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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 (Fighting) counters

#0493Not released in Pokemon GO

fightingTier 5

Lobby CP

49,286

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

199

Defense

199

Difficulty

1.83

Pokebattler scale

Beating Arceus (Fighting) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,190-2,279.

Weak toflying1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Arceus (Fighting) counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Moltres, Rayquaza & Shadow Toucannon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Moltres
Rayquaza
S. Toucannon

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 %

1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.366:15
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.687:44
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.748:02
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.958:58
5Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+2.119:43
6Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+2.119:43
7Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic2.1810:03
8Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly2.2010:06
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly2.2910:31
10RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.3010:34
11Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast2.3010:36

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Arceus (Fighting)

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Top 15 Arceus (Fighting) 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	6:15	1.36	6.0	81.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	7:44	1.68	6.0	65.6%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	8:02	1.74	6.0	63.1%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	8:58	1.95	6.0	56.5%
5	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	9:43	2.11	6.0	52.2%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	9:43	2.11	6.0	52.2%
7	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	10:03	2.18	6.0	50.4%
8	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	10:06	2.20	6.0	50.2%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	10:31	2.29	6.0	48.2%
10	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	10:34	2.30	6.0	48.0%
11	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	10:36	2.30	6.0	47.8%
12	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	10:42	2.33	6.0	47.3%
13	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	10:47	2.34	6.0	47.0%
14	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	10:49	2.35	5.3	46.8%
15	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	10:51	2.36	6.0	46.7%

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 Arceus (Fighting).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arceus (Fighting)'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	40%	63%	53.2%	9:31	6.0	2.07
Iron Tail / Hyper Beam	33%	58%	52.6%	9:38	6.0	2.09
Shadow Claw / Outrage	39%	60%	52.7%	9:37	6.0	2.09
Shadow Claw / Hyper Beam	33%	58%	53.0%	9:33	6.0	2.08
Iron Tail / Outrage	38%	61%	53.2%	9:32	6.0	2.07
Shadow Claw / Future Sight	46%	75%	54.1%	9:22	6.0	2.04
Iron Tail / Future Sight	49%	74%	54.2%	9:21	6.0	2.03

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…

Arceus (Fighting) 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.

flying1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arceus (Fighting) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron Tail	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
ghostShadow Claw	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture Sight	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
dragonOutrage	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,190	2,738
11/11/11	2,208	2,760
12/12/12	2,226	2,782
13/13/13	2,243	2,805
14/14/14	2,261	2,827
15/15/15hundo	2,279	2,850

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 (Fighting) 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 199 / Defense 199 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	81.0%	1.36	6:15	10.6	100%	6,428	41.6	1303
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	78%	65.6%	1.68	7:44	15.7	100%	6,112	33.8	872
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	63.1%	1.74	8:02	19.1	100%	5,713	32.9	762
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	64%	56.5%	1.95	8:58	23.6	100%	4,178	29.6	606
5	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	62%	52.2%	2.11	9:43	15.9	98%	3,741	26.7	864
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	59%	52.2%	2.11	9:43	23.2	74%	3,979	27.3	609
7	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	56%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	26.9	44%	4,510	26.4	534
8	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	56%	50.2%	2.20	10:06	25.8	40%	3,590	26.2	552
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	53%	48.2%	2.29	10:31	30.4	0%	3,465	25.4	463
10	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	53%	48.0%	2.30	10:34	28.8	0%	3,835	25.2	494
11	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	52%	47.8%	2.30	10:36	34.7	2%	2,689	25.5	413
12	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	53%	47.3%	2.33	10:42	24.7	0%	4,178	24.6	587
13	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	47.0%	2.34	10:47	22.4	0%	4,512	24.3	706
14	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	46.8%	2.35	10:49	18.9	0%	3,143	24.0	895
15	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	51%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	32.8	0%	3,749	24.7	432
16	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	55%	46.6%	2.36	10:53	15.9	0%	3,703	23.8	888
17	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	53%	46.5%	2.37	10:55	22.6	0%	4,783	24.0	645
18	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	51%	46.1%	2.39	10:60	27.4	0%	4,521	24.1	517
19	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	51%	46.0%	2.39	11:01	29.6	0%	3,425	24.1	537
20	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	45.6%	2.42	11:07	26.6	0%	5,007	23.8	575
21	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	49%	45.1%	2.44	11:14	37.6	0%	2,825	24.1	379
22	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	50%	44.8%	2.46	11:19	25.3	0%	4,006	23.2	680
23	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	51%	44.7%	2.46	11:20	23.7	0%	5,031	23.1	596
24	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	49%	44.7%	2.46	11:20	30.3	0%	3,812	23.5	483
25	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	44.6%	2.47	11:21	18.7	0%	3,791	22.8	754
26	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	50%	44.5%	2.47	11:23	26.3	0%	4,346	23.2	544
27	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	53%	44.3%	2.49	11:27	13.3	0%	4,911	22.4	1052
28	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Air Slash / Play Rough	Air Slash / Play Rough+7 more movesets	52%	43.9%	2.51	11:33	14.7	0%	4,979	22.3	1055
29	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	49%	43.5%	2.53	11:39	27.0	0%	3,590	22.6	543
30	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	47%	43.2%	2.55	11:44	33.9	0%	3,548	22.8	418

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