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only these three change a raidOf 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 40The best Venipede counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Moltres.
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Salamence
S. Moltres
8 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+1.014:39
- 2
Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.225:38 - 3
Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.235:40 - 4
Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.285:53 - 5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.406:26
- 6
Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+1.426:32 - 7Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare1.466:43
- 8
Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn1.486:50 - 9BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown1.496:51
- 10
Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+1.516:58 - 12Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly1.527:01
- 14Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly1.547:06
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Top 15 Venipede 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.
| # | Attacker | Moveset | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick | psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+ | 6,428 | 4:39 | 1.01 | 4.9 | 109.0% | |
| 2 | Mega Rayquazadragonflying | flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent | 5,713 | 5:38 | 1.22 | 4.4 | 89.9% | |
| 3 | Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting | psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike | 6,112 | 5:40 | 1.23 | 4.8 | 89.5% | |
| 4 | Mega Delphoxfirepsychic | fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+ | 4,783 | 5:53 | 1.28 | 4.7 | 86.2% | |
| 5 | Shadow Mewtwopsychic | psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike | 4,178 | 6:26 | 1.40 | 5.9 | 78.7% | |
| 6 | Mega Staraptorfightingflying | flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+ | 3,979 | 6:32 | 1.42 | 4.2 | 77.5% | |
| 7 | Shadow Reshiramdragonfire | fireFire FangfireFusion Flare | 4,038 | 6:43 | 1.46 | 4.6 | 75.5% | |
| 8 | Mega Blazikenfirefighting | fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn | 4,161 | 6:50 | 1.48 | 4.2 | 74.2% | |
| 9 | Blacephalonfireghost | fireIncineratefireMind Blown | 3,297 | 6:51 | 1.49 | 5.3 | 73.9% | |
| 10 | Mega Skarmorysteelflying | flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+ | 3,741 | 6:58 | 1.51 | 2.7 | 72.8% | |
| 11 |  Mega Charizard Yfireflying | fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn | 4,455 | 7:00 | 1.52 | 3.8 | 72.4% | |
| 12 | Shadow Salamencedragonflying | fireFire FangflyingFly | 3,749 | 7:01 | 1.52 | 5.5 | 72.3% | |
| 13 |  Mega Alakazampsychic | psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic | 4,510 | 7:02 | 1.53 | 6.0 | 72.0% | |
| 14 | Shadow Moltresfireflying | fireFire SpinflyingFly | 3,465 | 7:06 | 1.54 | 4.3 | 71.4% | |
| 15 |  Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying | psychicPsycho CutflyingFly | 3,590 | 7:16 | 1.58 | 5.9 | 69.7% |
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 Venipede.
Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Venipede'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.
Simulating each boss moveset…
Venipede 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.
- Weak (4)
- Neutral (9)
- Resists (5)
It resists fighting0.39xgrass0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.
What Venipede throws at you
Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.
Fast moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bugBug BiteSTAB | 5 | +6 | 0.5s | 0.25s |
| poisonPoison StingSTAB | 4 | +6 | 0.5s | 0.28s |
Charged moves
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| poisonSludge BombSTAB | 85 | -50 | 2.5s | 1.30s |
| bugSignal BeamSTAB | 75 | -50 | 3.0s | 1.90s |
| steelGyro Ball | 85 | -50 | 3.5s | 3.20s |
Catch CP
What the encounter after the fight can hand you.
| IV spread | CP at L20 | CP at L25 (weather boosted) |
|---|---|---|
| 10/10/10floor | 366 | 458 |
| 11/11/11 | 374 | 467 |
| 12/12/12 | 381 | 476 |
| 13/13/13 | 388 | 486 |
| 14/14/14 | 396 | 495 |
| 15/15/15hundo | 403 | 504 |
Caught CP range 366 - 403, or 458 - 504 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.
Venipede 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
Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 96 / Defense 112 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).
