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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: Hand-checked list as of 2026-10-03 (PvPoke released flags, 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); since 2026-10-05 maintained from official Pokemon GO news debuts and new Game Master species (no PvPoke download).

Arceus (Steel) counters

#0493Not released in Pokemon GO

steelTier 3

Lobby CP

24,145

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

184

Defense

184

Difficulty

0.63

Pokebattler scale

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

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 (Steel) counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Keldeo, Shadow Heatran, Blacephalon & Shadow Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
Keldeo
S. Heatran
Blacephalon
S. Landorus (Therian)

8 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.521:31
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.601:45
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.621:49
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.631:51
5Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.682:00
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.702:03
7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.702:04
8Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.732:08
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast0.732:09
10KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.742:09
12Shadow HeatranShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Magma Storm0.772:15
13BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.772:15
14Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.782:17

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

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Top 15 Arceus (Steel) 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	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:31	0.52	2.5	256.6%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:45	0.60	2.9	223.7%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:49	0.62	3.6	216.2%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:51	0.63	4.3	212.4%
5	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	2:00	0.68	4.5	195.1%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	2:03	0.70	2.8	190.8%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	2:04	0.70	4.5	190.0%
8	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	2:08	0.73	4.9	184.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	2:09	0.73	3.0	182.4%
10	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	2:09	0.74	4.6	181.7%
11	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	2:10	0.74	4.4	180.7%
12	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	2:15	0.77	3.1	173.6%
13	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	2:15	0.77	5.2	173.6%
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	2:17	0.78	5.2	171.9%
15	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	2:21	0.80	5.0	166.1%

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 (Steel).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Arceus (Steel)'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	103%	185.9%	2:06	4.3	0.72
Iron Tail / Outrage	100%	100%	185.0%	2:07	4.5	0.72
Shadow Claw / Future Sight	100%	108%	186.0%	2:06	4.2	0.72
Iron Tail / Hyper Beam	100%	107%	187.1%	2:05	4.1	0.71
Shadow Claw / Outrage	100%	100%	187.1%	2:05	4.5	0.71
Shadow Claw / Hyper Beam	100%	108%	188.7%	2:04	4.0	0.71
Iron Tail / Future Sight	100%	109%	190.7%	2:03	4.0	0.70

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…

Arceus (Steel) 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.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x fire1.6x ghost1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (4)
Resists (11)

It resists poison0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arceus (Steel) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron TailSTAB	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 (Steel) 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 184 / Defense 184 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	256.6%	0.52	1:31	2.3	100%	6,112	40.3	1078
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	85%	223.7%	0.60	1:45	2.6	100%	4,783	35.2	1002
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	80%	216.2%	0.62	1:49	3.3	100%	3,826	33.8	824
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	76%	212.4%	0.63	1:51	3.9	100%	4,161	32.9	690
5	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	195.1%	0.68	2:00	4.1	100%	3,670	30.5	678
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	190.8%	0.70	2:03	2.5	100%	5,902	29.7	987
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	68%	190.0%	0.70	2:04	4.1	100%	4,521	29.4	665
8	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	65%	184.1%	0.73	2:08	4.6	100%	4,038	29.3	628
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	69%	182.4%	0.73	2:09	2.7	100%	6,428	28.6	957
10	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	65%	181.7%	0.74	2:09	4.2	100%	3,698	28.4	666
11	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	65%	180.7%	0.74	2:10	4.0	100%	4,455	28.5	701
12	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	66%	173.6%	0.77	2:15	2.8	100%	3,754	26.9	898
13	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	60%	173.6%	0.77	2:15	5.3	100%	3,297	28.3	575
14	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	60%	171.9%	0.78	2:17	4.8	100%	3,922	27.7	595
15	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	166.1%	0.80	2:21	4.6	100%	2,703	26.2	610
16	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	58%	165.1%	0.81	2:22	4.4	100%	4,115	26.1	632
17	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	60%	164.3%	0.81	2:23	3.6	100%	5,424	25.9	774
18	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	56%	161.6%	0.83	2:25	4.7	100%	3,698	25.4	608
19	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	55%	161.5%	0.83	2:25	5.5	100%	3,337	26.1	528
20	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	54%	161.1%	0.83	2:26	6.1	100%	3,093	26.2	481
21	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	55%	160.2%	0.83	2:26	5.3	98%	3,268	25.8	586
22	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	56%	156.5%	0.85	2:30	4.2	100%	3,863	24.6	664
23	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	54%	155.8%	0.86	2:31	5.1	100%	4,038	24.7	589
24	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	54%	155.4%	0.86	2:31	5.0	100%	4,814	24.6	567
25	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	53%	154.5%	0.87	2:32	5.3	100%	3,059	24.6	554
26	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	53%	154.4%	0.87	2:32	5.2	100%	3,850	24.5	580
27	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+14 more movesets	54%	153.8%	0.87	2:33	4.5	100%	3,244	24.2	623
28	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	51%	153.3%	0.87	2:33	6.5	96%	3,105	25.3	460
29	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	53%	153.1%	0.87	2:33	5.2	100%	3,465	24.6	554
30	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	51%	149.9%	0.89	2:37	5.9	98%	2,889	24.1	511

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