Rayquaza counters

#0384

dragon flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

9,961

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

178

Defense

110

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Rayquaza should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,102-2,191.

Weak toice2.56xrock1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 an Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Rayquaza counters are Shadow Weavile, Kyurem (White), Shadow Mamoswine, Mega Glalie, Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Weavile
Kyurem (White)
S. Mamoswine
M. Glalie
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
Kyurem (Black)

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Triple Axel0.060:10
2Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Blizzard0.060:10
3Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche0.060:11
4Mega GlalieMegapartyPowder Snow / Avalanche0.060:11
5Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.060:11
6Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.060:11
7EternatusLegendaryPoison Jab / Dynamax Cannon0.060:12
8Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.070:12
9Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)Ice Fang / Avalanche0.070:12
10BaxcaliburIce Fang / Avalanche0.070:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Rayquaza Mega Rayquaza

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Top 15 Rayquaza 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	Shadow Weaviledarkicejoint top pick	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	0:10	0.06	4351.2%
2	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceBlizzard	4,605	0:10	0.06	4212.4%
3	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:11	0.06	4014.6%
4	Mega Glalieice	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,229	0:11	0.06	3927.7%
5	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:11	0.06	3878.8%
6	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:11	0.06	3817.7%
7	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:12	0.06	3771.4%
8	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:12	0.07	3739.1%
9	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:12	0.07	3663.6%
10	Baxcaliburdragonice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,550	0:12	0.07	3654.4%
11	Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
12	Shadow Mr. Rimeicepsychic	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	2,827	0:12	0.07	3547.6%
13	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmiceTriple Axel	4,512	0:12	0.07	3541.6%
14	Mega Abomasnowgrassice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	3,405	0:12	0.07	3507.4%
15	Shadow Articunoiceflying	iceFrost BreathiceBlizzard	3,051	0:12	0.07	3504.6%

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 Rayquaza.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Rayquaza'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%	622%	4032.2%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Outrage	100%	562%	3933.6%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Tail / Outrage	100%	513%	3998.8%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Ancient Power	100%	630%	4021.9%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	100%	697%	4042.6%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Tail / Ancient Power	100%	577%	4063.5%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Tail / Aerial Ace	100%	626%	4068.8%	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…

Rayquaza 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.

ice2.56x rock1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x electric1x psychic1x dark1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ground0.39x grass0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists ground0.39xgrass0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Rayquaza throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,102	2,627
11/11/11	2,119	2,650
12/12/12	2,137	2,672
13/13/13	2,155	2,694
14/14/14	2,173	2,717
15/15/15hundo	2,191	2,739

Caught CP range 2,102 - 2,191, or 2,627 - 2,739 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.

Rayquaza 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 178 / Defense 110 (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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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	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	97%	4351.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,005	62.2	623
2	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Blizzard	Ice Fang / Blizzard+17 more movesets	100%	4212.4%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,605	65.4	676
3	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	95%	4014.6%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,328	65.5	711
4	Mega Glalie icemega Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	90%	3927.7%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,229	55.0	610
5	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	88%	3878.8%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,105	72.1	807
6	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	93%	3817.7%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,605	78.3	889
7	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	90%	3771.4%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	4,429	52.3	604
8	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	87%	3739.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	5,713	57.2	665
9	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	82%	3663.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,105	58.2	690
10	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	84%	3654.4%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,550	56.3	670
11	Mamoswine iceground Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	85%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,328	51.3	616
12	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	79%	3547.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,827	55.1	671
13	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	87%	3541.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,512	51.8	636
14	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	80%	3507.4%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,405	54.0	670
15	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+17 more movesets	80%	3504.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,051	52.2	648
16	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+17 more movesets	81%	3493.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,802	50.5	629
17	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	83%	3482.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,424	51.1	638
18	Shadow Cloyster watericeshadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+13 more movesets	75%	3424.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,547	50.0	630
19	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Breath / Outrage+	Dragon Breath / Outrage++26 more movesets	83%	3418.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,823	63.8	811
20	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	75%	3363.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,005	55.2	713
21	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	76%	3363.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,962	49.5	641
22	Shadow Walrein icewatershadow Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+11 more movesets	75%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,726	48.3	628
23	Vanilluxe ice Frost Breath / Blizzard	Frost Breath / Blizzard+7 more movesets	74%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,822	47.9	624
24	Glaceon ice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+9 more movesets	75%	3312.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,126	53.5	702
25	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Breath / Spacial Rend	Dragon Breath / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	74%	3305.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,142	46.2	609
26	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	68%	3162.0%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	4,038	48.6	636
27	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	68%	3132.5%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,991	48.8	646
28	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	67%	3123.2%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,792	49.0	641
29	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	72%	3122.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	5,031	48.0	670
30	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	66%	3103.8%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,298	47.8	642

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.