Volcanion counters

#0721

fire waterTier 5

Lobby CP

49,700

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

210

Defense

182

Difficulty

2.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Volcanion should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,987-2,073.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Volcanion counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Raikou, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Garchomp & Zeraora.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Raikou
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Garchomp
Zeraora

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 Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.958:57
2Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.969:00
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.009:12
4Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.159:53
5Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.159:55
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+2.169:56
7Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.2210:12
8Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge2.2810:29
9Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent2.2810:31
10Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm2.2910:31
11Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power2.3310:43
12ZeraoraLegendarypartySpark / Plasma Fists2.3610:52

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

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Top 15 Volcanion 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	8:57	1.95	6.0	56.6%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	9:00	1.96	6.0	56.3%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	9:12	2.00	6.0	55.1%
4	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	9:53	2.15	6.0	51.2%
5	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	9:55	2.15	6.0	51.2%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	9:56	2.16	6.0	51.0%
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	10:12	2.22	6.0	49.7%
8	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	10:29	2.28	6.0	48.4%
9	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	10:31	2.28	5.7	48.2%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	10:31	2.29	6.0	48.2%
11	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	10:43	2.33	6.0	47.3%
12	Zeraoraelectric	electricSparkelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	10:52	2.36	6.0	46.6%
13	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	10:53	2.37	6.0	46.5%
14	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	11:00	2.39	6.0	46.1%
15	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	11:00	2.39	6.0	46.1%

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 Volcanion.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Volcanion'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	33%	44%	48.5%	10:27	6.0	2.27
Water Gun / Overheat	0%	37%	42.2%	12:00	6.0	2.61
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	17%	38%	43.0%	11:46	6.0	2.56
Incinerate / Overheat	21%	37%	45.2%	11:13	6.0	2.44
Take Down / Overheat	3%	42%	45.5%	11:08	6.0	2.42
Take Down / Hydro Pump	17%	40%	45.5%	11:08	6.0	2.42
Incinerate / Hydro Pump	15%	39%	45.9%	11:02	6.0	2.40
Water Gun / Scald	57%	53%	51.7%	9:48	6.0	2.13
Water Gun / Earth Power	50%	59%	51.8%	9:47	6.0	2.13
Take Down / Scald	51%	56%	52.0%	9:44	6.0	2.12
Take Down / Earth Power	50%	64%	52.3%	9:42	6.0	2.11
Incinerate / Earth Power	50%	55%	52.3%	9:42	6.0	2.11
Water Gun / Sludge Bomb	50%	59%	52.3%	9:41	6.0	2.11
Incinerate / Sludge Bomb	49%	57%	52.3%	9:41	6.0	2.10
Take Down / Sludge Bomb	51%	62%	52.5%	9:39	6.0	2.10
Incinerate / Scald	49%	53%	52.5%	9:39	6.0	2.10

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 2 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…

Volcanion 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 rock1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x water1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x fairy0.63x steel0.39x fire0.39x ice0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (5)

It resists steel0.39xfire0.39xice0.39xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Volcanion throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
normalTake Down	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
poisonSludge Bomb	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
waterScaldSTAB	75	-50	3.5s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,987	2,485
11/11/11	2,004	2,506
12/12/12	2,021	2,527
13/13/13	2,039	2,549
14/14/14	2,056	2,570
15/15/15hundo	2,073	2,592

Caught CP range 1,987 - 2,073, or 2,485 - 2,592 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.

Volcanion 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 210 / Defense 182 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	97%	56.6%	1.95	8:57	33.6	86%	3,780	30.8	435
2	Mega Raichu X top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	99%	56.3%	1.96	9:00	26.3	92%	3,510	29.9	555
3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	55.1%	2.00	9:12	18.9	100%	6,428	28.5	750
4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	90%	51.2%	2.15	9:53	27.1	76%	5,902	27.5	729
5	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	94%	51.2%	2.15	9:55	17.0	68%	5,424	26.3	840
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	91%	51.0%	2.16	9:56	21.4	64%	6,112	26.5	667
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	85%	49.7%	2.22	10:12	33.2	62%	3,922	27.2	569
8	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	83%	48.4%	2.28	10:29	31.6	10%	3,452	25.6	462
9	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	89%	48.2%	2.28	10:31	16.2	0%	5,713	24.6	905
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	81%	48.2%	2.29	10:31	37.8	56%	3,659	26.4	422
11	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	84%	47.3%	2.33	10:43	23.8	0%	3,962	24.6	605
12	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	81%	46.6%	2.36	10:52	30.1	0%	3,419	24.6	477
13	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	80%	46.5%	2.37	10:53	33.1	32%	4,115	24.9	503
14	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	79%	46.1%	2.39	11:00	30.8	0%	3,527	24.3	484
15	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	81%	46.1%	2.39	11:00	25.8	0%	3,128	24.0	568
16	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	78%	46.0%	2.39	11:01	34.8	0%	3,580	24.5	420
17	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	81%	45.6%	2.41	11:07	22.9	0%	4,038	23.6	663
18	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	77%	45.6%	2.42	11:07	37.8	6%	4,346	24.5	415
19	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	80%	45.5%	2.42	11:08	24.4	0%	3,979	23.6	637
20	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	76%	45.2%	2.44	11:13	40.5	0%	3,937	24.3	373
21	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	77%	44.6%	2.47	11:22	32.1	0%	3,659	23.6	467
22	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	80%	44.6%	2.47	11:22	22.1	0%	5,347	23.0	691
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	73%	43.4%	2.54	11:41	36.6	16%	3,733	23.4	539
24	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	70%	42.9%	2.57	11:49	48.1	0%	3,079	23.5	309
25	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	74%	42.7%	2.58	11:53	29.4	0%	4,346	22.4	484
26	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	76%	42.2%	2.61	11:60	19.7	0%	4,429	21.7	757
27	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	74%	42.0%	2.62	12:04	25.8	0%	3,701	21.8	559
28	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	69%	41.8%	2.63	12:07	47.6	10%	2,803	23.2	316
29	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	70%	41.7%	2.64	12:10	39.0	0%	3,588	22.4	465
30	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	63%	39.1%	2.82	12:58	55.1	6%	3,244	21.7	374

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