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Starly counters

Lobby CP
14,016
HP
20,000
Timer
5:00
Attack
114
Defense
71
Difficulty
0.96
Pokebattler scale

Beating Starly should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 372-410.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

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

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 Starly counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Regieleki, Shadow Rampardos & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Raichu Y
  2. S. Thundurus (Therian)
  3. Kyurem (White)
  4. Regieleki
  5. S. Rampardos
  6. Kyurem (Black)

2 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 %

  1. 1Mega Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.823:46
  2. 2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.924:15
  3. 3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.954:24
  4. 4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.004:37
  5. 5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.024:43
  6. 6RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage1.064:52
  7. 7Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.085:00
  8. 8Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.115:06
  9. 9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+1.125:10
  10. 10Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide1.125:10

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

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Top 15 Starly 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pickelectricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+3,7803:460.825.2134.5%
2Mega Raichu XelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+3,5104:150.925.1119.1%
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflyingelectricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm3,6594:240.955.5115.4%
4Kyurem (White)dragoniceiceIce FangiceIce Burn4,6054:371.005.4109.7%
5Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+6,4284:431.025.3107.5%
6RegielekielectricnormalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage2,8034:521.065.8104.2%
7Shadow RampardosrockrockSmack DownrockRock Slide3,2985:001.086.0101.5%
8Kyurem (Black)dragonicedragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock4,6055:061.115.799.5%
9Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingpsychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+6,1125:101.126.098.1%
10Mega DiancierockfairyrockRock ThrowrockRock Slide4,3465:101.125.498.0%
11Thundurus (Therian)electricflyingelectricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm3,6595:131.135.697.3%
12ZeraoraelectricelectricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists3,4195:161.155.396.1%
13Shadow ElectivireelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge3,0795:171.156.096.0%
14XurkitreeelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricDischarge3,9375:211.165.794.7%
15Shadow RaikouelectricelectricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge3,4525:221.175.494.5%

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 Starly.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Starly'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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Starly 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.

  • Weak (3)
  • Neutral (11)
  • Resists (4)

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Starly throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
normalTackleSTAB5+50.5s0.30s
normalQuick AttackSTAB10+131.0s0.45s
groundSand Attack4+70.5s0.30s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB130-1002.0s1.00s
flyingFlySTAB90-502.0s1.40s
flyingAerial AceSTAB55-332.5s2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor372465
11/11/11380475
12/12/12387484
13/13/13395494
14/14/14403503
15/15/15hundo410513

Caught CP range 372 - 410, or 465 - 513 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.

Starly 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 114 / Defense 71 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Raichu Y
electricmega
Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+
0.823:465.7
2
Mega Raichu X
electricmega
Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+
0.924:155.1
3
Shadow Thundurus (Therian)
electricflyingshadow
Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm
0.954:246.7
4
Kyurem (White)
dragonice
Ice Fang / Ice Burn
1.004:376.5
5
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Future Sight+
1.024:435.5
6
Regieleki
electric
Lock-On / Thunder Cage
1.064:527.2
7
Shadow Rampardos
rockshadow
Smack Down / Rock Slide
1.084:609.0
8
Kyurem (Black)
dragonice
Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock
1.115:066.9
9
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+
1.125:109.0
10
Mega Diancie
rockfairymega
Rock Throw / Rock Slide
1.125:106.6
11
Thundurus (Therian)
electricflying
Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm
1.135:136.6
12
Zeraora
electric
Volt Switch / Plasma Fists
1.155:166.0
13
Shadow Electivire
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
1.155:178.7
14
Xurkitree
electric
Thunder Shock / Discharge
1.165:218.0
15
Shadow Raikou
electricshadow
Volt Switch / Wild Charge
1.175:226.9
16
Shadow Gigalith
rockshadow
Lock-On / Meteor Beam
1.175:226.4
17
Mega Manectric
electricmega
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
1.175:227.4
18
Shadow Rhyperior
groundrockshadow
Smack Down / Rock Wrecker
1.175:225.4
19
Shadow Magnezone
electricsteelshadow
Volt Switch / Wild Charge
1.185:255.1
20
Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
iceshadow
Ice Fang / Avalanche
1.195:2813.8
21
Shadow Tyrantrum
rockdragonshadow
Rock Throw / Meteor Beam
1.205:307.1
22
Mega Rayquaza
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent
1.205:316.9
23
Zekrom
dragonelectric
Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt
1.205:325.3
24
Shadow Zapdos
electricflyingshadow
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt
1.205:327.3
25
Shadow Mamoswine
icegroundshadow
Powder Snow / Avalanche
1.245:4110.8
26
Mega Tyranitar
rockdarkmega
Smack Down / Stone Edge
1.245:434.0
27
Mega Aerodactyl
rockflyingmega
Rock Throw / Rock Slide
1.275:516.1
28
Shadow Luxray
electricshadow
Spark / Wild Charge
1.275:529.8
29
Shadow Regigigas
normalshadow
Hidden Power / Crush Grip
1.285:549.1
30
Shadow Tyranitar
rockdarkshadow
Smack Down / Stone Edge
1.285:546.5
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 0.7 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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