Dragapult counters

#0887

dragon ghostTier 3

Lobby CP

22,932

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

205

Defense

135

Difficulty

0.48

Pokebattler scale

Beating Dragapult should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,933-2,018.

Weak toghost1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6xdark1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Dragapult counters are Mega Rayquaza, Eternatus, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Garchomp, Kyurem (White) & Shadow Darkrai.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Eternatus
Kyurem (Black)
S. Garchomp
Kyurem (White)
S. Darkrai

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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.451:19
2EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.461:20
3Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.481:24
4Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+0.491:25
5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.491:26
6Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.501:27
7Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.531:33
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn0.541:34
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.541:35
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.561:38

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

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Top 15 Dragapult 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	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	1:19	0.45	3.6	298.0%
2	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	1:20	0.46	3.4	292.9%
3	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:24	0.48	3.1	278.0%
4	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	1:25	0.49	3.5	275.1%
5	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:26	0.49	4.1	271.8%
6	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	1:27	0.50	3.7	269.5%
7	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	1:33	0.53	4.9	251.4%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	1:34	0.54	4.4	248.6%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:35	0.54	3.5	247.2%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:38	0.56	4.5	239.9%
11	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:39	0.57	4.8	236.4%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:42	0.58	3.5	230.3%
13	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	1:42	0.58	2.4	229.8%
14	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	1:42	0.58	5.9	229.8%
15	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	1:43	0.58	3.6	228.9%

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 Dragapult.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Dragapult'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	113%	267.8%	1:28	3.9	0.50
Dragon Tail / Outrage	100%	97%	258.5%	1:31	4.7	0.52
Astonish / Dragon Pulse	100%	105%	258.8%	1:31	4.3	0.52
Astonish / Outrage	100%	107%	261.7%	1:30	4.2	0.51
Dragon Tail / Dragon Pulse	100%	101%	263.2%	1:29	4.6	0.51
Dragon Tail / Shadow Ball	100%	118%	268.1%	1:28	3.7	0.50
Astonish / Breaking Swipe	100%	126%	271.5%	1:26	3.5	0.49
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	100%	111%	272.3%	1:26	4.2	0.49
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	139%	272.4%	1:26	3.0	0.49

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…

Dragapult 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.

ghost1.6x ice1.6x dragon1.6x dark1.6x fairy1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x psychic1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (5)
Resists (8)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dragapult throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonBreaking SwipeSTAB	45	-33	1.0s	0.47s
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
dragonDragon PulseSTAB	90	-50	3.5s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,933	2,416
11/11/11	1,950	2,437
12/12/12	1,967	2,459
13/13/13	1,984	2,480
14/14/14	2,001	2,501
15/15/15hundo	2,018	2,523

Caught CP range 1,933 - 2,018, or 2,416 - 2,523 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.

Dragapult 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 205 / Defense 135 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	100%	298.0%	0.45	1:19	3.2	100%	5,713	46.1	820
2	Eternatus top pickpoisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	99%	292.9%	0.46	1:20	3.1	100%	4,429	46.7	883
3	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	95%	278.0%	0.48	1:24	2.9	100%	3,842	44.5	944
4	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	93%	275.1%	0.49	1:25	3.2	100%	4,823	43.7	846
5	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	89%	271.8%	0.49	1:26	3.7	100%	4,605	42.7	749
6	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	90%	269.5%	0.50	1:27	3.4	100%	5,424	41.7	789
7	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	80%	251.4%	0.53	1:33	4.5	100%	3,962	39.7	626
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	81%	248.6%	0.54	1:34	4.0	100%	4,605	39.3	698
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	83%	247.2%	0.54	1:35	3.2	100%	6,428	39.2	876
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	78%	239.9%	0.56	1:38	4.1	100%	3,739	37.9	680
11	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	74%	236.4%	0.57	1:39	5.0	100%	4,336	38.2	608
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	77%	230.3%	0.58	1:42	3.2	100%	6,112	36.7	863
13	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	82%	229.8%	0.58	1:42	2.1	100%	5,347	35.6	1109
14	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	69%	229.8%	0.58	1:42	7.0	100%	3,593	39.0	445
15	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	77%	228.9%	0.58	1:43	3.3	100%	3,834	35.6	815
16	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	72%	227.9%	0.59	1:43	4.9	100%	3,550	36.7	584
17	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	226.9%	0.59	1:43	5.2	100%	3,301	36.8	553
18	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Dragon Breath / Roar of Time	Dragon Breath / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	74%	220.5%	0.61	1:46	3.3	100%	4,090	34.7	814
19	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	76%	219.4%	0.61	1:47	2.7	100%	4,512	35.0	1158
20	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	71%	219.2%	0.61	1:47	4.2	100%	5,031	34.6	668
21	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	68%	218.6%	0.61	1:47	5.3	100%	3,835	35.3	543
22	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	70%	217.9%	0.61	1:48	4.4	100%	4,038	34.6	645
23	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	217.8%	0.61	1:48	5.3	100%	3,625	35.4	561
24	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	67%	217.0%	0.62	1:48	5.4	100%	3,792	36.0	543
25	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	69%	216.6%	0.62	1:48	4.8	100%	4,142	35.2	603
26	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	66%	212.8%	0.63	1:50	5.8	90%	4,099	36.9	718
27	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	65%	211.7%	0.63	1:51	5.9	100%	3,991	35.3	517
28	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Shadow Force	Dragon Tail / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	66%	211.5%	0.63	1:51	5.2	100%	3,683	34.7	559
29	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Brutal Swing	Dragon Tail / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	63%	209.3%	0.64	1:52	6.6	100%	3,749	34.7	461
30	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	77%	205.5%	0.65	1:54	1.6	100%	4,979	32.4	1576

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