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Drifloon counters

Lobby CP
18,194
HP
20,000
Timer
5:00
Attack
130
Defense
93
Difficulty
1.25
Pokebattler scale

Beating Drifloon should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 633-684.

Weak torock1.6xghost1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others
Try an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

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 Drifloon counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Shadow Darkrai, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Raichu Y
  2. S. Thundurus (Therian)
  3. Kyurem (White)
  4. S. Darkrai
  5. Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
  6. Kyurem (Black)

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 %

  1. 1Mega Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.115:05
  2. 2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.155:18
  3. 3Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.245:43
  4. 4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.305:59
  5. 5Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.316:02
  6. 6Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.336:06
  7. 7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam1.336:07
  8. 8Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock1.336:08
  9. 9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.356:13
  10. 10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.356:14

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

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Top 15 Drifloon 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
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pickelectricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+3,7805:051.116.099.6%
2Mega HoundoomdarkfiredarkSnarldarkDark Pulse+3,8425:181.154.695.5%
3Mega Raichu XelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+3,5105:431.246.088.7%
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflyingelectricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm3,6595:591.306.084.7%
5Kyurem (White)dragoniceiceIce FangiceIce Burn4,6056:021.315.384.0%
6Shadow DarkraidarkdarkSnarldarkFoul Play3,7396:061.335.883.0%
7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostpsychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam4,0996:071.336.082.8%
8Kyurem (Black)dragoniceghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock4,6056:081.335.382.6%
9Mega GengarghostpoisonghostLickghostShadow Ball4,3366:131.356.081.6%
10Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball6,4286:141.355.581.4%
11Mega AbsoldarkdarkSnarldarkBrutal Swing3,3016:191.376.080.3%
12Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingpsychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball6,1126:241.395.579.3%
13Mega TyranitarrockdarkrockSmack DowndarkBrutal Swing5,3476:341.433.077.2%
14RegielekielectricelectricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage2,8036:361.446.076.7%
15Shadow HydreigondarkdragondarkBitedarkBrutal Swing3,6256:401.455.576.1%

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 Drifloon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Drifloon'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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Drifloon 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.

  • Weak (5)
  • Neutral (7)
  • Resists (5)
  • Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xground0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Drifloon throws at you

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

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
ghostHexSTAB8+131.0s0.80s
ghostAstonishSTAB7+131.0s0.60s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB100-503.0s2.40s
ghostOminous WindSTAB55-332.5s2.05s
iceIcy Wind65-333.5s2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor633791
11/11/11643804
12/12/12653816
13/13/13663829
14/14/14673842
15/15/15hundo684855

Caught CP range 633 - 684, or 791 - 855 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.

Drifloon 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 130 / Defense 93 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Raichu Y
electricmega
Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+
1.115:059.3
2
Mega Houndoom
darkfiremega
Snarl / Dark Pulse+
1.155:185.1
3
Mega Raichu X
electricmega
Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+
1.245:439.0
4
Shadow Thundurus (Therian)
electricflyingshadow
Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm
1.305:5912.6
5
Kyurem (White)
dragonice
Ice Fang / Ice Burn
1.316:027.0
6
Shadow Darkrai
darkshadow
Snarl / Foul Play
1.336:067.9
7
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
psychicghost
Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam
1.336:0714.1
8
Kyurem (Black)
dragonice
Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock
1.336:087.2
9
Mega Gengar
ghostpoisonmega
Lick / Shadow Ball
1.356:1314.3
10
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
1.356:149.3
11
Mega Absol
darkmega
Snarl / Brutal Swing
1.376:1910.2
12
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
1.396:249.7
13
Mega Tyranitar
rockdarkmega
Smack Down / Brutal Swing
1.436:344.1
14
Regieleki
electric
Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage
1.446:3612.9
15
Shadow Hydreigon
darkdragonshadow
Bite / Brutal Swing
1.456:408.4
16
Shadow Rampardos
rockshadow
Smack Down / Rock Slide
1.466:4216.0
17
Shadow Tyranitar
rockdarkshadow
Bite / Brutal Swing
1.466:426.5
18
Shadow Absol
darkshadow
Snarl / Brutal Swing
1.466:4313.6
19
Mega Diancie
rockfairymega
Rock Throw / Rock Slide
1.476:4711.1
20
Shadow Weavile
darkiceshadow
Snarl / Avalanche
1.496:518.8
21
Shadow Electivire
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
1.496:5213.4
22
Zeraora
electric
Volt Switch / Plasma Fists
1.496:539.7
23
Shadow Chandelure
ghostfireshadow
Hex / Shadow Ball
1.506:5517.2
24
Xurkitree
electric
Thunder Shock / Discharge
1.526:6012.2
25
Shadow Raikou
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
1.527:0111.1
26
Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
iceshadow
Ice Fang / Avalanche
1.537:0114.0
27
Shadow Rhyperior
groundrockshadow
Smack Down / Rock Wrecker
1.537:0210.3
28
Mega Manectric
electricmega
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
1.537:0211.6
29
Mega Greninja
waterdarkmega
Feint Attack / Surf+
1.557:087.3
30
Mega Banette
ghostmega
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
1.567:1118.1
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 0.7 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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