Starmie counters

#0121

water psychicTier 1

Lobby CP

7,774

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

134

Defense

118

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Starmie should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,404-1,476.

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

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 Ghost Mega — most top counters attack with Ghost

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
2Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.070:13
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.070:13
4Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.070:13
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyBite / Wildbolt Storm0.070:13
6Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.080:14
7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.080:14
8Shadow GengarShadowpartyLick / Shadow Ball0.080:14
9Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartyFeint Attack / Foul Play0.080:15
10Mega Raichu XMegaSpark / Volt Tackle+0.080:15
11Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball0.090:15

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

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Top 15 Starmie 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	0.0	4446.2%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:13	0.07	0.0	3481.2%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:13	0.07	0.0	3353.6%
4	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:13	0.07	0.0	3257.4%
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	darkBiteelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:13	0.07	0.0	3248.6%
6	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:14	0.08	0.0	3083.2%
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:14	0.08	0.0	3061.5%
8	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:14	0.08	0.1	3059.9%
9	Shadow Darkraidark	darkFeint AttackdarkFoul Play	3,739	0:15	0.08	0.0	2906.4%
10	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricSparkelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:15	0.08	0.0	2906.4%
11	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:15	0.09	0.1	2815.0%
12	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:16	0.09	0.0	2780.3%
13	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:16	0.09	0.0	2768.0%
14	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:16	0.09	0.0	2764.5%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:16	0.09	0.0	2736.7%

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 Starmie.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Starmie'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%	552%	3188.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Psywave / Hydro Pump	100%	603%	2997.6%	0:15	0.1	0.08
Psywave / Psychic	100%	556%	3078.7%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	100%	627%	3079.9%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Quick Attack / Hydro Pump	100%	636%	3081.7%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Hidden Power / Hydro Pump	100%	533%	3091.9%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Quick Attack / Psychic	100%	573%	3148.8%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Psywave / Thunder	100%	657%	3167.0%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Water Gun / Psychic	100%	545%	3167.8%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Water Gun / Thunder	100%	658%	3171.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Psywave / Aqua Jet	100%	623%	3173.4%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Quick Attack / Surf	100%	531%	3179.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Water Gun / Aqua Jet	100%	610%	3179.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Quick Attack / Thunder	100%	665%	3179.9%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Psywave / Psybeam	100%	661%	3180.6%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Psywave / Surf	100%	490%	3182.9%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Hidden Power / Psychic	100%	556%	3184.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Psywave / Power Gem	100%	551%	3185.6%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Quick Attack / Psybeam	100%	650%	3187.5%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Water Gun / Psybeam	100%	627%	3192.0%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Quick Attack / Power Gem	100%	583%	3195.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Water Gun / Surf	100%	479%	3198.5%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Quick Attack / Aqua Jet	100%	591%	3199.4%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Psywave / Ice Beam	100%	562%	3201.0%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Water Gun / Power Gem	100%	542%	3208.4%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hidden Power / Aqua Jet	100%	593%	3209.9%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Quick Attack / Ice Beam	100%	628%	3210.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hidden Power / Surf	100%	537%	3211.7%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hidden Power / Psybeam	100%	635%	3215.7%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	549%	3217.4%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hidden Power / Ice Beam	100%	602%	3219.0%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hidden Power / Power Gem	100%	561%	3225.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hidden Power / Thunder	100%	609%	3227.3%	0:14	0.0	0.08

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…

Starmie 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 Starmie 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
normalHidden Power	15	+15	1.5s	1.10s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
psychicPsywaveSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	1.10s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,404	1,756
11/11/11	1,419	1,773
12/12/12	1,433	1,791
13/13/13	1,447	1,809
14/14/14	1,462	1,828
15/15/15hundo	1,476	1,846

Caught CP range 1,404 - 1,476, or 1,756 - 1,846 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.

Starmie 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 134 / Defense 118 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	4446.2%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	62.8	616
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	71%	3481.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,383	48.4	600
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	72%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,842	46.5	604
4	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	68%	3257.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	48.1	637
5	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	65%	3248.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,659	46.2	619
6	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	61%	3083.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,301	43.7	619
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	70%	3061.5%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,099	49.1	699
8	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	60%	3059.9%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	2,878	42.2	564
9	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Feint Attack / Foul Play	Feint Attack / Foul Play+14 more movesets	60%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,739	40.5	608
10	Mega Raichu X electricmega Spark / Volt Tackle+	Spark / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	61%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,510	40.1	602
11	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	55%	2815.0%	0.09	0:15	0.1	100%	3,268	39.9	579
12	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	60%	2780.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,814	43.3	678
13	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	57%	2768.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,757	42.2	665
14	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	57%	2764.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,834	41.5	653
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	59%	2736.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,625	41.7	663
16	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	61%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,093	37.8	604
17	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	58%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,419	37.5	600
18	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	56%	2706.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,677	39.2	632
19	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	60%	2702.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,056	48.4	780
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	54%	2694.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,594	42.3	683
21	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	54%	2691.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,005	39.7	641
22	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	53%	2676.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,749	38.5	626
23	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	50%	2667.2%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	2,526	42.1	654
24	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	59%	2643.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,347	41.2	678
25	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	59%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,428	36.9	609
26	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	58%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,683	36.7	606
27	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	56%	2635.7%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,739	38.5	637
28	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	53%	2631.0%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,079	42.9	709
29	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	53%	2629.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,527	39.8	658
30	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	55%	2615.2%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,803	47.1	785

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.