Grimmsnarl counters

#0861

dark fairyTier 3

Lobby CP

18,018

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

176

Defense

112

Difficulty

0.43

Pokebattler scale

Beating Grimmsnarl should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,552-1,628.

Weak topoison1.6xsteel1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Grimmsnarl counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Mega Victreebel, Shadow Metagross & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
M. Victreebel
S. Metagross
S. Dialga

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 %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.381:06
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.401:10
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.421:13
4Mega VictreebelMegapartyAcid / Acid Spray+0.451:19
5Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Meteor Mash0.451:19
6Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.461:21
7Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.461:21
8Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.491:27
9Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head0.501:28
10Mega GardevoirMegaCharm / Dazzling Gleam0.511:29

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

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Top 15 Grimmsnarl 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	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	1:06	0.38	1.0	353.4%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	1:10	0.40	1.2	334.7%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	1:13	0.42	1.9	322.0%
4	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	1:19	0.45	1.9	299.0%
5	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	1:19	0.45	2.5	296.0%
6	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	1:21	0.46	1.9	288.8%
7	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:21	0.46	2.9	288.8%
8	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	1:27	0.49	3.0	270.4%
9	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	1:28	0.50	3.0	266.9%
10	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmfairyDazzling Gleam	4,512	1:29	0.51	2.4	264.1%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:30	0.51	2.3	261.2%
12	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:32	0.52	2.3	256.2%
13	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	1:32	0.52	1.9	255.0%
14	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	3,244	1:34	0.53	3.8	250.9%
15	Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:35	0.54	2.8	247.3%

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 Grimmsnarl.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Grimmsnarl'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%	204%	308.8%	1:16	2.0	0.43
Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse	100%	193%	298.5%	1:19	2.5	0.45
Low Kick / Dark Pulse	100%	193%	300.6%	1:18	2.5	0.44
Bite / Dark Pulse	100%	194%	302.1%	1:18	2.5	0.44
Sucker Punch / Foul Play	100%	194%	306.6%	1:17	2.5	0.44
Bite / Foul Play	100%	194%	308.2%	1:16	2.5	0.43
Low Kick / Power-Up Punch	100%	234%	309.4%	1:16	1.5	0.43
Low Kick / Foul Play	100%	193%	309.7%	1:16	2.3	0.43
Sucker Punch / Draining Kiss	100%	245%	310.2%	1:16	1.3	0.43
Bite / Play Rough	100%	204%	310.5%	1:16	1.9	0.43
Sucker Punch / Play Rough	100%	205%	310.6%	1:16	1.8	0.43
Low Kick / Play Rough	100%	209%	311.3%	1:15	1.8	0.43
Bite / Draining Kiss	100%	242%	311.3%	1:15	1.4	0.43
Low Kick / Draining Kiss	100%	250%	311.8%	1:15	1.3	0.43
Sucker Punch / Power-Up Punch	100%	231%	312.8%	1:15	1.5	0.43
Bite / Power-Up Punch	100%	228%	313.0%	1:15	1.5	0.43

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…

Grimmsnarl 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.

poison1.6x steel1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x ghost0.63x psychic0.39x dragon0.39x dark0.39x

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

It resists psychic0.39xdragon0.39xdark0.39xghost0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Grimmsnarl throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBiteSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
darkSucker PunchSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
fightingLow Kick	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
fairyPlay RoughSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
fairyDraining KissSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	0.90s
fightingPower-Up Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,552	1,940
11/11/11	1,567	1,959
12/12/12	1,582	1,978
13/13/13	1,598	1,997
14/14/14	1,613	2,016
15/15/15hundo	1,628	2,036

Caught CP range 1,552 - 1,628, or 1,940 - 2,036 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.

Grimmsnarl 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 176 / Defense 112 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	353.4%	0.38	1:06	0.9	100%	4,979	56.8	1955
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	92%	334.7%	0.40	1:10	1.1	100%	4,172	52.3	1710
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	83%	322.0%	0.42	1:13	1.7	100%	4,099	52.5	1487
4	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	77%	299.0%	0.45	1:19	1.7	100%	3,505	47.0	1375
5	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	73%	296.0%	0.45	1:19	2.2	100%	3,826	46.0	1100
6	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	75%	288.8%	0.46	1:21	1.7	100%	4,911	45.0	1450
7	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	70%	288.8%	0.46	1:21	2.7	100%	3,791	45.9	1091
8	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	65%	270.4%	0.49	1:27	2.7	100%	3,383	41.9	1047
9	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	64%	266.9%	0.50	1:28	2.8	100%	4,038	41.3	918
10	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	66%	264.1%	0.51	1:29	2.2	100%	4,512	41.7	1287
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	66%	261.2%	0.51	1:30	2.1	100%	6,112	41.2	1208
12	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	64%	256.2%	0.52	1:32	2.1	100%	3,741	40.1	1158
13	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	66%	255.0%	0.52	1:32	1.8	100%	4,429	39.7	1314
14	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	59%	250.9%	0.53	1:34	3.5	100%	3,244	39.0	792
15	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	61%	247.3%	0.54	1:35	2.5	100%	3,791	38.4	1074
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	60%	241.1%	0.55	1:37	2.3	100%	5,713	37.9	1138
17	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	57%	240.4%	0.56	1:38	3.0	100%	2,946	37.5	883
18	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	57%	236.9%	0.56	1:39	2.7	100%	4,346	38.0	965
19	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	54%	232.3%	0.58	1:41	3.5	100%	3,173	36.2	812
20	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	59%	230.6%	0.58	1:42	1.8	100%	3,949	35.9	1304
21	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	54%	230.3%	0.58	1:42	3.4	100%	3,093	36.3	915
22	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam	Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam+8 more movesets	57%	230.0%	0.58	1:42	2.4	100%	3,425	35.9	1115
23	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	60%	229.9%	0.58	1:42	1.7	100%	2,250	38.0	1379
24	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Charm / Zap Cannon+	Charm / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	51%	224.2%	0.60	1:45	4.4	100%	3,780	36.1	668
25	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Ice Burn	Steel Wing / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	52%	224.1%	0.60	1:45	3.4	100%	4,605	34.9	793
26	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	51%	223.0%	0.60	1:45	3.8	100%	2,703	35.2	750
27	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	51%	222.8%	0.60	1:45	3.8	100%	2,488	35.2	762
28	Dialga steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	52%	219.4%	0.61	1:47	2.9	100%	4,038	34.0	884
29	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+7 more movesets	53%	217.9%	0.61	1:48	2.7	100%	4,090	33.7	928
30	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	51%	217.9%	0.61	1:48	3.6	100%	3,784	34.8	826

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.