Yveltal counters

#0717

dark flyingTier 1Next in raids Wed 7 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 2 days)

Lobby CP

9,179

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

158

Defense

119

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Yveltal should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,073-2,160.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 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 Yveltal counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Rampardos, Kyurem (White), Shadow Electivire & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Rampardos
Kyurem (White)
S. Electivire
S. Mamoswine

2 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+0.050:10
2Mega Raichu XMegaCharm / Volt Tackle+0.080:14
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.080:14
4Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.080:15
5Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Moonblast0.090:15
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.090:16
7Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:16
8Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche0.090:16
9Shadow ZapdosShadowLegendaryThunder Shock / Thunderbolt0.090:16
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendaryThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:16

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

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Top 15 Yveltal 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 Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	0.0	4512.4%
2	Mega Raichu Xelectric	fairyCharmelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:14	0.08	0.0	3071.9%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:14	0.08	0.0	3006.6%
4	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:15	0.08	0.2	2878.7%
5	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowfairyMoonblast	4,346	0:15	0.09	0.0	2827.2%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:16	0.09	0.0	2783.9%
7	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:16	0.09	0.0	2747.0%
8	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	0:16	0.09	0.1	2725.4%
9	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:16	0.09	0.0	2687.8%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:16	0.09	0.0	2681.1%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.0	2675.9%
12	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:16	0.09	0.0	2666.4%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt	6,428	0:16	0.09	0.0	2658.3%
14	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
15	Tapu Kokoelectricfairy	electricVolt SwitchfairyNature's Madness	3,168	0:17	0.09	0.0	2618.3%

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 Yveltal.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Yveltal'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%	466%	2987.2%	0:15	0.1	0.08
Snarl / Focus Blast	100%	440%	2832.3%	0:15	0.3	0.09
Sucker Punch / Focus Blast	100%	506%	2902.2%	0:15	0.2	0.08
Gust / Focus Blast	100%	460%	2923.8%	0:15	0.2	0.08
Sucker Punch / Hyper Beam	100%	546%	2944.2%	0:15	0.0	0.08
Sucker Punch / Hurricane	100%	571%	3002.0%	0:15	0.0	0.08
Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse	100%	470%	3010.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Sucker Punch / Psychic	100%	472%	3010.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Snarl / Hurricane	100%	502%	3017.1%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Snarl / Hyper Beam	100%	480%	3019.3%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Gust / Hyper Beam	100%	493%	3029.5%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Gust / Dark Pulse	100%	439%	3034.9%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Gust / Psychic	100%	440%	3034.9%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Gust / Hurricane	100%	502%	3042.7%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Snarl / Dark Pulse	100%	431%	3044.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Snarl / Psychic	100%	433%	3044.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08

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…

Yveltal 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x ghost0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x ground0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists ground0.39xpsychic0.39xghost0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Yveltal throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingGustSTAB	25	+20	2.0s	0.90s
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
darkSucker PunchSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingHurricaneSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.00s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,073	2,591
11/11/11	2,090	2,613
12/12/12	2,108	2,635
13/13/13	2,125	2,657
14/14/14	2,143	2,679
15/15/15hundo	2,160	2,701

Caught CP range 2,073 - 2,160, or 2,591 - 2,701 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.

comingYveltalTier 5shiny availableWed 7 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 13 Oct, 22:00 · starts in 2 days

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 158 / Defense 119 (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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	4512.4%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,780	63.3	611
2	Mega Raichu X electricmega Charm / Volt Tackle+	Charm / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	65%	3071.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,510	47.6	673
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	60%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,659	41.6	603
4	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	53%	2878.7%	0.08	0:15	0.2	100%	3,298	43.2	583
5	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Moonblast	Rock Throw / Moonblast+5 more movesets	58%	2827.2%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	4,346	41.4	638
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	58%	2783.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,605	46.0	719
7	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	52%	2747.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,079	44.0	697
8	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	52%	2725.4%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	3,328	38.3	592
9	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	53%	2687.8%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,527	40.1	649
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	53%	2681.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,452	41.2	668
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	55%	2675.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,112	39.4	641
12	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	54%	2666.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,803	47.7	779
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	55%	2658.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,428	37.0	605
14	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	53%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,605	37.3	616
15	Tapu Koko electricfairy Volt Switch / Nature's Madness	Volt Switch / Nature's Madness+9 more movesets	53%	2618.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,168	36.8	612
16	Mega Manectric electricmega Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	51%	2601.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,580	38.8	649
17	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	49%	2578.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,888	39.2	661
18	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	53%	2570.5%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,038	36.7	621
19	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	51%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,118	35.7	606
20	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	50%	2564.4%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,228	36.4	618
21	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	49%	2561.3%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,128	36.4	613
22	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	49%	2556.9%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,937	41.1	699
23	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	50%	2553.9%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,659	37.5	640
24	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	47%	2547.1%	0.10	0:17	0.2	100%	3,105	41.2	610
25	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	50%	2542.5%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,205	38.4	642
26	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	51%	2522.9%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,512	37.9	655
27	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	49%	2514.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	2,949	35.6	616
28	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	51%	2508.3%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,733	40.4	700
29	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	53%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	5,347	35.5	622
30	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	54%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,979	34.6	605

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.