Mega Sableye counters

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dark ghostMegaNext in raids Wed 28 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 23 days)

Lobby CP

23,935

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

131

Defense

182

Difficulty

1.42

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Sableye should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 789-843 (you catch Sableye).

Weak tofairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Fairy Mega — most top counters attack with Fairy

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Mega Sableye counters are Mega Gardevoir, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Shadow Gardevoir, Enamorus (Incarnate), Eternatus & Zamazenta (Crowned Shield).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Gardevoir
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
S. Gardevoir
Enamorus (Incarnate)
Eternatus
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)

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 GardevoirMegapartyCharm / Dazzling Gleam1.275:56
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent1.356:16
3Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Play Rough1.376:21
4Mega Raichu YMegaCharm / Zap Cannon+1.476:50
5Shadow GardevoirShadowpartyCharm / Dazzling Gleam1.486:52
6Enamorus (Incarnate)LegendarypartyFairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam1.486:54
7Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.506:58
8EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.527:03
9Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash1.537:06
10Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+1.537:06

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

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Raid tier — Easy Mega Raid

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Top 15 Mega Sableye 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairyjoint top pick	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	4,512	5:56	1.27	5.4	85.6%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:16	1.35	5.2	80.8%
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawfairyPlay Rough	4,979	6:21	1.37	4.6	79.9%
4	Mega Raichu Yelectric	fairyCharmelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	6:50	1.47	6.0	74.2%
5	Shadow Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	3,093	6:52	1.48	5.6	73.9%
6	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindfairyDazzling Gleam	3,425	6:54	1.48	5.4	73.5%
7	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	6:58	1.50	5.4	72.7%
8	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	7:03	1.52	4.9	71.9%
9	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	7:06	1.53	4.2	71.5%
10	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	7:06	1.53	5.6	71.4%
11	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	7:09	1.54	5.6	70.9%
12	Tapu Kokoelectricfairy	electricVolt SwitchfairyNature's Madness	3,168	7:16	1.56	5.7	69.8%
13	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	7:20	1.58	5.0	69.1%
14	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	7:21	1.58	5.0	69.1%
15	Tapu Lelepsychicfairy	ghostAstonishfairyNature's Madness	3,494	7:21	1.58	5.4	69.0%

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 Mega Sableye.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Sableye'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	139%	75.6%	6:42	5.1	1.44
Shadow Claw / Dazzling Gleam	100%	123%	74.9%	6:46	5.7	1.46
Shadow Claw / Shadow Sneak	100%	138%	75.0%	6:46	5.2	1.45
Feint Attack / Dazzling Gleam	100%	125%	75.0%	6:46	5.7	1.45
Shadow Claw / Foul Play	100%	131%	75.3%	6:44	5.5	1.45
Feint Attack / Shadow Sneak	100%	140%	75.3%	6:44	5.2	1.45
Feint Attack / Power Gem	100%	151%	75.3%	6:44	4.9	1.45
Feint Attack / Foul Play	100%	134%	75.3%	6:44	5.4	1.45
Shadow Claw / Power Gem	100%	150%	75.4%	6:44	5.0	1.45
Shadow Claw / Drain Punch	100%	189%	77.5%	6:33	3.7	1.41
Feint Attack / Drain Punch	100%	189%	77.7%	6:31	3.8	1.40

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 2 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…

Mega Sableye 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.

fairy1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x normal0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (1)
Neutral (13)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.39xpsychic0.39xfighting0.625xpoison0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Sableye throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
darkFeint AttackSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
fairyDazzling Gleam	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s
ghostShadow SneakSTAB	50	-33	3.0s	2.30s
fightingDrain Punch	50	-33	2.5s	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	789	986
11/11/11	800	1,000
12/12/12	810	1,013
13/13/13	821	1,027
14/14/14	832	1,040
15/15/15hundo	843	1,054

Caught CP range 789 - 843, or 986 - 1,054 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.

