Swinub counters

#0220

ice groundTier 3

Lobby CP

5,774

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.20

Pokebattler scale

Beating Swinub should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 384-423.

Weak tofighting1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Swinub counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Shadow Reshiram, Zacian (Crowned Sword) & Shadow Blaziken.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Reshiram
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
S. Blaziken

7 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+0.190:33
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.190:34
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.200:35
4Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.210:36
5Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.210:36
6Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.210:37
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.210:37
8Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.210:37
9Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.210:38
10Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.220:38
12Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.220:39
13Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.230:41

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

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Top 15 Swinub 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	0:33	0.19	0.0	711.3%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:34	0.19	0.0	700.5%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:35	0.20	0.0	670.6%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:36	0.21	0.0	648.0%
5	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:36	0.21	0.0	646.9%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:37	0.21	0.0	634.4%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:37	0.21	0.0	632.8%
8	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:37	0.21	0.0	627.2%
9	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:38	0.21	0.0	622.9%
10	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:38	0.22	0.1	613.8%
11	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:38	0.22	0.0	609.6%
12	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:39	0.22	0.0	600.4%
13	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:41	0.23	0.1	576.1%
14	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:41	0.23	0.3	571.8%
15	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:42	0.24	0.3	561.9%

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 Swinub.

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

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	811%	622.3%	0:38	0.1	0.21
Tackle / Rock Slide	100%	800%	622.4%	0:38	0.1	0.21
Powder Snow / Body Slam	100%	855%	623.2%	0:38	0.0	0.21
Powder Snow / Rock Slide	100%	805%	623.6%	0:38	0.1	0.21
Powder Snow / Icy Wind	100%	797%	625.0%	0:38	0.0	0.21
Tackle / Body Slam	100%	832%	625.1%	0:38	0.0	0.21
Tackle / Icy Wind	100%	781%	626.9%	0:37	0.0	0.21

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…

Swinub 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 steel1.6x fire1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (11)
Resists (2)

It resists electric0.39xpoison0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Swinub throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
iceIcy WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	384	480
11/11/11	392	490
12/12/12	399	499
13/13/13	407	509
14/14/14	415	519
15/15/15hundo	423	529

Caught CP range 384 - 423, or 480 - 529 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.

Swinub 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 76 / Defense 61 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

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 top pickpsychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	711.3%	0.19	0:33	0.0	100%	6,112	110.9	3658
2	Mega Greninja top pickwaterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	92%	700.5%	0.19	0:34	0.0	100%	3,784	109.3	3661
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	93%	670.6%	0.20	0:35	0.0	100%	3,826	105.2	3682
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	86%	648.0%	0.21	0:36	0.0	100%	3,701	100.2	3628
5	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	87%	646.9%	0.21	0:36	0.0	100%	4,783	114.0	4133
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	82%	634.4%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	4,161	98.4	3642
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	85%	632.8%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	6,428	98.4	3650
8	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	90%	627.2%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	4,099	100.1	3743
9	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	94%	622.9%	0.21	0:38	0.0	100%	4,172	95.7	3607
10	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	76%	613.8%	0.22	0:38	0.1	100%	4,038	94.2	3350
11	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	80%	609.6%	0.22	0:38	0.0	100%	3,670	94.3	3631
12	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	87%	600.4%	0.22	0:39	0.0	100%	4,979	104.0	4064
13	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	69%	576.1%	0.23	0:41	0.1	100%	2,848	90.9	3436
14	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	69%	571.8%	0.23	0:41	0.3	100%	3,297	91.8	3219
15	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	67%	561.9%	0.24	0:42	0.3	100%	4,455	90.0	3241
16	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	554.5%	0.24	0:42	0.3	100%	4,056	85.8	2964
17	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	70%	543.8%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	4,115	85.5	3689
18	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	73%	541.2%	0.25	0:43	0.0	100%	3,791	84.2	3653
19	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	540.5%	0.25	0:43	0.3	100%	3,105	84.0	2983
20	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	69%	536.5%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	4,521	85.5	3742
21	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	70%	529.6%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	4,093	85.3	3777
22	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	74%	528.0%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	5,902	90.7	4029
23	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	527.7%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	2,703	82.0	3646
24	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	70%	524.4%	0.25	0:45	0.0	100%	3,698	86.4	3869
25	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	62%	519.6%	0.26	0:45	0.3	100%	3,268	84.6	3198
26	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	68%	508.9%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,754	81.0	3734
27	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Blast Burn	Low Kick / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	61%	508.6%	0.26	0:46	0.2	100%	2,982	78.4	3256
28	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	61%	503.3%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	3,677	78.0	3564
29	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	56%	501.2%	0.27	0:47	0.5	100%	3,465	78.2	2914
30	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	62%	500.3%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	3,337	82.4	3863

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.