Larvitar counters

#0246

rock groundTier 1

Lobby CP

3,309

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.03

Pokebattler scale

Beating Larvitar should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 548-594.

Weak towater2.56xgrass2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xice1.6x

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 a Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Larvitar counters are Mega Sceptile, Shadow Greninja, Shadow Kingler, Kingler, Shadow Sceptile & Shadow Hisuian Samurott.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Sceptile
S. Greninja
S. Kingler
Kingler
S. Sceptile
S. Hisuian Samurott

3 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 SceptileMegapartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.030:06
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
3Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
4Mega SwampertMegaMud Shot / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
5Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.030:06
6KinglerpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.030:06
7Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Surf0.040:06
8Shadow SceptileShadowpartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.040:06
9Shadow Hisuian SamurottShadowpartyWaterfall / Razor Shell0.040:06
10Shadow SamurottShadowWaterfall / Razor Shell0.040:06

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Larvitar

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Top 15 Larvitar 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 Sceptilegrassdragonjoint top pick	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:06	0.03	7745.2%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	3,784	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
3	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
4	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:06	0.03	7183.6%
5	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:06	0.03	7055.7%
6	Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:06	0.03	7055.7%
7	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterSurf	3,701	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
8	Shadow Sceptilegrass	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
9	Shadow Hisuian Samurottwaterdark	waterWaterfallwaterRazor Shell	2,802	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
10	Shadow Samurottwater	waterWaterfallwaterRazor Shell	2,826	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
11	Shadow Crawdauntwaterdark	waterWaterfallwaterRazor Shell	2,474	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
12	Inteleonwater	waterWater GunwaterSnipe Shot	2,964	0:07	0.04	6450.1%
13	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:07	0.04	6282.8%
14	Shadow Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,974	0:07	0.04	6282.8%
15	Shadow Feraligatrwater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,857	0:07	0.04	6282.8%

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 Larvitar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Larvitar'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%	1761%	7086.9%	0:06	0.03
Bite / Crunch	100%	1882%	6968.9%	0:06	0.03
Bite / Ancient Power	100%	1761%	6968.9%	0:06	0.03
Bite / Stomp	100%	1846%	7094.9%	0:06	0.03
Rock Smash / Stomp	100%	1504%	7167.8%	0:06	0.03
Rock Smash / Crunch	100%	1729%	7167.8%	0:06	0.03
Rock Smash / Ancient Power	100%	1813%	7167.8%	0:06	0.03

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…

Larvitar 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.

water2.56x grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x steel1.6x ice1.6x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x fire0.63x poison0.39x electric0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (4)
Neutral (6)
Resists (6)

It resists poison0.39xelectric0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Larvitar throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStomp	50	-50	1.5s	0.90s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	548	686
11/11/11	557	697
12/12/12	566	708
13/13/13	576	720
14/14/14	585	731
15/15/15hundo	594	743

Caught CP range 548 - 594, or 686 - 743 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.

Larvitar 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 77 / Defense 64 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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 Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	100%	7745.2%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,056	122.3	687
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	89%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,784	125.9	755
3	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	82%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,654	113.4	680
4	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	93%	7183.6%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,401	103.4	627
5	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	81%	7055.7%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,829	118.8	732
6	Kingler water Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	80%	7055.7%	0.03	0:06	100%	2,829	98.7	609
7	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Surf	Water Gun / Surf+44 more movesets	80%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,701	94.3	613
8	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	79%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,757	106.2	690
9	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	76%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,802	97.7	635
10	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	77%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,826	95.0	617
11	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	72%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	2,474	100.3	652
12	Inteleon water Water Gun / Snipe Shot	Water Gun / Snipe Shot+9 more movesets	75%	6450.1%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,964	103.4	698
13	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	77%	6282.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,941	106.7	740
14	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	6282.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,974	102.5	711
15	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	73%	6282.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,857	100.2	695
16	Quaquaval waterfighting Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	75%	6282.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,018	95.6	663
17	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon	Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	72%	6246.8%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,900	94.2	657
18	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+5 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	5,902	91.0	637
19	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Aqua Tail	Waterfall / Aqua Tail+23 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,717	95.6	669
20	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	69%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	94.9	664
21	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Aqua Tail	Waterfall / Aqua Tail+23 more movesets	72%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,391	93.6	655
22	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	76%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,592	105.0	735
23	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	75%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,505	92.5	647
24	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	68%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,431	87.0	609
25	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	73%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,971	98.0	686
26	Tsareena grass Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+17 more movesets	73%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,964	90.0	630
27	Clawitzer water Water Gun / Crabhammer	Water Gun / Crabhammer+7 more movesets	70%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,763	86.9	608
28	Greninja waterdark Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	69%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,654	89.9	629
29	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	73%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,775	91.5	640
30	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Frenzy Plant	Low Kick / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,093	86.7	650

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.