Caterpie counters

#0010

bugTier 3

Lobby CP

3,513

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.18

Pokebattler scale

Beating Caterpie should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 219-249.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6x

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 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 Caterpie counters are Mega Rayquaza, Blacephalon, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Moltres & Shadow Reshiram.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Blacephalon
S. Salamence
S. Toucannon
S. Moltres
S. Reshiram

4 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.160:28
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.170:30
3Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.180:32
4BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.190:33
5Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.200:35
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.200:35
7Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.200:35
8Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.200:36
9Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.200:36
10Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.210:36

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

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Raid tier — Group Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Caterpie

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Top 15 Caterpie 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

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:28	0.16	839.5%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:30	0.17	782.4%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:32	0.18	733.4%
4	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:33	0.19	700.6%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:35	0.20	679.9%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:35	0.20	669.8%
7	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:35	0.20	662.3%
8	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:36	0.20	659.3%
9	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:36	0.20	653.8%
10	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:36	0.21	650.9%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:37	0.21	637.9%
12	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	0:37	0.21	635.0%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	0:37	0.21	634.4%
14	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:37	0.21	634.0%
15	Shadow Tornadus (Therian)flying	flyingGustflyingBleakwind Storm	3,215	0:37	0.21	625.9%

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 Caterpie.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Caterpie'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%	1010%	687.8%	0:34	0.19
Bug Bite / Struggle	100%	1015%	687.2%	0:34	0.19
Tackle / Struggle	100%	1006%	688.4%	0:34	0.19

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…

Caterpie 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 rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x poison1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x grass0.63x

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

It resists fighting0.625xground0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Caterpie throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	219	274
11/11/11	225	282
12/12/12	231	289
13/13/13	237	297
14/14/14	243	304
15/15/15hundo	249	312

Caught CP range 219 - 249, or 274 - 312 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.

Caterpie 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 51 / Defense 51 (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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	839.5%	0.16	0:28	100%	5,713	131.2	3667
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	91%	782.4%	0.17	0:30	100%	4,783	122.1	3662
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	84%	733.4%	0.18	0:32	100%	3,979	118.6	3795
4	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	83%	700.6%	0.19	0:33	100%	3,297	108.9	3647
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	75%	679.9%	0.20	0:35	100%	4,161	110.9	3827
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	77%	669.8%	0.20	0:35	100%	4,455	107.1	3752
7	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	72%	662.3%	0.20	0:35	100%	3,749	107.1	3795
8	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	68%	659.3%	0.20	0:36	100%	2,689	102.1	3633
9	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	72%	653.8%	0.20	0:36	100%	3,465	104.2	3741
10	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	650.9%	0.21	0:36	100%	4,038	101.6	3663
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	74%	637.9%	0.21	0:37	100%	6,428	105.5	3883
12	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	635.0%	0.21	0:37	100%	3,835	100.9	3728
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	73%	634.4%	0.21	0:37	100%	5,031	97.5	3606
14	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	69%	634.0%	0.21	0:37	100%	3,298	97.4	3605
15	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	68%	625.9%	0.21	0:37	100%	3,215	99.4	3726
16	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	72%	617.7%	0.22	0:38	100%	3,268	95.8	3642
17	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	73%	617.7%	0.22	0:38	100%	3,741	95.5	3630
18	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	63%	617.7%	0.22	0:38	100%	2,848	95.4	3624
19	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	67%	602.1%	0.22	0:39	100%	4,038	93.8	3656
20	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	71%	601.8%	0.22	0:39	100%	3,754	92.9	3624
21	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	62%	601.8%	0.22	0:39	100%	2,825	92.7	3615
22	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	62%	590.3%	0.23	0:40	100%	2,982	92.5	3677
23	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	586.8%	0.23	0:40	100%	4,346	91.6	3662
24	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	60%	585.6%	0.23	0:40	100%	3,105	96.2	3863
25	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	62%	579.5%	0.23	0:40	100%	3,590	89.2	3611
26	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Dark Pulse+	Fire Fang / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	63%	578.7%	0.23	0:41	100%	3,842	90.1	3654
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	66%	572.5%	0.23	0:41	100%	3,733	88.5	3628
28	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	63%	565.6%	0.24	0:41	100%	3,850	86.8	3602
29	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	56%	555.1%	0.24	0:42	100%	2,683	92.2	3898
30	Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) flyingshadow Air Slash / Hurricane	Air Slash / Hurricane+7 more movesets	56%	549.7%	0.24	0:43	100%	3,345	87.3	3725

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