Hisuian Zorua counters

#0570

normal ghostTier 1

Lobby CP

4,203

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

105

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hisuian Zorua should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 637-687.

Weak todark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Hisuian Zorua counters are Shadow Darkrai, Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Absol, Shadow Tyranitar & Absol.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Darkrai
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Hydreigon
S. Absol
S. Tyranitar
Absol

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 %

1Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Dark Pulse0.040:07
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.040:08
3Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.040:08
4Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.040:08
5Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse0.040:08
6Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.040:08
7Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.050:08
8Shadow AbsolShadowpartyPsycho Cut / Brutal Swing0.050:08
9Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.050:08
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.050:08
11AbsolpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.050:09

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Hisuian Zorua Zorua

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Top 15 Hisuian Zorua 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	Shadow Darkraidarkjoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse	3,739	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.04	5462.4%
3	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
4	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
5	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse	3,301	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
7	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
8	Shadow Absoldark	psychicPsycho CutdarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
11	Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:09	0.05	4876.9%
12	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkFeint AttackdarkFoul Play	3,005	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
13	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBiteflyingFly	3,749	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
14	Shadow Honchkrowdarkflying	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse	2,711	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
15	Shadow Alolan Mukpoisondark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,757	0:09	0.05	4844.4%

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 Hisuian Zorua.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hisuian Zorua'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%	1200%	5362.4%	0:08	0.05
Scratch / Foul Play	100%	1224%	5316.9%	0:08	0.05
Scratch / Shadow Ball	100%	1160%	5316.9%	0:08	0.05
Scratch / Dark Pulse	100%	1304%	5316.9%	0:08	0.05
Scratch / Night Shade	100%	1245%	5316.9%	0:08	0.05
Snarl / Foul Play	100%	1230%	5362.4%	0:08	0.05
Snarl / Night Shade	100%	1300%	5362.4%	0:08	0.05
Snarl / Shadow Ball	100%	1227%	5394.6%	0:08	0.05
Snarl / Dark Pulse	100%	1344%	5394.6%	0:08	0.05

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…

Hisuian Zorua 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.

dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x ghost0.63x normal0.39x

Weak (1)
Neutral (12)
Resists (5)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xghost0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hisuian Zorua throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalScratchSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkFoul Play	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
ghostNight ShadeSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	2.00s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	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	637	796
11/11/11	646	808
12/12/12	656	821
13/13/13	667	833
14/14/14	677	846
15/15/15hundo	687	859

Caught CP range 637 - 687, or 796 - 859 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.

Hisuian Zorua 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 105 / Defense 56 (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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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+14 more movesets	100%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,739	86.6	606
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	89%	5462.4%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,428	109.3	870
3	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	87%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,625	76.3	610
4	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	95%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	5,347	76.1	609
5	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+9 more movesets	81%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,301	75.1	601
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	96%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	76.9	615
7	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	88%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,784	76.7	629
8	Shadow Absol darkshadow Psycho Cut / Brutal Swing	Psycho Cut / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,526	74.5	633
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,834	72.8	619
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	80%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,112	71.7	609
11	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	4876.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,526	73.0	653
12	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Feint Attack / Foul Play	Feint Attack / Foul Play+11 more movesets	73%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,005	69.1	622
13	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Fly	Bite / Fly+20 more movesets	70%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,749	67.0	603
14	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	71%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,711	68.6	617
15	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	76%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,757	68.8	619
16	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	71%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	80.3	723
17	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	84%	4800.7%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	128.6	1165
18	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	72%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	76.0	692
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	71%	4618.6%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	68.7	648
20	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Thunderbolt	Bite / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,659	64.9	616
21	Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) flyingshadow Bite / Dark Pulse	Bite / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,345	63.5	603
22	Shadow Cacturne grassdarkshadow Sucker Punch / Payback	Sucker Punch / Payback+14 more movesets	64%	4555.8%	0.05	0:10	100%	2,298	69.8	667
23	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	66%	4466.2%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	83.1	811
24	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Crunch	Bite / Crunch+23 more movesets	72%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,717	62.0	620
25	Darkrai dark Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+14 more movesets	67%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,739	64.0	640
26	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	60%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,593	61.8	618
27	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Dark Pulse	Bite / Dark Pulse+9 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,625	60.1	601
28	Shadow Galarian Moltres darkflyingshadow Sucker Punch / Payback	Sucker Punch / Payback+7 more movesets	68%	4355.5%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,167	62.3	623
29	Urshifu (Single Strike) fightingdark Sucker Punch / Payback	Sucker Punch / Payback+11 more movesets	71%	4329.6%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,606	64.8	653
30	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Feint Attack / Night Slash	Feint Attack / Night Slash+14 more movesets	61%	4274.4%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,654	60.3	615

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.