Cottonee counters

#0546

grass fairyTier 1

Lobby CP

2,364

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cottonee should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 362-400.

Weak topoison2.56xflying1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Poison Mega — most top counters attack with Poison

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 Cottonee counters are Mega Beedrill, Shadow Victreebel, Deoxys (Attack), Shadow Overqwil, Naganadel & Shadow Toxicroak.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Beedrill
S. Victreebel
Deoxys (Attack)
S. Overqwil
Naganadel
S. Toxicroak

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 BeedrillMegapartyPoison Sting / Sludge Bomb0.040:07
2Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb0.040:07
3Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Sludge Bomb0.040:07
4Shadow VictreebelShadowpartyAcid / Sludge Bomb0.040:07
5Deoxys (Attack)LegendarypartyPoison Jab / Zap Cannon0.040:08
6Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+0.040:08
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
8Shadow OverqwilShadowpartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.050:08
9NaganadelLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.050:08
10Shadow ToxicroakShadowpartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.050:08

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Cottonee

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Top 15 Cottonee 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 Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	poisonPoison StingpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	0:07	0.04	6282.8%
2	Mega Gengarghostpoisonjoint top pick	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
3	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonSludge Bomb	3,505	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
4	Shadow Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonSludge Bomb	2,431	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
5	Deoxys (Attack)psychic	poisonPoison JabelectricZap Cannon	2,580	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
6	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
8	Shadow Overqwildarkpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,946	0:08	0.05	5178.2%
9	Naganadelpoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,173	0:08	0.05	5178.2%
10	Shadow Toxicroakpoisonfighting	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,488	0:08	0.05	5178.2%
11	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
12	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawpoisonSludge Bomb	2,878	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
13	Nihilegorockpoison	poisonAcidpoisonSludge Bomb	3,949	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
14	Shadow Vileplumegrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonSludge Bomb	2,559	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
15	Shadow Scolipedebugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,447	0:08	0.05	5129.4%

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 Cottonee.

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

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	1520%	5488.2%	0:08	0.04
Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	100%	1576%	5464.3%	0:08	0.04
Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	100%	1531%	5464.3%	0:08	0.04
Charm / Energy Ball	100%	1516%	5536.6%	0:08	0.04
Charm / Seed Bomb	100%	1503%	5536.6%	0:08	0.04
Charm / Grass Knot	100%	1419%	5536.6%	0:08	0.04
Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb	100%	1599%	5541.5%	0:08	0.04

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…

Cottonee 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.

poison2.56x flying1.6x steel1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (6)
Resists (7)

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cottonee throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyCharmSTAB	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
grassRazor LeafSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassSeed BombSTAB	55	-33	2.0s	1.10s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	362	453
11/11/11	369	462
12/12/12	377	471
13/13/13	384	481
14/14/14	392	490
15/15/15hundo	400	500

Caught CP range 362 - 400, or 453 - 500 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.

Cottonee 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 51 / Defense 75 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Beedrill top pickbugpoisonmega Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	100%	6282.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,383	90.6	628
2	Mega Gengar top pickghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	99%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,336	86.7	607
3	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	97%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,505	85.9	644
4	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	89%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,431	80.8	606
5	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Poison Jab / Zap Cannon	Poison Jab / Zap Cannon+5 more movesets	61%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,580	75.0	600
6	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	84%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	80.0	640
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	84%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	79.4	651
8	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	76%	5178.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,946	88.6	745
9	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	80%	5178.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,173	86.9	731
10	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	74%	5178.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,488	84.3	709
11	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	89%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,429	91.1	774
12	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb	Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	72%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,878	71.9	611
13	Nihilego rockpoison Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	77%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,949	75.8	644
14	Shadow Vileplume grasspoisonshadow Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	77%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,559	75.2	639
15	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	77%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,447	81.1	689
16	Roserade grasspoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+29 more movesets	81%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,971	80.5	684
17	Overqwil darkpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	76%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,946	73.5	625
18	Shadow Galarian Slowbro poisonpsychicshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+13 more movesets	75%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,445	73.5	625
19	Shadow Skuntank poisondarkshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	73%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,358	74.6	634
20	Shadow Hisuian Qwilfish darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	70%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,136	74.6	634
21	Shadow Sneasler fightingpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Close Combat	Poison Jab / Close Combat+8 more movesets	68%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,222	69.0	621
22	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	69%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,297	71.9	647
23	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	69%	4770.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,161	66.4	606
24	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	71%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	73.7	700
25	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	72%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,455	70.3	668
26	Toxicroak poisonfighting Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,488	68.0	646
27	Scolipede bugpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	67%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,447	65.4	621
28	Shadow Beedrill bugpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	64%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	1,846	66.5	632
29	Grafaiai poisonnormal Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	64%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,264	64.1	609
30	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	68%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,835	67.8	644

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.