Mega Heracross counters

#0214

bug fightingMega

Lobby CP

51,078

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

275

Defense

188

Difficulty

0.74

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Heracross should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,693-1,772 (you catch Heracross).

Weak toflying2.56xfire1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Mega Heracross counters are Mega Rayquaza, Rayquaza, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Toucannon, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
Rayquaza
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Toucannon
S. Salamence
S. Moltres

4 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 RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.592:43
2Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+0.673:08
3Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.773:36
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.783:37
5RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.803:42
6Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.813:46
7Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.843:56
8Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.853:56
9Mega SalamenceMegaFire Fang / Fly0.884:05
10Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.884:06

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

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Raid tier — Easy Mega Raid

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Related countersHeracross

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Top 15 Mega Heracross 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	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	2:43	0.59	4.9	186.2%
2	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	3:08	0.67	4.9	162.3%
3	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	3:36	0.77	5.8	141.2%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	3:37	0.78	5.8	140.4%
5	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	3:42	0.80	6.0	137.0%
6	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	3:46	0.81	5.9	134.4%
7	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	3:56	0.84	6.0	129.2%
8	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	3:56	0.85	6.0	129.0%
9	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	4:05	0.88	5.6	124.4%
10	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	4:06	0.88	6.0	123.8%
11	Shadow Tornadus (Therian)flying	flyingGustflyingBleakwind Storm	3,215	4:09	0.89	6.0	122.0%
12	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	2,825	4:13	0.91	6.0	120.0%
13	Shadow Lugiapsychicflying	psychicExtrasensoryflyingAeroblast++	3,703	4:19	0.93	4.9	117.7%
14	Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	4:20	0.93	6.0	117.1%
15	Enamorus (Incarnate)fairyflying	fairyFairy WindflyingFly	3,425	4:20	0.93	6.0	117.0%

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 Mega Heracross.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Heracross'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	97%	146%	138.5%	3:40	5.8	0.79
Fury Cutter / Rock Tomb	83%	110%	117.3%	4:19	6.0	0.93
Counter / Rock Tomb	83%	108%	120.9%	4:12	6.0	0.90
Struggle Bug / Rock Tomb	83%	111%	122.4%	4:09	6.0	0.89
Fury Cutter / Close Combat	92%	154%	133.3%	3:48	5.9	0.82
Fury Cutter / Rock Blast	100%	118%	135.7%	3:44	6.0	0.80
Counter / Rock Blast	100%	116%	135.9%	3:44	6.0	0.80
Struggle Bug / Close Combat	100%	153%	136.1%	3:44	5.8	0.80
Counter / Close Combat	100%	153%	137.3%	3:42	5.9	0.79
Struggle Bug / Rock Blast	100%	121%	137.4%	3:41	6.0	0.79
Fury Cutter / Megahorn	100%	162%	140.5%	3:37	6.0	0.78
Struggle Bug / Megahorn	100%	157%	141.1%	3:36	5.9	0.77
Counter / Megahorn	100%	153%	141.4%	3:35	5.9	0.77
Fury Cutter / Earthquake	100%	197%	142.9%	3:33	5.4	0.76
Fury Cutter / Upper Hand	100%	204%	143.2%	3:32	5.4	0.76
Struggle Bug / Upper Hand	100%	196%	143.7%	3:32	5.6	0.76
Counter / Upper Hand	100%	195%	144.1%	3:31	5.4	0.76
Counter / Earthquake	100%	185%	144.2%	3:31	5.6	0.76
Struggle Bug / Earthquake	100%	191%	144.6%	3:30	5.6	0.75

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…

Mega Heracross 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.

flying2.56x fire1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.625xground0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Heracross throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounterSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
bugStruggle BugSTAB	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugMegahornSTAB	105	-100	2.0s	1.50s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
groundEarthquake	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
fightingUpper HandSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	2.30s
rockRock Blast	50	-33	2.0s	1.50s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,693	2,116
11/11/11	1,708	2,136
12/12/12	1,724	2,155
13/13/13	1,740	2,175
14/14/14	1,756	2,195
15/15/15hundo	1,772	2,215

Caught CP range 1,693 - 1,772, or 2,116 - 2,215 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.

