Lairon counters

#0305

steel rockTier 5

Lobby CP

30,922

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

136

Defense

168

Difficulty

0.98

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lairon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,110-1,174.

Weak tofighting2.56xground2.56xwater1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Lairon counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Blaziken, Lucario & Shadow Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Blaziken
Lucario
S. Groudon

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+0.783:36
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.924:13
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.964:26
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.024:42
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.084:59
6KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.105:03
7Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.105:04
8Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere1.115:07
9Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.115:08
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast1.125:10
11LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.195:28
13Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.215:33

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

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Top 15 Lairon 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	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	3:36	0.78	3.4	141.0%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	4:13	0.92	4.2	120.3%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	4:26	0.96	5.8	114.2%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	4:42	1.02	5.4	107.7%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	4:59	1.08	4.6	101.7%
6	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	5:03	1.10	5.1	100.3%
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	5:04	1.10	6.0	100.1%
8	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	5:07	1.11	6.0	99.0%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	5:08	1.11	5.7	98.8%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	5:10	1.12	5.5	98.0%
11	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	5:28	1.19	5.5	92.7%
12	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	5:32	1.20	4.6	91.7%
13	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	5:33	1.21	5.8	91.3%
14	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	5:34	1.21	6.0	91.1%
15	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	5:45	1.25	5.9	88.2%

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 Lairon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lairon'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	28%	205%	102.0%	4:58	5.3	1.08
Metal Sound / Heavy Slam	26%	179%	101.3%	5:00	5.7	1.09
Metal Sound / Rock Slide	26%	214%	101.5%	4:60	5.3	1.09
Iron Tail / Rock Slide	21%	196%	101.5%	4:60	5.5	1.08
Metal Claw / Heavy Slam	26%	178%	101.8%	4:59	5.8	1.08
Metal Claw / Rock Slide	32%	208%	101.8%	4:59	5.3	1.08
Iron Tail / Heavy Slam	25%	172%	101.8%	4:59	5.8	1.08
Iron Tail / Body Slam	36%	213%	102.2%	4:57	5.5	1.08
Iron Tail / Rock Tomb	32%	226%	102.3%	4:57	5.1	1.08
Metal Claw / Rock Tomb	25%	242%	102.5%	4:57	4.8	1.07
Metal Claw / Body Slam	43%	228%	102.5%	4:57	5.2	1.07
Metal Sound / Rock Tomb	24%	251%	102.6%	4:56	4.7	1.07
Metal Sound / Body Slam	44%	234%	102.9%	4:55	5.2	1.07

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…

Lairon 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.

fighting2.56x ground2.56x water1.6x ghost1x steel1x fire1x grass1x electric1x dark1x rock0.63x bug0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x flying0.39x poison0.24x

Double weak (2)
Weak (1)
Neutral (6)
Resists (8)
Double resists (1)

It resists poison0.24xnormal0.39xflying0.39xrock0.625xbug0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lairon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron TailSTAB	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelHeavy SlamSTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.40s
rockRock SlideSTAB	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
normalBody Slam	50	-33	2.0s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,110	1,388
11/11/11	1,123	1,404
12/12/12	1,136	1,420
13/13/13	1,149	1,436
14/14/14	1,161	1,452
15/15/15hundo	1,174	1,468

Caught CP range 1,110 - 1,174, or 1,388 - 1,468 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.

Lairon 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 136 / Defense 168 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	141.0%	0.78	3:36	3.3	100%	6,112	70.3	3568
2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	84%	120.3%	0.92	4:13	4.1	100%	3,826	60.1	2997
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	76%	114.2%	0.96	4:26	6.6	100%	4,161	58.1	1987
4	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	107.7%	1.02	4:42	5.8	100%	3,670	54.3	2246
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	70%	101.7%	1.08	4:59	4.4	66%	5,902	50.7	2765
6	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	68%	100.3%	1.10	5:03	5.0	34%	3,698	50.1	2464
7	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	64%	100.1%	1.10	5:04	9.0	34%	3,922	51.3	1488
8	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	63%	99.0%	1.11	5:07	10.3	14%	2,848	51.0	1332
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	66%	98.8%	1.11	5:08	6.1	0%	4,521	49.8	2108
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	66%	98.0%	1.12	5:10	5.8	14%	6,428	49.5	2225
11	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	62%	92.7%	1.19	5:28	6.4	0%	2,703	46.8	2039
12	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	62%	91.7%	1.20	5:32	5.2	0%	5,424	45.8	2457
13	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	60%	91.3%	1.21	5:33	7.0	0%	4,115	46.4	1906
14	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	59%	91.1%	1.21	5:34	8.4	0%	3,337	46.4	1598
15	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	57%	88.2%	1.25	5:45	7.9	0%	4,814	44.7	1676
16	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	58%	87.2%	1.26	5:49	6.5	0%	3,244	44.0	2016
17	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	56%	86.5%	1.27	5:51	8.2	0%	3,698	43.8	1813
18	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	55%	86.1%	1.28	5:53	9.9	0%	3,093	43.8	1370
19	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	55%	84.2%	1.31	6:01	7.4	0%	3,962	42.7	1802
20	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	53%	84.0%	1.31	6:02	10.2	0%	3,056	42.8	1341
21	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	53%	83.8%	1.31	6:03	9.4	0%	3,922	42.8	1446
22	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	53%	83.5%	1.32	6:04	10.5	0%	2,848	42.6	1297
23	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	52%	82.6%	1.33	6:08	10.8	0%	4,178	42.4	1262
24	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	51%	81.5%	1.35	6:13	11.1	0%	3,588	41.8	1226
25	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	50%	81.5%	1.35	6:13	13.7	0%	3,328	42.2	1045
26	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	52%	81.2%	1.36	6:15	9.8	0%	2,829	41.3	1389
27	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	51%	80.8%	1.36	6:16	10.9	0%	3,548	41.3	1253
28	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	50%	80.4%	1.37	6:18	11.6	0%	4,510	41.3	1187
29	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	51%	79.9%	1.38	6:21	9.1	0%	3,733	40.8	1715
30	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	52%	78.9%	1.40	6:25	6.7	0%	4,115	39.8	1959

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