Qwilfish counters

#0211

water poisonTier 3

Lobby CP

14,768

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

145

Defense

111

Difficulty

0.38

Pokebattler scale

Beating Qwilfish should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,107-1,172.

Weak toground1.6xelectric1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Qwilfish counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo & Regieleki.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Landorus (Therian)
Mewtwo
Regieleki

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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.290:51
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.361:03
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.391:08
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.391:09
5Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.421:14
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.431:15
7Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.441:17
8Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.441:17
9Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.441:18
10MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.461:21
12RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.461:22

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

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Related countersShadow Qwilfish Hisuian Qwilfish

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Top 15 Qwilfish 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:51	0.29	0.7	461.1%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:03	0.36	0.9	373.6%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:08	0.39	1.8	347.1%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:09	0.39	1.8	340.7%
5	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:14	0.42	1.6	317.0%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	1:15	0.43	2.1	313.4%
7	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:17	0.44	1.1	305.3%
8	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:17	0.44	2.4	304.3%
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:18	0.44	2.3	300.6%
10	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:21	0.46	1.6	290.8%
11	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	1:21	0.46	1.7	288.0%
12	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:22	0.46	2.3	287.6%
13	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	1:22	0.47	2.1	285.6%
14	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	1:23	0.47	1.6	282.8%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	1:23	0.47	1.7	282.6%

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 Qwilfish.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Qwilfish'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%	219%	322.1%	1:13	1.8	0.41
Poison Sting / Ice Beam	100%	195%	315.2%	1:14	2.5	0.42
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	190%	315.7%	1:14	2.6	0.42
Water Gun / Sludge Wave	100%	200%	318.1%	1:14	2.1	0.42
Poison Sting / Shadow Ball	100%	164%	318.5%	1:14	2.7	0.42
Poison Sting / Sludge Wave	100%	207%	318.9%	1:14	2.0	0.42
Water Gun / Shadow Ball	100%	161%	319.2%	1:14	2.7	0.42
Water Gun / Scald	100%	208%	321.0%	1:13	2.1	0.42
Poison Sting / Scald	100%	216%	323.9%	1:12	1.9	0.41
Water Gun / Aqua Tail	100%	220%	324.1%	1:12	1.9	0.41
Poison Sting / Aqua Tail	100%	225%	325.9%	1:12	1.7	0.41
Water Gun / Fell Stinger	100%	251%	329.1%	1:11	1.4	0.41
Poison Sting / Fell Stinger	100%	263%	329.4%	1:11	1.3	0.41
Poison Sting / Acid Spray	100%	405%	330.3%	1:11	0.3	0.40
Water Gun / Acid Spray	100%	384%	331.9%	1:11	0.3	0.40

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…

Qwilfish 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.

ground1.6x electric1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x grass1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

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

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Qwilfish 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
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge WaveSTAB	105	-100	3.0s	1.80s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
waterAqua TailSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	1.10s
bugFell Stinger	45	-33	2.0s	1.60s
poisonAcid SpraySTAB	20	-50	3.0s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,107	1,384
11/11/11	1,120	1,400
12/12/12	1,133	1,416
13/13/13	1,146	1,432
14/14/14	1,159	1,448
15/15/15hundo	1,172	1,465

Caught CP range 1,107 - 1,172, or 1,384 - 1,465 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.

Qwilfish 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 145 / Defense 111 (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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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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	461.1%	0.29	0:51	0.7	100%	6,428	72.0	2403
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	373.6%	0.36	1:03	0.9	100%	6,112	60.4	2191
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	67%	347.1%	0.39	1:08	1.7	100%	3,780	58.2	1517
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	340.7%	0.39	1:09	1.6	100%	4,178	54.0	1647
5	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	63%	317.0%	0.42	1:14	1.5	100%	3,510	52.4	1747
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	59%	313.4%	0.43	1:15	1.9	100%	4,510	49.2	1508
7	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	305.3%	0.44	1:17	1.0	100%	5,902	47.7	2217
8	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	57%	304.3%	0.44	1:17	2.2	100%	3,659	49.0	1257
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	56%	300.6%	0.44	1:18	2.1	100%	3,922	48.2	1566
10	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	290.8%	0.46	1:21	1.5	100%	4,178	45.1	1651
11	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	288.0%	0.46	1:21	1.5	100%	4,521	44.9	1634
12	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	54%	287.6%	0.46	1:22	2.1	100%	2,803	44.8	1160
13	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	285.6%	0.47	1:22	1.9	100%	4,512	44.4	1290
14	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	282.8%	0.47	1:23	1.4	100%	5,007	44.1	1753
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	54%	282.6%	0.47	1:23	1.6	100%	4,783	44.1	1657
16	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	54%	282.1%	0.47	1:23	1.7	100%	4,115	44.0	1596
17	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	49%	274.9%	0.49	1:25	3.0	100%	3,057	43.4	960
18	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	55%	273.4%	0.49	1:26	1.1	100%	5,424	43.5	1936
19	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	54%	273.1%	0.49	1:26	1.3	100%	4,346	42.7	1761
20	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	51%	272.9%	0.49	1:26	2.1	100%	4,006	42.8	1232
21	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	272.9%	0.49	1:26	1.3	100%	3,143	44.5	1817
22	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	272.2%	0.49	1:26	1.9	100%	3,812	42.6	1388
23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	52%	270.2%	0.49	1:27	1.7	100%	3,452	42.1	1359
24	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	49%	266.9%	0.50	1:28	2.3	100%	3,079	42.3	1132
25	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	49%	266.5%	0.50	1:28	2.2	100%	3,937	41.4	1139
26	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	51%	266.1%	0.50	1:28	1.5	100%	3,419	41.3	1517
27	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	49%	264.2%	0.51	1:29	2.1	100%	3,580	41.2	1169
28	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	51%	261.8%	0.51	1:30	1.4	100%	3,791	41.0	1755
29	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	49%	261.7%	0.51	1:30	2.1	100%	3,659	41.9	1306
30	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	49%	261.1%	0.51	1:30	2.0	100%	3,922	41.1	1539

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