Vanillish counters

#0583

iceTier 1

Lobby CP

5,029

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Vanillish should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 853-909.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6x

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 Vanillish counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross, Blacephalon, Shadow Rampardos & Shadow Heatran.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
Blacephalon
S. Rampardos
S. Heatran

9 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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.060:10
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
4Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:10
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Blast Burn0.060:10
6Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.060:11
7Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.060:11
9Mega MetagrossMegaFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.060:11
10Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.060:11
11BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.060:11
12Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.060:12
15Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.070:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Vanillish

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Top 15 Vanillish 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5469.3%
2	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4192.2%
4	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,783	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
6	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:11	0.06	3938.4%
7	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3892.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	3843.9%
9	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
10	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
11	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
12	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:12	0.06	3761.6%
13	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	fireFire FangdarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:12	0.07	3650.8%
14	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
15	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:12	0.07	3633.1%

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 Vanillish.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Vanillish'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1112%	4068.7%	0:11	0.06
Frost Breath / Ice Beam	100%	1113%	4026.9%	0:11	0.06
Frost Breath / Icy Wind	100%	1102%	4060.8%	0:11	0.06
Frost Breath / Signal Beam	100%	1142%	4071.3%	0:11	0.06
Astonish / Signal Beam	100%	1099%	4079.2%	0:11	0.06
Astonish / Ice Beam	100%	1079%	4087.2%	0:11	0.06
Astonish / Icy Wind	100%	1053%	4097.9%	0:11	0.06

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…

Vanillish 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 rock1.6x steel1.6x fire1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ice0.63x

Weak (4)
Neutral (13)
Resists (1)

It resists ice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Vanillish throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceFrost BreathSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.55s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceIce BeamSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
bugSignal Beam	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s
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	853	1,066
11/11/11	864	1,080
12/12/12	875	1,094
13/13/13	886	1,108
14/14/14	898	1,122
15/15/15hundo	909	1,136

Caught CP range 853 - 909, or 1,066 - 1,136 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.

Vanillish 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 99 / Defense 91 (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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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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5469.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	89.7	714
2	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	72%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	65.6	656
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	4192.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,826	68.6	713
4	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	66%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,783	58.6	615
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Blast Burn	Counter / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	66%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,161	58.0	609
6	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	63%	3938.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,791	55.6	615
7	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	62%	3892.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,670	70.5	789
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	61%	3843.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,428	61.9	701
9	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,911	52.4	602
10	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	59%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,455	54.7	629
11	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	55%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,297	54.0	621
12	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	51%	3761.6%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,298	52.8	612
13	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	57%	3650.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,842	56.2	670
14	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	55%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,521	58.1	696
15	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	62%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,754	53.6	643
16	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	53%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,337	51.7	620
17	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash	Ice Fang / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	64%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,172	50.3	604
18	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	50%	3615.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,093	50.9	614
19	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	55%	3567.7%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,038	65.0	793
20	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	46%	3530.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,842	51.3	633
21	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	54%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,038	54.0	674
22	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	47%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,128	54.0	674
23	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Close Combat	Metal Claw / Close Combat+7 more movesets	56%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,979	49.0	613
24	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	50%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	49.0	613
25	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Blast Burn	Counter / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	50%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	2,848	48.9	611
26	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	47%	3427.4%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,244	48.8	620
27	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	46%	3422.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,548	50.1	638
28	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	46%	3411.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,985	49.8	636
29	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	50%	3403.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	52.0	665
30	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	49%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,814	46.9	609

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.