91

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…

Primarina 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.

poison1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (8)
Resists (7)

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Primarina throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyCharmSTAB	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
fairyMoonblastSTAB	130	-100	4.0s	2.30s
waterSparkling AriaSTAB	85	-33	3.0s	1.70s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
fairyDisarming VoiceSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,748	2,186
11/11/11	1,764	2,205
12/12/12	1,780	2,225
13/13/13	1,796	2,246
14/14/14	1,812	2,266
15/15/15hundo	1,829	2,286

Caught CP range 1,748 - 1,829, or 2,186 - 2,286 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.

Primarina 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 195 / Defense 165 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	68.1%	1.62	7:27	25.0	100%	3,780	36.5	573
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	97%	64.7%	1.70	7:50	20.6	100%	3,510	34.0	682
3	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	96%	62.1%	1.77	8:10	16.0	100%	4,093	32.1	934
4	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Acid Spray+	Magical Leaf / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	94%	61.4%	1.80	8:16	16.9	100%	3,505	31.7	893
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	15.2	100%	6,428	30.7	926
6	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	84%	58.5%	1.88	8:40	29.8	100%	3,659	31.4	482
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	79%	54.4%	2.03	9:19	26.3	80%	4,056	28.9	657
8	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	80%	53.9%	2.04	9:24	22.5	100%	3,677	28.0	635
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	79%	53.5%	2.06	9:28	24.6	90%	4,336	28.0	613
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	78%	53.2%	2.07	9:31	25.7	98%	3,452	27.9	552
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	79%	53.0%	2.08	9:33	22.9	98%	6,112	27.6	621
12	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	81%	53.0%	2.08	9:34	17.2	100%	4,429	27.2	839
13	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	77%	52.0%	2.12	9:45	24.4	82%	3,419	27.2	577
14	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	75%	52.0%	2.12	9:45	31.4	66%	3,383	27.7	488
15	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	80%	51.8%	2.12	9:47	16.6	88%	3,698	26.5	893
16	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	74%	51.2%	2.15	9:54	30.2	70%	3,937	27.1	471
17	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	74%	51.0%	2.16	9:56	28.3	64%	3,580	26.8	501
18	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	72%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	33.1	48%	2,803	27.0	430
19	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	73%	50.1%	2.20	10:07	25.4	46%	3,205	26.2	588
20	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	73%	50.0%	2.20	10:08	28.2	26%	3,527	26.3	503
21	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	74%	49.9%	2.21	10:09	24.4	36%	2,720	26.0	612
22	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	72%	49.7%	2.22	10:12	28.6	38%	3,659	26.2	499
23	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	73%	49.6%	2.22	10:13	23.3	44%	4,038	25.9	640
24	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	49.6%	2.22	10:14	36.2	36%	3,079	26.6	404
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	74%	49.4%	2.23	10:16	21.9	20%	5,713	25.6	670
26	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	73%	49.3%	2.23	10:16	22.7	8%	3,592	25.6	629
27	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	73%	49.2%	2.24	10:18	23.9	4%	3,030	25.6	594
28	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	73%	48.8%	2.26	10:24	19.8	0%	3,833	25.1	791
29	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	70%	48.2%	2.29	10:31	27.4	0%	4,178	25.2	524
30	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	68%	47.8%	2.30	10:36	34.4	38%	2,954	25.6	471

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