Mega Staraptor counters

#0398

fighting flyingSuper Mega

Lobby CP

69,026

25,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

231

Defense

175

Difficulty

2.72

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Staraptor should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,538-1,614 (you catch Staraptor).

Weak toflying1.6xelectric1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Staraptor counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Kyurem (White), Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
Kyurem (White)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Mewtwo

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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.119:42
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.5611:46
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.7012:25
4Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+2.8513:07
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.9713:40
6Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+3.1414:26
7Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+3.2815:05
8Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly3.2815:06
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn3.3015:11
10Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm3.3815:33
11MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike3.3915:36

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

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Top 15 Mega Staraptor 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	9:42	2.11	6.0	52.3%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	11:46	2.56	6.0	43.1%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	12:25	2.70	6.0	40.8%
4	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	13:07	2.85	6.0	38.6%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	13:40	2.97	6.0	37.1%
6	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	14:26	3.14	6.0	35.1%
7	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	15:05	3.28	6.0	33.6%
8	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	15:06	3.28	6.0	33.6%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	15:11	3.30	6.0	33.4%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	15:33	3.38	6.0	32.6%
11	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	15:36	3.39	6.0	32.5%
12	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	15:45	3.42	6.0	32.2%
13	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	15:51	3.44	6.0	32.0%
14	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	16:12	3.52	6.0	31.3%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	16:19	3.54	6.0	31.1%

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 Staraptor.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Staraptor'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	49%	37%	36.0%	14:06	6.0	3.06
Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	28%	30%	34.7%	14:37	6.0	3.18
Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	26%	30%	34.8%	14:35	6.0	3.17
Wing Attack / Fly	50%	33%	35.4%	14:19	6.0	3.11
Sand Attack / Brave Bird	38%	32%	35.4%	14:19	6.0	3.11
Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	42%	33%	35.4%	14:18	6.0	3.11
Sand Attack / Fly	58%	33%	35.5%	14:16	6.0	3.10
Quick Attack / Fly	50%	34%	35.5%	14:16	6.0	3.10
Quick Attack / Brave Bird	50%	33%	35.6%	14:14	6.0	3.09
Wing Attack / Brave Bird	51%	33%	35.7%	14:12	6.0	3.09
Sand Attack / Close Combat	50%	51%	36.6%	13:50	6.0	3.01
Quick Attack / Heat Wave	69%	44%	36.7%	13:48	6.0	3.00
Wing Attack / Heat Wave	71%	44%	36.8%	13:46	6.0	2.99
Wing Attack / Close Combat	50%	49%	36.8%	13:46	6.0	2.99
Quick Attack / Close Combat	50%	50%	36.9%	13:45	6.0	2.99
Sand Attack / Heat Wave	67%	48%	37.0%	13:41	6.0	2.98

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 3 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 Staraptor 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.

flying1.6x electric1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fighting0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x ground0.39x bug0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (8)
Resists (5)

It resists ground0.39xbug0.39xfighting0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Staraptor throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingWing AttackSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.75s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave Bird+STAB	150	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,538	1,922
11/11/11	1,553	1,941
12/12/12	1,568	1,960
13/13/13	1,583	1,979
14/14/14	1,599	1,999
15/15/15hundo	1,614	2,018

Caught CP range 1,538 - 1,614, or 1,922 - 2,018 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 Staraptor 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

Super Mega: 25,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 231 / Defense 175 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	52.3%	2.11	9:42	25.7	100%	6,428	45.6	1084
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	81%	43.1%	2.56	11:46	30.8	100%	5,713	37.5	929
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	74%	40.8%	2.70	12:25	44.8	92%	6,112	36.5	706
4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	70%	38.6%	2.85	13:07	44.0	100%	3,780	34.3	591
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	37.1%	2.97	13:40	51.2	90%	4,178	33.1	537
6	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	63%	35.1%	3.14	14:26	44.4	94%	3,510	30.9	584
7	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	60%	33.6%	3.28	15:05	46.3	52%	3,741	29.5	575
8	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	33.6%	3.28	15:06	52.3	58%	3,590	29.7	556
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	60%	33.4%	3.30	15:11	47.5	40%	4,605	29.3	556
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	58%	32.6%	3.38	15:33	50.0	4%	3,659	28.7	519
11	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	58%	32.5%	3.39	15:36	48.3	0%	4,178	28.5	555
12	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	56%	32.2%	3.42	15:45	58.0	30%	3,465	28.7	502
13	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	57%	32.0%	3.44	15:51	48.8	26%	3,835	28.1	579
14	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	31.3%	3.52	16:12	48.8	2%	4,512	27.5	584
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	56%	31.1%	3.54	16:19	45.4	0%	4,783	27.1	615
16	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	31.0%	3.55	16:21	44.5	0%	5,007	27.0	642
17	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	54%	30.5%	3.61	16:35	51.4	0%	4,605	26.9	518
18	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	52%	30.3%	3.64	16:45	70.8	18%	4,510	27.5	407
19	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	30.2%	3.65	16:47	47.2	0%	3,143	26.4	560
20	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	55%	30.2%	3.65	16:48	43.0	0%	5,031	26.2	698
21	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	52%	30.0%	3.67	16:53	62.1	0%	3,079	26.7	420
22	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	53%	29.9%	3.68	16:57	54.3	0%	3,452	26.3	480
23	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	55%	29.9%	3.69	16:58	37.6	0%	3,703	25.8	801
24	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	52%	29.9%	3.69	16:59	58.3	0%	4,346	26.5	456
25	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	51%	29.8%	3.69	16:59	67.3	4%	3,749	27.2	459
26	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	53%	29.8%	3.70	17:02	53.3	0%	2,803	26.4	503
27	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	51%	29.5%	3.73	17:09	74.9	60%	3,979	28.2	506
28	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	51%	28.9%	3.81	17:32	56.1	0%	3,527	25.5	469
29	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	50%	28.8%	3.83	17:37	60.7	0%	3,580	25.5	431
30	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	50%	28.4%	3.88	17:51	53.6	0%	3,659	24.9	490

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.

Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 2.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.