Sawsbuck counters

#0586

normal grassTier 3

Lobby CP

16,216

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

155

Defense

117

Difficulty

0.38

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sawsbuck should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,311-1,381.

Weak tofighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xbug1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

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 a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Sawsbuck counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Salamence, Kyurem (White), Shadow Blaziken & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
S. Salamence
Kyurem (White)
S. Blaziken
Blacephalon

11 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+0.341:00
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.361:03
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.381:06
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.401:10
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.411:11
6Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.421:13
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.431:15
8Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.441:17
9Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.441:18
10Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.451:19
11Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.451:19
14Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.461:21
15Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.461:21
17BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.461:21

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

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Top 15 Sawsbuck 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	1:00	0.34	1.3	393.0%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:03	0.36	0.9	374.6%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:06	0.38	1.5	354.9%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:10	0.40	1.8	333.1%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:11	0.41	1.8	329.3%
6	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	1:13	0.42	2.2	320.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:15	0.43	1.9	311.3%
8	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:17	0.44	1.7	306.0%
9	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:18	0.44	1.6	302.3%
10	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:19	0.45	2.2	297.9%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	1:19	0.45	2.2	295.8%
12	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:20	0.46	1.8	293.6%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	1:20	0.46	2.7	291.6%
14	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:21	0.46	1.7	291.5%
15	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	1:21	0.46	2.9	289.1%

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 Sawsbuck.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sawsbuck'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%	192%	305.7%	1:17	2.0	0.44
Feint Attack / Solar Beam	100%	180%	300.8%	1:18	2.3	0.44
Feint Attack / Hyper Beam	100%	157%	302.4%	1:18	2.8	0.44
Take Down / Hyper Beam	100%	165%	302.4%	1:18	2.7	0.44
Take Down / Solar Beam	100%	189%	304.2%	1:17	2.1	0.44
Feint Attack / Trailblaze	100%	235%	306.8%	1:16	1.5	0.44
Take Down / Trailblaze	100%	244%	307.9%	1:16	1.3	0.43
Feint Attack / Wild Charge	100%	198%	308.5%	1:16	2.2	0.43
Feint Attack / Megahorn	100%	209%	310.8%	1:16	1.7	0.43
Take Down / Wild Charge	100%	206%	310.8%	1:16	1.9	0.43
Take Down / Megahorn	100%	227%	313.1%	1:15	1.4	0.43

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…

Sawsbuck 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 flying1.6x poison1.6x bug1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x rock1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x ghost0.39x

Weak (6)
Neutral (7)
Resists (5)

It resists ghost0.39xground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sawsbuck throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
normalTake DownSTAB	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugMegahorn	105	-100	2.0s	1.50s
normalHyper BeamSTAB	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
grassTrailblazeSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
electricWild Charge	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,311	1,639
11/11/11	1,325	1,656
12/12/12	1,338	1,673
13/13/13	1,352	1,691
14/14/14	1,366	1,708
15/15/15hundo	1,381	1,726

Caught CP range 1,311 - 1,381, or 1,639 - 1,726 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.

Sawsbuck 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 155 / Defense 117 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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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%	393.0%	0.34	0:60	1.2	100%	6,112	63.8	1742
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	99%	374.6%	0.36	1:03	0.8	100%	5,713	58.5	2215
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	88%	354.9%	0.38	1:06	1.3	100%	4,783	55.9	1579
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	81%	333.1%	0.40	1:10	1.6	100%	3,826	53.3	1445
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	79%	329.3%	0.41	1:11	1.6	100%	4,161	51.4	1413
6	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	76%	320.9%	0.42	1:13	2.0	100%	3,383	51.0	1266
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	75%	311.3%	0.43	1:15	1.7	100%	6,428	49.1	1351
8	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	75%	306.0%	0.44	1:17	1.5	100%	3,979	48.8	1666
9	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	74%	302.3%	0.44	1:18	1.4	100%	4,038	47.8	1591
10	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	297.9%	0.45	1:19	2.0	100%	3,670	47.3	1276
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	70%	295.8%	0.45	1:19	2.0	100%	3,749	46.6	1258
12	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	71%	293.6%	0.46	1:20	1.7	100%	4,455	45.8	1454
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	291.6%	0.46	1:20	2.4	100%	4,521	45.1	1044
14	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	71%	291.5%	0.46	1:21	1.5	100%	4,605	45.5	1446
15	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	66%	289.1%	0.46	1:21	2.7	100%	2,848	45.1	984
16	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	71%	288.7%	0.46	1:21	1.4	100%	3,741	44.7	1543
17	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	66%	288.4%	0.46	1:21	2.5	100%	3,297	45.8	1092
18	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	66%	285.8%	0.47	1:22	2.1	100%	3,548	45.0	1266
19	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	67%	285.8%	0.47	1:22	2.1	100%	3,465	45.1	1336
20	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	68%	280.1%	0.48	1:24	1.7	100%	3,835	43.7	1400
21	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	70%	277.3%	0.48	1:25	1.2	100%	5,031	43.0	1714
22	Keldeo waterfighting Poison Jab / Secret Sword	Poison Jab / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	62%	276.9%	0.48	1:25	2.7	100%	3,698	43.6	1027
23	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	67%	276.6%	0.48	1:25	1.6	100%	3,505	43.4	1437
24	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	65%	271.8%	0.49	1:26	1.6	100%	4,814	42.2	1418
25	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	70%	270.6%	0.49	1:27	1.0	100%	4,429	42.1	1810
26	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	65%	266.5%	0.50	1:28	1.5	100%	3,754	41.7	1460
27	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	60%	265.7%	0.50	1:28	2.6	100%	2,703	41.2	1037
28	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	264.0%	0.51	1:29	2.9	100%	3,590	41.9	934
29	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	60%	261.8%	0.51	1:30	2.5	100%	3,268	41.1	1057
30	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	57%	259.4%	0.52	1:30	3.4	100%	2,825	41.1	831

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.