Swoobat counters

#0528

psychic flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

12,224

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

128

Defense

Difficulty

0.37

Pokebattler scale

Beating Swoobat should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 922-980.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Swoobat counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Kyurem (White) & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)

4 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+0.320:56
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.351:02
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.351:02
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.381:06
5Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.391:08
6Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.391:08
7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.391:08
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.391:09
9Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.401:10
10Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.401:10

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

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Top 15 Swoobat 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:56	0.32	1.5	415.6%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:02	0.35	1.2	378.1%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:02	0.35	0.8	377.4%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:06	0.38	1.8	354.8%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:08	0.39	2.7	347.2%
6	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:08	0.39	0.9	345.5%
7	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:08	0.39	1.2	345.4%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:09	0.39	1.4	341.2%
9	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:10	0.40	1.8	337.0%
10	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:10	0.40	1.4	333.5%
11	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	1:13	0.41	1.1	322.3%
12	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	1:13	0.42	0.2	322.0%
13	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:13	0.42	2.7	320.8%
14	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	1:14	0.42	2.0	318.4%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:14	0.42	1.6	317.5%

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 Swoobat.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Swoobat'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%	247%	354.0%	1:06	1.3	0.38
Air Slash / Future Sight	100%	225%	346.8%	1:08	1.7	0.39
Confusion / Fly	100%	202%	349.2%	1:07	1.9	0.38
Confusion / Future Sight	100%	233%	350.2%	1:07	1.7	0.38
Air Slash / Psychic	100%	237%	352.4%	1:07	1.4	0.38
Air Slash / Fly	100%	213%	352.7%	1:07	1.8	0.38
Confusion / Psychic	100%	238%	353.5%	1:06	1.6	0.38
Confusion / Aerial Ace	100%	269%	356.2%	1:06	1.0	0.38
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	100%	283%	357.3%	1:06	1.1	0.37
Air Slash / Psychic Fangs	100%	346%	360.7%	1:05	0.5	0.37
Confusion / Psychic Fangs	100%	341%	361.9%	1:05	0.7	0.37

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…

Swoobat 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.

rock1.6x ghost1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fairy1x grass0.63x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x ground0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists fighting0.39xground0.39xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Swoobat throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
psychicPsychic FangsSTAB	25	-33	1.0s	0.20s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	922	1,152
11/11/11	933	1,167
12/12/12	945	1,181
13/13/13	957	1,196
14/14/14	969	1,211
15/15/15hundo	980	1,226

Caught CP range 922 - 980, or 1,152 - 1,226 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.

Swoobat 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 128 / Defense 97 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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

Share these exact settings

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 Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	415.6%	0.32	0:56	1.4	100%	3,780	67.4	1675
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	93%	378.1%	0.35	1:02	1.1	100%	3,510	62.4	1800
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	99%	377.4%	0.35	1:02	0.7	100%	3,842	62.6	2555
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	83%	354.8%	0.38	1:06	1.7	100%	3,659	57.3	1464
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	77%	347.2%	0.39	1:08	2.5	100%	4,336	55.2	1100
6	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	88%	345.5%	0.39	1:08	0.8	100%	4,099	55.0	2194
7	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	84%	345.4%	0.39	1:08	1.1	100%	3,739	53.8	1945
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	83%	341.2%	0.39	1:09	1.3	100%	4,605	54.4	1697
9	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	79%	337.0%	0.40	1:10	1.6	100%	3,301	52.6	1598
10	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	81%	333.5%	0.40	1:10	1.3	100%	4,605	52.5	1600
11	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	80%	322.3%	0.41	1:13	1.0	100%	3,625	50.2	2035
12	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	91%	322.0%	0.42	1:13	0.1	100%	5,347	49.8	3337
13	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	320.8%	0.42	1:13	2.4	100%	3,298	50.4	1109
14	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	318.4%	0.42	1:14	1.8	100%	2,803	52.8	1413
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	317.5%	0.42	1:14	1.5	100%	6,112	49.7	1481
16	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	81%	313.7%	0.43	1:15	0.8	100%	6,428	51.1	2279
17	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	313.3%	0.43	1:15	2.2	100%	2,526	49.0	1210
18	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	73%	310.7%	0.43	1:16	1.6	100%	4,346	48.5	1465
19	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	310.5%	0.43	1:16	0.7	100%	3,834	48.3	2323
20	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	307.2%	0.44	1:16	1.6	100%	3,452	47.7	1432
21	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Avalanche	Snarl / Avalanche+11 more movesets	72%	307.2%	0.44	1:16	1.5	100%	3,005	47.9	1600
22	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	307.0%	0.44	1:16	2.1	100%	3,079	48.3	1213
23	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	68%	306.9%	0.44	1:16	2.4	100%	3,594	48.3	1097
24	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	71%	306.9%	0.44	1:16	1.7	100%	3,659	48.6	1426
25	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	67%	306.3%	0.44	1:17	2.5	100%	3,268	49.2	1064
26	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	66%	305.0%	0.44	1:17	2.7	100%	3,105	48.0	983
27	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	69%	300.9%	0.44	1:18	1.9	100%	3,937	47.0	1298
28	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	70%	300.4%	0.44	1:18	1.7	100%	3,580	47.5	1398
29	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	299.6%	0.45	1:18	1.4	100%	3,419	47.7	1592
30	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	71%	297.8%	0.45	1:19	1.5	100%	3,683	46.7	1474

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.