Zeraora counters

#0807

electricTier 1

Lobby CP

9,062

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

159

Defense

114

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zeraora should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,870-1,953.

Weak toground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Zeraora counters are Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) & Shadow Mamoswine.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Landorus (Therian)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Excadrill
S. Garchomp
S. Landorus (Incarnate)
S. Mamoswine

3 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 %

1Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.080:14
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyConfusion / Future Sight+0.080:14
3Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.080:15
4Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMud-Slap / Earthquake0.090:16
5Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power0.090:16
6Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Earth Power0.090:16
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.090:16
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.090:16
9Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower0.090:17
10Shadow RhyperiorShadowMud-Slap / Drill Run0.090:17

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

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Top 15 Zeraora 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	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflyingjoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:14	0.08	0.0	3006.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:14	0.08	0.0	3006.6%
3	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:15	0.08	0.0	2906.4%
4	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,244	0:16	0.09	0.0	2802.0%
5	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	0:16	0.09	0.0	2684.4%
6	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	0:16	0.09	0.0	2684.4%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.0	2657.9%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	0:17	0.09	0.0	2629.6%
10	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,733	0:17	0.09	0.0	2581.1%
11	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:17	0.10	0.3	2523.0%
12	Shadow Golurkgroundghost	groundMud-SlapgroundEarth Power	2,854	0:18	0.10	0.0	2478.4%
13	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:18	0.10	0.1	2454.3%
14	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:18	0.10	0.0	2408.6%
15	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:18	0.10	0.1	2407.2%

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 Zeraora.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zeraora'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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	560%	2805.1%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Spark / Dynamic Punch	100%	498%	2649.5%	0:16	0.2	0.09
Volt Switch / Dynamic Punch	100%	484%	2749.5%	0:16	0.1	0.09
Volt Switch / Wild Charge	100%	574%	2790.1%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Spark / Thunder Punch	100%	681%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09
Spark / Discharge	100%	659%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09
Spark / Wild Charge	100%	592%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09
Spark / Plasma Fists	100%	541%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09
Volt Switch / Thunder Punch	100%	652%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09
Volt Switch / Discharge	100%	621%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09
Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	100%	545%	2812.6%	0:15	0.0	0.09

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…

Zeraora 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 normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (1)
Neutral (14)
Resists (3)

It resists flying0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zeraora throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricVolt SwitchSTAB	13	+20	1.5s	0.60s
electricSparkSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricPlasma FistsSTAB	135	-50	3.5s	2.50s
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
fightingDynamic Punch	85	-50	2.5s	1.00s
electricDischargeSTAB	65	-33	2.5s	1.70s
electricThunder PunchSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,870	2,338
11/11/11	1,887	2,358
12/12/12	1,903	2,379
13/13/13	1,920	2,400
14/14/14	1,937	2,421
15/15/15hundo	1,953	2,442

Caught CP range 1,870 - 1,953, or 2,338 - 2,442 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.

Zeraora 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 159 / Defense 114 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Landorus (Therian) top pickgroundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	86%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,922	41.5	602
2	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	86%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,428	41.9	607
3	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	100%	2906.4%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	5,424	42.0	630
4	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	79%	2802.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,244	40.4	616
5	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	84%	2684.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,962	38.0	619
6	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	75%	2684.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,588	38.2	622
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	78%	2657.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,112	46.8	767
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	85%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,902	36.4	601
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	74%	2629.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,328	37.4	607
10	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	76%	2581.1%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,733	37.5	633
11	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	61%	2523.0%	0.10	0:17	0.2	100%	3,784	35.9	531
12	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	71%	2478.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	2,854	35.9	632
13	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	62%	2454.3%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,383	37.1	634
14	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	65%	2408.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,713	34.3	621
15	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	60%	2407.2%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,701	39.1	650
16	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	2382.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,115	45.4	831
17	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+15 more movesets	62%	2371.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,791	33.6	618
18	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+17 more movesets	64%	2359.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,814	36.7	678
19	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	65%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,013	32.7	605
20	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	59%	2349.0%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	4,161	35.9	651
21	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	61%	2345.5%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,842	37.6	680
22	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	64%	2345.1%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,179	33.8	622
23	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+11 more movesets	63%	2327.1%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	2,949	32.2	566
24	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+15 more movesets	64%	2309.0%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,911	32.2	607
25	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	71%	2304.2%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,115	37.5	709
26	Shadow Flygon grounddragonshadow Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	Sand Attack / Scorching Sands+23 more movesets	68%	2302.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,661	32.4	613
27	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	63%	2299.3%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,099	36.2	686
28	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Earthquake	Fury Cutter / Earthquake+11 more movesets	67%	2299.3%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,056	33.7	638
29	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	56%	2274.2%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	3,826	33.5	598
30	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	2193.3%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	4,178	34.7	653

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.