Kyurem (Black) counters

#0646

dragon iceTier 5

Lobby CP

56,009

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

256

Defense

156

Difficulty

1.44

Pokebattler scale

Beating Kyurem (Black) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,533-2,631.

Weak tofighting1.6xrock1.6xsteel1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Kyurem (Black) counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Eternatus, Necrozma (Dusk Mane) & Shadow Metagross.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Eternatus
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross

7 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.245:41
2Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade1.456:39
3Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash1.476:46
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.496:51
5EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.496:51
6Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.516:58
7Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike1.547:06
8Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.567:11
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+1.627:28
10Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.657:35
13Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash1.768:05

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

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Top 15 Kyurem (Black) counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	5:41	1.24	6.0	89.2%
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	6:39	1.45	5.7	76.2%
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	6:46	1.47	5.9	74.9%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	6:51	1.49	6.0	74.1%
5	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	6:51	1.49	6.0	74.1%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	6:58	1.51	6.0	72.8%
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	7:06	1.54	6.0	71.4%
8	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	7:11	1.56	6.0	70.6%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	7:28	1.62	6.0	67.9%
10	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	7:35	1.65	6.0	66.8%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	7:40	1.67	6.0	66.1%
12	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	7:48	1.70	6.0	65.0%
13	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	8:05	1.76	6.0	62.7%
14	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon BreathdragonOutrage+	4,823	8:11	1.78	6.0	62.0%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	8:12	1.78	6.0	61.9%

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 Kyurem (Black).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Kyurem (Black)'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	100%	95%	73.9%	6:52	5.9	1.49
Shadow Claw / Blizzard	100%	84%	71.7%	7:04	6.0	1.54
Shadow Claw / Fusion Bolt	100%	77%	71.8%	7:04	6.0	1.53
Dragon Tail / Fusion Bolt	100%	74%	71.9%	7:03	6.0	1.53
Dragon Tail / Blizzard	100%	85%	72.3%	7:00	6.0	1.52
Shadow Claw / Outrage	100%	110%	74.2%	6:50	5.8	1.49
Dragon Tail / Outrage	100%	113%	74.2%	6:50	5.7	1.48
Dragon Tail / Stone Edge	100%	124%	75.6%	6:42	5.9	1.46
Shadow Claw / Iron Head	100%	122%	76.3%	6:39	6.0	1.44
Shadow Claw / Stone Edge	100%	129%	76.4%	6:38	5.9	1.44
Dragon Tail / Iron Head	100%	122%	76.9%	6:35	6.0	1.43

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…

Kyurem (Black) 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.

fighting1.6x rock1.6x steel1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x psychic1x ice1x dark1x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (10)
Resists (3)

It resists water0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kyurem (Black) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
ghostShadow Claw	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricFusion Bolt	140	-100	2.0s	1.25s
iceBlizzardSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
steelIron Head	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,533	3,167
11/11/11	2,553	3,191
12/12/12	2,572	3,215
13/13/13	2,592	3,240
14/14/14	2,611	3,265
15/15/15hundo	2,631	3,289

Caught CP range 2,533 - 2,631, or 3,167 - 3,289 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.

Kyurem (Black) 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 256 / Defense 156 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

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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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	89.2%	1.24	5:41	13.8	100%	6,112	46.4	1039
2	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	87%	76.2%	1.45	6:39	11.5	100%	4,979	39.2	1341
3	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	85%	74.9%	1.47	6:46	11.6	100%	4,172	38.4	1286
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	80%	74.1%	1.49	6:51	18.7	100%	3,826	38.9	800
5	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	80%	74.1%	1.49	6:51	18.5	100%	4,429	39.0	829
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	78%	72.8%	1.51	6:58	21.4	100%	4,161	38.5	683
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	80%	71.4%	1.54	7:06	14.4	100%	4,099	36.9	992
8	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	74%	70.6%	1.56	7:11	27.4	100%	5,713	38.2	594
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	74%	67.9%	1.62	7:28	18.5	100%	6,428	35.5	771
10	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	66.8%	1.65	7:35	21.1	100%	3,670	35.2	689
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	70%	66.1%	1.67	7:40	23.3	90%	5,424	35.3	847
12	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	69%	65.0%	1.70	7:48	23.4	100%	4,521	34.3	612
13	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	67%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	20.1	100%	3,791	32.8	716
14	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Breath / Outrage+	Dragon Breath / Outrage++26 more movesets	65%	62.0%	1.78	8:11	27.5	80%	4,823	34.3	645
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	66%	61.9%	1.78	8:12	23.4	86%	3,698	33.0	718
16	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	68%	61.7%	1.79	8:13	15.6	100%	4,911	31.7	944
17	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Metal Claw / Roar of Time	Metal Claw / Roar of Time+7 more movesets	67%	61.6%	1.79	8:14	18.8	100%	4,090	32.1	809
18	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Draco Meteor	Metal Claw / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	65%	61.4%	1.80	8:16	22.0	100%	4,038	32.2	669
19	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	63%	61.1%	1.80	8:18	28.5	80%	5,007	32.9	568
20	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	61%	59.8%	1.84	8:29	30.9	84%	3,962	32.3	602
21	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	59%	58.9%	1.87	8:37	40.6	74%	3,593	33.0	400
22	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	59%	57.1%	1.93	8:53	27.2	92%	4,142	30.3	576
23	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	58%	56.3%	1.96	9:00	28.2	100%	4,605	29.8	514
24	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	58%	56.2%	1.96	9:01	27.6	100%	3,698	29.7	521
25	Baxcalibur dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush	Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	57%	55.6%	1.98	9:06	34.2	82%	3,550	30.1	444
26	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+14 more movesets	59%	55.6%	1.98	9:07	24.1	100%	4,801	29.1	610
27	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	55.4%	1.99	9:08	32.1	86%	3,337	29.8	477
28	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	58%	55.4%	1.99	9:09	25.4	100%	4,814	29.1	560
29	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	56%	54.5%	2.02	9:18	30.7	80%	2,703	29.2	531
30	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	53%	53.1%	2.07	9:32	44.5	60%	2,848	30.3	398

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.