Ho-Oh counters

#0250

fire flyingElite

Lobby CP

57,809

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

250

Defense

255

Difficulty

3.01

Pokebattler scale

Beating Ho-Oh should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,119-2,207.

Weak torock2.56xwater1.6xelectric1.6x

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Ho-Oh counters are Mega Diancie, Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Glimmora, Shadow Tyrantrum & Shadow Gigalith.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Diancie
S. Rampardos
S. Rhyperior
Glimmora
S. Tyrantrum
S. Gigalith

2 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 DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide2.8713:14
2Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge2.8913:17
3Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide3.0013:49
4Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker3.0213:55
5Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide3.0614:04
6GlimmorapartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam3.2214:48
7Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam3.2214:50
8Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam3.2314:52
9RampardosSmack Down / Rock Slide3.2815:06
10Shadow TyranitarShadowSmack Down / Stone Edge3.3915:36

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Top 15 Ho-Oh 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 Diancierockfairyjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	13:14	2.87	6.0	38.3%
2	Mega Tyranitarrockdarkjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	13:17	2.89	6.0	38.1%
3	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	13:49	3.00	6.0	36.7%
4	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	13:55	3.02	6.0	36.4%
5	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	14:04	3.06	6.0	36.0%
6	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	14:48	3.22	6.0	34.2%
7	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	14:50	3.22	6.0	34.2%
8	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	14:52	3.23	6.0	34.1%
9	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	15:06	3.28	6.0	33.6%
10	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	15:36	3.39	6.0	32.5%
11	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	15:44	3.42	6.0	32.2%
12	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	15:45	3.42	6.0	32.2%
13	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	16:24	3.56	6.0	30.9%
14	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	16:38	3.61	6.0	30.5%
15	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	16:40	3.62	6.0	30.4%

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 Ho-Oh.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Ho-Oh'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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	72%	28%	35.1%	14:26	6.0	3.14
Extrasensory / Solar Beam	3%	18%	28.5%	17:47	6.0	3.86
Hidden Power / Solar Beam	3%	20%	28.7%	17:39	6.0	3.83
Steel Wing / Solar Beam	11%	18%	29.4%	17:15	6.0	3.75
Incinerate / Solar Beam	26%	22%	31.6%	16:01	6.0	3.48
Steel Wing / Sacred Fire++	79%	28%	35.6%	14:14	6.0	3.09
Extrasensory / Sacred Fire++	76%	33%	36.7%	13:50	6.0	3.01
Steel Wing / Brave Bird	93%	29%	36.8%	13:47	6.0	2.99
Hidden Power / Sacred Fire++	96%	37%	37.4%	13:33	6.0	2.94
Steel Wing / Fire Blast	100%	33%	37.7%	13:26	6.0	2.92
Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	99%	37%	38.0%	13:19	6.0	2.90
Extrasensory / Brave Bird	100%	35%	38.3%	13:15	6.0	2.88
Incinerate / Brave Bird	100%	38%	38.7%	13:06	6.0	2.85
Hidden Power / Brave Bird	100%	40%	38.9%	13:02	6.0	2.83
Extrasensory / Fire Blast	100%	39%	39.1%	12:58	6.0	2.82
Hidden Power / Fire Blast	100%	42%	39.2%	12:57	6.0	2.81
Incinerate / Fire Blast	100%	41%	39.3%	12:54	6.0	2.80

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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Ho-Oh 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.

rock2.56x water1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x fairy0.63x bug0.39x grass0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (8)
Resists (7)

It resists bug0.39xgrass0.39xfighting0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Ho-Oh throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
steelSteel Wing	14	+8	1.0s	0.70s
psychicExtrasensory	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s
normalHidden Power	15	+15	1.5s	1.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
fireSacred Fire++STAB	155	-100	2.5s	1.10s
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,119	2,649
11/11/11	2,137	2,671
12/12/12	2,154	2,693
13/13/13	2,172	2,715
14/14/14	2,189	2,737
15/15/15hundo	2,207	2,759

Caught CP range 2,119 - 2,207, or 2,649 - 2,759 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.

Ho-Oh 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 250 / Defense 255 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Diancie top pickrockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	95%	38.3%	2.87	13:14	49.2	84%	4,346	27.7	423
2	Mega Tyranitar top pickrockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	100%	38.1%	2.89	13:17	28.5	100%	5,347	26.3	684
3	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	88%	36.7%	3.00	13:49	66.7	80%	3,298	27.3	296
4	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	91%	36.4%	3.02	13:55	47.3	76%	3,733	26.5	472
5	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	91%	36.0%	3.06	14:04	39.4	100%	4,118	25.3	482
6	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	85%	34.2%	3.22	14:48	47.9	70%	3,273	24.3	403
7	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	84%	34.2%	3.22	14:50	50.1	76%	3,128	24.9	469
8	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	85%	34.1%	3.23	14:52	44.9	76%	3,228	24.4	452
9	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	81%	33.6%	3.28	15:06	61.0	74%	3,298	24.6	335
10	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	80%	32.5%	3.39	15:36	53.6	76%	3,834	23.5	411
11	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	81%	32.2%	3.42	15:44	40.7	22%	3,128	22.5	491
12	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	79%	32.2%	3.42	15:45	49.6	8%	3,000	22.8	410
13	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	74%	30.9%	3.56	16:24	64.9	16%	2,783	22.5	314
14	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	75%	30.5%	3.61	16:38	51.8	58%	3,733	22.1	469
15	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	74%	30.4%	3.62	16:40	57.5	8%	3,784	21.9	358
16	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	73%	30.3%	3.64	16:44	59.5	0%	3,698	21.9	360
17	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	74%	29.9%	3.69	16:58	51.5	4%	3,701	21.4	405
18	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	75%	29.8%	3.70	17:00	42.4	0%	5,902	20.8	464
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Ancient Power	Dragon Tail / Ancient Power+11 more movesets	75%	29.7%	3.71	17:03	38.1	0%	5,713	20.6	533
20	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	72%	29.6%	3.72	17:08	57.6	0%	2,786	21.3	386
21	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	72%	29.1%	3.79	17:26	47.3	0%	6,428	20.4	402
22	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	70%	28.5%	3.86	17:46	50.5	0%	3,228	20.3	408
23	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	68%	28.4%	3.88	17:52	63.2	0%	2,949	20.5	344
24	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	67%	28.1%	3.93	18:04	67.8	0%	2,949	20.3	308
25	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	68%	27.9%	3.95	18:09	56.8	0%	3,834	20.1	422
26	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	65%	27.7%	3.97	18:17	76.1	0%	2,802	20.6	283
27	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	65%	27.5%	4.01	18:27	70.7	0%	3,510	20.0	287
28	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	61%	26.6%	4.15	19:05	96.4	0%	3,588	19.9	205
29	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Snarl / Rock Slide	Snarl / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	64%	26.5%	4.15	19:07	59.5	0%	3,145	19.2	374
30	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	60%	25.7%	4.29	19:45	85.2	14%	3,780	19.3	247

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