Raid counters
Every attacker in the Game Master, simulated against this boss move by move. Change the tier, level, weather, friendship or filters and the ranking re-runs; the URL is the share link. How accurate is this?
- HP
- 25,000
- Raid timer
- 5:00
- Attack / Defense
- 275 / 188
- Difficulty rating
- 2.97
- Catch CP
- 1,693 – 1,772
- Boosted (Rainy, Cloudy)
- 2,116 – 2,215
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Beating Mega Heracross should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters of this strength. The Win % column is quoted at 3 trainers — the count the Estimator rounds up to, because at a full lobby every counter on this list wins every run and the column stops telling you anything. Set a lobby size below to ask a different question.
The best Mega Heracross counters at level 40 are Toucannon, Salamence, Braviary, Staraptor, Hisuian Braviary & Flamigo.
- #1top pickToucannonnormalflyingPeck / Beak Blast
- Power
- 40.4%
- Estimator
- 2.73
- Time
- 12:34
- #2top pickSalamencedragonflyingFire Fang / Fly
- Power
- 38.9%
- Estimator
- 2.83
- Time
- 13:01
- #3BraviarynormalflyingAir Slash / Fly
- Power
- 38.1%
- Estimator
- 2.89
- Time
- 13:17
- #4StaraptornormalflyingWing Attack / Fly
- Power
- 37.7%
- Estimator
- 2.92
- Time
- 13:27
- #5Hisuian BraviarypsychicflyingAir Slash / Fly
- Power
- 35.8%
- Estimator
- 3.07
- Time
- 14:09
- #6FlamigoflyingfightingWing Attack / Brave Bird
- Power
- 32.9%
- Estimator
- 3.35
- Time
- 15:25
Top pick: Toucannon, Salamence — 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other, which is this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com's published times (median 1.6% per attacker across six reference bosses). Bring any of them: the order inside this band is below what we can measure, while re-rolling the Monte Carlo seed moves a row by only 0.65%.
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 % (3) | CP | DPS | TDO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toucannon top picknormalflying Peck / Beak Blast | Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets | 100% | 40.4% | 2.73 | 12:34 | 46.5 | 100% | 2,689 | 36.0 | 583 |
| 2 | Salamence top pickdragonflying Fire Fang / Fly | Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets | 99% | 38.9% | 2.83 | 13:01 | 35.7 | 100% | 3,749 | 33.9 | 764 |
| 3 | Braviary normalflying Air Slash / Fly | Air Slash / Fly+9 more movesets | 95% | 38.1% | 2.89 | 13:17 | 42.8 | 100% | 3,088 | 33.6 | 625 |
| 4 | Staraptor normalflying Wing Attack / Fly | Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets | 93% | 37.7% | 2.92 | 13:27 | 49.9 | 100% | 2,825 | 33.6 | 540 |
| 5 | Hisuian Braviary psychicflying Air Slash / Fly | Air Slash / Fly+9 more movesets | 90% | 35.8% | 3.07 | 14:09 | 40.3 | 96% | 2,814 | 31.3 | 717 |
| 6 | Flamigo flyingfighting Wing Attack / Brave Bird | Wing Attack / Brave Bird+11 more movesets | 82% | 32.9% | 3.35 | 15:25 | 42.6 | 34% | 2,757 | 28.7 | 624 |
| 7 | Unfezant normalflying Air Slash / Sky Attack | Air Slash / Sky Attack+5 more movesets | 79% | 32.7% | 3.37 | 15:31 | 58.0 | 22% | 2,734 | 29.2 | 466 |
| 8 | Bombirdier flyingdark Wing Attack / Fly | Wing Attack / Fly+14 more movesets | 74% | 31.1% | 3.54 | 16:18 | 64.0 | 0% | 2,487 | 27.8 | 426 |
