Rufflet counters

#0627

normal flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

10,477

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

120

Defense

Difficulty

0.31

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 Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Shadow Rampardos, Regieleki & Zeraora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
S. Rampardos
Regieleki
Zeraora

3 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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.260:45
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.290:52
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.300:53
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.310:55
5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.330:58
6Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.341:00
7Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.351:02
8RegielekiLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunder Cage0.361:03
9ZeraoraLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Plasma Fists0.361:03
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendaryThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.361:03

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

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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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:45	0.26	0.8	518.1%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:52	0.29	0.6	453.4%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:53	0.30	1.2	438.8%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:55	0.31	0.5	429.9%
5	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:58	0.33	1.1	405.7%
6	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:00	0.34	1.5	392.4%
7	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	1:02	0.35	0.9	377.7%
8	Regielekielectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:03	0.36	1.3	373.9%
9	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	1:03	0.36	0.7	371.7%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	1:03	0.36	0.9	371.5%
11	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:03	0.36	1.0	370.9%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:04	0.36	1.3	367.2%
13	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	1:04	0.37	1.4	365.4%
14	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	1:04	0.37	0.5	364.4%
15	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	1:05	0.37	1.2	362.8%

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 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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	295%	413.6%	0:57	1.0	0.32
Peck / Brave Bird	100%	256%	411.3%	0:57	1.4	0.32
Wing Attack / Brave Bird	100%	256%	411.3%	0:57	1.4	0.32
Peck / Fly	100%	273%	411.5%	0:57	1.2	0.32
Wing Attack / Fly	100%	273%	411.5%	0:57	1.2	0.32
Peck / Rock Tomb	100%	295%	413.2%	0:57	1.0	0.32
Wing Attack / Rock Tomb	100%	295%	413.2%	0:57	1.0	0.32
Wing Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	359%	415.2%	0:57	0.6	0.32
Peck / Aerial Ace	100%	363%	417.3%	0:56	0.5	0.32

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 120 / Defense 81 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	518.1%	0.26	0:45	0.7	100%	3,780	79.8	2240
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	90%	453.4%	0.29	0:52	0.6	100%	3,510	73.6	2615
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	81%	438.8%	0.30	0:53	1.1	100%	3,659	70.4	1904
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	85%	429.9%	0.31	0:55	0.5	100%	6,428	66.4	2716
5	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	77%	405.7%	0.33	0:58	1.0	100%	4,605	64.3	1910
6	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	392.4%	0.34	0:60	1.4	100%	3,298	61.5	1511
7	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	377.7%	0.35	1:02	0.8	100%	4,346	59.2	2009
8	Regieleki electric Volt Switch / Thunder Cage	Volt Switch / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	68%	373.9%	0.36	1:03	1.2	100%	2,803	58.5	1629
9	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	371.7%	0.36	1:03	0.6	100%	3,419	58.3	2446
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	71%	371.5%	0.36	1:03	0.8	100%	3,452	57.8	2081
11	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	69%	370.9%	0.36	1:03	0.9	100%	3,659	59.5	1975
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	67%	367.2%	0.36	1:04	1.2	100%	6,112	59.6	2020
13	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	365.4%	0.37	1:04	1.3	100%	3,079	58.3	1652
14	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	71%	364.4%	0.37	1:04	0.5	100%	3,733	57.3	2688
15	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	67%	362.8%	0.37	1:05	1.1	100%	3,937	56.4	1750
16	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	69%	362.6%	0.37	1:05	0.9	100%	3,228	56.5	1949
17	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	61%	361.3%	0.37	1:05	2.1	100%	3,105	57.5	1168
18	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	67%	355.7%	0.38	1:06	1.0	100%	3,580	56.7	1938
19	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	66%	355.1%	0.38	1:06	1.2	100%	4,605	58.8	1783
20	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	70%	354.4%	0.38	1:06	0.5	100%	4,038	54.6	2565
21	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	70%	351.0%	0.38	1:07	0.5	100%	3,205	55.9	2727
22	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	65%	349.7%	0.38	1:07	1.1	100%	3,128	54.9	1760
23	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	64%	346.3%	0.39	1:08	1.1	100%	5,713	55.1	1727
24	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	60%	344.5%	0.39	1:08	1.7	100%	3,328	54.0	1392
25	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	63%	342.2%	0.39	1:09	1.1	100%	3,527	53.7	1814
26	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	61%	340.3%	0.39	1:09	1.3	100%	2,888	53.2	1552
27	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	69%	336.9%	0.40	1:10	0.3	100%	5,347	52.2	2940
28	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	63%	333.3%	0.40	1:10	0.7	100%	4,118	52.2	2227
29	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	64%	329.6%	0.41	1:11	0.6	100%	4,245	51.1	2364
30	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	56%	325.4%	0.41	1:12	1.9	100%	2,340	51.3	1293

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.