Scyther counters

#0123

bug flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

38,813

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

184

Defense

146

Difficulty

1.14

Pokebattler scale

Beating Scyther should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,472-1,546.

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 a Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Scyther counters are Shadow Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Shadow Tyrantrum, Shadow Gigalith, Shadow Rhyperior & Shadow Tyranitar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Tyrantrum
S. Gigalith
S. Rhyperior
S. Tyranitar

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 %

1Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.064:53
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide1.084:58
3Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam1.155:16
4Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam1.175:24
5Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker1.195:28
6Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.205:31
7Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge1.205:31
8Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide1.215:35
9Shadow TyranitarShadowpartySmack Down / Stone Edge1.265:47
10Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.265:47

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Scyther

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Top 15 Scyther 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	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	4:53	1.06	6.0	103.9%
2	Mega Diancierockfairyjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	4:58	1.08	5.9	102.1%
3	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	5:16	1.15	6.0	96.1%
4	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	5:24	1.17	6.0	94.0%
5	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	5:28	1.19	6.0	92.7%
6	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	5:31	1.20	5.0	92.0%
7	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	5:31	1.20	4.7	91.7%
8	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	5:35	1.21	5.7	90.7%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	5:47	1.26	5.7	87.8%
10	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	5:47	1.26	6.0	87.7%
11	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	5:47	1.26	6.0	87.6%
12	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	5:49	1.27	6.0	87.0%
13	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	6:01	1.31	6.0	84.3%
14	Shadow Aurorusrockice	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,802	6:07	1.33	6.0	82.8%
15	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	6:08	1.33	5.4	82.6%

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 Scyther.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Scyther'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	133%	95.9%	5:17	5.9	1.15
Fury Cutter / Trailblaze	100%	87%	90.0%	5:38	6.0	1.22
Air Slash / Trailblaze	100%	89%	90.4%	5:36	6.0	1.22
Air Slash / X-Scissor	100%	134%	95.9%	5:17	6.0	1.15
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	100%	136%	96.1%	5:16	6.0	1.15
Air Slash / Night Slash	100%	181%	98.5%	5:09	5.8	1.12
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	100%	183%	98.5%	5:09	5.9	1.12
Fury Cutter / Night Slash	100%	185%	98.5%	5:09	5.7	1.12
Fury Cutter / Aerial Ace	100%	185%	98.6%	5:08	6.0	1.12

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…

Scyther 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.

rock2.56x flying1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x ground0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists ground0.24xfighting0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Scyther throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	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	1,472	1,841
11/11/11	1,487	1,859
12/12/12	1,502	1,877
13/13/13	1,516	1,896
14/14/14	1,531	1,914
15/15/15hundo	1,546	1,933

Caught CP range 1,472 - 1,546, or 1,841 - 1,933 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.

Scyther 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 184 / Defense 146 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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	Shadow Rampardos top pickrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	96%	103.9%	1.06	4:53	13.3	100%	3,298	54.4	1090
2	Mega Diancie top pickrockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	102.1%	1.08	4:58	7.8	100%	4,346	52.2	1852
3	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	92%	96.1%	1.15	5:16	9.4	100%	3,128	49.3	1442
4	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	90%	94.0%	1.17	5:24	9.7	100%	3,228	48.1	1449
5	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	88%	92.7%	1.19	5:28	11.2	100%	3,733	48.4	1586
6	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	93%	92.0%	1.20	5:31	5.9	100%	5,713	46.4	2223
7	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	92%	91.7%	1.20	5:31	6.6	100%	5,347	46.0	2263
8	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	90%	90.7%	1.21	5:35	7.0	100%	4,118	46.1	1868
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	84%	87.8%	1.26	5:47	10.3	100%	3,834	45.0	1567
10	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	85%	87.7%	1.26	5:47	8.8	100%	4,783	44.6	1521
11	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	85%	87.6%	1.26	5:47	8.4	100%	3,273	44.7	1618
12	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	80%	87.0%	1.27	5:49	14.4	100%	3,298	45.3	1054
13	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	78%	84.3%	1.31	6:01	12.9	100%	3,780	43.8	1091
14	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	78%	82.8%	1.33	6:07	10.8	100%	2,802	42.4	1350
15	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	81%	82.6%	1.33	6:08	7.7	100%	3,000	41.8	1825
16	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	77%	81.8%	1.35	6:12	12.2	100%	2,783	41.9	1155
17	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	78%	81.5%	1.35	6:13	9.5	100%	3,128	41.5	1424
18	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	77%	80.8%	1.36	6:16	9.7	100%	3,733	41.3	1599
19	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	75%	80.0%	1.38	6:20	11.5	100%	3,588	40.9	1195
20	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	73%	79.6%	1.38	6:22	13.8	100%	3,331	41.4	1014
21	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	76%	79.4%	1.39	6:23	10.4	100%	3,228	40.6	1426
22	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	75%	78.7%	1.40	6:26	10.1	100%	3,698	40.1	1556
23	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	73%	77.5%	1.42	6:32	11.2	100%	3,510	39.8	1239
24	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	75%	77.4%	1.42	6:33	8.7	100%	3,979	39.3	1815
25	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+8 more movesets	72%	76.6%	1.44	6:37	11.9	100%	2,949	39.3	1316
26	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	73%	75.8%	1.45	6:41	9.0	100%	4,038	38.4	1536
27	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	75.2%	1.46	6:44	11.5	100%	3,659	38.6	1168
28	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	71%	75.2%	1.47	6:45	11.1	100%	3,145	38.3	1238
29	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	68%	74.7%	1.47	6:47	15.8	100%	2,786	38.7	999
30	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	70%	74.3%	1.48	6:50	11.5	100%	4,161	38.0	1358

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