Deoxys (Attack) counters

#0386

psychicTier 1

Lobby CP

8,207

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

256

Defense

Difficulty

0.03

Pokebattler scale

Beating Deoxys (Attack) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,372-1,474.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Deoxys (Attack) counters are Mega Absol, Shadow Absol, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Hydreigon, Hydreigon & Shadow Darkrai.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Absol
S. Absol
S. Salamence
S. Hydreigon
Hydreigon
S. Darkrai

2 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 AbsolMegapartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.030:05
2Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.030:05
3Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Punch0.030:05
4Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.030:05
5Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.030:06
6HydreigonpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.030:06
7Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.030:06
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.030:06
9Shadow TyranitarShadowBite / Brutal Swing0.030:06
10Mega PinsirMegaBug Bite / X-Scissor0.030:06

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Deoxys (Attack) 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 Absoldarkjoint top pick	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
2	Shadow Absoldarkjoint top pick	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:05	0.03	8721.5%
3	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Punch	4,336	0:05	0.03	7928.3%
4	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	0:05	0.03	7928.3%
5	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:06	0.03	7570.3%
6	Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:06	0.03	7570.3%
7	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
10	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	4,182	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
11	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
12	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkCrunch	3,842	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildarkBrutal Swing	5,031	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
14	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
15	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	0:06	0.03	7267.4%

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 Deoxys (Attack).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Deoxys (Attack)'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%	1523%	7928.3%	0:05	0.03
Zen Headbutt / Psycho Boost	100%	2073%	7810.0%	0:06	0.03
Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon	100%	1978%	7810.0%	0:06	0.03
Zen Headbutt / Dark Pulse	100%	1609%	7810.0%	0:06	0.03
Poison Jab / Psycho Boost	100%	1465%	8050.4%	0:05	0.03
Poison Jab / Zap Cannon	100%	1364%	8050.4%	0:05	0.03
Poison Jab / Dark Pulse	100%	1385%	8050.4%	0:05	0.03

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…

Deoxys (Attack) 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x psychic0.63x

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

It resists fighting0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Deoxys (Attack) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
poisonPoison Jab	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricZap Cannon	140	-100	3.5s	2.80s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
psychicPsycho BoostSTAB	70	-50	4.0s	3.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,372	1,716
11/11/11	1,393	1,741
12/12/12	1,413	1,766
13/13/13	1,433	1,792
14/14/14	1,453	1,817
15/15/15hundo	1,474	1,842

Caught CP range 1,372 - 1,474, or 1,716 - 1,842 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.

Deoxys (Attack) 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 256 / Defense 36 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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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 Absol top pickdarkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	100%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	0.0	100%	3,301	134.9	674
2	Shadow Absol top pickdarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	95%	8721.5%	0.03	0:05	0.0	100%	2,526	128.1	640
3	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Punch	Shadow Claw / Shadow Punch+31 more movesets	90%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	0.0	100%	4,336	115.3	634
4	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	90%	7928.3%	0.03	0:05	0.0	100%	3,749	119.1	655
5	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	92%	7570.3%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,625	130.2	749
6	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	91%	7570.3%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,625	108.2	623
7	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	100%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	5,347	127.9	767
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	87%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,739	142.9	857
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	92%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,834	125.4	752
10	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	79%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	4,182	101.0	606
11	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	74%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,117	101.5	609
12	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Crunch	Snarl / Crunch+17 more movesets	86%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,842	105.0	630
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Brutal Swing	Dragon Tail / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	84%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	5,031	101.2	607
14	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	87%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,739	119.0	714
15	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	82%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,005	122.7	736
16	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	93%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,834	105.4	632
17	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Sky Attack	Snarl / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	77%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	2,711	101.2	607
18	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	75%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	4,056	100.7	604
19	Kingambit darksteel Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+19 more movesets	95%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,614	100.2	601
20	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	80%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	2,635	113.7	682
21	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+23 more movesets	83%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	4,118	100.5	603
22	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Shadow Ball	Force Palm / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	83%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,826	107.5	645
23	Weavile darkice Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	81%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	3,005	102.7	616
24	Shadow Shiftry grassdarkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+15 more movesets	74%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	2,333	102.7	616
25	Zoroark dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	78%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	0.0	100%	2,571	105.2	631
26	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Punch	Shadow Claw / Shadow Punch+31 more movesets	70%	7121.7%	0.03	0:06	0.1	100%	2,878	101.6	589
27	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+23 more movesets	71%	6899.3%	0.04	0:06	0.0	100%	3,383	109.0	694
28	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	85%	6877.6%	0.04	0:06	0.0	100%	4,172	100.3	635
29	Shadow Drifblim ghostflyingshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	73%	6728.9%	0.04	0:06	0.0	100%	2,382	96.6	624
30	Haunter ghostpoison Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	63%	6578.1%	0.04	0:07	0.0	100%	1,963	95.0	613

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.