Slugma counters

#0218

fireTier 3

Lobby CP

7,400

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.23

Pokebattler scale

Beating Slugma should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 468-511.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Slugma counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Rampardos & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Kyogre
S. Groudon
S. Rampardos
S. Kingler

5 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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.200:35
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.220:38
3Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.240:41
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.250:43
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.250:44
6Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.250:45
7Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.260:45
8Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.260:46
9Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.270:47
10Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earthquake0.270:47
11Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.270:48

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

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Related countersShadow Slugma

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Top 15 Slugma 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:35	0.20	0.0	668.9%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:38	0.22	0.0	620.6%
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:41	0.24	0.3	567.3%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:43	0.25	0.0	541.6%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:44	0.25	0.0	533.2%
6	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:45	0.25	0.1	525.6%
7	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:45	0.26	0.0	516.3%
8	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:46	0.26	0.1	508.9%
9	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:47	0.27	0.9	498.4%
10	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,424	0:47	0.27	0.0	494.1%
11	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:48	0.27	0.7	491.2%
12	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:48	0.27	0.6	488.9%
13	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:48	0.27	0.3	487.9%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:49	0.28	0.0	482.9%
15	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:49	0.28	0.2	482.6%

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 Slugma.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Slugma'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%	461%	534.5%	0:44	0.4	0.25
Ember / Flame Burst	100%	459%	524.9%	0:45	0.5	0.25
Rock Throw / Flame Burst	100%	440%	528.5%	0:44	0.5	0.25
Ember / Rock Slide	100%	438%	536.5%	0:44	0.4	0.25
Rock Throw / Rock Slide	100%	430%	537.8%	0:44	0.4	0.25
Rock Throw / Flame Charge	100%	490%	542.6%	0:43	0.3	0.25
Ember / Flame Charge	100%	508%	546.1%	0:43	0.2	0.24

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…

Slugma 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.

ground1.6x rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Slugma throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock Throw	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlame BurstSTAB	70	-50	2.5s	0.90s
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
fireFlame ChargeSTAB	70	-33	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	468	585
11/11/11	477	596
12/12/12	485	607
13/13/13	494	617
14/14/14	502	628
15/15/15hundo	511	639

Caught CP range 468 - 511, or 585 - 639 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.

Slugma 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 97 / Defense 62 (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 Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	668.9%	0.20	0:35	0.0	100%	3,784	103.1	3581
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	94%	620.6%	0.22	0:38	0.0	100%	3,701	101.0	3819
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	79%	567.3%	0.24	0:41	0.3	100%	3,922	91.3	3088
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	86%	541.6%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	5,902	89.0	3855
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	80%	533.2%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	6,428	88.6	3899
6	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	78%	525.6%	0.25	0:45	0.1	100%	4,115	81.7	3466
7	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	81%	516.3%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	5,902	79.7	3625
8	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	508.9%	0.26	0:46	0.1	100%	4,115	82.3	3592
9	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	498.4%	0.27	0:47	0.8	100%	3,298	79.6	2137
10	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	78%	494.1%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	5,424	75.8	3602
11	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	66%	491.2%	0.27	0:48	0.6	100%	2,829	76.6	2445
12	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	66%	488.9%	0.27	0:48	0.6	100%	2,654	77.7	2528
13	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	487.9%	0.27	0:48	0.2	100%	4,346	78.6	3299
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	72%	482.9%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	6,112	78.8	3786
15	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	69%	482.6%	0.28	0:49	0.2	100%	3,228	76.3	3370
16	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	74%	477.1%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	4,401	74.1	3647
17	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	71%	476.0%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	3,962	74.0	3651
18	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	71%	474.2%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	3,733	73.0	3613
19	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	61%	471.1%	0.28	0:50	1.0	100%	3,244	74.1	2211
20	Mega Blastoise watermega Rollout / Hydro Cannon	Rollout / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	464.2%	0.29	0:51	0.0	100%	3,941	72.5	3594
21	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	58%	459.8%	0.29	0:51	1.1	100%	3,328	71.9	1757
22	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	61%	457.0%	0.29	0:51	0.7	100%	3,588	71.4	2156
23	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	65%	449.9%	0.30	0:52	0.3	100%	5,713	72.4	3250
24	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	60%	445.4%	0.30	0:53	0.6	100%	2,964	69.0	2357
25	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	64%	439.8%	0.30	0:53	0.2	100%	3,128	72.9	3399
26	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	65%	438.5%	0.30	0:54	0.0	100%	4,717	67.5	3574
27	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	61%	438.2%	0.31	0:54	0.4	100%	3,979	67.7	2856
28	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Crabhammer	Waterfall / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	56%	437.5%	0.31	0:54	1.0	100%	2,474	68.1	1789
29	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	62%	434.0%	0.31	0:54	0.1	100%	2,974	68.2	3470
30	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	55%	429.4%	0.31	0:55	0.9	100%	3,780	66.2	1881

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.