Cryogonal counters

#0615

iceTier 5

Lobby CP

38,324

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

161

Defense

184

Difficulty

1.61

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cryogonal should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,524-1,598.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6x

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 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 Cryogonal counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Reshiram & Keldeo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Reshiram
Keldeo

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 %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.396:24
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.597:19
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.637:31
4Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade1.657:36
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.697:48
6Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash1.697:48
7Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike1.707:50
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+1.818:19
9Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare1.848:27
10Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.858:30
11KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.928:51

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

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Top 15 Cryogonal 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	6:24	1.39	5.8	79.3%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	7:19	1.59	5.9	69.3%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	7:31	1.63	5.9	67.4%
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	7:36	1.65	5.2	66.6%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	7:48	1.69	5.8	65.0%
6	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	7:48	1.69	4.6	65.0%
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	7:50	1.70	5.8	64.7%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	8:19	1.81	6.0	61.0%
9	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	8:27	1.84	6.0	59.9%
10	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	8:30	1.85	5.7	59.7%
11	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	8:51	1.92	5.3	57.3%
12	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	8:51	1.92	6.0	57.3%
13	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	8:51	1.92	6.0	57.3%
14	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	9:01	1.96	6.0	56.2%
15	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	9:08	1.98	6.0	55.5%

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 Cryogonal.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Cryogonal'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	138%	64.8%	7:49	5.4	1.70
Frost Breath / Solar Beam	100%	112%	64.0%	7:55	6.0	1.72
Ice Shard / Solar Beam	100%	113%	64.1%	7:54	6.0	1.72
Frost Breath / Water Pulse	100%	140%	64.1%	7:54	5.6	1.72
Ice Shard / Water Pulse	100%	143%	64.4%	7:52	5.5	1.71
Ice Shard / Aurora Beam	100%	138%	64.9%	7:49	5.5	1.70
Frost Breath / Aurora Beam	100%	138%	65.0%	7:48	5.5	1.69
Frost Breath / Night Slash	100%	174%	65.1%	7:47	4.6	1.69
Ice Shard / Triple Axel	100%	143%	65.1%	7:47	5.5	1.69
Ice Shard / Night Slash	100%	177%	65.2%	7:46	4.5	1.69
Frost Breath / Triple Axel	100%	142%	65.2%	7:46	5.5	1.69

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…

Cryogonal 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 rock1.6x steel1.6x fire1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ice0.63x

Weak (4)
Neutral (13)
Resists (1)

It resists ice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cryogonal throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceFrost BreathSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.55s
iceIce ShardSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
iceTriple AxelSTAB	60	-33	2.0s	1.50s
iceAurora BeamSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	3.30s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s
waterWater Pulse	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,524	1,905
11/11/11	1,539	1,923
12/12/12	1,553	1,942
13/13/13	1,568	1,961
14/14/14	1,583	1,979
15/15/15hundo	1,598	1,998

Caught CP range 1,524 - 1,598, or 1,905 - 1,998 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.

Cryogonal 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 161 / Defense 184 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

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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	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	79.3%	1.39	6:24	8.5	100%	6,112	40.3	1593
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	86%	69.3%	1.59	7:19	10.1	100%	4,783	35.2	1351
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	82%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	11.6	100%	3,826	34.4	1200
4	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	85%	66.6%	1.65	7:36	8.0	100%	4,979	33.6	1693
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	79%	65.0%	1.69	7:48	12.1	100%	4,161	33.2	1197
6	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	84%	65.0%	1.69	7:48	7.1	100%	4,172	32.6	1893
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	80%	64.7%	1.70	7:50	9.8	100%	4,099	32.8	1380
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	74%	61.0%	1.81	8:19	11.7	100%	6,428	31.0	1172
9	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	72%	59.9%	1.84	8:27	13.9	100%	4,038	30.7	1006
10	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	71%	59.7%	1.85	8:30	14.3	100%	3,670	30.6	1062
11	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	70%	57.3%	1.92	8:51	11.7	100%	3,698	29.0	1342
12	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	68%	57.3%	1.92	8:51	16.1	100%	4,521	29.3	908
13	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	68%	57.3%	1.92	8:51	14.2	100%	4,455	29.2	999
14	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	65%	56.2%	1.96	9:01	20.1	98%	2,848	29.1	768
15	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	55.5%	1.98	9:08	13.9	100%	3,791	28.3	999
16	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	61%	53.9%	2.04	9:24	23.6	80%	3,297	28.3	631
17	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	53.6%	2.06	9:28	9.9	100%	4,911	27.0	1358
18	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	65%	53.4%	2.06	9:29	11.4	100%	3,754	27.0	1318
19	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	60%	51.6%	2.14	9:50	17.9	82%	2,703	26.5	815
20	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	58%	50.8%	2.17	9:59	20.4	62%	3,337	26.2	747
21	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	61%	50.7%	2.17	10:00	13.8	50%	4,038	25.7	1012
22	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	57%	50.4%	2.18	10:03	23.1	40%	3,093	26.2	620
23	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Blast Burn	Low Kick / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	58%	50.3%	2.19	10:04	19.8	56%	2,982	26.0	767
24	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	50.1%	2.20	10:07	14.6	40%	4,814	25.5	985
25	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	59%	49.9%	2.21	10:10	14.9	12%	3,850	25.5	936
26	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	59%	49.9%	2.21	10:10	15.3	40%	3,863	25.5	937
27	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	58%	49.5%	2.23	10:14	16.1	0%	4,038	25.3	894
28	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	56%	49.3%	2.23	10:16	24.3	50%	3,105	25.8	624
29	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	57%	49.2%	2.24	10:18	20.3	20%	3,465	25.4	716
30	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	57%	49.2%	2.24	10:18	18.9	0%	3,698	25.3	840

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.