Lycanroc (Midnight) counters

#0745

rockTier 1

Lobby CP

7,375

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

139

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lycanroc (Midnight) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,493-1,568.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xsteel1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6x

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 Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

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 Lycanroc (Midnight) counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Excadrill, Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Landorus (Therian)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Excadrill
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Kingler

10 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 StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
3Mega GreninjaMegaBubble / Surf+0.050:09
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.060:10
6Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.060:10
7Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.060:11
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.070:12
13Shadow ExcadrillShadowpartyMetal Claw / Earthquake0.070:12
14Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.070:12
16Shadow KinglerShadowpartyMetal Claw / Crabhammer0.070:13

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

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Top 15 Lycanroc (Midnight) counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5476.1%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4859.5%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterSurf+	3,784	0:09	0.05	4738.0%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4325.3%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
7	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4116.1%
8	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3927.0%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:11	0.06	3823.7%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:12	0.07	3636.1%
11	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
12	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:12	0.07	3597.1%
13	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawgroundEarthquake	3,244	0:12	0.07	3538.7%
14	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:12	0.07	3510.2%
15	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:12	0.07	3487.8%

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 Lycanroc (Midnight).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lycanroc (Midnight)'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%	909%	3960.1%	0:11	0.06
Rock Throw / Stone Edge	100%	1023%	3872.8%	0:11	0.06
Rock Throw / Trailblaze	100%	931%	3896.8%	0:11	0.06
Rock Throw / Crunch	100%	966%	3921.2%	0:11	0.06
Rock Throw / Psychic Fangs	100%	985%	3928.6%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Stone Edge	100%	976%	3965.8%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Trailblaze	100%	873%	3970.7%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Crunch	100%	894%	3983.4%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Psychic Fangs	100%	939%	3996.1%	0:11	0.06

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…

Lycanroc (Midnight) 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 ground1.6x steel1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x fire0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xfire0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lycanroc (Midnight) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock ThrowSTAB	13	+8	1.0s	0.60s
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockStone EdgeSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
psychicPsychic Fangs	25	-33	1.0s	0.20s
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	1,493	1,867
11/11/11	1,508	1,885
12/12/12	1,523	1,904
13/13/13	1,538	1,922
14/14/14	1,553	1,941
15/15/15hundo	1,568	1,960

Caught CP range 1,493 - 1,568, or 1,867 - 1,960 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.

Lycanroc (Midnight) 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 139 / Defense 99 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5476.1%	0.04	0:08	0.0	100%	6,112	81.7	650
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	80%	4859.5%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,701	67.9	609
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	73%	4738.0%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,784	66.2	609
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	4325.3%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,826	64.3	648
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	63%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,922	58.0	609
6	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,099	57.2	601
7	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	71%	4116.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,093	58.0	614
8	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	62%	3927.0%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,670	65.5	726
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	62%	3823.7%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	6,428	65.2	742
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	56%	3636.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,521	52.1	624
11	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	54%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,056	53.0	636
12	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	53%	3597.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,161	55.9	678
13	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Earthquake	Metal Claw / Earthquake+14 more movesets	50%	3538.7%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,244	49.5	610
14	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	59%	3510.2%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,172	60.3	749
15	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	55%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	5,902	48.6	608
16	Shadow Kingler watershadow Metal Claw / Crabhammer	Metal Claw / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	46%	3438.6%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,829	47.6	585
17	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	53%	3427.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,698	54.6	694
18	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	51%	3406.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,814	50.0	640
19	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	56%	3403.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,979	64.5	826
20	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	51%	3379.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,401	48.2	622
21	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+20 more movesets	45%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,848	47.7	622
22	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	50%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,038	46.6	607
23	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon	Metal Claw / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	47%	3340.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,900	46.4	605
24	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	47%	3328.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,677	48.5	635
25	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	43%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,842	45.8	590
26	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	47%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,337	47.8	633
27	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	48%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,698	46.4	614
28	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	46%	3268.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,178	48.8	651
29	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	50%	3263.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,791	53.0	707
30	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	46%	3215.1%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,848	47.0	637

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