Rockruff counters

#0744

rockTier 3

Lobby CP

7,637

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.23

Pokebattler scale

Beating Rockruff should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 499-543.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 a Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Rockruff counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Keldeo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Landorus (Therian)
Keldeo

9 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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.200:35
2Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.220:38
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.220:39
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.230:40
5Mega GreninjaMegaBubble / Surf+0.230:41
6Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.240:42
7Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.250:43
8Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.250:43
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.250:45
10Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.260:45
12Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.260:45
15KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.260:46

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

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Top 15 Rockruff 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 Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:35	0.20	0.0	670.0%
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:38	0.22	0.0	617.8%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:39	0.22	0.0	597.5%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:40	0.23	0.3	580.9%
5	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterSurf+	3,784	0:41	0.23	0.5	571.6%
6	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:42	0.24	0.5	560.6%
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:43	0.25	0.0	545.3%
8	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:43	0.25	0.1	543.3%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:45	0.25	0.0	526.5%
10	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:45	0.26	0.0	523.9%
11	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:45	0.26	0.2	522.6%
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:45	0.26	0.5	519.7%
13	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:46	0.26	0.0	512.4%
14	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	0:46	0.26	0.0	510.9%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:46	0.26	0.2	506.8%

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 Rockruff.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Rockruff'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%	627%	562.2%	0:42	0.1	0.24
Rock Throw / Rock Tomb	100%	671%	557.9%	0:42	0.2	0.24
Tackle / Rock Tomb	100%	703%	558.9%	0:42	0.1	0.24
Rock Throw / Trailblaze	100%	602%	560.6%	0:42	0.3	0.24
Tackle / Trailblaze	100%	640%	561.2%	0:42	0.2	0.24
Rock Throw / Crunch	100%	631%	561.5%	0:42	0.1	0.24
Rock Throw / Stone Edge	100%	605%	561.6%	0:42	0.2	0.24
Tackle / Stone Edge	100%	613%	562.3%	0:42	0.1	0.24
Tackle / Crunch	100%	656%	562.6%	0:42	0.0	0.24

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…

Rockruff 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x fire0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Rockruff throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
darkCrunch	65	-33	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	499	624
11/11/11	508	635
12/12/12	516	646
13/13/13	525	656
14/14/14	534	668
15/15/15hundo	543	679

Caught CP range 499 - 543, or 624 - 679 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.

Rockruff 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 96 / Defense 67 (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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	670.0%	0.20	0:35	0.0	100%	6,112	108.7	3805
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	91%	617.8%	0.22	0:38	0.0	100%	4,979	96.0	3648
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	86%	597.5%	0.22	0:39	0.0	100%	3,826	96.1	3773
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	76%	580.9%	0.23	0:40	0.3	100%	4,161	91.9	3192
5	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	73%	571.6%	0.23	0:41	0.5	100%	3,784	88.8	2728
6	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	72%	560.6%	0.24	0:42	0.4	100%	3,701	86.4	2780
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	84%	545.3%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	4,172	87.6	3768
8	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	75%	543.3%	0.25	0:43	0.1	100%	4,099	84.3	3497
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	71%	526.5%	0.25	0:45	0.0	100%	6,428	80.9	3533
10	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	78%	523.9%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	4,093	80.9	3622
11	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	70%	522.6%	0.26	0:45	0.2	100%	5,902	81.2	3281
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	519.7%	0.26	0:45	0.5	100%	3,922	80.2	2710
13	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	512.4%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,670	85.5	3875
14	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	71%	510.9%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	5,902	82.2	3777
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	68%	506.8%	0.26	0:46	0.2	100%	3,698	77.9	3211
16	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	505.0%	0.26	0:46	0.1	100%	4,521	78.9	3483
17	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	61%	500.4%	0.27	0:47	0.7	100%	2,848	81.0	2483
18	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	489.2%	0.27	0:48	0.2	100%	3,791	76.9	3356
19	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	62%	483.1%	0.28	0:49	0.4	100%	4,056	77.9	2948
20	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	65%	482.6%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	2,703	74.8	3566
21	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	63%	480.6%	0.28	0:49	0.2	100%	4,115	73.9	3211
22	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	68%	478.4%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	4,911	73.4	3565
23	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	58%	465.2%	0.29	0:50	0.6	100%	4,115	71.9	2503
24	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	64%	464.4%	0.29	0:51	0.0	100%	5,424	71.3	3605
25	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	60%	463.9%	0.29	0:51	0.4	100%	3,337	72.3	2925
26	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Earthquake	Metal Claw / Earthquake+14 more movesets	59%	459.1%	0.29	0:51	0.4	100%	3,244	71.1	2829
27	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	60%	457.2%	0.29	0:51	0.2	100%	4,401	71.2	3228
28	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	455.8%	0.29	0:51	0.2	100%	4,814	72.4	3238
29	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	59%	446.1%	0.30	0:53	0.3	100%	4,038	68.6	3064
30	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	51%	440.9%	0.30	0:53	1.2	100%	2,654	68.7	1766

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.