| 9 | Hawlucha fightingflying Wing Attack / Sky Attack | Wing Attack / Sky Attack+14 more movesets | 74% | 29.8% | 3.69 | 16:60 | 47.4 | 0% | 2,410 | 26.0 | 560 |
| 10 | Honchkrow darkflying Peck / Sky Attack | Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets | 74% | 31.4% | 3.50 | 16:07 | 79.5 | 56% | 2,711 | 29.3 | 375 |
| 11 | Togekiss fairyflying Air Slash / Aerial Ace | Air Slash / Aerial Ace+23 more movesets | 73% | 28.6% | 3.85 | 17:42 | 36.6 | 0% | 3,332 | 24.6 | 782 |
| 12 | Swanna waterflying Gust / Fly | Gust / Fly+14 more movesets | 71% | 29.6% | 3.73 | 17:09 | 62.7 | 0% | 2,088 | 26.3 | 430 |
| 13 | Vikavolt bugelectric Volt Switch / Fly | Volt Switch / Fly+15 more movesets | 67% | 28.3% | 3.89 | 17:54 | 68.5 | 0% | 3,117 | 25.4 | 409 |
| 14 | Cramorant flyingwater Peck / Fly | Peck / Fly+9 more movesets | 66% | 27.5% | 4.00 | 18:25 | 62.4 | 0% | 2,142 | 24.3 | 437 |
| 15 | Noivern flyingdragon Air Slash / Hurricane | Air Slash / Hurricane+9 more movesets | 65% | 26.6% | 4.14 | 19:03 | 55.6 | 0% | 2,764 | 23.3 | 495 |
| 16 | Kilowattrel electricflying Air Slash / Acrobatics | Air Slash / Acrobatics+5 more movesets | 64% | 27.3% | 4.04 | 18:35 | 73.1 | 0% | 2,443 | 24.4 | 364 |
| 17 | Corviknight flyingsteel Air Slash / Sky Attack | Air Slash / Sky Attack+11 more movesets | 63% | 25.7% | 4.29 | 19:44 | 48.6 | 0% | 2,457 | 22.2 | 566 |
| 18 | Oricorio (Sensu) ghostflying Air Slash / Hurricane | Air Slash / Hurricane+5 more movesets | 62% | 25.5% | 4.32 | 19:53 | 53.2 | 0% | 2,333 | 22.2 | 598 |
| 19 | Dodrio normalflying Peck / Drill Peck | Peck / Drill Peck+14 more movesets | 61% | 26.6% | 4.15 | 19:05 | 90.1 | 0% | 2,362 | 24.5 | 322 |
| 20 | Squawkabilly normalflying Air Slash / Fly | Air Slash / Fly+5 more movesets | 61% | 26.4% | 4.17 | 19:11 | 92.5 | 0% | 1,973 | 24.6 | 314 |
| 21 | Yanmega bugflying Wing Attack / Aerial Ace | Wing Attack / Aerial Ace+5 more movesets | 60% | 25.4% | 4.33 | 19:55 | 73.3 | 0% | 2,946 | 23.0 | 541 |
| 22 | Volcarona bugfire Fire Spin / Hurricane | Fire Spin / Hurricane+7 more movesets | 60% | 25.1% | 4.39 | 20:13 | 64.2 | 0% | 3,632 | 22.1 | 442 |
| 23 | Drampa normaldragon Extrasensory / Fly | Extrasensory / Fly+7 more movesets | 59% | 25.6% | 4.30 | 19:47 | 90.0 | 0% | 2,914 | 23.7 | 337 |
| 24 | Talonflame fireflying Peck / Fly | Peck / Fly+19 more movesets | 59% | 25.3% | 4.35 | 20:02 | 83.1 | 0% | 2,205 | 23.4 | 417 |
| 25 | Scyther bugflying Air Slash / Aerial Ace | Air Slash / Aerial Ace+14 more movesets | 59% | 25.0% | 4.40 | 20:15 | 76.2 | 0% | 2,706 | 22.5 | 497 |
| 26 | Hydreigon darkdragon Dragon Breath / Fly | Dragon Breath / Fly+9 more movesets | 58% | 25.1% | 4.38 | 20:11 | 89.9 | 0% | 3,625 | 23.4 | 365 |
| 27 | Fearow normalflying Peck / Fly | Peck / Fly+11 more movesets | 58% | 25.1% | 4.39 | 20:12 | 95.0 | 0% | 1,997 | 23.4 | 311 |
| 28 | Charizard fireflying Air Slash / Air Cutter | Air Slash / Air Cutter+29 more movesets | 57% | 24.2% | 4.55 | 20:57 | 74.9 | 0% | 2,889 | 21.6 | 410 |
| 29 | Oricorio (Pompom) electricflying Air Slash / Hurricane | Air Slash / Hurricane+5 more movesets | 56% | 24.1% | 4.57 | 21:03 | 77.5 | 0% | 2,333 | 21.4 | 348 |
| 30 | Blaziken firefighting Fire Spin / Brave Bird | Fire Spin / Brave Bird+20 more movesets | 55% | 23.6% | 4.66 | 21:28 | 86.2 | 0% | 2,848 | 21.9 | 380 |
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%.
