Slowpoke counters

#0079

water psychicTier 3

Lobby CP

7,908

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.30

Pokebattler scale

Beating Slowpoke should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 650-700.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xdark1.6x

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 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 Slowpoke counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Regieleki & Shadow Chandelure.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
Regieleki
S. Chandelure

9 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 YMegapartyVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.270:47
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.290:51
3Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.290:51
4Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.300:53
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.310:54
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.310:55
7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.320:56
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.320:56
9Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.320:56
10Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.330:58
13RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.351:01
15Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball0.351:02

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

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Related countersShadow Slowpoke Galarian Slowpoke

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Top 15 Slowpoke 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	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:47	0.27	0.8	501.6%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:51	0.29	0.7	462.6%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:51	0.29	1.5	458.5%
4	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:53	0.30	0.3	447.0%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:54	0.31	1.0	435.6%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:55	0.31	0.6	430.0%
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:56	0.32	0.0	421.6%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:56	0.32	0.3	419.4%
9	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:56	0.32	0.5	418.4%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:58	0.33	1.4	405.5%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:58	0.33	0.6	403.5%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:01	0.35	0.0	382.5%
13	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:01	0.35	1.2	382.3%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:02	0.35	0.3	381.6%
15	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	1:02	0.35	1.6	380.7%

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 Slowpoke.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Slowpoke'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%	338%	421.6%	0:56	0.8	0.32
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	332%	417.2%	0:56	0.9	0.32
Water Gun / Psychic	100%	329%	418.3%	0:56	0.9	0.32
Confusion / Water Pulse	100%	315%	419.1%	0:56	1.0	0.32
Confusion / Psychic	100%	320%	420.8%	0:56	0.9	0.32
Water Gun / Psyshock	100%	393%	421.3%	0:56	0.6	0.32
Confusion / Psyshock	100%	379%	422.3%	0:56	0.7	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…

Slowpoke 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x

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

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Slowpoke throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	650	812
11/11/11	660	825
12/12/12	670	837
13/13/13	680	850
14/14/14	690	863
15/15/15hundo	700	876

Caught CP range 650 - 700, or 812 - 876 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.

Slowpoke 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 90 / Defense 82 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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

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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 Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	501.6%	0.27	0:47	0.8	100%	3,780	78.3	2138
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	95%	462.6%	0.29	0:51	0.6	100%	3,510	74.2	2475
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	86%	458.5%	0.29	0:51	1.3	100%	3,383	73.9	1636
4	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	98%	447.0%	0.30	0:53	0.3	100%	3,842	75.9	3308
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	85%	435.6%	0.31	0:54	0.9	100%	3,659	69.9	1921
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	89%	430.0%	0.31	0:55	0.5	100%	4,056	68.2	2677
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	93%	421.6%	0.32	0:56	0.0	100%	4,099	70.9	3908
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	90%	419.4%	0.32	0:56	0.3	100%	3,739	64.9	3012
9	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	88%	418.4%	0.32	0:56	0.5	100%	4,093	66.5	2716
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	76%	405.5%	0.33	0:58	1.3	100%	4,336	64.3	1649
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	82%	403.5%	0.33	0:58	0.5	100%	3,301	62.6	2543
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	85%	382.5%	0.35	1:01	0.0	100%	6,428	61.4	3769
13	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	382.3%	0.35	1:01	1.1	100%	2,803	64.8	1878
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	80%	381.6%	0.35	1:02	0.3	100%	6,112	59.4	3029
15	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	70%	380.7%	0.35	1:02	1.5	100%	3,268	59.4	1450
16	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	378.0%	0.35	1:02	1.1	100%	2,526	58.9	1780
17	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	71%	374.0%	0.36	1:03	1.1	100%	3,594	58.8	1733
18	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	75%	373.7%	0.36	1:03	0.7	100%	3,677	57.9	2142
19	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	373.4%	0.36	1:03	1.1	100%	3,079	58.8	1713
20	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	82%	373.4%	0.36	1:03	0.0	100%	3,625	58.1	3650
21	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	72%	371.7%	0.36	1:03	1.0	100%	4,814	58.4	1876
22	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	370.0%	0.36	1:03	0.2	100%	5,347	57.5	3279
23	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	64%	369.2%	0.36	1:04	2.4	100%	2,878	59.0	1111
24	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	72%	369.1%	0.36	1:04	1.0	100%	3,659	59.1	1847
25	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	367.6%	0.36	1:04	0.3	100%	3,834	57.2	3029
26	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	367.3%	0.36	1:04	1.0	100%	3,452	57.1	1811
27	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	364.1%	0.37	1:04	0.8	100%	3,419	56.7	2030
28	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	69%	363.1%	0.37	1:05	1.1	100%	3,937	56.2	1669
29	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	69%	359.2%	0.37	1:05	1.1	100%	2,757	57.6	1854
30	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	68%	351.0%	0.38	1:07	1.0	100%	3,580	56.1	1789

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.