Zygarde (Complete) counters

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dragon groundTier 5

Lobby CP

36,314

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

157

Defense

175

Difficulty

1.38

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zygarde (Complete) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,037-2,126.

Weak toice2.56xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 an Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Zygarde (Complete) counters are Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mamoswine & Shadow Weavile.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mamoswine
S. Weavile

1 more Mega 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 %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.195:29
2Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.326:05
3Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche1.386:21
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Ice Beam1.436:35
5Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche1.466:44
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam1.476:47
7Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Triple Axel1.537:02
8Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.597:19
9EternatusLegendaryDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.627:27
10Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.627:27

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

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Top 15 Zygarde (Complete) counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	5:29	1.19	6.0	92.5%
2	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	6:05	1.32	6.0	83.4%
3	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	6:21	1.38	6.0	79.8%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	6:35	1.43	6.0	77.0%
5	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	6:44	1.46	6.0	75.2%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	6:47	1.47	5.9	74.7%
7	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	7:02	1.53	6.0	72.1%
8	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	7:19	1.59	5.4	69.2%
9	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	7:27	1.62	6.0	68.1%
10	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	7:27	1.62	5.1	68.0%
11	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	7:35	1.65	6.0	66.8%
12	Mega Abomasnowgrassice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	3,405	7:38	1.66	6.0	66.4%
13	Baxcaliburdragonice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,550	7:42	1.67	6.0	65.8%
14	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	4,178	7:44	1.68	6.0	65.5%
15	Mega Glalieice	iceFrost BreathiceAvalanche	3,229	7:50	1.70	6.0	64.7%

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 Zygarde (Complete).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zygarde (Complete)'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%	96%	79.3%	6:24	6.0	1.39
Bite / Outrage	100%	80%	76.4%	6:38	6.0	1.44
Zen Headbutt / Outrage	100%	84%	76.8%	6:36	6.0	1.43
Dragon Tail / Outrage	100%	82%	77.7%	6:32	6.0	1.42
Bite / Hyper Beam	100%	95%	77.9%	6:30	6.0	1.41
Dragon Tail / Earthquake	100%	84%	78.2%	6:29	6.0	1.41
Bite / Earthquake	100%	93%	78.5%	6:27	6.0	1.40
Zen Headbutt / Earthquake	100%	93%	78.5%	6:27	6.0	1.40
Zen Headbutt / Hyper Beam	100%	101%	79.4%	6:23	6.0	1.39
Dragon Tail / Hyper Beam	100%	93%	79.5%	6:23	6.0	1.39
Bite / Bulldoze	100%	118%	81.0%	6:15	6.0	1.36
Dragon Tail / Bulldoze	100%	112%	81.2%	6:15	6.0	1.36
Zen Headbutt / Bulldoze	100%	122%	81.3%	6:14	6.0	1.35
Bite / Crunch	100%	145%	81.9%	6:11	6.0	1.35
Zen Headbutt / Crunch	100%	149%	82.1%	6:11	6.0	1.34
Dragon Tail / Crunch	100%	131%	82.7%	6:08	6.0	1.33

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…

Zygarde (Complete) 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.

ice2.56x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x grass1x psychic1x dark1x poison0.63x rock0.63x fire0.63x electric0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (11)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists electric0.24xpoison0.625xrock0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zygarde (Complete) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
psychicZen Headbutt	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
groundBulldozeSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	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	2,037	2,546
11/11/11	2,055	2,568
12/12/12	2,072	2,591
13/13/13	2,090	2,613
14/14/14	2,108	2,636
15/15/15hundo	2,126	2,658

Caught CP range 2,037 - 2,126, or 2,546 - 2,658 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.

Zygarde (Complete) 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 157 / Defense 175 (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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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	92.5%	1.19	5:29	11.3	100%	4,605	47.7	1307
2	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	89%	83.4%	1.32	6:05	12.2	100%	4,605	43.0	1215
3	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	82%	79.8%	1.38	6:21	18.2	100%	3,105	42.0	775
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	84%	77.0%	1.43	6:35	10.5	100%	6,428	39.4	1297
5	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	78%	75.2%	1.46	6:44	16.8	100%	3,328	39.3	848
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	81%	74.7%	1.47	6:47	10.5	100%	6,112	38.2	1314
7	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	74%	72.1%	1.53	7:02	18.3	100%	3,005	37.7	833
8	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	74%	69.2%	1.59	7:19	11.9	100%	5,713	35.2	1373
9	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	71%	68.1%	1.62	7:27	15.1	100%	4,429	35.1	971
10	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	74%	68.0%	1.62	7:27	10.0	100%	4,823	34.7	1587
11	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	68%	66.8%	1.65	7:35	19.8	100%	3,105	35.0	727
12	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	71%	66.4%	1.66	7:38	13.1	100%	3,405	33.9	1077
13	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	68%	65.8%	1.67	7:42	17.6	100%	3,550	34.1	847
14	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	67%	65.5%	1.68	7:44	18.7	100%	4,178	34.1	745
15	Mega Glalie icemega Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+11 more movesets	66%	64.7%	1.70	7:50	18.5	100%	3,229	33.6	773
16	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)	Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	66%	64.6%	1.70	7:51	18.0	100%	2,802	33.5	825
17	Mamoswine iceground Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	66%	63.9%	1.72	7:56	17.2	100%	3,328	33.1	843
18	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	68%	63.8%	1.73	7:56	13.4	100%	4,512	32.6	1103
19	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	67%	63.3%	1.74	8:01	14.3	100%	5,424	32.3	1017
20	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	63%	63.1%	1.74	8:02	22.5	100%	2,827	33.2	632
21	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Frost Breath / Triple Axel	Frost Breath / Triple Axel+17 more movesets	66%	61.6%	1.79	8:13	12.7	100%	3,051	31.4	1185
22	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	62%	60.7%	1.81	8:21	19.7	100%	3,005	31.6	784
23	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	60%	60.4%	1.82	8:23	24.7	100%	3,593	31.8	596
24	Glaceon ice Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+9 more movesets	62%	60.4%	1.82	8:23	19.4	100%	3,126	31.4	747
25	Kyurem dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaciate	Dragon Breath / Glaciate+7 more movesets	61%	59.4%	1.86	8:32	17.8	100%	3,575	30.7	849
26	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Avalanche	Waterfall / Avalanche+5 more movesets	63%	59.2%	1.86	8:34	12.1	100%	5,902	30.1	1151
27	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	60%	58.9%	1.87	8:36	20.3	100%	3,962	30.6	734
28	Cetitan ice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+14 more movesets	61%	58.8%	1.87	8:37	15.6	100%	3,113	30.2	907
29	Shadow Abomasnow grassiceshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	59%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	21.2	100%	2,362	30.5	700
30	Shadow Piloswine icegroundshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+9 more movesets	57%	57.0%	1.93	8:53	23.5	100%	2,345	29.9	614

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