Spheal counters

#0363

ice waterTier 3

Lobby CP

6,762

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.25

Pokebattler scale

Beating Spheal should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 505-550.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Spheal counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki & Shadow Rampardos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
S. Rampardos

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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.210:36
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.230:41
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.250:44
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.260:46
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.270:47
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.280:49
7Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.290:50
8KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.290:52
9Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.300:52
10Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.300:52
11RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.300:52
15Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.320:57

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

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Top 15 Spheal 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	0:36	0.21	0.0	645.5%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:41	0.23	0.2	579.1%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:44	0.25	0.1	536.2%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:46	0.26	0.0	510.7%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:47	0.27	0.3	498.6%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:49	0.28	0.0	475.9%
7	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:50	0.29	0.2	465.8%
8	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:52	0.29	0.0	453.7%
9	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:52	0.30	0.9	451.5%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:52	0.30	0.8	447.8%
11	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:52	0.30	0.7	447.7%
12	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:54	0.31	0.5	433.6%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:54	0.31	0.1	430.9%
14	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	fightingLow KickgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:56	0.32	0.0	421.0%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:57	0.32	1.2	413.7%

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 Spheal.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Spheal'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%	435%	468.2%	0:50	0.6	0.29
Rock Smash / Aurora Beam	100%	414%	463.0%	0:51	0.8	0.29
Water Gun / Aurora Beam	100%	425%	465.3%	0:50	0.6	0.29
Rock Smash / Body Slam	100%	474%	466.1%	0:50	0.4	0.29
Water Gun / Water Pulse	100%	438%	466.6%	0:50	0.8	0.29
Water Gun / Body Slam	100%	487%	468.9%	0:50	0.3	0.29
Rock Smash / Water Pulse	100%	423%	470.2%	0:50	0.8	0.28

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…

Spheal 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 rock1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x water0.63x ice0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (12)
Resists (2)

It resists ice0.39xwater0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Spheal throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceAurora BeamSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	505	631
11/11/11	514	642
12/12/12	523	653
13/13/13	532	665
14/14/14	541	676
15/15/15hundo	550	687

Caught CP range 505 - 550, or 631 - 687 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.

Spheal 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 80 / Defense 76 (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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	645.5%	0.21	0:36	0.0	100%	6,112	103.1	3745
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	79%	579.1%	0.23	0:41	0.2	100%	3,780	93.2	3411
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	76%	536.2%	0.25	0:44	0.1	100%	3,826	85.6	3630
4	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	510.7%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,670	80.9	3716
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	68%	498.6%	0.27	0:47	0.3	100%	4,161	81.7	3314
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	70%	475.9%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	6,428	78.3	3861
7	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	64%	465.8%	0.29	0:50	0.2	100%	3,510	80.5	3596
8	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	66%	453.7%	0.29	0:52	0.0	100%	3,698	69.9	3616
9	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	57%	451.5%	0.30	0:52	0.8	100%	2,848	70.3	2132
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	58%	447.8%	0.30	0:52	0.8	100%	3,659	75.9	2453
11	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	59%	447.7%	0.30	0:52	0.6	100%	2,803	69.8	2370
12	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	57%	433.6%	0.31	0:54	0.4	100%	4,056	68.7	3024
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	59%	430.9%	0.31	0:54	0.1	100%	4,521	68.0	3558
14	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	61%	421.0%	0.32	0:56	0.0	100%	4,093	66.9	3650
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	50%	413.7%	0.32	0:57	1.1	100%	3,298	65.1	1787
16	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	54%	407.7%	0.33	0:58	0.4	100%	3,452	64.3	2846
17	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	53%	405.0%	0.33	0:58	0.6	100%	4,346	63.4	2496
18	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	53%	403.4%	0.33	0:58	0.6	100%	2,703	63.6	2561
19	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	55%	402.8%	0.33	0:58	0.1	100%	4,814	62.0	3323
20	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	51%	401.5%	0.33	0:58	0.8	100%	3,079	62.7	1976
21	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	53%	400.2%	0.33	0:59	0.6	100%	3,337	64.0	2483
22	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	52%	396.8%	0.34	0:59	0.6	100%	3,677	61.2	2352
23	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	50%	388.8%	0.34	1:00	0.7	100%	3,937	60.1	2175
24	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	51%	388.8%	0.34	1:00	0.5	100%	3,698	60.2	2618
25	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	51%	385.6%	0.35	1:01	0.4	100%	3,205	59.9	2765
26	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	49%	383.7%	0.35	1:01	0.8	100%	3,093	59.2	2099
27	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	51%	383.2%	0.35	1:01	0.5	100%	4,178	59.7	2555
28	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	50%	381.3%	0.35	1:02	0.7	100%	3,580	60.9	2317
29	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	48%	381.2%	0.35	1:02	0.8	100%	3,733	60.3	2338
30	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	48%	374.9%	0.36	1:03	0.6	100%	3,527	59.7	2477

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.