Chesnaught counters

#0652

grass fightingTier 3

Lobby CP

19,179

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

157

Defense

159

Difficulty

0.38

Pokebattler scale

Beating Chesnaught should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,611-1,688.

Weak toflying2.56xpoison1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Chesnaught counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, Rayquaza, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Galarian Articuno & Shadow Staraptor.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Moltres
Rayquaza
S. Toucannon
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Staraptor

3 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 Ascent0.310:54
2Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.361:03
3Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.401:11
4Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.401:11
5RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.411:11
6Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.411:12
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.411:12
8Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.421:13
9Shadow StaraptorShadowpartyGust / Fly0.431:16
10Shadow SalamenceShadowFire Fang / Fly0.441:16

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

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Related countersShadow Chesnaught Mega Chesnaught

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Top 15 Chesnaught 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	0:54	0.31	0.6	436.3%
2	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:03	0.36	1.1	372.4%
3	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:11	0.40	1.3	332.7%
4	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	1:11	0.40	1.6	332.7%
5	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	1:11	0.41	1.3	328.8%
6	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	1:12	0.41	2.9	324.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:12	0.41	1.2	324.7%
8	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	1:13	0.42	1.8	320.9%
9	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingGustflyingFly	2,825	1:16	0.43	3.1	307.6%
10	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	1:16	0.44	1.7	307.2%
11	Shadow Tornadus (Therian)flying	flyingGustflyingBleakwind Storm	3,215	1:19	0.45	2.3	296.0%
12	Shadow Honchkrowdarkflying	flyingPeckflyingSky Attack	2,711	1:21	0.46	3.9	289.3%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	1:23	0.47	0.9	282.2%
14	Mega Pidgeotnormalflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird	3,680	1:24	0.48	2.5	279.3%
15	Yveltaldarkflying	flyingGustflyingOblivion Wing	3,781	1:24	0.48	1.9	279.3%

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 Chesnaught.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Chesnaught'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%	234%	337.5%	1:10	1.7	0.40
Smack Down / Solar Beam	100%	195%	335.9%	1:10	2.3	0.40
Low Kick / Superpower	100%	244%	336.7%	1:10	1.9	0.40
Smack Down / Superpower	100%	202%	336.9%	1:10	2.2	0.40
Vine Whip / Solar Beam	100%	237%	337.5%	1:10	1.7	0.40
Vine Whip / Superpower	100%	245%	337.8%	1:09	1.7	0.40
Low Kick / Energy Ball	100%	300%	338.0%	1:09	1.1	0.40
Vine Whip / Gyro Ball	100%	231%	338.1%	1:09	1.6	0.40
Low Kick / Solar Beam	100%	237%	338.4%	1:09	1.7	0.39
Low Kick / Gyro Ball	100%	228%	338.7%	1:09	1.6	0.39
Vine Whip / Energy Ball	100%	305%	339.5%	1:09	1.0	0.39
Smack Down / Gyro Ball	100%	194%	340.2%	1:09	2.1	0.39
Vine Whip / Thunder Punch	100%	217%	340.5%	1:09	1.9	0.39
Low Kick / Thunder Punch	100%	215%	340.7%	1:09	2.0	0.39
Smack Down / Energy Ball	100%	242%	341.0%	1:09	1.5	0.39
Smack Down / Thunder Punch	100%	186%	341.4%	1:09	2.5	0.39

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…

Chesnaught 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.

flying2.56x poison1.6x fire1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x dragon1x ground0.63x rock0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x

Double weak (1)
Weak (5)
Neutral (6)
Resists (6)

It resists ground0.625xrock0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Chesnaught throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassVine WhipSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.25s
rockSmack Down	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
fightingSuperpowerSTAB	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
electricThunder Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.90s
steelGyro Ball	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,611	2,014
11/11/11	1,626	2,033
12/12/12	1,641	2,052
13/13/13	1,657	2,071
14/14/14	1,672	2,091
15/15/15hundo	1,688	2,110

Caught CP range 1,611 - 1,688, or 2,014 - 2,110 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.

Chesnaught 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 157 / Defense 159 (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

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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.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	436.3%	0.31	0:54	0.6	100%	5,713	68.1	2484
2	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	80%	372.4%	0.36	1:03	1.0	100%	3,979	58.4	1810
3	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	70%	332.7%	0.40	1:11	1.2	100%	3,741	54.9	1795
4	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	68%	332.7%	0.40	1:11	1.4	100%	3,465	52.4	1550
5	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	328.8%	0.41	1:11	1.1	100%	3,835	51.6	1731
6	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	61%	324.9%	0.41	1:12	2.7	100%	2,689	50.5	963
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	69%	324.7%	0.41	1:12	1.1	100%	6,428	53.3	1791
8	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	65%	320.9%	0.42	1:13	1.6	100%	3,590	50.0	1407
9	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	57%	307.6%	0.43	1:16	2.9	100%	2,825	48.0	922
10	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	62%	307.2%	0.44	1:16	1.6	100%	3,749	47.8	1386
11	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	57%	296.0%	0.45	1:19	2.1	100%	3,215	47.3	1187
12	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	52%	289.3%	0.46	1:21	3.5	100%	2,711	45.2	786
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	61%	282.2%	0.47	1:23	0.8	100%	5,031	44.0	2048
14	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	54%	279.3%	0.48	1:24	2.2	100%	3,680	43.5	1109
15	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	56%	279.3%	0.48	1:24	1.7	100%	3,781	43.4	1329
16	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	56%	276.8%	0.48	1:25	1.5	100%	3,465	43.3	1458
17	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	51%	272.7%	0.49	1:26	2.9	100%	2,689	42.6	915
18	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	54%	269.6%	0.50	1:27	1.6	100%	6,112	41.9	1421
19	Shadow Galarian Moltres darkflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+7 more movesets	52%	268.9%	0.50	1:27	2.0	100%	3,167	42.1	1198
20	Shadow Unfezant normalflyingshadow Air Slash / Sky Attack	Air Slash / Sky Attack+5 more movesets	49%	268.5%	0.50	1:27	3.3	100%	2,734	42.0	822
21	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	58%	267.4%	0.50	1:28	0.9	100%	3,703	43.9	2112
22	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	52%	265.5%	0.50	1:28	2.1	100%	3,548	41.2	1146
23	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	53%	263.6%	0.51	1:29	1.6	100%	3,590	41.9	1441
24	Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) flyingshadow Air Slash / Hurricane	Air Slash / Hurricane+7 more movesets	48%	261.0%	0.51	1:30	2.9	100%	3,345	40.9	900
25	Staraptor normalflying Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	48%	260.9%	0.51	1:30	2.9	100%	2,825	40.8	903
26	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	53%	259.2%	0.52	1:31	1.4	100%	4,783	41.0	1531
27	Salamence dragonflying Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	51%	256.1%	0.52	1:32	1.7	100%	3,749	40.2	1362
28	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	50%	255.3%	0.52	1:32	2.0	100%	3,527	39.7	1165
29	Braviary normalflying Air Slash / Fly	Air Slash / Fly+9 more movesets	48%	252.5%	0.53	1:33	2.5	100%	3,088	39.1	1019
30	Tornadus (Therian) flying Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	48%	250.1%	0.53	1:34	2.2	100%	3,215	39.7	1140

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.