Zekrom counters

#0644

dragon electricElite

Lobby CP

61,654

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

285

Defense

222

Difficulty

2.89

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zekrom should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,217-2,307.

Weak toground1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Zekrom counters are Mega Rayquaza, Eternatus, Kyurem (Black), Kyurem (White), Shadow Dialga & Shadow Haxorus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
Kyurem (Black)
Kyurem (White)
S. Dialga
S. Haxorus

4 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.7312:33
2EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon2.7612:42
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+2.8313:01
4Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe2.9813:44
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock2.9913:47
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.0313:57
7Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn3.2214:48
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.3715:29
9Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyDragon Breath / Draco Meteor3.4315:46
10Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe3.4415:50

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Top 15 Zekrom 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	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	12:33	2.73	6.0	40.4%
2	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	12:42	2.76	6.0	39.9%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	13:01	2.83	6.0	38.9%
4	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	13:44	2.98	5.7	36.9%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	13:47	2.99	6.0	36.8%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	13:57	3.03	5.9	36.3%
7	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	14:48	3.22	6.0	34.3%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	15:29	3.37	6.0	32.7%
9	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor	4,038	15:46	3.43	6.0	32.2%
10	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	15:50	3.44	6.0	32.0%
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	15:52	3.45	6.0	31.9%
12	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	5,031	16:26	3.57	6.0	30.8%
13	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	dragonDragon BreathdragonDragon Claw	5,007	16:33	3.60	6.0	30.6%
14	Shadow Groudonground	dragonDragon TailgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	16:43	3.63	6.0	30.3%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	16:46	3.64	6.0	30.2%

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 Zekrom.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zekrom'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	75%	35%	35.6%	14:14	6.0	3.09
Dragon Breath / Outrage	43%	24%	32.6%	15:33	6.0	3.38
Charge Beam / Outrage	56%	28%	33.1%	15:20	6.0	3.33
Dragon Breath / Flash Cannon	82%	35%	36.3%	13:57	6.0	3.03
Dragon Breath / Wild Charge	83%	38%	36.4%	13:55	6.0	3.03
Charge Beam / Flash Cannon	79%	41%	36.6%	13:51	6.0	3.01
Charge Beam / Wild Charge	83%	44%	36.8%	13:46	6.0	2.99
Charge Beam / Crunch	83%	50%	36.9%	13:43	6.0	2.98
Dragon Breath / Crunch	83%	45%	37.0%	13:41	6.0	2.97

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 3 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…

Zekrom 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 ice1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dark1x flying0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists electric0.39xflying0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zekrom throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
electricCharge BeamSTAB	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
steelFlash Cannon	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	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	2,217	2,771
11/11/11	2,235	2,794
12/12/12	2,253	2,816
13/13/13	2,271	2,839
14/14/14	2,289	2,862
15/15/15hundo	2,307	2,884

Caught CP range 2,217 - 2,307, or 2,771 - 2,884 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.

Zekrom 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 285 / Defense 222 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	99%	40.4%	2.73	12:33	36.7	100%	5,713	28.4	540
2	Eternatus top pickpoisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	100%	39.9%	2.76	12:42	30.0	100%	4,429	27.8	671
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	97%	38.9%	2.83	13:01	32.4	100%	4,823	27.2	615
4	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	93%	36.9%	2.98	13:44	29.3	100%	5,424	25.4	781
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	90%	36.8%	2.99	13:47	39.4	96%	4,605	25.9	523
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	94%	36.3%	3.03	13:57	23.3	100%	5,902	24.9	860
7	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	83%	34.3%	3.22	14:48	42.8	76%	4,605	24.1	477
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	79%	32.7%	3.37	15:29	40.6	42%	6,428	23.0	482
9	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	78%	32.2%	3.43	15:46	40.7	0%	4,038	22.5	473
10	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	73%	32.0%	3.44	15:50	70.0	74%	3,593	23.8	312
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	76%	31.9%	3.45	15:52	47.8	10%	3,922	22.6	406
12	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	75%	30.8%	3.57	16:26	41.9	0%	5,031	21.6	473
13	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	73%	30.6%	3.60	16:33	49.0	0%	5,007	21.6	408
14	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	30.3%	3.63	16:43	44.5	0%	4,115	21.2	467
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	73%	30.2%	3.64	16:46	42.2	0%	6,112	21.2	472
16	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	73%	29.9%	3.68	16:57	38.3	0%	4,090	20.7	524
17	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	69%	29.9%	3.69	16:58	61.9	50%	3,962	21.8	502
18	Garchomp dragonground Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	71%	29.4%	3.75	17:14	41.1	0%	3,962	20.4	580
19	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	68%	28.5%	3.86	17:46	48.7	0%	3,922	20.1	397
20	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	67%	28.3%	3.90	17:56	51.1	0%	4,512	19.9	427
21	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	66%	28.1%	3.92	18:03	52.1	0%	3,244	19.8	374
22	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Breaking Swipe	Mud-Slap / Breaking Swipe+15 more movesets	66%	27.7%	3.98	18:18	49.2	0%	3,733	19.4	424
23	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	62%	27.4%	4.03	18:32	75.0	0%	3,991	20.4	333
24	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	64%	27.4%	4.03	18:32	55.1	0%	3,588	19.3	350
25	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Outrage	Dragon Breath / Outrage+14 more movesets	65%	27.2%	4.05	18:37	45.2	0%	4,801	19.0	439
26	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	62%	27.1%	4.06	18:41	70.2	0%	4,038	20.1	378
27	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	61%	27.0%	4.07	18:44	81.5	0%	3,749	20.3	284
28	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw	Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw+23 more movesets	60%	26.7%	4.12	18:58	78.8	0%	3,792	19.7	292
29	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Avalanche	Mud-Slap / Avalanche+11 more movesets	60%	26.0%	4.23	19:27	70.9	0%	3,328	19.2	355
30	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	59%	25.8%	4.26	19:37	77.4	0%	4,142	19.4	358

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.