Mega Skarmory counters

#0227

steel flyingMega

Lobby CP

42,590

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

227

Defense

191

Difficulty

1.18

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Skarmory should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,139-1,204 (you catch Skarmory).

Weak tofire1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Skarmory counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Heatran, Regieleki & Shadow Ho-Oh.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Reshiram
S. Heatran
Regieleki
S. Ho-Oh

4 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.034:47
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.105:08
3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.175:26
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.235:43
5Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn1.275:53
6Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare1.296:00
7Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm1.366:19
8Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn1.406:31
9RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage1.406:32
10Shadow Ho-OhShadowLegendarypartyIncinerate / Sacred Fire++1.416:32

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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Related countersSkarmory

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Top 15 Mega Skarmory 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	4:47	1.03	6.0	106.0%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	5:08	1.10	6.0	98.9%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	5:26	1.17	6.0	93.4%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	5:43	1.23	6.0	88.8%
5	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	5:53	1.27	6.0	86.1%
6	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	6:00	1.29	6.0	84.5%
7	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	6:19	1.36	6.0	80.3%
8	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	6:31	1.40	6.0	77.9%
9	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	6:32	1.40	6.0	77.7%
10	Shadow Ho-Ohfireflying	fireIncineratefireSacred Fire++	3,863	6:32	1.41	6.0	77.6%
11	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	6:36	1.42	6.0	76.8%
12	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	6:39	1.43	6.0	76.2%
13	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	6:40	1.44	6.0	76.0%
14	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	6:41	1.44	6.0	75.9%
15	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	6:42	1.44	6.0	75.8%

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 Mega Skarmory.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Skarmory'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%	89%	85.3%	5:57	6.0	1.28
Air Slash / Drill Peck+	100%	74%	79.0%	6:25	6.0	1.38
Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	100%	78%	79.9%	6:21	6.0	1.37
Steel Wing / Drill Run	100%	82%	81.8%	6:12	6.0	1.33
Air Slash / Drill Run	100%	82%	82.6%	6:08	6.0	1.32
Air Slash / Sky Attack	100%	89%	85.1%	5:58	6.0	1.28
Steel Wing / Sky Attack	100%	91%	86.3%	5:53	6.0	1.26
Air Slash / Brave Bird	100%	94%	86.4%	5:52	6.0	1.26
Steel Wing / Brave Bird	100%	97%	88.3%	5:45	6.0	1.24
Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	100%	128%	89.0%	5:42	6.0	1.23
Air Slash / Flash Cannon	100%	123%	89.5%	5:40	6.0	1.22

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 Skarmory 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.

fire1.6x electric1.6x fighting1x rock1x ghost1x water1x ice1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x bug0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (6)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Skarmory throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelSteel WingSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingDrill Peck+STAB	170	-100	2.5s	1.90s
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
groundDrill Run	85	-50	3.0s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,139	1,424
11/11/11	1,152	1,440
12/12/12	1,165	1,456
13/13/13	1,178	1,473
14/14/14	1,191	1,489
15/15/15hundo	1,204	1,506

Caught CP range 1,139 - 1,204, or 1,424 - 1,506 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.

Mega Skarmory 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

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 227 / Defense 191 (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.

#	PB #	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	106.0%	1.03	4:47	13.3	100%	4,783	33.3	706
2	4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	92%	98.9%	1.10	5:08	15.7	100%	3,780	31.5	612
3	10	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	88%	93.4%	1.17	5:26	13.7	100%	3,510	29.3	676
4	11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	82%	88.8%	1.23	5:43	16.1	100%	3,659	28.0	569
5	2	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	80%	86.1%	1.27	5:53	15.7	100%	4,455	27.0	625
6	14	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	76%	84.5%	1.29	5:60	20.3	100%	4,038	26.9	489
7	22	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	74%	80.3%	1.36	6:19	16.8	100%	3,754	25.1	636
8	16	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	68%	77.9%	1.40	6:31	26.5	100%	4,161	25.3	379
9	18	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	70%	77.7%	1.40	6:32	21.2	100%	2,803	24.8	464
10	—	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	72%	77.6%	1.41	6:32	15.8	100%	3,863	24.1	603
11	28	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	68%	76.8%	1.42	6:36	22.9	100%	3,079	24.5	415
12	23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	76.2%	1.43	6:39	17.8	100%	3,452	23.8	524
13	—	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	70%	76.0%	1.44	6:40	16.3	100%	3,527	23.6	555
14	17	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	68%	75.9%	1.44	6:41	20.0	100%	3,937	23.9	462
15	11	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	75.8%	1.44	6:42	15.8	100%	3,659	23.5	571
16	8	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	69%	75.2%	1.45	6:45	17.5	100%	3,419	23.6	535
17	15	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	69%	75.0%	1.45	6:46	16.5	100%	6,428	23.3	549
18	13	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	68%	74.8%	1.46	6:47	19.0	100%	3,580	23.4	490
19	14	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	67%	73.6%	1.48	6:53	19.6	100%	4,038	23.1	490
20	9	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	67%	72.4%	1.51	7:00	16.5	100%	4,038	22.5	592
21	19	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	65%	71.9%	1.52	7:03	21.2	100%	3,850	22.7	454
22	—	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	64%	71.9%	1.52	7:03	23.7	100%	6,112	23.0	426
23	—	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	62%	69.2%	1.58	7:20	21.7	100%	3,345	21.7	423
24	—	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	60%	68.1%	1.60	7:27	25.4	100%	2,888	21.7	374
25	22	Heatran firesteel Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	63%	68.0%	1.61	7:28	16.8	100%	3,754	21.1	619
26	29	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	60%	67.9%	1.61	7:28	24.7	100%	3,842	21.6	399
27	23	Raikou electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	61%	66.8%	1.63	7:35	18.8	100%	3,452	20.8	510
28	28	Electivire electric Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	59%	66.2%	1.65	7:40	22.3	100%	3,079	20.8	416
29	—	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	58%	65.5%	1.67	7:45	26.0	90%	3,473	21.1	397
30	—	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	55%	65.1%	1.68	7:48	35.7	90%	3,297	21.8	294

PB # is pokebattler.com's own rank for the same attacker at these settings (snapshot 2026-09-10). 23 of our 30 rows are on its 30-row list, 4 in both top tens. Sort by Pokebattler's own rank

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.