Hisuian Growlithe counters

#0058

fire rockTier 3

Lobby CP

9,744

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

114

Defense

Difficulty

0.19

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hisuian Growlithe should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 703-755.

Weak toground2.56xwater2.56xfighting1.6xrock1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Hisuian Growlithe counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Groudon, Shadow Greninja, Shadow Kyogre & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Groudon
S. Greninja
S. Kyogre
S. Kingler

6 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 GreninjaMegapartyBubble / Surf+0.160:28
2Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.180:31
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.190:33
4Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.190:33
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.200:36
6Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power0.210:36
7Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.210:36
8Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.210:36
9Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.210:37
10Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Surf0.210:37
12Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.220:39

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

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Related countersShadow Hisuian Growlithe Growlithe

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Top 15 Hisuian Growlithe counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterBubblewaterSurf+	3,784	0:28	0.16	0.0	848.5%
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:31	0.18	0.3	755.3%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:33	0.19	0.0	711.3%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:33	0.19	0.2	706.5%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:36	0.20	0.0	654.1%
6	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:36	0.21	0.0	651.8%
7	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	0:36	0.21	0.1	651.0%
8	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:36	0.21	0.4	644.8%
9	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:37	0.21	0.0	634.4%
10	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	4,115	0:37	0.21	0.1	631.4%
11	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:37	0.21	0.0	626.1%
12	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:39	0.22	0.8	609.2%
13	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	0:39	0.22	0.8	601.0%
14	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundEarthquake	3,733	0:40	0.23	0.0	581.3%
15	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:41	0.23	0.1	575.0%

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 Hisuian Growlithe.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hisuian Growlithe'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%	514%	681.2%	0:34	0.3	0.20
Bite / Rock Slide	100%	443%	667.1%	0:35	0.6	0.20
Ember / Rock Slide	100%	439%	672.9%	0:35	0.6	0.20
Ember / Flamethrower	100%	521%	679.1%	0:35	0.3	0.20
Bite / Flamethrower	100%	527%	681.6%	0:34	0.3	0.20
Bite / Crunch	100%	580%	684.4%	0:34	0.2	0.20
Ember / Crunch	100%	574%	684.4%	0:34	0.2	0.20

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…

Hisuian Growlithe 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.

ground2.56x water2.56x fighting1.6x rock1.6x ghost1x steel1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (2)
Neutral (7)
Resists (7)

It resists fire0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hisuian Growlithe throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	703	879
11/11/11	713	892
12/12/12	724	905
13/13/13	734	918
14/14/14	745	931
15/15/15hundo	755	944

Caught CP range 703 - 755, or 879 - 944 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.

Hisuian Growlithe 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 114 / Defense 78 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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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 Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	848.5%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	3,784	133.2	3639
2	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	82%	755.3%	0.18	0:31	0.3	100%	3,922	116.6	3038
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	86%	711.3%	0.19	0:33	0.0	100%	5,902	109.8	3624
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	79%	706.5%	0.19	0:33	0.2	100%	3,701	108.4	3276
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	76%	654.1%	0.20	0:36	0.0	100%	6,112	101.2	3628
6	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	79%	651.8%	0.21	0:36	0.0	100%	5,424	100.2	3606
7	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	73%	651.0%	0.21	0:36	0.1	100%	4,115	107.6	3665
8	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	644.8%	0.21	0:36	0.3	100%	2,654	101.0	2968
9	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	76%	634.4%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	5,902	97.9	3622
10	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	70%	631.4%	0.21	0:37	0.1	100%	4,115	98.4	3394
11	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	74%	626.1%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	4,401	99.4	3726
12	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	63%	609.2%	0.22	0:39	0.8	100%	2,829	95.6	2133
13	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	62%	601.0%	0.22	0:39	0.7	100%	3,244	95.4	2505
14	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	66%	581.3%	0.23	0:40	0.0	100%	3,733	94.7	3820
15	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	64%	575.0%	0.23	0:41	0.1	100%	3,941	89.1	3385
16	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	65%	573.1%	0.23	0:41	0.0	100%	3,962	95.9	3885
17	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	57%	567.7%	0.24	0:41	1.0	100%	3,328	89.9	1935
18	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	61%	565.4%	0.24	0:42	0.4	100%	3,922	97.0	3105
19	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	59%	558.9%	0.24	0:42	0.6	100%	2,826	87.8	2463
20	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	57%	555.8%	0.24	0:42	0.8	100%	2,964	87.6	2092
21	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	61%	553.1%	0.24	0:42	0.2	100%	2,974	89.9	3460
22	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	57%	548.1%	0.24	0:43	0.6	100%	3,588	92.4	2558
23	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	58%	546.6%	0.24	0:43	0.5	100%	2,802	85.1	2688
24	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	58%	546.0%	0.24	0:43	0.4	100%	2,857	88.1	3020
25	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	57%	544.6%	0.25	0:43	0.6	100%	2,900	85.9	2473
26	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	59%	542.9%	0.25	0:43	0.2	100%	3,179	85.0	3322
27	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	54%	541.1%	0.25	0:43	0.9	100%	2,474	85.8	2095
28	Quaquaval waterfighting Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	60%	540.0%	0.25	0:43	0.1	100%	3,018	83.7	3492
29	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Aqua Tail	Waterfall / Aqua Tail+23 more movesets	60%	523.5%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	4,717	81.8	3632
30	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Aqua Tail	Waterfall / Aqua Tail+23 more movesets	53%	517.5%	0.26	0:45	0.6	100%	3,391	80.6	2553

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.