Empoleon counters

#0395

water steelTier 3

Lobby CP

19,139

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

146

Difficulty

0.50

Pokebattler scale

Beating Empoleon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,581-1,657.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Empoleon counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Raikou, Shadow Conkeldurr & Shadow Electivire.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Raikou
S. Conkeldurr
S. Electivire

9 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+0.421:13
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.501:27
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.501:27
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.521:31
5Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.541:35
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.551:37
7KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.561:39
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Thunderbolt0.571:41
9Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.581:42
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.581:43
11Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.601:46
12Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Aura Sphere0.631:51
13Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch0.641:52
15Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.641:53

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

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Top 15 Empoleon 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	1:13	0.42	1.9	320.5%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:27	0.50	2.7	270.0%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:27	0.50	3.1	269.7%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:31	0.52	3.4	257.9%
5	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:35	0.54	2.5	246.9%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:37	0.55	3.4	242.6%
7	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:39	0.56	2.5	237.8%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterelectricThunderbolt	6,428	1:41	0.57	2.5	232.9%
9	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:42	0.58	2.5	229.1%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	1:43	0.58	3.9	228.6%
11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:46	0.60	4.0	222.4%
12	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockfightingAura Sphere	3,452	1:51	0.63	3.2	211.2%
13	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	1:52	0.64	4.6	210.0%
14	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	1:52	0.64	3.2	208.6%
15	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	1:53	0.64	4.0	208.2%

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 Empoleon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Empoleon'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	128%	229.6%	1:42	3.4	0.58
Metal Sound / Blizzard	100%	129%	221.0%	1:46	3.8	0.60
Waterfall / Blizzard	100%	119%	221.6%	1:46	4.0	0.60
Metal Claw / Blizzard	100%	125%	222.3%	1:46	3.8	0.60
Steel Wing / Blizzard	100%	120%	222.6%	1:45	3.9	0.60
Waterfall / Hydro Pump	100%	118%	225.5%	1:44	4.0	0.59
Metal Sound / Hydro Pump	100%	128%	229.7%	1:42	3.5	0.58
Steel Wing / Hydro Pump	100%	119%	230.3%	1:42	3.8	0.58
Waterfall / Flash Cannon	100%	138%	230.8%	1:42	3.1	0.58
Metal Claw / Hydro Pump	100%	129%	231.2%	1:42	3.5	0.58
Metal Claw / Drill Peck	100%	144%	232.0%	1:41	2.9	0.58
Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	100%	143%	232.1%	1:41	3.0	0.58
Metal Sound / Drill Peck	100%	146%	232.5%	1:41	2.8	0.57
Steel Wing / Drill Peck	100%	140%	233.0%	1:41	3.0	0.57
Metal Claw / Flash Cannon	100%	154%	234.7%	1:40	2.6	0.57
Metal Sound / Flash Cannon	100%	158%	234.8%	1:40	2.4	0.57
Waterfall / Drill Peck	100%	137%	235.2%	1:40	3.0	0.57

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…

Empoleon 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 ground1.6x electric1.6x ghost1x fire1x grass1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x water0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x steel0.39x ice0.39x

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

It resists poison0.39xsteel0.39xice0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xwater0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Empoleon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelSteel WingSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
iceBlizzard	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
flyingDrill Peck	70	-33	2.5s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,581	1,976
11/11/11	1,596	1,995
12/12/12	1,611	2,014
13/13/13	1,626	2,033
14/14/14	1,642	2,052
15/15/15hundo	1,657	2,072

Caught CP range 1,581 - 1,657, or 1,976 - 2,072 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.

Empoleon 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 164 / Defense 146 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	320.5%	0.42	1:13	1.7	100%	6,112	50.9	1295
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	80%	270.0%	0.50	1:27	2.5	100%	3,780	43.2	1048
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	79%	269.7%	0.50	1:27	2.8	100%	3,826	42.4	950
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	73%	257.9%	0.52	1:31	3.3	100%	4,161	40.9	892
5	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	74%	246.9%	0.54	1:35	2.3	100%	3,510	39.0	1095
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	242.6%	0.55	1:37	3.1	100%	3,670	38.2	868
7	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	71%	237.8%	0.56	1:39	2.3	100%	3,698	37.2	1105
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+26 more movesets	70%	232.9%	0.57	1:41	2.3	100%	6,428	36.0	1065
9	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	68%	229.1%	0.58	1:42	2.3	100%	5,902	36.0	1189
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	64%	228.6%	0.58	1:43	3.5	100%	4,521	35.4	761
11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	62%	222.4%	0.60	1:46	3.8	100%	3,659	36.1	805
12	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	61%	211.2%	0.63	1:51	2.9	100%	3,452	33.0	930
13	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	210.0%	0.64	1:52	4.2	100%	3,337	32.8	661
14	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	60%	208.6%	0.64	1:52	2.9	100%	5,424	32.9	936
15	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	58%	208.2%	0.64	1:53	3.6	100%	3,079	32.4	760
16	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	59%	207.9%	0.64	1:53	3.3	100%	2,803	33.0	848
17	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	206.9%	0.65	1:53	3.6	100%	2,703	32.5	766
18	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	55%	206.3%	0.65	1:54	5.1	100%	3,922	34.0	631
19	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	57%	205.7%	0.65	1:54	3.9	100%	3,698	32.0	717
20	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	57%	201.9%	0.66	1:56	3.3	100%	3,937	31.5	822
21	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	58%	201.6%	0.66	1:56	3.1	100%	3,419	31.4	900
22	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	55%	199.5%	0.67	1:58	3.9	100%	4,814	31.5	764
23	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	53%	198.5%	0.67	1:58	4.8	100%	3,093	31.6	594
24	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Thunderbolt	Counter / Thunderbolt+23 more movesets	55%	198.1%	0.67	1:58	3.9	100%	4,178	30.8	701
25	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	56%	196.7%	0.68	1:59	3.4	100%	3,580	30.8	815
26	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	58%	196.1%	0.68	1:60	2.7	100%	3,205	30.4	1016
27	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	55%	194.3%	0.69	2:01	3.4	100%	3,659	30.6	842
28	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	54%	192.9%	0.69	2:02	3.4	100%	3,527	30.3	836
29	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	56%	188.9%	0.71	2:04	2.6	100%	4,038	29.9	1048
30	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	52%	188.0%	0.71	2:05	3.9	100%	2,888	29.5	726

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