Crustle counters

#0558

bug rockTier 5

Lobby CP

36,455

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

160

Defense

169

Difficulty

1.62

Pokebattler scale

Beating Crustle should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,381-1,452.

Weak torock1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Crustle counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
M. Greninja
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
S. Kyogre

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 %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade1.516:57
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash1.537:03
3Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+1.607:22
4Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike1.617:25
5Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+1.667:39
6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.748:01
7Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Meteor Mash1.788:11
8Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyFury Cutter / Meteor Mash1.838:26
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.848:27
10Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash1.868:33
11Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse1.958:58

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

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Top 15 Crustle 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	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	6:57	1.51	4.5	72.9%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	7:03	1.53	2.7	71.9%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	7:22	1.60	6.0	68.8%
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	7:25	1.61	5.7	68.4%
5	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	7:39	1.66	6.0	66.2%
6	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	8:01	1.74	5.7	63.3%
7	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	8:11	1.78	4.9	62.0%
8	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	8:26	1.83	5.9	60.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:27	1.84	6.0	59.9%
10	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	8:33	1.86	5.0	59.2%
11	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	8:58	1.95	6.0	56.5%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	9:08	1.99	5.3	55.5%
13	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	9:10	1.99	5.4	55.3%
14	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	9:14	2.01	5.8	54.9%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	9:15	2.01	6.0	54.8%

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 Crustle.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Crustle'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	149%	65.8%	7:42	5.1	1.68
Fury Cutter / Rock Wrecker	100%	121%	64.7%	7:50	5.6	1.70
Fury Cutter / Rock Slide	100%	143%	65.3%	7:46	5.3	1.69
Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	100%	121%	65.7%	7:43	5.7	1.68
Smack Down / Rock Slide	100%	140%	65.7%	7:43	5.4	1.68
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	100%	182%	66.3%	7:39	4.8	1.66
Smack Down / X-Scissor	100%	166%	66.5%	7:38	4.8	1.66
Smack Down / Rock Blast	100%	171%	66.5%	7:37	4.8	1.66
Fury Cutter / Rock Blast	100%	184%	66.8%	7:35	4.7	1.65

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…

Crustle 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.

rock1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x poison0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (13)
Resists (2)

It resists normal0.625xpoison0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Crustle throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockSmack DownSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.60s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock WreckerSTAB	110	-50	3.5s	1.90s
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
rockRock BlastSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,381	1,726
11/11/11	1,395	1,744
12/12/12	1,409	1,762
13/13/13	1,423	1,780
14/14/14	1,438	1,797
15/15/15hundo	1,452	1,815

Caught CP range 1,381 - 1,452, or 1,726 - 1,815 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.

Crustle 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 160 / Defense 169 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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	Zacian (Crowned Sword) top pickfairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	96%	72.9%	1.51	6:57	6.5	100%	4,979	36.7	2130
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	100%	71.9%	1.53	7:03	3.8	100%	4,172	35.6	3149
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	82%	68.8%	1.60	7:22	17.2	100%	3,784	35.8	817
4	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	87%	68.4%	1.61	7:25	8.9	100%	4,099	34.6	1502
5	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	80%	66.2%	1.66	7:39	15.9	100%	3,701	34.4	883
6	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	80%	63.3%	1.74	8:01	10.3	100%	5,902	32.0	1336
7	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	80%	62.0%	1.78	8:11	8.1	100%	3,826	31.3	1647
8	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	75%	60.1%	1.83	8:26	12.0	100%	3,791	30.6	1145
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	73%	59.9%	1.84	8:27	13.4	100%	6,428	30.6	1028
10	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	76%	59.2%	1.86	8:33	8.4	100%	4,911	29.8	1580
11	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	68%	56.5%	1.95	8:58	16.4	100%	4,115	29.1	862
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	70%	55.5%	1.99	9:08	9.9	100%	6,112	28.0	1368
13	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	55.3%	1.99	9:10	10.2	100%	4,401	27.9	1323
14	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	68%	54.9%	2.01	9:14	12.1	100%	4,038	27.7	1144
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	62%	54.8%	2.01	9:15	27.7	100%	3,298	28.9	515
16	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	64%	54.0%	2.04	9:23	18.4	96%	4,346	27.8	809
17	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon	Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	66%	53.8%	2.05	9:25	13.6	100%	2,900	27.4	1020
18	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	65%	52.9%	2.08	9:35	12.4	100%	3,733	26.8	1109
19	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	59%	52.3%	2.10	9:41	26.8	86%	2,829	27.5	534
20	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	63%	52.2%	2.11	9:42	15.8	78%	3,741	26.8	1042
21	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	58%	52.1%	2.11	9:44	30.2	84%	2,654	27.6	473
22	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	62%	51.7%	2.13	9:49	16.4	82%	3,941	26.4	870
23	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	63%	50.9%	2.16	9:57	12.2	64%	3,791	25.8	1126
24	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	62%	50.5%	2.18	10:02	12.1	34%	3,244	25.6	1135
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	58%	49.7%	2.22	10:12	22.3	46%	5,713	25.8	785
26	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	56%	49.5%	2.22	10:14	27.2	22%	2,964	26.0	531
27	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	57%	49.4%	2.23	10:15	23.7	42%	3,128	25.7	617
28	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	56%	49.0%	2.25	10:21	25.6	14%	2,826	25.5	571
29	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	59%	48.9%	2.25	10:22	16.2	0%	2,974	25.0	858
30	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	56%	48.5%	2.27	10:27	21.6	0%	3,228	25.1	666

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