Mega Malamar counters

#0687

dark psychicMega

Lobby CP

32,568

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

176

Defense

187

Difficulty

0.90

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Malamar should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,279-1,347 (you catch Malamar).

Weak tobug2.56xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Mega Malamar counters are Mega Beedrill, Shadow Vikavolt, Shadow Scizor, Shadow Escavalier, Volcarona & Shadow Pinsir.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Beedrill
S. Vikavolt
S. Scizor
S. Escavalier
Volcarona
S. Pinsir

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 BeedrillMegapartyInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.723:20
2Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.823:50
3Mega PinsirMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.924:16
4Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor0.974:31
5Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.994:37
6Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.004:39
7Shadow EscavalierShadowpartyBug Bite / Megahorn1.034:47
8VolcaronapartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz1.044:51
9Shadow PinsirShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.054:53
10KartanaLegendaryFury Cutter / X-Scissor1.085:01

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

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Raid tier — Easy Mega Raid

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Top 15 Mega Malamar 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 Beedrillbugpoisonjoint top pick	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	3:20	0.72	5.6	152.3%
2	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	3:50	0.82	5.5	132.3%
3	Mega Pinsirbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	4:16	0.92	5.6	118.7%
4	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	4:31	0.97	6.0	112.4%
5	Mega Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,087	4:37	0.99	5.8	109.8%
6	Shadow Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,001	4:39	1.00	6.0	109.0%
7	Shadow Escavalierbugsteel	bugBug BitebugMegahorn	2,889	4:47	1.03	6.0	106.2%
8	Volcaronabugfire	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	3,632	4:51	1.04	6.0	104.5%
9	Shadow Pinsirbug	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,959	4:53	1.05	6.0	103.9%
10	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,677	5:01	1.08	6.0	101.1%
11	Shadow Scytherbugflying	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	2,706	5:09	1.11	6.0	98.6%
12	Genesectbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	5:10	1.11	6.0	98.1%
13	Genesect (Burn)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	5:10	1.11	6.0	98.1%
14	Genesect (Chill)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	5:10	1.11	6.0	98.1%
15	Genesect (Douse)bugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,353	5:10	1.11	6.0	98.1%

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 Mega Malamar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Malamar'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	92%	121%	113.2%	4:29	6.0	0.96
Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	51%	88%	99.4%	5:06	6.0	1.10
Psywave / Psybeam+	51%	88%	99.4%	5:06	6.0	1.10
Peck / Psybeam+	60%	91%	102.1%	4:58	6.0	1.07
Peck / Foul Play	96%	114%	113.6%	4:28	6.0	0.96
Peck / Hyper Beam	96%	121%	114.3%	4:26	6.0	0.95
Psycho Cut / Hyper Beam	88%	132%	114.6%	4:26	6.0	0.95
Psywave / Hyper Beam	88%	132%	114.6%	4:26	6.0	0.95
Psycho Cut / Foul Play	97%	118%	114.9%	4:25	6.0	0.95
Psywave / Foul Play	97%	118%	114.9%	4:25	6.0	0.95
Peck / Psybeam	100%	139%	116.1%	4:22	6.0	0.94
Psycho Cut / Psybeam	100%	144%	116.6%	4:21	6.0	0.94
Psywave / Psybeam	100%	144%	116.6%	4:21	6.0	0.94
Peck / Superpower	96%	158%	117.0%	4:20	5.8	0.93
Psycho Cut / Superpower	99%	171%	118.5%	4:17	5.6	0.92
Psywave / Superpower	99%	171%	118.5%	4:17	5.6	0.92

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…

Mega Malamar 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.

bug2.56x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x psychic0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (1)
Neutral (15)
Double resists (1)

It resists psychic0.24x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Malamar throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeck	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
psychicPsycho CutSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s
psychicPsywaveSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsybeam+STAB	170	-100	3.0s	1.10s
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
normalHyper Beam	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
fightingSuperpower	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	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	1,279	1,599
11/11/11	1,292	1,616
12/12/12	1,306	1,633
13/13/13	1,320	1,650
14/14/14	1,334	1,667
15/15/15hundo	1,347	1,685

Caught CP range 1,279 - 1,347, or 1,599 - 1,685 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.

Mega Malamar 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

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 176 / Defense 187 (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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	100%	152.3%	0.72	3:20	10.5	100%	3,383	48.3	966
2	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	88%	132.3%	0.82	3:50	9.6	100%	4,814	41.0	1086
3	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	79%	118.7%	0.92	4:16	9.6	100%	4,182	36.5	1007
4	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	71%	112.4%	0.97	4:31	15.1	80%	3,117	35.6	689
5	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	74%	109.8%	0.99	4:37	8.0	100%	4,087	33.4	1088
6	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	71%	109.0%	1.00	4:39	11.6	100%	3,001	33.8	776
7	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	69%	106.2%	1.03	4:47	11.5	88%	2,889	33.0	798
8	Volcarona bugfire Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	68%	104.5%	1.04	4:51	10.8	80%	3,632	32.4	852
9	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	65%	103.9%	1.05	4:53	15.6	80%	2,959	32.9	637
10	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	64%	101.1%	1.08	5:01	13.9	38%	3,677	31.6	685
11	Shadow Scyther bugflyingshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	62%	98.6%	1.11	5:09	16.0	72%	2,706	31.2	663
12	Genesect bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	98.1%	1.11	5:10	10.5	0%	3,353	30.0	852
13	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	98.1%	1.11	5:10	10.5	0%	3,353	30.0	852
14	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	98.1%	1.11	5:10	10.5	0%	3,353	30.0	852
15	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	98.1%	1.11	5:10	10.5	0%	3,353	30.0	852
16	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	64%	98.1%	1.11	5:10	10.5	0%	3,353	30.0	852
17	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	62%	97.5%	1.12	5:12	13.7	0%	3,117	30.4	675
18	Kleavor bugrock Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+11 more movesets	62%	97.5%	1.12	5:12	13.3	0%	3,146	30.2	676
19	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	57%	95.6%	1.14	5:18	24.4	40%	2,842	31.9	433
20	Pinsir bug Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	58%	92.6%	1.18	5:29	15.0	0%	2,959	28.8	626
21	Scizor bugsteel Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	59%	92.4%	1.18	5:29	12.7	0%	3,001	28.5	730
22	Heracross bugfighting Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	57%	90.4%	1.21	5:37	16.1	0%	3,101	28.4	643
23	Shadow Crustle bugrockshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	57%	90.0%	1.21	5:38	15.4	0%	2,542	28.0	596
24	Yanmega bugflying Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+5 more movesets	57%	89.2%	1.22	5:41	13.9	0%	2,946	27.8	715
25	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	54%	89.0%	1.23	5:42	21.0	0%	2,447	28.4	516
26	Golisopod bugwater Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+19 more movesets	57%	88.0%	1.24	5:46	12.4	0%	3,162	27.1	748
27	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	56%	87.9%	1.24	5:46	14.3	0%	2,802	27.2	715
28	Centiskorch firebug Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	56%	87.8%	1.24	5:47	13.3	0%	2,990	27.2	703
29	Shadow Accelgor bugshadow Infestation / Bug Buzz	Infestation / Bug Buzz+14 more movesets	53%	87.3%	1.25	5:48	22.0	0%	2,441	28.2	445
30	Escavalier bugsteel Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	56%	87.1%	1.25	5:49	12.9	0%	2,889	26.9	726

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.