Unown counters

#0201

psychicTier 1

Lobby CP

3,808

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Unown should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 628-677.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Unown counters are Mega Gengar, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Gengar, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Chandelure & Shadow Absol.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Gengar
S. Darkrai
S. Gengar
S. Hydreigon
S. Chandelure
S. Absol

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 GengarMegapartySucker Punch / Shadow Ball0.040:07
2Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.040:08
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Shadow Ball0.040:08
4Shadow GengarShadowpartyLick / Shadow Ball0.050:08
5Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.050:09
6Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
7Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Dark Pulse0.050:09
8Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball0.050:09
9Mega BanetteMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.050:09
10Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.050:09
12Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Megahorn0.050:09

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

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Raid tier — Solo 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 Unown

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Top 15 Unown 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 Gengarghostpoisonjoint top pick	darkSucker PunchghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
2	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarlghostShadow Ball	3,739	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
4	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
5	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:09	0.05	4908.8%
6	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4865.0%
7	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkDark Pulse	3,625	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
8	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
10	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4779.6%
11	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarlbugMegahorn	3,301	0:09	0.05	4698.2%
12	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarlbugMegahorn	2,526	0:09	0.05	4698.2%
13	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4697.5%
14	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	4,182	0:09	0.05	4589.4%

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 Unown.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Unown'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
Hidden Power / Struggle	100%	1351%	5112.7%	0:09	0.0	0.05

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…

Unown 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 dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

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

What Unown throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalHidden Power	15	+15	1.5s	1.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	628	785
11/11/11	638	797
12/12/12	647	809
13/13/13	657	821
14/14/14	667	834
15/15/15hundo	677	846

Caught CP range 628 - 677, or 785 - 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.

Unown 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 90 / Defense 63 (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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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	100%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,336	81.1	608
2	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	85%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,814	80.5	644
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	79%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,739	75.0	600
4	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	82%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,878	72.6	617
5	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	74%	4908.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,383	108.0	958
6	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	71%	4865.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	68.5	613
7	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Dark Pulse	Bite / Dark Pulse+9 more movesets	71%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,625	66.7	600
8	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	77%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,268	67.8	610
9	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	81%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,594	75.6	680
10	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	77%	4779.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	113.8	1037
11	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Megahorn	Snarl / Megahorn+9 more movesets	65%	4698.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,301	71.8	665
12	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Megahorn	Snarl / Megahorn+9 more movesets	62%	4698.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,526	68.5	635
13	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	69%	4697.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	64.9	601
14	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	79%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,347	64.5	613
15	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	67%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,182	63.8	606
16	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	82%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,683	65.2	619
17	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	64%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,117	64.2	610
18	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	59%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,842	65.0	617
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	66.0	627
20	Shadow Banette ghostshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	70%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,298	64.0	608
21	Shadow Haunter ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	66%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	1,963	64.9	616
22	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	64%	4512.4%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	73.5	710
23	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Shadow Ball	Counter / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	66%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	6,112	60.1	601
24	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	79%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	88.9	889
25	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	60%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	60.3	603
26	Lunala psychicghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+11 more movesets	77%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,042	60.4	604
27	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Brave Bird	Snarl / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	58%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,711	63.0	630
28	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	65%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,889	64.8	648
29	Gengar ghostpoison Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,878	61.1	611
30	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	65%	3967.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,834	69.4	766

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