Zarude counters

#0893

dark grassTier 5

Lobby CP

47,735

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

203

Defense

181

Difficulty

1.40

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zarude should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,102-2,190.

Weak tobug2.56xfighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xfire1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 a Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

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 Zarude counters are Mega Beedrill, Shadow Vikavolt, Shadow Scizor, Shadow Pinsir, Pheromosa & Volcarona.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Beedrill
S. Vikavolt
S. Scizor
S. Pinsir
Pheromosa
Volcarona

7 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 BeedrillMegapartyBug Bite / Fell Stinger+1.095:00
2Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn1.316:02
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.406:28
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.496:52
5Mega PinsirMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.496:52
6Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor1.557:09
7Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.597:20
8Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.627:26
9Shadow PinsirShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.637:29
10Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.637:29
11PheromosaLegendarypartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz1.637:31
13VolcaronapartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz1.687:43

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

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Top 15 Zarude 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 Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	5:00	1.09	6.0	101.4%
2	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	6:02	1.31	6.0	84.0%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	6:28	1.40	6.0	78.4%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:52	1.49	5.3	73.9%
5	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	6:52	1.49	5.9	73.8%
6	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	7:09	1.55	6.0	70.9%
7	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	7:20	1.59	6.0	69.1%
8	Shadow Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,001	7:26	1.62	6.0	68.1%
9	Shadow Pinsirbug	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,959	7:29	1.63	6.0	67.7%
10	Mega Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,087	7:29	1.63	5.6	67.7%
11	Pheromosabugfighting	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	2,842	7:31	1.63	6.0	67.5%
12	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	7:38	1.66	6.0	66.4%
13	Volcaronabugfire	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	3,632	7:43	1.68	5.8	65.7%
14	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	7:44	1.68	6.0	65.6%
15	Shadow Escavalierbugsteel	bugBug BitebugMegahorn	2,889	7:53	1.71	6.0	64.3%

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 Zarude.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zarude'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	100%	83%	71.7%	7:04	6.0	1.54
Vine Whip / Dark Pulse	100%	60%	68.5%	7:24	6.0	1.61
Bite / Dark Pulse	100%	60%	68.8%	7:22	6.0	1.60
Bite / Power Whip	100%	93%	72.9%	6:57	6.0	1.51
Vine Whip / Power Whip	100%	101%	73.4%	6:54	6.0	1.50
Bite / Energy Ball	100%	113%	73.8%	6:52	6.0	1.49
Vine Whip / Energy Ball	100%	120%	74.0%	6:51	5.9	1.49

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…

Zarude 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.

bug2.56x fighting1.6x flying1.6x poison1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x rock1x steel1x dragon1x ground0.63x ghost0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (6)
Neutral (4)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xground0.625xghost0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zarude throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassVine WhipSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.25s
darkBiteSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassPower WhipSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.15s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,102	2,628
11/11/11	2,120	2,650
12/12/12	2,137	2,672
13/13/13	2,155	2,694
14/14/14	2,172	2,716
15/15/15hundo	2,190	2,738

Caught CP range 2,102 - 2,190, or 2,628 - 2,738 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.

Zarude 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 203 / Defense 181 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

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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	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	100%	101.4%	1.09	4:60	11.5	100%	3,383	52.9	1368
2	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	85%	84.0%	1.31	6:02	9.1	100%	4,814	42.7	1453
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	77%	78.4%	1.40	6:28	12.4	100%	6,112	40.5	1089
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	75%	73.9%	1.49	6:52	8.6	100%	5,713	37.6	1656
5	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	73%	73.8%	1.49	6:52	11.0	100%	4,182	37.6	1347
6	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	66%	70.9%	1.55	7:09	20.2	100%	3,117	37.2	717
7	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	66%	69.1%	1.59	7:20	16.6	100%	4,783	35.9	972
8	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	68.1%	1.62	7:26	17.3	100%	3,001	35.4	916
9	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	63%	67.7%	1.63	7:29	20.9	100%	2,959	35.5	694
10	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	67%	67.7%	1.63	7:29	10.7	100%	4,087	34.4	1385
11	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	61%	67.5%	1.63	7:31	26.2	100%	2,842	36.2	541
12	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	63%	66.4%	1.66	7:38	15.5	100%	3,826	34.3	887
13	Volcarona bugfire Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	64%	65.7%	1.68	7:43	12.3	100%	3,632	33.5	1228
14	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	63%	65.6%	1.68	7:44	14.6	100%	4,161	33.7	936
15	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	60%	64.3%	1.71	7:53	18.2	100%	2,889	33.5	896
16	Shadow Scyther bugflyingshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	59%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	19.4	100%	2,706	32.6	811
17	Genesect bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	61%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	13.5	100%	3,353	32.0	1110
18	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	61%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	13.5	100%	3,353	32.0	1110
19	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	61%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	13.5	100%	3,353	32.0	1110
20	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	61%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	13.5	100%	3,353	32.0	1110
21	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	61%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	13.5	100%	3,353	32.0	1110
22	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	58%	61.9%	1.78	8:11	19.0	100%	3,677	32.2	854
23	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	60%	61.3%	1.80	8:16	12.6	100%	3,979	31.4	1074
24	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	56%	60.1%	1.83	8:26	18.1	100%	3,670	31.2	789
25	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	55%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	21.0	100%	3,117	31.0	668
26	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	57%	59.5%	1.85	8:31	13.9	100%	4,038	30.4	1097
27	Heracross bugfighting Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	57%	59.2%	1.86	8:34	15.4	100%	3,101	30.3	894
28	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	57%	58.4%	1.89	8:41	13.7	100%	4,455	29.8	1130
29	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+14 more movesets	53%	57.9%	1.90	8:46	21.3	100%	2,447	30.1	737
30	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	56%	57.9%	1.90	8:46	14.4	100%	4,605	29.6	965

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