Rockruff counters

#0744

rockTier 5

Lobby CP

15,590

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

104

Defense

Difficulty

0.64

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), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Shadow Blaziken.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

8 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.552:31
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.642:56
3Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.652:59
4Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.653:01
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.663:03
6Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.683:06
7Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.683:08
8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.703:13
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.713:16
10Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.713:16
11Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.743:26
14Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.753:28

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	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	2:31	0.55	1.6	201.9%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	2:56	0.64	2.1	173.0%
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	2:59	0.65	1.6	170.3%
4	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	3:01	0.65	4.1	168.3%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	3:03	0.66	3.5	165.7%
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	3:06	0.68	2.4	163.2%
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	3:08	0.68	1.0	161.9%
8	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	3:13	0.70	2.7	157.6%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	3:16	0.71	3.2	155.3%
10	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	3:16	0.71	4.5	155.0%
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	3:26	0.74	4.9	147.9%
12	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	3:26	0.75	3.1	147.5%
13	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	3:26	0.75	2.7	147.3%
14	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	3:28	0.75	5.0	146.1%
15	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	3:29	0.76	1.5	145.5%

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%	486%	163.5%	3:06	2.7	0.67
Tackle / Stone Edge	100%	432%	160.8%	3:09	3.3	0.69
Rock Throw / Stone Edge	100%	425%	161.3%	3:08	3.3	0.68
Tackle / Rock Tomb	100%	576%	162.8%	3:07	2.5	0.68
Rock Throw / Rock Tomb	100%	549%	162.9%	3:07	2.7	0.68
Rock Throw / Trailblaze	100%	489%	164.4%	3:05	2.7	0.67
Rock Throw / Crunch	100%	503%	164.4%	3:05	2.7	0.67
Tackle / Crunch	100%	520%	164.4%	3:05	2.5	0.67
Tackle / Trailblaze	100%	518%	164.7%	3:05	2.4	0.67

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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 104 / Defense 73 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	201.9%	0.55	2:31	1.6	100%	6,112	100.7	5961
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	84%	173.0%	0.64	2:56	2.0	100%	3,826	86.4	5139
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	84%	170.3%	0.65	2:59	1.5	100%	4,979	84.6	6190
4	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	76%	168.3%	0.65	3:01	4.0	100%	3,784	85.4	3265
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	76%	165.7%	0.66	3:03	3.4	100%	4,161	82.9	3661
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	78%	163.2%	0.68	3:06	2.3	100%	4,099	81.1	4714
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	83%	161.9%	0.68	3:08	1.0	100%	4,172	80.4	7499
8	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	75%	157.6%	0.70	3:13	2.6	100%	3,670	78.7	4287
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	73%	155.3%	0.71	3:16	3.1	100%	6,428	77.3	3713
10	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	70%	155.0%	0.71	3:16	4.3	100%	3,701	77.9	2851
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	147.9%	0.74	3:26	4.9	100%	3,922	74.3	2563
12	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	69%	147.5%	0.75	3:26	3.0	100%	5,902	73.3	3903
13	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	70%	147.3%	0.75	3:26	2.6	100%	5,902	73.2	4243
14	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	64%	146.1%	0.75	3:28	5.3	100%	2,848	73.9	2488
15	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	72%	145.5%	0.76	3:29	1.4	100%	4,093	72.9	6477
16	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	67%	144.5%	0.76	3:30	3.1	100%	3,698	72.5	3974
17	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	66%	142.0%	0.78	3:34	3.2	100%	4,521	70.3	3613
18	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	140.7%	0.78	3:36	3.5	100%	3,791	70.2	3404
19	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	139.3%	0.79	3:38	4.3	100%	4,056	70.4	3032
20	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	136.4%	0.81	3:43	2.4	100%	4,911	67.7	4556
21	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	134.6%	0.82	3:46	3.8	100%	4,115	67.9	3331
22	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	62%	133.5%	0.82	3:48	3.2	100%	2,703	66.4	3609
23	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	59%	133.1%	0.83	3:49	4.9	100%	4,115	67.3	2586
24	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	61%	133.0%	0.83	3:49	4.0	100%	3,337	66.3	3096
25	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Earthquake	Metal Claw / Earthquake+14 more movesets	59%	129.8%	0.85	3:54	3.8	100%	3,244	64.8	3308
26	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	62%	129.6%	0.85	3:55	2.5	100%	5,424	64.8	4290
27	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	59%	129.0%	0.85	3:56	3.6	100%	4,814	64.4	3568
28	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	58%	128.0%	0.86	3:58	3.9	100%	4,401	64.0	3536
29	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	57%	126.9%	0.87	3:60	4.5	100%	3,677	63.6	2819
30	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	58%	126.2%	0.87	4:01	3.3	100%	4,038	62.5	3621

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