Rufflet counters

#0627

normal flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

4,277

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Rufflet should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 796-852.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Rufflet counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Regieleki, Zekrom, Shadow Rampardos, Xurkitree & Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Regieleki
Zekrom
S. Rampardos
Xurkitree
S. Thundurus (Incarnate)

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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
4Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.050:09
5Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
6ZekromLegendarypartyCharge Beam / Fusion Bolt0.050:09
7Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
8Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.050:09
9XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.050:09
10Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Thunder0.050:09
12Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder0.050:09

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 Rufflet

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Top 15 Rufflet 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	0:08	0.04	5559.9%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5374.8%
3	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
4	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:09	0.05	5069.8%
5	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4875.8%
6	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
7	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4821.9%
8	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:09	0.05	4718.6%
9	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:09	0.05	4678.0%
10	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder	3,780	0:09	0.05	4678.0%
11	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
12	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder	3,345	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
13	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricDischarge	3,117	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
14	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	0:10	0.06	4395.0%
15	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunder	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%

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 Rufflet.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Rufflet'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%	1207%	4893.3%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Brave Bird	100%	1239%	4848.0%	0:09	0.05
Wing Attack / Brave Bird	100%	1239%	4848.0%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Rock Tomb	100%	1231%	4897.1%	0:09	0.05
Wing Attack / Rock Tomb	100%	1231%	4897.1%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Fly	100%	1125%	4904.8%	0:09	0.05
Wing Attack / Fly	100%	1125%	4904.8%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Aerial Ace	100%	1203%	4939.5%	0:09	0.05
Wing Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	1203%	4939.5%	0:09	0.05

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…

Rufflet 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Rufflet throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeckSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
flyingWing AttackSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	796	996
11/11/11	807	1,009
12/12/12	818	1,023
13/13/13	829	1,037
14/14/14	840	1,051
15/15/15hundo	852	1,065

Caught CP range 796 - 852, or 996 - 1,065 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.

Rufflet 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 98 / Defense 66 (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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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	97%	5559.9%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	85.2	667
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5374.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	91.2	740
3	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	96%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	82.6	702
4	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	86%	5069.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,346	73.0	627
5	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	82%	4875.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	68.7	614
6	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	90%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	69.9	629
7	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	88%	4821.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	103.5	935
8	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	4718.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	74.5	688
9	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	76%	4678.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,937	69.6	648
10	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+35 more movesets	74%	4678.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,780	68.6	639
11	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	74%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	65.6	623
12	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	71%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,345	63.9	607
13	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	68%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,117	65.3	620
14	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	67%	4395.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,005	64.2	635
15	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+9 more movesets	70%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	69.7	697
16	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	75%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	75.8	758
17	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,826	60.6	606
18	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	82%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	60.2	602
19	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	74%	4257.7%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,733	67.8	694
20	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,527	66.0	693
21	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Blizzard	Ice Fang / Blizzard+17 more movesets	70%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,605	67.2	705
22	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	74%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,245	63.4	666
23	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,118	60.0	630
24	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	65%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,079	57.2	600
25	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	76%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,205	62.6	657
26	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Thunder	Thunder Fang / Thunder+14 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,580	59.2	622
27	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	65%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,298	60.2	632
28	Zapdos electricflying Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	69%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,527	57.9	608
29	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+14 more movesets	63%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,266	57.5	604
30	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+19 more movesets	71%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,485	58.6	615

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.