Hoothoot counters

#0163

normal flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

2,038

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hoothoot should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 349-387.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Hoothoot counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Zekrom, Shadow Rampardos & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
Zekrom
S. Rampardos
Kyurem (White)

8 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.050:08
4Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Wild Charge0.050:08
5RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
6ZekromLegendarypartyCharge Beam / Fusion Bolt0.050:09
7Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
8Mega StaraptorMegaQuick Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:09
9Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.050:09
10Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.050:09
14Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn0.050:09

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Hoothoot 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5469.3%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
4	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,780	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
5	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
6	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
7	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
8	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	normalQuick AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
9	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:09	0.05	4823.0%
10	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:09	0.05	4823.0%
11	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4790.1%
12	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4637.2%
13	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
14	Kyurem (White)dragonice	dragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn	4,605	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder	3,527	0:09	0.05	4589.4%

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 Hoothoot.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hoothoot'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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1514%	4974.8%	0:09	0.05
Feint Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	1497%	4974.8%	0:09	0.05
Feint Attack / Sky Attack	100%	1466%	4974.8%	0:09	0.05
Feint Attack / Night Shade	100%	1571%	4974.8%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Sky Attack	100%	1508%	4974.8%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Night Shade	100%	1573%	4974.8%	0:09	0.05
Peck / Aerial Ace	100%	1533%	4994.6%	0:09	0.05

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…

Hoothoot 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

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

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hoothoot throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeckSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingSky AttackSTAB	80	-50	2.0s	1.50s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
ghostNight Shade	60	-50	2.5s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	349	436
11/11/11	356	446
12/12/12	364	455
13/13/13	371	464
14/14/14	379	474
15/15/15hundo	387	484

Caught CP range 349 - 387, or 436 - 484 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.

Hoothoot 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 48 / Defense 61 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5469.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	91.3	727
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	98%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	98.0	804
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	86%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,659	71.4	607
4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	87%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,780	74.1	630
5	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	96%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	89.3	759
6	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	87%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	75.9	683
7	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	79%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	74.7	672
8	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Quick Attack / Brave Bird+	Quick Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	81%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,979	67.3	606
9	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	86%	4823.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,346	78.7	710
10	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	79%	4823.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	81.7	737
11	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	89%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	111.6	1016
12	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	78%	4637.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	72.2	679
13	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	67.9	645
14	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	79%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,605	63.3	601
15	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+11 more movesets	76%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,527	65.4	621
16	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	76%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,937	71.4	678
17	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	75%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,345	68.9	654
18	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,452	63.5	603
19	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	79%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,118	66.8	634
20	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+9 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,079	64.8	615
21	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	77%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,580	63.3	601
22	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	67.1	637
23	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Wild Charge	Rock Throw / Wild Charge+8 more movesets	80%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,949	64.1	609
24	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	80%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,419	64.5	613
25	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+15 more movesets	76%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,245	63.1	631
26	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	66%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,105	60.0	600
27	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+9 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	63.3	633
28	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Triple Axel	Snarl / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	68%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,005	62.2	622
29	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Charge Beam / Blizzard	Charge Beam / Blizzard+14 more movesets	70%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,266	62.3	623
30	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+19 more movesets	71%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,485	60.8	608

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