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Not obtainable in Pokemon GO as of 2026-10-03: PvPoke flags it released:false and onemorecatch.site lists the species as unavailable. It is left out of default counter lists, boss pickers, tools and the Pokebox; the numbers on this page are what the Game Master gives it.

List checked 2026-10-03. Source: PvPoke gamemaster released:false flags (github.com/pvpoke/pvpoke, snapshot 2026-10-03 03:11:52) cross-checked with onemorecatch.site's unavailable list (updated 2026-10-02) and theclick.gg's Mega list (2026-09-16); PvP-only exclusions (Ditto, Shedinja, Spewpa, Cosmog, Cosmoem) and the stale Mega Camerupt flag corrected by hand.

Arceus counters

Not released in Pokemon GO
normalTier 1
Lobby CP
9,857
HP
600
Timer
3:00
Attack
151
Defense
151
Difficulty
0.09
Pokebattler scale

Beating Arceus should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,190-2,279.

Weak tofighting1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others
Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

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 Arceus counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Conkeldurr, Lucario & Terrakion.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Mewtwo X
  2. Keldeo
  3. S. Blaziken
  4. S. Conkeldurr
  5. Lucario
  6. Terrakion

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 %

  1. 1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.060:12
  2. 2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.080:14
  3. 3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.090:16
  4. 4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.090:17
  5. 5KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.100:18
  6. 6Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.100:18
  7. 7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.100:18
  8. 8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.100:18
  9. 9Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Focus Blast0.100:19
  10. 10LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.110:19
  11. 11TerrakionLegendarypartyDouble Kick / Sacred Sword0.110:19

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

Build and order a party of six →Plan your raid lobby →

Related countersShadow Arceus
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Top 15 Arceus 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pickfightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+6,1120:120.060.03764.2%
2Mega LucariofightingsteelfightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere3,8260:140.080.03023.3%
3Mega BlazikenfirefightingfightingCounterfightingAura Sphere4,1610:160.090.02658.3%
4Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+6,4280:170.090.02585.4%
5KeldeowaterfightingfightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword3,6980:180.100.02427.3%
6Shadow BlazikenfirefightingfightingCounterfightingAura Sphere2,8480:180.100.22414.6%
7Mega GalladepsychicfightingfightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword4,5210:180.100.02410.6%
8Mega FalinksfightingfightingCounterfightingBrick Break+3,6700:180.100.02356.5%
9Shadow ConkeldurrfightingfightingForce PalmfightingFocus Blast3,3370:190.100.02338.8%
10LucariofightingsteelfightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere2,7030:190.110.12296.0%
11TerrakionrockfightingfightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword3,6980:190.110.12263.4%
12Shadow GalladepsychicfightingfightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword3,0930:190.110.12246.0%
13BlazikenfirefightingfightingCounterfightingAura Sphere2,8480:190.110.02237.3%
14Mega HeracrossbugfightingfightingCounterfightingUpper Hand4,8140:200.110.02218.7%
15Shadow RaikouelectricelectricThunder ShockfightingAura Sphere3,4520:200.110.02217.4%

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 Arceus.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arceus'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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Arceus 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.

  • Weak (1)
  • Neutral (16)
  • Resists (1)

It resists ghost0.39x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arceus throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
steelIron Tail14+61.0s0.75s
ghostShadow Claw6+40.5s0.05s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
psychicFuture Sight115-1002.5s1.20s
normalHyper BeamSTAB150-1004.0s3.50s
dragonOutrage110-504.0s2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor2,1902,738
11/11/112,2082,760
12/12/122,2262,782
13/13/132,2432,805
14/14/142,2612,827
15/15/15hundo2,2792,850

Caught CP range 2,190 - 2,279, or 2,738 - 2,850 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.

Arceus 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 151 / Defense 151 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Attackers allowed
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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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Counter / Dynamic Punch+
0.060:120.0
2
Mega Lucario
fightingsteelmega
Force Palm / Aura Sphere
0.080:140.0
3
Mega Blaziken
firefightingmega
Counter / Aura Sphere
0.090:160.0
4
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Future Sight+
0.090:170.0
5
Keldeo
waterfighting
Low Kick / Secret Sword
0.100:180.0
6
Shadow Blaziken
firefightingshadow
Counter / Aura Sphere
0.100:180.2
7
Mega Gallade
psychicfightingmega
Low Kick / Sacred Sword
0.100:180.0
8
Mega Falinks
fightingmega
Counter / Brick Break+
0.100:180.0
9
Shadow Conkeldurr
fightingshadow
Force Palm / Focus Blast
0.100:190.0
10
Lucario
fightingsteel
Force Palm / Aura Sphere
0.110:190.1
11
Terrakion
rockfighting
Double Kick / Sacred Sword
0.110:190.1
12
Shadow Gallade
psychicfightingshadow
Low Kick / Sacred Sword
0.110:190.1
13
Blaziken
firefighting
Counter / Aura Sphere
0.110:190.0
14
Mega Heracross
bugfightingmega
Counter / Upper Hand
0.110:200.0
15
Shadow Raikou
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere
0.110:200.0
16
Mega Latios
dragonpsychicmega
Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere
0.110:200.0
17
Shadow Latios
dragonpsychicshadow
Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere
0.110:200.1
18
Kartana
grasssteel
Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword
0.110:200.0
19
Shadow Hariyama
fightingshadow
Force Palm / Dynamic Punch
0.110:200.1
20
Mega Raichu Y
electricmega
Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+
0.120:210.0
21
Shadow Mewtwo
psychicshadow
Counter / Psystrike
0.120:210.1
22
Shadow Galarian Zapdos
fightingflyingshadow
Low Kick / Close Combat
0.120:210.0
23
Mega Lopunny
normalfightingmega
Double Kick / Focus Blast
0.120:210.0
24
Eternatus
poisondragon
Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon
0.120:210.0
25
Shadow Regigigas
normalshadow
Hidden Power / Crush Grip
0.120:220.0
26
Shadow Darkrai
darkshadow
Snarl / Focus Blast
0.120:220.0
27
Gallade
psychicfighting
Low Kick / Sacred Sword
0.120:220.0
28
Shadow Machamp
fightingshadow
Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch
0.120:220.2
29
Mega Alakazam
psychicmega
Counter / Focus Blast
0.120:220.2
30
Shadow Emboar
firefightingshadow
Low Kick / Focus Blast
0.130:230.1
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.

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