Keldeo counters

#0647

water fightingTier 5

Lobby CP

48,457

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

217

Defense

163

Difficulty

1.46

Pokebattler scale

Beating Keldeo should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,026-2,113.

Weak toflying1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

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 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+ 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 Keldeo counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Rayquaza, Shadow Salamence & Shadow Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
Rayquaza
S. Salamence
S. Thundurus (Therian)

11 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.115:05
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.366:16
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.396:25
4Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.557:08
5Mega StaraptorMegaGust / Brave Bird+1.627:26
6Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.637:31
7Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.667:39
8Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+1.727:54
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Fly1.758:04
10Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic1.778:09
12RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.808:16
13Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Fly1.868:34
17Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.888:40

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

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Top 15 Keldeo 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	5:05	1.11	6.0	99.5%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:16	1.36	5.6	80.8%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	6:25	1.39	6.0	79.0%
4	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	7:08	1.55	6.0	71.1%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	7:26	1.62	5.6	68.1%
6	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	7:31	1.63	6.0	67.4%
7	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	7:39	1.66	6.0	66.3%
8	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	7:54	1.72	5.7	64.2%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingFly	3,590	8:04	1.75	6.0	62.8%
10	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	8:09	1.77	6.0	62.2%
11	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	8:15	1.79	5.6	61.4%
12	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	8:16	1.80	6.0	61.3%
13	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	8:34	1.86	6.0	59.1%
14	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	8:38	1.88	5.9	58.7%
15	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	8:39	1.88	5.9	58.6%

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 Keldeo.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Keldeo'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	97%	93%	66.5%	7:37	6.0	1.66
Low Kick / Hydro Pump	83%	66%	59.7%	8:29	6.0	1.84
Poison Jab / Hydro Pump	83%	62%	60.3%	8:24	6.0	1.83
Low Kick / Close Combat	100%	104%	66.7%	7:36	6.0	1.65
Poison Jab / Close Combat	100%	94%	66.8%	7:35	6.0	1.65
Poison Jab / Aqua Jet	100%	109%	68.0%	7:27	6.0	1.62
Low Kick / X-Scissor	100%	110%	68.2%	7:26	6.0	1.62
Poison Jab / Sacred Sword	100%	106%	68.2%	7:26	6.0	1.61
Poison Jab / X-Scissor	100%	99%	68.3%	7:25	6.0	1.61
Low Kick / Aqua Jet	100%	119%	68.5%	7:24	6.0	1.61
Low Kick / Sacred Sword	100%	120%	68.5%	7:24	5.9	1.61

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 2 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…

Keldeo 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.

flying1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (6)
Resists (7)

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Keldeo throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison Jab	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingSacred SwordSTAB	50	-33	1.0s	0.30s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
bugX-Scissor	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,026	2,533
11/11/11	2,043	2,555
12/12/12	2,061	2,576
13/13/13	2,078	2,598
14/14/14	2,095	2,620
15/15/15hundo	2,113	2,641

Caught CP range 2,026 - 2,113, or 2,533 - 2,641 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.

Keldeo 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 217 / Defense 163 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	99.5%	1.11	5:05	8.5	100%	6,428	51.2	1646
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	81%	80.8%	1.36	6:16	8.4	100%	5,713	41.1	1646
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	77%	79.0%	1.39	6:25	11.1	100%	6,112	40.4	1323
4	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	71.1%	1.55	7:08	17.5	100%	4,178	37.0	820
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	66%	68.1%	1.62	7:26	11.9	100%	3,979	34.8	1290
6	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	61%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	23.8	100%	3,780	36.2	636
7	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	61%	66.3%	1.66	7:39	18.5	100%	3,510	34.6	761
8	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	62%	64.2%	1.72	7:54	11.8	100%	4,093	32.7	1222
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	62.8%	1.75	8:04	16.0	100%	3,590	32.3	930
10	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	57%	62.2%	1.77	8:09	20.4	100%	4,510	32.5	712
11	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	58%	61.4%	1.79	8:15	16.3	100%	3,741	31.8	1025
12	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	58%	61.3%	1.80	8:16	13.8	100%	3,835	31.4	1039
13	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	55%	59.1%	1.86	8:34	17.4	100%	3,749	30.5	845
14	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	53%	58.7%	1.88	8:38	21.8	100%	4,056	30.7	734
15	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	55%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	16.2	100%	4,512	30.1	940
16	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	58.5%	1.88	8:40	17.4	100%	4,521	30.2	825
17	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	52%	58.5%	1.88	8:40	24.9	80%	3,659	31.5	669
18	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	54%	58.3%	1.89	8:41	18.9	100%	4,178	30.2	775
19	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	57%	57.8%	1.91	8:46	10.0	100%	3,703	29.3	1453
20	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	57.7%	1.91	8:47	14.7	100%	5,007	29.5	992
21	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	52%	56.8%	1.94	8:56	19.1	90%	3,425	29.5	863
22	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	52%	56.5%	1.95	8:58	20.1	100%	3,143	29.4	727
23	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	51%	55.9%	1.97	9:04	19.7	90%	4,783	29.0	794
24	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	54%	55.7%	1.98	9:06	11.0	100%	5,031	28.2	1275
25	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	50%	55.6%	1.98	9:07	26.0	80%	3,465	29.8	783
26	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	55.2%	2.00	9:11	19.8	98%	3,812	28.6	753
27	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	51%	55.0%	2.00	9:13	18.8	100%	3,548	28.4	817
28	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	49%	54.7%	2.01	9:16	24.0	94%	4,346	28.6	631
29	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	47%	54.3%	2.03	9:20	32.4	80%	2,689	29.5	519
30	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	49%	54.2%	2.03	9:21	21.4	86%	3,215	28.2	701

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