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 % (2) | CP | DPS | TDO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+ | Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets | 100% | 109.0% | 1.01 | 4:39 | 4.9 | 100% | 6,428 | 73.4 | 3479 |
| 2 | Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent | Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets | 83% | 89.9% | 1.22 | 5:38 | 4.8 | 100% | 5,713 | 60.0 | 3552 |
| 3 | Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike | Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets | 81% | 89.5% | 1.23 | 5:40 | 5.1 | 100% | 6,112 | 59.6 | 3226 |
| 4 | Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+ | Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets | 78% | 86.2% | 1.28 | 5:53 | 5.7 | 100% | 4,783 | 57.9 | 3147 |
| 5 | Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike | Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets | 67% | 78.7% | 1.40 | 6:26 | 10.0 | 100% | 4,178 | 53.5 | 1824 |
| 6 | Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+ | Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets | 70% | 77.5% | 1.42 | 6:32 | 5.8 | 100% | 3,979 | 51.9 | 3327 |
| 7 | Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare | Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets | 67% | 75.5% | 1.46 | 6:43 | 6.8 | 100% | 4,038 | 50.3 | 2750 |
| 8 | Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets | 66% | 74.2% | 1.48 | 6:50 | 6.5 | 100% | 4,161 | 49.5 | 3025 |
| 9 | Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown | Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets | 65% | 73.9% | 1.49 | 6:51 | 7.8 | 100% | 3,297 | 49.8 | 2360 |
| 10 | Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+ | Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets | 68% | 72.8% | 1.51 | 6:58 | 3.7 | 100% | 3,741 | 48.2 | 4234 |
| 11 | Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets | 65% | 72.4% | 1.52 | 6:60 | 5.7 | 100% | 4,455 | 48.2 | 3335 |
| 12 | Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly | Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets | 62% | 72.3% | 1.52 | 7:01 | 8.7 | 100% | 3,749 | 48.8 | 2088 |
| 13 | Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets | 60% | 72.0% | 1.53 | 7:02 | 12.1 | 100% | 4,510 | 49.0 | 1527 |
| 14 | Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly | Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets | 63% | 71.4% | 1.54 | 7:06 | 6.9 | 100% | 3,465 | 47.7 | 2838 |
| 15 | Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly | Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets | 59% | 69.7% | 1.58 | 7:16 | 9.6 | 100% | 3,590 | 47.1 | 1851 |
| 16 | Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent | Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets | 59% | 68.0% | 1.62 | 7:27 | 8.2 | 100% | 3,835 | 45.8 | 2219 |
| 17 | Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast | Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets | 57% | 67.7% | 1.63 | 7:29 | 11.9 | 100% | 2,689 | 46.1 | 1568 |
| 18 | Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat | Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets | 59% | 67.0% | 1.64 | 7:34 | 7.8 | 100% | 3,268 | 45.1 | 2300 |
| 19 | Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly | Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets | 60% | 66.9% | 1.65 | 7:35 | 5.7 | 100% | 5,031 | 44.6 | 3073 |
| 20 | Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm | Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets | 62% | 66.3% | 1.66 | 7:38 | 3.7 | 100% | 3,754 | 43.7 | 4190 |
| 21 | Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets | 57% | 66.0% | 1.67 | 7:41 | 9.2 | 100% | 4,521 | 44.3 | 1932 |
| 22 | Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike | Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets | 56% | 65.8% | 1.67 | 7:42 | 10.8 | 100% | 4,178 | 44.5 | 1715 |
| 23 | Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat | Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets | 55% | 65.3% | 1.69 | 7:46 | 11.3 | 100% | 3,105 | 44.3 | 1702 |
| 24 | Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide | Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets | 53% | 65.0% | 1.69 | 7:48 | 14.7 | 100% | 3,298 | 44.6 | 1260 |
| 25 | Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic | Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets | 56% | 64.9% | 1.70 | 7:48 | 9.4 | 100% | 5,007 | 43.8 | 1923 |
| 26 | Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets | 55% | 64.6% | 1.70 | 7:50 | 10.2 | 100% | 2,848 | 43.8 | 1975 |
| 27 | Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly | Gust / Fly+15 more movesets | 54% | 64.6% | 1.70 | 7:51 | 12.6 | 100% | 2,825 | 43.9 | 1497 |
| 28 | Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic | Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets | 54% | 64.6% | 1.71 | 7:51 | 12.4 | 100% | 4,512 | 43.9 | 1516 |
| 29 | Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip | Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets | 55% | 63.9% | 1.72 | 7:56 | 9.3 | 100% | 4,346 | 43.0 | 1907 |
| 30 | Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++ | Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets | 57% | 63.7% | 1.73 | 7:57 | 6.5 | 100% | 3,703 | 42.8 | 2619 |
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%.
- 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.
Ranked 30 attackers in 0.9 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.