comingMega SableyeMegashiny availableWed 28 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 3 Nov, 22:00 · starts in 23 days

All settings

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 131 / Defense 182 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	100%	85.6%	1.28	5:56	8.9	100%	4,512	25.9	1123
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	95%	80.8%	1.35	6:16	8.8	100%	5,713	24.6	1126
3	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	97%	79.9%	1.37	6:21	6.0	100%	4,979	24.1	1357
4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Charm / Zap Cannon+	Charm / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	82%	74.2%	1.47	6:50	14.6	100%	3,780	22.9	632
5	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	82%	73.9%	1.48	6:52	14.0	100%	3,093	22.7	740
6	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam	Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam+8 more movesets	84%	73.5%	1.48	6:54	11.6	100%	3,425	22.4	898
7	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	83%	72.7%	1.50	6:58	11.2	100%	4,783	22.2	886
8	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	85%	71.9%	1.52	7:03	7.5	100%	4,429	21.7	1185
9	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	86%	71.5%	1.53	7:06	6.5	100%	4,172	21.5	1382
10	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	81%	71.4%	1.53	7:06	11.7	100%	3,784	21.9	827
11	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	79%	70.9%	1.54	7:09	14.6	100%	3,383	21.9	737
12	Tapu Koko electricfairy Volt Switch / Nature's Madness	Volt Switch / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	80%	69.8%	1.56	7:16	10.9	100%	3,168	21.3	844
13	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	80%	69.1%	1.58	7:20	9.6	100%	3,979	21.0	1010
14	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	80%	69.1%	1.58	7:21	9.1	100%	4,823	21.0	1075
15	Tapu Lele psychicfairy Astonish / Nature's Madness	Astonish / Nature's Madness+11 more movesets	78%	69.0%	1.58	7:21	11.8	100%	3,494	21.1	839
16	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	78%	68.4%	1.60	7:25	10.8	100%	4,099	20.9	871
17	Shadow Granbull fairyshadow Charm / Play Rough	Charm / Play Rough+8 more movesets	75%	67.9%	1.61	7:28	14.5	100%	2,552	20.9	649
18	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Dazzling Gleam	Thunder Shock / Dazzling Gleam+7 more movesets	75%	67.6%	1.61	7:30	14.3	100%	3,937	20.8	639
19	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	76%	67.2%	1.62	7:32	12.7	100%	3,510	20.7	714
20	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Nature's Madness	Bullet Seed / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	78%	67.2%	1.62	7:33	9.8	100%	3,419	20.4	931
21	Xerneas fairy Geomancy / Moonblast	Geomancy / Moonblast+14 more movesets	79%	67.1%	1.63	7:34	8.1	100%	3,781	20.2	1128
22	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	75%	66.6%	1.64	7:37	12.7	100%	4,605	20.3	737
23	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	75%	66.3%	1.65	7:39	12.3	100%	3,842	20.3	813
24	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Moonblast	Rock Throw / Moonblast+5 more movesets	75%	66.2%	1.65	7:40	11.9	100%	4,346	20.2	756
25	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	72%	65.4%	1.67	7:45	16.7	100%	3,749	20.2	623
26	Enamorus (Therian) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam	Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam+23 more movesets	74%	65.3%	1.67	7:46	11.8	100%	3,388	19.9	921
27	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Dazzling Gleam	Psycho Cut / Dazzling Gleam+17 more movesets	71%	65.1%	1.68	7:47	16.5	100%	4,510	20.1	603
28	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	74%	64.8%	1.68	7:50	10.8	100%	3,741	19.7	821
29	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	76%	64.0%	1.71	7:56	7.5	100%	4,093	19.2	1230
30	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	74%	63.5%	1.72	7:59	9.3	100%	5,424	19.2	999

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 ahead of time for these settings (seed 1, 50 Monte Carlo runs each) and served instantly. Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.