Steelix counters

#0208

steel groundTier 3

Lobby CP

16,568

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

118

Defense

209

Difficulty

0.69

Pokebattler scale

Beating Steelix should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,308-1,379.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6xwater1.6x

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 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 Steelix counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Reshiram, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Reshiram
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
S. Kyogre

11 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+0.591:43
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.681:59
3Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.692:00
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.692:01
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.712:04
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.752:12
7Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.752:12
8Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.772:15
9Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.772:16
10Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.792:18
15KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.822:24
16Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.852:29
17Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.852:29

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

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Top 15 Steelix counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:43	0.59	1.4	227.0%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:59	0.68	2.1	196.8%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	2:00	0.69	2.3	194.8%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	2:01	0.69	2.3	193.9%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	2:04	0.71	2.5	189.1%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	2:12	0.75	2.5	178.2%
7	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	2:12	0.75	2.5	178.0%
8	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	2:15	0.77	2.7	173.6%
9	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	2:16	0.77	2.9	173.1%
10	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	2:18	0.79	1.4	170.1%
11	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	2:18	0.79	1.6	169.5%
12	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	2:20	0.80	2.1	167.7%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	2:21	0.80	2.7	167.0%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	2:23	0.81	2.2	164.6%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	2:24	0.82	2.2	163.4%

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 Steelix.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Steelix'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	97%	129%	171.6%	2:17	2.8	0.78
Thunder Fang / Earthquake	86%	110%	159.7%	2:27	3.9	0.84
Dragon Tail / Earthquake	88%	106%	162.8%	2:24	3.9	0.82
Iron Tail / Earthquake	90%	108%	163.2%	2:24	3.7	0.82
Dragon Tail / Crunch	100%	148%	174.3%	2:15	2.4	0.77
Dragon Tail / Heavy Slam	100%	130%	174.3%	2:15	2.9	0.77
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	100%	133%	174.4%	2:15	2.9	0.77
Dragon Tail / Psychic Fangs	100%	162%	174.5%	2:14	2.2	0.77
Thunder Fang / Psychic Fangs	100%	176%	175.0%	2:14	1.8	0.76
Iron Tail / Heavy Slam	100%	135%	175.0%	2:14	2.8	0.76
Thunder Fang / Crunch	100%	154%	175.1%	2:14	2.1	0.76
Iron Tail / Crunch	100%	153%	175.2%	2:14	2.1	0.76
Iron Tail / Breaking Swipe	100%	137%	175.3%	2:14	2.6	0.76
Thunder Fang / Breaking Swipe	100%	139%	175.5%	2:14	2.6	0.76
Thunder Fang / Heavy Slam	100%	138%	175.8%	2:14	2.6	0.76
Iron Tail / Psychic Fangs	100%	170%	176.5%	2:13	1.8	0.76

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…

Steelix 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 ground1.6x fire1.6x water1.6x ghost1x grass1x ice1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x rock0.39x electric0.39x poison0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (4)
Resists (9)
Double resists (1)

It resists poison0.24xrock0.39xelectric0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Steelix throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron TailSTAB	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
dragonDragon Tail	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
electricThunder Fang	10	+13	1.0s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
dragonBreaking Swipe	45	-33	1.0s	0.47s
steelHeavy SlamSTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.40s
psychicPsychic Fangs	25	-33	1.0s	0.20s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,308	1,635
11/11/11	1,322	1,653
12/12/12	1,336	1,671
13/13/13	1,351	1,688
14/14/14	1,365	1,706
15/15/15hundo	1,379	1,724

Caught CP range 1,308 - 1,379, or 1,635 - 1,724 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.

Steelix 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 118 / Defense 209 (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%	227.0%	0.59	1:43	1.3	100%	6,112	35.8	1596
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	82%	196.8%	0.68	1:59	1.9	100%	4,783	31.2	1415
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	80%	194.8%	0.69	2:00	2.1	100%	3,784	30.1	1224
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	80%	193.9%	0.69	2:01	2.1	100%	3,826	30.3	1257
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	189.1%	0.71	2:04	2.3	100%	4,161	29.4	1126
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	73%	178.2%	0.75	2:12	2.3	100%	3,670	27.6	1108
7	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	73%	178.0%	0.75	2:12	2.2	100%	3,701	28.0	1174
8	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	173.6%	0.77	2:15	2.5	100%	3,922	26.8	1032
9	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	69%	173.1%	0.77	2:16	2.7	100%	4,038	27.0	1067
10	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	74%	170.1%	0.79	2:18	1.3	100%	5,902	26.3	1571
11	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	169.5%	0.79	2:18	1.4	100%	5,902	26.2	1599
12	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	70%	167.7%	0.80	2:20	1.9	100%	4,455	26.0	1211
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	167.0%	0.80	2:21	2.4	100%	4,521	25.8	1045
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	69%	164.6%	0.81	2:23	2.0	100%	6,428	25.6	1232
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	67%	163.4%	0.82	2:24	2.0	100%	3,698	25.3	1188
16	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	58%	157.9%	0.85	2:29	4.7	86%	2,848	25.0	705
17	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	64%	157.2%	0.85	2:29	2.3	100%	4,115	24.3	1067
18	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	63%	152.0%	0.88	2:34	2.1	100%	5,424	23.6	1199
19	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	58%	151.6%	0.88	2:35	3.4	100%	3,337	23.6	823
20	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	57%	150.5%	0.89	2:36	3.5	100%	2,703	23.5	881
21	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	62%	149.5%	0.89	2:37	1.9	100%	4,401	23.1	1253
22	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	59%	148.8%	0.90	2:38	2.7	100%	4,115	23.2	979
23	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	148.5%	0.90	2:38	2.3	100%	4,814	22.9	1060
24	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	62%	148.4%	0.90	2:38	1.9	100%	3,863	23.2	1220
25	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	59%	148.3%	0.90	2:38	2.8	100%	3,465	23.0	920
26	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	56%	147.9%	0.90	2:39	3.7	100%	2,654	23.1	793
27	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	55%	147.3%	0.91	2:39	4.1	100%	2,829	23.0	677
28	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	57%	146.5%	0.91	2:40	3.4	80%	3,754	23.1	1175
29	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	58%	144.7%	0.92	2:42	2.5	100%	3,922	22.7	1052
30	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	54%	144.6%	0.92	2:42	4.0	100%	3,093	22.5	702

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 0.5 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.