Tentacruel counters

#0073

water poisonTier 3

Lobby CP

16,253

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

132

Defense

163

Difficulty

0.55

Pokebattler scale

Beating Tentacruel should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,314-1,384.

Weak toground1.6xelectric1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Tentacruel counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
Mewtwo

6 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.411:13
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.521:31
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.531:34
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.561:39
5Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.601:46
6Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic0.631:51
7Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.641:52
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.661:55
9Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.671:57
10Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic0.681:59
11Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.692:01
12MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.692:01

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

Build and order a party of six →Plan your raid lobby →

Best from your Pokebox

Pokebox

The Pokebox saved in this browser · each at its own level, IVs and moves.

Search bosses

Type a name, then Enter or click a result

Raid tier — Group Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Tentacruel

Raid alerts…

Top 15 Tentacruel 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 Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:13	0.41	1.0	322.4%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:31	0.52	1.6	258.2%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:34	0.53	2.6	250.3%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	1:39	0.56	2.8	237.3%
5	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:46	0.60	2.5	221.6%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	1:51	0.63	3.4	212.2%
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:52	0.64	3.5	210.0%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:55	0.66	2.0	203.6%
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:57	0.67	3.1	200.2%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	1:59	0.68	2.6	197.0%
11	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	2:01	0.69	2.9	194.4%
12	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	2:01	0.69	2.8	194.0%
13	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	2:01	0.69	3.4	193.7%
14	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	2:01	0.69	2.3	193.2%
15	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	2:03	0.70	2.3	191.3%

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 Tentacruel.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Tentacruel'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%	146%	219.3%	1:47	2.8	0.61
Poison Sting / Blizzard	100%	131%	204.8%	1:55	3.6	0.65
Poison Jab / Blizzard	100%	123%	205.9%	1:54	3.9	0.65
Acid / Blizzard	100%	125%	206.5%	1:54	3.8	0.65
Poison Jab / Hydro Pump	100%	123%	215.5%	1:49	3.8	0.62
Poison Sting / Hydro Pump	100%	131%	215.6%	1:49	3.5	0.62
Acid / Hydro Pump	100%	125%	216.1%	1:49	3.7	0.62
Acid / Scald	100%	149%	219.2%	1:47	3.0	0.61
Poison Sting / Sludge Wave	100%	168%	219.6%	1:47	2.3	0.61
Poison Jab / Scald	100%	147%	221.3%	1:46	3.0	0.60
Acid / Sludge Wave	100%	159%	222.0%	1:46	2.5	0.60
Poison Jab / Payback	100%	142%	222.0%	1:46	3.0	0.60
Acid / Payback	100%	144%	223.4%	1:45	2.8	0.60
Poison Jab / Sludge Wave	100%	157%	224.0%	1:45	2.5	0.60
Poison Sting / Scald	100%	152%	224.6%	1:45	2.9	0.60
Poison Jab / Acid Spray	100%	265%	224.7%	1:44	0.8	0.59
Poison Sting / Payback	100%	160%	226.0%	1:44	2.3	0.59
Poison Sting / Acid Spray	100%	301%	226.6%	1:44	0.5	0.59
Acid / Acid Spray	100%	276%	226.7%	1:44	0.5	0.59

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…

Tentacruel 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.

ground1.6x electric1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x flying1x rock1x ghost1x grass1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (7)
Resists (8)

It resists fighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Tentacruel throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison JabSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
poisonAcidSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.60s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkPayback	95	-100	2.0s	0.90s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
poisonSludge WaveSTAB	105	-100	3.0s	1.80s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	1.10s
poisonAcid SpraySTAB	20	-50	3.0s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,314	1,643
11/11/11	1,328	1,660
12/12/12	1,342	1,677
13/13/13	1,356	1,695
14/14/14	1,370	1,712
15/15/15hundo	1,384	1,730

Caught CP range 1,314 - 1,384, or 1,643 - 1,730 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.

Tentacruel 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 132 / Defense 163 (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

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 Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	322.4%	0.41	1:13	0.9	100%	6,428	53.0	2152
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	76%	258.2%	0.52	1:31	1.5	100%	6,112	40.9	1694
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	69%	250.3%	0.53	1:34	2.3	100%	3,780	38.9	1092
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	65%	237.3%	0.56	1:39	2.6	100%	4,178	37.1	1061
5	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	62%	221.6%	0.60	1:46	2.3	100%	3,510	35.3	1143
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	56%	212.2%	0.63	1:51	3.1	100%	4,510	33.2	955
7	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	56%	210.0%	0.64	1:52	3.2	100%	3,659	33.7	955
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	58%	203.6%	0.66	1:55	1.8	100%	5,902	31.9	1681
9	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	52%	200.2%	0.67	1:57	3.3	100%	3,922	32.1	1191
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	197.0%	0.68	1:59	2.4	100%	4,521	30.6	1090
11	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	53%	194.4%	0.69	2:01	2.6	100%	4,115	30.5	1307
12	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	53%	194.0%	0.69	2:01	2.5	100%	4,178	30.4	1056
13	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	51%	193.7%	0.69	2:01	3.1	100%	4,512	30.2	903
14	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	193.2%	0.69	2:01	2.1	100%	3,143	30.0	1207
15	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	53%	191.3%	0.70	2:03	2.1	100%	5,007	29.8	1244
16	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	52%	190.0%	0.70	2:04	2.4	100%	4,346	29.4	1077
17	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	54%	189.7%	0.70	2:04	1.8	100%	5,424	29.6	1635
18	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	51%	189.4%	0.71	2:04	2.7	100%	4,783	29.5	1078
19	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	47%	188.0%	0.71	2:05	4.3	100%	3,057	29.9	687
20	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	187.3%	0.71	2:05	2.7	100%	3,812	29.0	1021
21	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	49%	185.6%	0.72	2:06	2.9	100%	4,006	28.8	956
22	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	48%	185.4%	0.72	2:07	3.7	100%	2,803	30.4	857
23	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	49%	182.5%	0.73	2:09	2.7	100%	3,419	28.8	1031
24	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	49%	181.8%	0.74	2:09	2.9	100%	3,452	28.4	985
25	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	47%	181.4%	0.74	2:09	3.4	100%	3,937	28.3	852
26	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	46%	181.1%	0.74	2:10	3.9	100%	3,079	28.3	761
27	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	49%	179.7%	0.74	2:11	2.3	100%	3,962	28.1	1308
28	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	51%	179.3%	0.75	2:11	1.9	100%	3,791	27.9	1557
29	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	47%	178.9%	0.75	2:11	3.2	100%	3,659	28.1	920
30	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	47%	178.6%	0.75	2:11	3.1	100%	3,580	27.8	925

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.