- 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.
What the columns mean
Power and Estimator are printed on Pokebattler's own scale, converted from our simulated time to win by the per-tier constants measured off its published rows (Tier 5 / Mega / Shadow Tier 5: within ~3% of its numbers per attacker; Tier 1 and Tier 3 are a loose fit — read the ordering there, not the digits). Faints is our own solo-trainer count and is the column that still disagrees with Pokebattler's effectiveDeaths on which attackers are bulky — the same disagreement that puts a frail attacker a few places too high on this list; that is a simulator question, tracked in the accuracy report.
Overall is time to win discounted by how much damage the attacker deals per life, so a bulkier attacker can outrank a marginally faster glass cannon — Pokebattler's own published Overall blend (“Tier 5 Raids — 50% Power, 50% Time to Win. Time to Win goal is 300s. Raid size 8”) carried onto the one scale both simulators measure. It is the default sort, as on Pokebattler, and like Pokebattler's it is taken over a random boss moveset: each attacker's moveset is chosen, and every number on its row averaged, over the boss's whole movepool, not over one boss moveset. Power is the share of the boss one attacker removes in a single life. Estimator is the number of trainers of this attacker needed to finish inside the 5:00 raid timer — it is time to win ÷ timer, so sorting on it gives the same order as sorting on Time to win. Time to win, faints and TDO are one trainer soloing the boss with a party of six, relobbying after a wipe. Win % is the share of runs that beat the timer with 3 trainers of it. Open a moveset to see every alternative the simulator scored for that attacker.
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 % (3) | Overall | Power | Time to win | Faints | Estimator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random (any moveset)showing | 88% | 37% | 37.2% | 13:38 | 6.0 | 2.96 |
| Counter / Rock Tomb | 82% | 29% | 35.5% | 14:17 | 6.0 | 3.10 |
| Fury Cutter / Rock Tomb | 92% | 31% | 36.0% | 14:05 | 6.0 | 3.06 |
| Counter / Close Combat | 83% | 33% | 36.3% | 13:58 | 6.0 | 3.04 |
| Struggle Bug / Close Combat | 83% | 34% | 36.3% | 13:57 | 6.0 | 3.03 |
| Struggle Bug / Rock Tomb | 99% | 33% | 36.5% | 13:54 | 6.0 | 3.02 |
| Fury Cutter / Rock Blast | 83% | 33% | 36.7% | 13:49 | 6.0 | 3.00 |
| Counter / Rock Blast | 85% | 32% | 36.8% | 13:46 | 6.0 | 2.99 |
| Fury Cutter / Megahorn | 85% | 37% | 37.0% | 13:41 | 6.0 | 2.97 |
| Counter / Megahorn | 83% | 35% | 37.1% | 13:41 | 6.0 | 2.97 |
| Fury Cutter / Close Combat | 83% | 38% | 37.1% | 13:40 | 6.0 | 2.97 |
| Struggle Bug / Rock Blast | 88% | 34% | 37.1% | 13:40 | 6.0 | 2.97 |
| Struggle Bug / Megahorn | 96% | 37% | 37.3% | 13:35 | 6.0 | 2.95 |
| Counter / Upper Hand | 99% | 47% | 38.0% | 13:21 | 6.0 | 2.90 |
| Fury Cutter / Upper Hand | 93% | 51% | 38.1% | 13:19 | 6.0 | 2.89 |
| Counter / Earthquake | 89% | 47% | 38.2% | 13:16 | 6.0 | 2.88 |
| Fury Cutter / Earthquake | 89% | 53% | 38.3% | 13:15 | 6.0 | 2.88 |
| Struggle Bug / Earthquake | 97% | 51% | 38.4% | 13:12 | 6.0 | 2.87 |
| Struggle Bug / Upper Hand | 100% | 49% | 38.6% | 13:08 | 6.0 | 2.85 |
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 3 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.
Custom raid
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Schedule snapshot 2026-10-05 · 1 not in the Pokemon snapshot yet (Astronaut Pikachu)
Shadow, Mega and Legendary start unchecked because that is the filter state pokebattler.com serves a visitor. Ranked 30 attackers in 2.0 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1), moveset table 0.1 s. Update ranking re-reads the settings; Re-run simulation rolls a new seed on the same settings, so the difference between two runs is this table's own error bar. The same ranking, with the same cache and the same settings, is available as JSON at /api/raids/rank.