Metang counters

#0375

steel psychicTier 3

Lobby CP

12,687

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

111

Defense

139

Difficulty

0.51

Pokebattler scale

Beating Metang should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 925-983.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xdark1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Metang counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai & Shadow Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
S. Landorus (Therian)

5 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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.441:18
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.481:24
3Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.511:30
4BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.521:32
5Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.531:32
6Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.531:32
7Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.541:34
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.541:34
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.551:36
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.551:36
11Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.551:36

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

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Top 15 Metang 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:18	0.44	0.8	301.2%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:24	0.48	0.6	279.7%
3	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:30	0.51	1.7	259.7%
4	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	1:32	0.52	2.6	254.9%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	1:32	0.53	2.7	254.2%
6	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:32	0.53	1.3	254.1%
7	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:34	0.54	1.5	249.4%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:34	0.54	1.0	249.1%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:36	0.55	3.2	244.2%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:36	0.55	1.5	244.0%
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:36	0.55	2.3	243.6%
12	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinghostShadow Ball	3,268	1:38	0.56	2.7	240.3%
13	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:40	0.57	2.1	235.8%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:42	0.58	1.5	229.8%
15	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	1:43	0.59	1.1	228.2%

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 Metang.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Metang'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	100%	212%	259.0%	1:31	1.6	0.52
Zen Headbutt / Psychic	100%	202%	254.7%	1:32	2.0	0.52
Metal Claw / Psyshock	100%	233%	255.6%	1:32	1.4	0.52
Fury Cutter / Psychic	100%	200%	256.2%	1:32	1.9	0.52
Metal Claw / Psychic	100%	197%	257.2%	1:31	1.9	0.52
Fury Cutter / Psyshock	100%	235%	257.3%	1:31	1.4	0.52
Zen Headbutt / Psyshock	100%	236%	258.4%	1:31	1.4	0.52
Metal Claw / Gyro Ball	100%	209%	259.2%	1:31	1.7	0.52
Zen Headbutt / Gyro Ball	100%	211%	260.6%	1:30	1.6	0.51
Fury Cutter / Gyro Ball	100%	216%	260.8%	1:30	1.6	0.51

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…

Metang 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.

ground1.6x ghost1.6x fire1.6x dark1.6x fighting1x bug1x water1x electric1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (4)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xpsychic0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Metang throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
bugFury Cutter	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
steelGyro BallSTAB	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	925	1,156
11/11/11	936	1,171
12/12/12	948	1,185
13/13/13	960	1,200
14/14/14	972	1,215
15/15/15hundo	983	1,229

Caught CP range 925 - 983, or 1,156 - 1,229 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.

Metang 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 111 / Defense 139 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	301.2%	0.44	1:18	0.7	100%	4,783	47.7	2259
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	93%	279.7%	0.48	1:24	0.5	100%	3,842	45.0	2715
3	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	78%	259.7%	0.51	1:30	1.5	100%	4,038	40.9	1480
4	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	71%	254.9%	0.52	1:32	2.4	100%	3,297	39.8	1070
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	71%	254.2%	0.53	1:32	2.4	100%	4,161	39.9	1132
6	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	80%	254.1%	0.53	1:32	1.1	100%	4,099	39.5	1666
7	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	75%	249.4%	0.54	1:34	1.4	100%	4,455	39.0	1534
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	80%	249.1%	0.54	1:34	0.9	100%	5,902	38.9	1870
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	67%	244.2%	0.55	1:36	2.9	100%	4,336	38.3	905
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	74%	244.0%	0.55	1:36	1.3	100%	3,739	38.0	1574
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	243.6%	0.55	1:36	2.1	100%	3,922	39.2	1151
12	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	67%	240.3%	0.56	1:38	2.5	100%	3,268	37.5	1035
13	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	235.8%	0.57	1:40	1.9	100%	3,301	36.7	1313
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Shadow Ball	Counter / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	69%	229.8%	0.58	1:42	1.4	100%	6,112	35.5	1499
15	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	72%	228.2%	0.59	1:43	1.0	100%	3,754	35.4	1734
16	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	66%	227.8%	0.59	1:43	1.9	100%	4,115	35.3	1171
17	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	223.8%	0.60	1:45	1.4	100%	3,625	34.7	1540
18	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	71%	221.3%	0.60	1:46	0.8	100%	5,347	34.5	2565
19	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	61%	221.0%	0.60	1:46	2.8	100%	2,526	34.7	1005
20	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	60%	220.1%	0.61	1:47	3.0	100%	3,105	34.8	914
21	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	66%	219.7%	0.61	1:47	1.4	100%	3,863	34.5	1541
22	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	65%	219.3%	0.61	1:47	1.7	100%	3,834	34.0	1600
23	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	69%	219.2%	0.61	1:47	1.1	100%	6,428	34.3	1727
24	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	65%	219.1%	0.61	1:47	1.5	100%	4,038	34.0	1485
25	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	218.2%	0.61	1:48	2.1	100%	3,465	34.2	1185
26	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	64%	217.0%	0.62	1:48	1.7	100%	3,059	33.8	1331
27	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	56%	216.7%	0.62	1:48	4.1	100%	2,848	34.5	757
28	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	65%	216.1%	0.62	1:49	1.5	100%	5,424	33.5	1440
29	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	58%	215.3%	0.62	1:49	3.1	100%	3,594	33.8	879
30	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	59%	213.5%	0.63	1:50	2.5	100%	2,889	33.4	1023

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