Mega Heracross 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

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 275 / Defense 188 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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

Share these exact settings

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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	186.2%	0.59	2:43	5.5	100%	5,713	57.3	1582
2	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	87%	162.3%	0.67	3:08	5.3	100%	3,979	49.4	1564
3	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	73%	141.2%	0.77	3:36	8.2	100%	3,741	43.9	1101
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	72%	140.4%	0.78	3:37	8.0	100%	6,428	43.6	1123
5	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	137.0%	0.80	3:42	9.2	100%	3,835	42.8	995
6	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	68%	134.4%	0.81	3:46	10.1	100%	3,590	41.9	945
7	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	62%	129.2%	0.84	3:56	15.4	98%	2,689	41.8	619
8	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	64%	129.0%	0.85	3:56	11.7	100%	3,749	40.6	797
9	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	65%	124.4%	0.88	4:05	7.4	100%	5,031	37.9	1191
10	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	60%	123.8%	0.88	4:06	15.3	84%	3,465	40.5	787
11	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	60%	122.0%	0.89	4:09	12.1	100%	3,215	38.2	777
12	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	57%	120.0%	0.91	4:13	16.9	90%	2,825	38.8	562
13	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	62%	117.7%	0.93	4:19	6.7	100%	3,703	35.8	1434
14	Moltres fireflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	58%	117.1%	0.93	4:20	11.4	100%	3,465	36.5	881
15	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	59%	117.0%	0.93	4:20	10.7	98%	3,425	36.4	920
16	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	58%	116.6%	0.94	4:21	11.3	100%	3,781	36.3	798
17	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	60%	116.1%	0.94	4:22	8.3	100%	6,112	35.5	1091
18	Mega Pidgeot normalflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird	Gust / Brave Bird+27 more movesets	56%	114.4%	0.95	4:26	13.1	100%	3,680	36.0	715
19	Shadow Galarian Moltres darkflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+7 more movesets	55%	112.8%	0.97	4:30	12.9	98%	3,167	35.4	715
20	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	54%	112.0%	0.97	4:32	15.7	94%	2,689	35.6	608
21	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	56%	111.7%	0.98	4:32	10.4	100%	3,590	34.7	953
22	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Drill Peck	Thunder Shock / Drill Peck+11 more movesets	54%	110.3%	0.99	4:36	13.2	98%	3,527	34.6	705
23	Shadow Tornadus (Incarnate) flyingshadow Air Slash / Hurricane	Air Slash / Hurricane+7 more movesets	53%	109.1%	1.00	4:39	14.3	96%	3,345	34.3	651
24	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Low Kick / Fly	Low Kick / Fly+7 more movesets	55%	109.0%	1.00	4:39	10.3	96%	3,548	33.7	859
25	Salamence dragonflying Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	54%	108.4%	1.01	4:41	11.6	94%	3,749	33.7	803
26	Braviary normalflying Air Slash / Fly	Air Slash / Fly+9 more movesets	52%	106.8%	1.02	4:45	13.9	94%	3,088	33.5	664
27	Enamorus (Therian) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+23 more movesets	54%	106.5%	1.02	4:46	9.7	88%	3,388	32.8	1016
28	Shadow Unfezant normalflyingshadow Air Slash / Sky Attack	Air Slash / Sky Attack+5 more movesets	50%	106.2%	1.03	4:47	19.1	80%	2,734	34.3	504
29	Staraptor normalflying Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	50%	105.4%	1.04	4:49	16.6	82%	2,825	33.5	577
30	Tornadus (Therian) flying Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	51%	103.3%	1.06	4:55	12.3	60%	3,215	32.2	766

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