Zacian counters

#0888

fairyTier 5

Lobby CP

52,195

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

212

Defense

198

Difficulty

2.02

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zacian should take 2 trainers 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 Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Metagross & Eternatus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

5 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 %

1Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash1.808:17
2Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade1.888:40
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike1.938:53
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.109:40
5Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash2.1910:04
6Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash2.2010:07
7Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Acid Spray+2.2210:13
8Mega LucarioMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash2.3010:35
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb2.4011:03
10Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb2.4711:22
11EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb2.4811:24

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	8:17	1.80	5.8	61.2%
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	8:40	1.88	6.0	58.5%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	8:53	1.93	6.0	57.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	9:40	2.10	6.0	52.4%
5	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	10:04	2.19	6.0	50.4%
6	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	10:07	2.20	5.8	50.1%
7	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	10:13	2.22	6.0	49.6%
8	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	10:35	2.30	6.0	47.9%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	11:03	2.40	5.9	45.9%
10	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	11:22	2.47	6.0	44.6%
11	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	11:24	2.48	6.0	44.5%
12	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	11:30	2.50	6.0	44.0%
13	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	11:57	2.60	6.0	42.4%
14	Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	11:57	2.60	6.0	42.4%
15	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	3,244	12:07	2.63	6.0	41.8%

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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	72%	82%	53.6%	9:28	5.9	2.06
Fire Fang / Wild Charge	64%	70%	52.3%	9:41	6.0	2.11
Fire Fang / Close Combat	64%	73%	52.5%	9:40	6.0	2.10
Snarl / Wild Charge	67%	73%	52.6%	9:38	6.0	2.09
Fire Fang / Play Rough	64%	71%	52.8%	9:36	6.0	2.09
Metal Claw / Wild Charge	65%	75%	53.2%	9:32	6.0	2.07
Metal Claw / Play Rough	71%	79%	53.3%	9:30	6.0	2.07
Quick Attack / Play Rough	74%	81%	53.3%	9:30	6.0	2.07
Quick Attack / Close Combat	67%	84%	53.4%	9:30	6.0	2.06
Quick Attack / Wild Charge	69%	77%	53.4%	9:29	6.0	2.06
Snarl / Play Rough	75%	77%	53.5%	9:29	6.0	2.06
Snarl / Close Combat	67%	77%	53.6%	9:28	6.0	2.06
Metal Claw / Close Combat	76%	86%	53.7%	9:27	6.0	2.05
Fire Fang / Iron Head	81%	94%	54.2%	9:21	6.0	2.03
Quick Attack / Iron Head	83%	111%	54.3%	9:20	5.7	2.03
Snarl / Iron Head	82%	102%	54.4%	9:19	5.8	2.03
Metal Claw / Iron Head	83%	108%	54.4%	9:19	5.8	2.02

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…

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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 212 / Defense 198 (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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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	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	100%	61.2%	1.80	8:17	14.9	100%	4,172	31.3	1010
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	95%	58.5%	1.88	8:40	15.7	100%	4,979	30.1	887
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	93%	57.0%	1.93	8:53	16.0	98%	4,099	29.3	906
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	85%	52.4%	2.10	9:40	16.9	96%	6,428	26.9	847
5	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	50.4%	2.19	10:04	21.9	42%	3,791	26.1	672
6	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	82%	50.1%	2.20	10:07	15.5	28%	4,911	25.6	929
7	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	78%	49.6%	2.22	10:13	20.6	18%	3,505	25.7	676
8	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	72%	47.9%	2.30	10:35	30.7	16%	3,826	25.3	515
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	71%	45.9%	2.40	11:03	24.0	0%	4,336	23.7	654
10	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	67%	44.6%	2.47	11:22	32.1	0%	3,383	23.5	473
11	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	71%	44.5%	2.48	11:24	18.3	0%	4,429	22.7	782
12	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	68%	44.0%	2.50	11:30	26.5	0%	4,038	22.8	584
13	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	65%	42.4%	2.60	11:57	28.1	0%	3,741	22.1	579
14	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	66%	42.4%	2.60	11:57	22.6	0%	3,791	21.8	649
15	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	63%	41.8%	2.63	12:07	34.0	0%	3,244	22.0	503
16	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	64%	41.7%	2.64	12:09	26.0	0%	6,112	21.6	622
17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	63%	40.9%	2.69	12:23	26.6	0%	5,713	21.2	608
18	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	62%	40.1%	2.75	12:38	24.2	0%	4,099	20.7	697
19	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	62%	39.9%	2.76	12:42	24.2	0%	3,949	20.5	590
20	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	59%	39.8%	2.77	12:44	39.1	0%	2,946	21.1	367
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	62%	39.7%	2.78	12:47	21.2	0%	4,783	20.3	692
22	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	60%	39.6%	2.78	12:48	30.9	0%	4,346	20.7	464
23	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	58%	38.5%	2.86	13:09	34.5	0%	3,173	20.2	428
24	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	56%	38.2%	2.88	13:15	42.1	0%	2,878	20.3	381
25	Dialga steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	57%	37.6%	2.93	13:29	28.3	0%	4,038	19.4	568
26	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Ice Burn	Steel Wing / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	56%	37.5%	2.94	13:31	36.7	0%	4,605	19.7	426
27	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	54%	37.4%	2.94	13:33	44.6	0%	2,488	19.9	324
28	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+7 more movesets	57%	37.2%	2.96	13:37	28.1	0%	4,090	19.2	578
29	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	57%	37.1%	2.97	13:40	27.3	0%	2,250	19.2	526
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	55%	36.7%	3.00	13:48	32.8	0%	3,701	19.2	506

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