Zacian counters

#0888

fairyTier 1

Lobby CP

10,439

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

160

Defense

149

Difficulty

0.10

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zacian should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,100-2,188.

Weak topoison1.6xsteel1.6x

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 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 Zacian counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Mega Mewtwo Y, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
M. Mewtwo Y
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
S. Dialga

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 %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.080:15
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.090:17
3Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.100:17
4Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.100:17
5Mega LucarioMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.100:19
6Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb0.100:19
7Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.110:19
8Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head0.110:19
9Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.110:20
10Mega VictreebelMegaSucker Punch / Acid Spray+0.110:20

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

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Related countersShadow Zacian Zacian (Crowned Sword)

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Top 15 Zacian 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	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:15	0.08	0.0	2906.4%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:17	0.09	0.0	2610.2%
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:17	0.10	0.0	2504.0%
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:17	0.10	0.0	2491.1%
5	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	0:19	0.10	0.0	2351.9%
6	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	0:19	0.10	0.0	2335.0%
7	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:19	0.11	0.0	2306.6%
8	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	0:19	0.11	0.1	2272.8%
9	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:20	0.11	0.0	2224.2%
10	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	darkSucker PunchpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:20	0.11	0.0	2186.1%
11	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:20	0.11	0.1	2170.1%
12	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	0:20	0.11	0.0	2151.5%
13	Shadow Overqwildarkpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,946	0:21	0.12	0.1	2084.9%
14	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	0:21	0.12	0.0	2077.9%
15	Naganadelpoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,173	0:21	0.12	0.1	2073.5%

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 Zacian.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zacian'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%	480%	2498.3%	0:17	0.10
Quick Attack / Iron Head	100%	560%	2450.4%	0:18	0.10
Metal Claw / Iron Head	100%	562%	2457.2%	0:18	0.10
Snarl / Iron Head	100%	529%	2477.5%	0:18	0.10
Quick Attack / Close Combat	100%	480%	2490.4%	0:18	0.10
Quick Attack / Play Rough	100%	486%	2494.3%	0:17	0.10
Metal Claw / Play Rough	100%	492%	2503.3%	0:17	0.10
Quick Attack / Wild Charge	100%	469%	2509.2%	0:17	0.10
Metal Claw / Close Combat	100%	491%	2509.8%	0:17	0.10
Fire Fang / Iron Head	100%	487%	2510.2%	0:17	0.10
Snarl / Close Combat	100%	445%	2517.3%	0:17	0.10
Metal Claw / Wild Charge	100%	472%	2518.3%	0:17	0.10
Snarl / Play Rough	100%	460%	2521.3%	0:17	0.10
Snarl / Wild Charge	100%	452%	2533.5%	0:17	0.10
Fire Fang / Play Rough	100%	431%	2541.7%	0:17	0.10
Fire Fang / Close Combat	100%	415%	2543.9%	0:17	0.10
Fire Fang / Wild Charge	100%	420%	2552.1%	0:17	0.10

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 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…

Zacian 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.

poison1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zacian throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire Fang	13	+9	1.0s	0.74s
steelMetal Claw	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose Combat	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fairyPlay RoughSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
electricWild Charge	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
steelIron Head	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,100	2,625
11/11/11	2,117	2,647
12/12/12	2,135	2,669
13/13/13	2,152	2,691
14/14/14	2,170	2,713
15/15/15hundo	2,188	2,735

Caught CP range 2,100 - 2,188, or 2,625 - 2,735 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.

Zacian 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 160 / Defense 149 (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	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,979	40.3	605
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	2610.2%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	6,428	39.3	656
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	86%	2504.0%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,172	42.4	736
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	82%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	4,099	34.3	601
5	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	72%	2351.9%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,826	36.9	666
6	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	74%	2335.0%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	4,336	32.4	605
7	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	74%	2306.6%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,791	36.6	692
8	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	70%	2272.8%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	4,038	31.6	575
9	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	76%	2224.2%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,911	34.4	674
10	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	71%	2186.1%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,505	34.5	687
11	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	65%	2170.1%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,780	30.2	581
12	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	65%	2151.5%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,383	34.1	677
13	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	61%	2084.9%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	2,946	29.7	583
14	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	69%	2077.9%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	4,429	31.0	651
15	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	63%	2073.5%	0.12	0:21	0.1	100%	3,173	29.3	597
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	65%	2052.5%	0.12	0:21	0.0	100%	6,112	29.0	616
17	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	63%	2016.4%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	3,791	28.7	620
18	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	61%	2010.5%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	3,741	28.3	590
19	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	59%	1997.1%	0.12	0:22	0.1	100%	3,244	29.8	606
20	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	61%	1975.3%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,346	31.8	682
21	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	54%	1936.7%	0.13	0:23	0.4	100%	2,488	27.1	473
22	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb	Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	55%	1932.6%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	2,878	28.2	529
23	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	61%	1925.5%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,949	27.4	620
24	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	59%	1895.4%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	2,250	26.2	603
25	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Ice Burn	Steel Wing / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	55%	1885.0%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	4,605	27.3	575
26	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	60%	1883.1%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,099	30.3	700
27	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Sludge Bomb	Snarl / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	54%	1876.4%	0.13	0:23	0.2	100%	3,739	27.0	552
28	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Metal Claw / Gunk Shot	Metal Claw / Gunk Shot+7 more movesets	56%	1875.0%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	3,353	26.0	605
29	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	55%	1852.2%	0.13	0:24	0.1	100%	3,701	26.5	568
30	Roserade grasspoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+29 more movesets	54%	1845.2%	0.13	0:24	0.1	100%	2,971	25.6	581

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.