Primeape counters

#0057

fightingTier 1

Lobby CP

6,726

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

132

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Primeape should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,239-1,307.

Weak toflying1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Primeape counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Regigigas, Shadow Mewtwo, Mewtwo & Enamorus (Incarnate).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Regigigas
S. Mewtwo
Mewtwo
Enamorus (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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.050:09
3Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.060:10
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.060:10
5Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.060:10
6Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.060:11
7Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyZen Headbutt / Crush Grip0.060:12
8Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike0.060:12
9MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.060:12
10Enamorus (Incarnate)LegendarypartyFairy Wind / Fly0.070:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Primeape

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Top 15 Primeape 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5388.1%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4638.2%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:10	0.06	4411.9%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
5	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
6	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:11	0.06	4089.9%
7	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	0:12	0.06	3764.9%
8	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:12	0.06	3758.4%
9	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:12	0.06	3742.3%
10	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,425	0:12	0.07	3726.3%
11	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicSynchronoise	4,521	0:12	0.07	3704.1%
12	Shadow Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicLuster Purge	3,812	0:12	0.07	3682.2%
13	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3669.2%
14	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:12	0.07	3657.5%
15	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmpsychicPsychic	4,512	0:12	0.07	3633.1%

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 Primeape.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Primeape'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%	981%	4012.0%	0:11	0.06
Low Kick / Close Combat	100%	1151%	3912.0%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Close Combat	100%	1004%	3966.3%	0:11	0.06
Low Kick / Low Sweep	100%	1095%	3968.8%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Low Sweep	100%	1046%	3994.1%	0:11	0.06
Low Kick / Ice Punch	100%	941%	4022.2%	0:11	0.06
Low Kick / Night Slash	100%	927%	4027.4%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Night Slash	100%	874%	4066.5%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Ice Punch	100%	885%	4074.5%	0:11	0.06

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…

Primeape 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 psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x

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

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Primeape throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounterSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
iceIce Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.40s
fightingLow SweepSTAB	40	-33	2.0s	1.40s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,239	1,549
11/11/11	1,252	1,565
12/12/12	1,266	1,582
13/13/13	1,279	1,600
14/14/14	1,293	1,617
15/15/15hundo	1,307	1,634

Caught CP range 1,239 - 1,307, or 1,549 - 1,634 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.

Primeape 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 132 / Defense 91 (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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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5388.1%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	106.6	862
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	76%	4638.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	73.7	692
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	74%	4411.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,979	71.2	703
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	6,112	66.6	666
5	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	62%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,510	57.8	607
6	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	65%	4089.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,590	58.5	623
7	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	54%	3764.9%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,346	57.4	663
8	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	57%	3758.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,178	58.8	683
9	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	59%	3742.3%	0.06	0:12	100%	4,178	55.4	644
10	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	60%	3726.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,425	53.1	621
11	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Synchronoise	Psycho Cut / Synchronoise+19 more movesets	58%	3704.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,521	52.4	616
12	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	54%	3682.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,812	51.8	613
13	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+	Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	58%	3669.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	56.4	670
14	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	51%	3657.5%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,825	54.3	646
15	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Psychic	Charm / Psychic+19 more movesets	58%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,512	50.9	611
16	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	53%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,680	52.4	629
17	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	56%	3627.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	5,007	52.3	628
18	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	51%	3597.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,057	50.9	618
19	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Bullet Seed / Beak Blast	Bullet Seed / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	50%	3579.4%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,689	54.1	657
20	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	54%	3567.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,215	56.6	690
21	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	62%	3556.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,703	54.6	668
22	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	48%	3556.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,711	51.2	627
23	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	55%	3510.2%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,465	56.9	705
24	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	51%	3462.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,835	51.2	645
25	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	52%	3449.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,093	49.4	624
26	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Psychic	Psywave / Psychic+44 more movesets	51%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,701	46.6	606
27	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	52%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,465	46.5	605
28	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	51%	3337.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,741	66.7	870
29	Alakazam psychic Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	46%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,057	44.6	602
30	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	44%	3168.3%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,689	48.6	667

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.