Dragonair counters

#0148

dragonTier 1

Lobby CP

5,340

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

106

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Dragonair should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 957-1,017.

Weak toice1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragonair counters are Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Garchomp, Kyurem (White) & Baxcalibur.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Haxorus
S. Salamence
S. Garchomp
Kyurem (White)
Baxcalibur

3 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 Swipe0.050:10
2Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.060:10
3Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.060:10
4Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Outrage0.060:11
5Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.060:11
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.060:11
7Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.060:11
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.060:11
9BaxcaliburpartyIce Fang / Glaive Rush0.060:11
10Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowIce Fang / Avalanche0.060:12

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Dragonair

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Top 15 Dragonair 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	0:10	0.05	4551.1%
2	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
3	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage	3,749	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
5	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:11	0.06	3905.9%
7	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	3793.7%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
9	Baxcaliburdragonice	iceIce FangdragonGlaive Rush	3,550	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
10	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:12	0.06	3787.8%
11	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:12	0.07	3719.9%
12	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CutterdragonBreaking Swipe	4,056	0:12	0.07	3701.0%
13	Mega Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage	5,031	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
14	Shadow Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage	3,792	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
15	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage	4,823	0:12	0.07	3633.1%

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 Dragonair.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Dragonair'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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	871%	4050.4%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Breath / Aqua Tail	100%	974%	4029.6%	0:11	0.06
Iron Tail / Aqua Tail	100%	926%	4034.8%	0:11	0.06
Iron Tail / Wrap	100%	883%	4050.4%	0:11	0.06
Iron Tail / Dragon Pulse	100%	698%	4050.4%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Breath / Wrap	100%	908%	4055.6%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Breath / Dragon Pulse	100%	700%	4055.6%	0:11	0.06
Iron Tail / Body Slam	100%	864%	4055.6%	0:11	0.06
Dragon Breath / Body Slam	100%	898%	4060.9%	0:11	0.06

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…

Dragonair 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.

ice1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dark1x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists fire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dragonair throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
steelIron Tail	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon PulseSTAB	90	-50	3.5s	2.05s
waterAqua Tail	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s
normalWrap	60	-33	3.0s	2.15s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	957	1,197
11/11/11	969	1,212
12/12/12	981	1,226
13/13/13	993	1,241
14/14/14	1,005	1,256
15/15/15hundo	1,017	1,271

Caught CP range 957 - 1,017, or 1,197 - 1,271 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.

Dragonair 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 106 / Defense 89 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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 Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	100%	4551.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,713	68.6	656
2	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	95%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	5,424	60.6	606
3	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	86%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,593	61.8	618
4	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+20 more movesets	79%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,749	56.5	621
5	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	82%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,962	57.3	630
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	87%	3905.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,112	60.1	670
7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	87%	3793.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,428	62.7	720
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	82%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,605	57.9	666
9	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Glaive Rush	Ice Fang / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	78%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,550	53.9	620
10	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	73%	3787.8%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,105	54.8	630
11	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	85%	3719.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,429	64.0	749
12	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe	Fury Cutter / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	75%	3701.0%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,056	51.4	605
13	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+20 more movesets	79%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	5,031	51.3	615
14	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+23 more movesets	73%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,792	52.6	631
15	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+26 more movesets	78%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,823	50.1	601
16	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+11 more movesets	75%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,605	51.3	615
17	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	74%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,512	51.0	637
18	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	74%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	48.5	606
19	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	68%	3482.2%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,812	49.4	618
20	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	71%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	5,007	49.6	629
21	Haxorus dragon Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	68%	3438.2%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,593	50.7	641
22	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Draco Meteor	Metal Claw / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	74%	3390.1%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	51.9	667
23	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	3363.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	5,902	50.8	658
24	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Metal Claw / Roar of Time	Metal Claw / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	75%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,090	46.7	607
25	Kyurem dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaciate	Dragon Breath / Glaciate+7 more movesets	68%	3345.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,575	49.9	649
26	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Triple Axel	Snarl / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	64%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,005	46.6	608
27	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Meteor Beam	Dragon Tail / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	64%	3328.0%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,128	46.2	605
28	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Outrage	Dragon Tail / Outrage+11 more movesets	64%	3248.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,835	47.3	637
29	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	73%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	4,979	45.0	608
30	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades	Dragon Tail / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	65%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	4,115	46.4	626

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.