Psyduck counters

#0054

waterTier 3

Lobby CP

8,621

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

100

Defense

Difficulty

0.30

Pokebattler scale

Beating Psyduck should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 585-632.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Psyduck counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Kartana, Thundurus (Therian) & Shadow Electivire.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Kartana
Thundurus (Therian)
S. Electivire

6 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+0.260:45
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.290:52
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.300:53
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.310:54
5Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.310:55
6Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.320:56
7RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.330:58
8Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.351:02
9KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.361:03
10Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.361:03
12Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.361:03

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

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Top 15 Psyduck 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	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:45	0.26	0.7	523.7%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:52	0.29	0.6	455.5%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:53	0.30	0.6	444.1%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:54	0.31	0.0	434.7%
5	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:55	0.31	0.1	424.3%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:56	0.32	0.4	416.7%
7	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:58	0.33	1.0	403.8%
8	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:02	0.35	0.0	380.7%
9	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	1:03	0.36	1.0	375.4%
10	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:03	0.36	0.6	374.4%
11	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	1:03	0.36	0.9	373.8%
12	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	1:03	0.36	1.0	371.3%
13	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon	3,527	1:03	0.36	0.6	371.2%
14	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	1:04	0.36	0.8	368.9%
15	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	1:04	0.36	1.0	368.9%

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 Psyduck.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Psyduck'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%	326%	409.4%	0:57	0.8	0.33
Zen Headbutt / Psybeam	100%	337%	406.0%	0:58	0.8	0.33
Water Gun / Psybeam	100%	334%	406.0%	0:58	0.8	0.33
Water Gun / Aqua Tail	100%	321%	409.3%	0:57	0.9	0.33
Zen Headbutt / Aqua Tail	100%	317%	409.3%	0:57	0.9	0.33
Water Gun / Cross Chop	100%	349%	414.4%	0:57	0.7	0.32
Zen Headbutt / Cross Chop	100%	349%	415.9%	0:56	0.7	0.32

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…

Psyduck 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 Psyduck throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
psychicZen Headbutt	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCross Chop	50	-50	1.5s	0.80s
waterAqua TailSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
psychicPsybeam	65	-50	3.0s	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	585	731
11/11/11	594	743
12/12/12	603	754
13/13/13	613	766
14/14/14	622	778
15/15/15hundo	632	790

Caught CP range 585 - 632, or 731 - 790 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.

Psyduck 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 100 / Defense 80 (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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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	523.7%	0.26	0:45	0.7	100%	3,780	81.7	2295
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	89%	455.5%	0.29	0:52	0.5	100%	3,510	76.3	2814
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	84%	444.1%	0.30	0:53	0.5	100%	3,659	72.8	2675
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	94%	434.7%	0.31	0:54	0.0	100%	6,428	68.2	3682
5	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	88%	424.3%	0.31	0:55	0.1	100%	4,093	68.4	3628
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	82%	416.7%	0.32	0:56	0.4	100%	4,056	64.2	2891
7	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	403.8%	0.33	0:58	0.9	100%	2,803	62.7	1894
8	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	78%	380.7%	0.35	1:02	0.0	100%	6,112	61.1	3685
9	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	69%	375.4%	0.36	1:03	0.9	100%	3,677	58.2	2094
10	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	374.4%	0.36	1:03	0.6	100%	3,659	61.5	2608
11	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	373.8%	0.36	1:03	0.8	100%	3,580	57.5	1949
12	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	371.3%	0.36	1:03	0.9	100%	3,079	59.7	1884
13	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	371.2%	0.36	1:03	0.5	100%	3,527	57.4	2536
14	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	368.9%	0.36	1:04	0.8	100%	3,452	58.4	2154
15	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	67%	368.9%	0.36	1:04	0.9	100%	3,937	57.5	1866
16	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	73%	366.6%	0.36	1:04	0.2	100%	4,038	57.6	3230
17	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	70%	365.4%	0.37	1:04	0.7	100%	3,419	58.4	2281
18	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	65%	356.3%	0.38	1:06	0.9	100%	2,757	55.5	1825
19	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	65%	356.3%	0.38	1:06	0.9	100%	3,205	55.1	2090
20	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	72%	355.4%	0.38	1:06	0.1	100%	5,713	55.1	3349
21	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	68%	347.7%	0.38	1:08	0.2	100%	3,592	53.8	3194
22	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	62%	346.1%	0.39	1:08	0.9	100%	2,888	54.8	1830
23	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	62%	341.2%	0.39	1:09	0.8	100%	2,954	54.1	2108
24	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	66%	341.0%	0.39	1:09	0.4	100%	4,245	53.0	2876
25	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	61%	339.7%	0.39	1:09	1.1	100%	3,117	53.2	1764
26	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	64%	339.5%	0.39	1:09	0.7	100%	3,030	52.7	2293
27	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	57%	338.0%	0.40	1:09	1.6	100%	2,340	52.4	1357
28	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	336.8%	0.40	1:10	0.3	100%	3,698	53.7	3107
29	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	60%	332.5%	0.40	1:11	1.0	100%	3,345	51.5	1770
30	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	61%	329.9%	0.41	1:11	0.8	100%	4,346	54.0	2143

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.