Vanillite counters

#0582

iceTier 3

Lobby CP

8,778

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.29

Pokebattler scale

Beating Vanillite should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 545-590.

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.250:44
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.270:48
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.280:50
4Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.290:51
5Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.300:53
6Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.310:55
7Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.310:55
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.330:58
9Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.330:59
10Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.330:59
12Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.341:00

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

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Top 15 Vanillite 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	0:44	0.25	0.1	535.6%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:48	0.27	0.0	488.6%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:50	0.28	0.2	471.9%
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:51	0.29	0.0	458.4%
5	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:53	0.30	0.1	446.5%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:55	0.31	0.2	430.4%
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:55	0.31	0.0	425.8%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:58	0.33	0.5	406.7%
9	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:59	0.33	0.4	400.4%
10	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:59	0.33	0.6	399.6%
11	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:59	0.34	0.4	396.7%
12	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	1:00	0.34	0.6	391.5%
13	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	1:00	0.34	0.7	389.2%
14	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:01	0.35	0.5	386.5%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:02	0.35	0.2	379.0%

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 Vanillite.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Vanillite'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%	476%	437.6%	0:54	0.2	0.31
Powder Snow / Icy Wind	100%	502%	436.1%	0:54	0.3	0.31
Astonish / Icy Wind	100%	490%	436.5%	0:54	0.3	0.31
Powder Snow / Signal Beam	100%	552%	437.2%	0:54	0.0	0.31
Astonish / Signal Beam	100%	540%	437.6%	0:54	0.0	0.31
Astonish / Ice Beam	100%	429%	438.6%	0:54	0.3	0.30
Powder Snow / Ice Beam	100%	431%	440.1%	0:53	0.3	0.30

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…

Vanillite 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 Vanillite throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s
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	545	682
11/11/11	554	693
12/12/12	563	704
13/13/13	572	715
14/14/14	581	726
15/15/15hundo	590	738

Caught CP range 545 - 590, or 682 - 738 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.

Vanillite 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 97 / Defense 88 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	535.6%	0.25	0:44	0.1	100%	6,112	84.5	3587
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	92%	488.6%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	4,783	79.6	3822
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	86%	471.9%	0.28	0:50	0.2	100%	3,826	72.9	3259
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	89%	458.4%	0.29	0:51	0.0	100%	4,979	72.8	3727
5	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	82%	446.5%	0.30	0:53	0.1	100%	4,099	68.6	3496
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	79%	430.4%	0.31	0:55	0.2	100%	4,161	68.8	3380
7	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	85%	425.8%	0.31	0:55	0.0	100%	4,172	67.7	3730
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	71%	406.7%	0.33	0:58	0.5	100%	6,428	62.8	2718
9	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	400.4%	0.33	0:59	0.4	100%	3,670	65.0	3055
10	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	68%	399.6%	0.33	0:59	0.5	100%	4,038	62.5	2632
11	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	70%	396.7%	0.34	0:59	0.3	100%	4,455	62.7	3001
12	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	66%	391.5%	0.34	0:60	0.6	100%	2,848	61.0	2482
13	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	66%	389.2%	0.34	1:00	0.7	100%	3,297	61.0	2314
14	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	386.5%	0.35	1:01	0.5	100%	3,791	59.5	2708
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	69%	379.0%	0.35	1:02	0.1	100%	3,698	58.9	3358
16	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	64%	377.3%	0.35	1:02	0.6	100%	3,268	58.7	2509
17	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	63%	375.7%	0.36	1:02	0.8	100%	4,521	58.4	2117
18	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	364.2%	0.37	1:04	0.0	100%	4,911	56.9	3628
19	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	60%	361.8%	0.37	1:05	0.8	100%	3,105	56.5	1977
20	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	62%	361.3%	0.37	1:05	0.5	100%	2,703	56.1	2621
21	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	55%	361.1%	0.37	1:05	1.5	100%	3,298	56.4	1484
22	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	59%	358.5%	0.37	1:05	0.9	100%	3,337	55.6	2121
23	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	68%	356.3%	0.38	1:06	0.0	100%	3,754	55.8	3677
24	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	350.9%	0.38	1:07	0.5	100%	4,814	54.7	2663
25	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	58%	350.1%	0.38	1:07	0.9	100%	4,346	54.6	2115
26	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	60%	345.9%	0.39	1:08	0.5	100%	4,038	53.5	2686
27	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	58%	345.3%	0.39	1:08	0.5	100%	3,850	53.9	2633
28	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	57%	340.7%	0.39	1:09	0.7	100%	2,683	52.5	2323
29	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	59%	339.4%	0.39	1:09	0.5	100%	3,863	54.1	2791
30	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	58%	334.0%	0.40	1:10	0.3	100%	3,473	53.5	3173

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.