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Raid counters

Every attacker in the Game Master, simulated against this boss move by move. Change the tier, level, weather, friendship or filters and the ranking re-runs; the URL is the share link. Same boss on pokebattler.com. How accurate is this?

Nidoking
Tier 1 · CP 7,014
poisonground
HP
600
Raid timer
3:00
Attack / Defense
130 / 102
Difficulty rating
0.09
Catch CP
1,395 – 1,466
Boosted (Sunny or clear, Cloudy)
1,743 – 1,833

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Beating Nidoking should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters of this strength. The Win % column is quoted at 1 trainer — the count the Estimator rounds up to, because at a full lobby every counter on this list wins every run and the column stops telling you anything. Set a lobby size below to ask a different question.

Weak to
ground 1.60xwater 1.60xpsychic 1.60xice 1.60x
Resists
poison 0.39xelectric 0.39xfighting 0.63xrock 0.63xbug 0.63xfairy 0.63x
Related countersShadow Nidoking

Best attackers

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The best Nidoking counters at level 40 are Inteleon, Metagross, Greninja, Alakazam, Espeon & Primarina.

  1. #1
    Inteleon
    water
    Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
    Power
    3000.4%
    Estimator
    0.08
    Time
    0:15
  2. #2
    Metagross
    steelpsychic
    Zen Headbutt / Psychic
    Power
    2642.1%
    Estimator
    0.09
    Time
    0:16
  3. #3
    Greninja
    waterdark
    Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon
    Power
    2864.4%
    Estimator
    0.08
    Time
    0:15
  4. #4
    Alakazam
    psychic
    Confusion / Psychic
    Power
    2866.3%
    Estimator
    0.08
    Time
    0:15
  5. #5
    Espeon
    psychic
    Confusion / Psychic
    Power
    2752.2%
    Estimator
    0.09
    Time
    0:16
  6. #6
    Primarina
    waterfairy
    Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
    Power
    2661.5%
    Estimator
    0.09
    Time
    0:16

Top pick: Inteleon — the only attacker inside 2.1% of the leader, so this one is a real verdict rather than a tie.

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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Inteleon
water
Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
0.080:150.0
2
Metagross
steelpsychic
Zen Headbutt / Psychic
0.090:160.0
3
Greninja
waterdark
Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon
0.080:150.0
4
Alakazam
psychic
Confusion / Psychic
0.080:150.0
5
Espeon
psychic
Confusion / Psychic
0.090:160.0
6
Primarina
waterfairy
Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
0.090:160.0
7
Gallade
psychicfighting
Confusion / Psychic
0.090:160.0
8
Gyarados
waterflying
Waterfall / Hydro Pump
0.100:170.0
9
Mamoswine
iceground
Powder Snow / Avalanche
0.090:170.0
10
Rhyperior
groundrock
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
0.090:170.0
11
Kingler
water
Bubble / Razor Shell
0.090:160.0
12
Excadrill
groundsteel
Mud-Slap / Drill Run
0.090:170.0
13
Swampert
waterground
Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon
0.100:170.0
14
Gardevoir
psychicfairy
Confusion / Psychic
0.090:160.0
15
Baxcalibur
dragonice
Ice Fang / Avalanche
0.100:170.0
16
Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
ice
Ice Fang / Avalanche
0.090:170.0
17
Hatterene
psychicfairy
Confusion / Psychic
0.090:170.1
18
Quaquaval
waterfighting
Wing Attack / Hydro Cannon
0.100:180.0
19
Feraligatr
water
Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
0.100:180.0
20
Empoleon
watersteel
Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
0.100:180.1
21
Golisopod
bugwater
Waterfall / Razor Shell
0.100:190.0
22
Samurott
water
Waterfall / Hydro Cannon
0.100:180.0
23
Weavile
darkice
Snarl / Avalanche
0.100:170.0
24
Crawdaunt
waterdark
Waterfall / Crabhammer
0.100:170.1
25
Garchomp
dragonground
Dragon Tail / Earth Power
0.100:190.0
26
Hisuian Samurott
waterdark
Snarl / Razor Shell
0.100:180.0
27
Clawitzer
water
Water Gun / Crabhammer
0.100:180.0
28
Exeggutor
grasspsychic
Extrasensory / Psychic
0.100:190.0
29
Krookodile
grounddark
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
0.100:190.1
30
Galarian Rapidash
psychicfairy
Psycho Cut / Psychic
0.110:190.1
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.

What the columns mean

Power and Estimator are printed on Pokebattler's own scale, converted from our simulated time to win by the per-tier constants measured off its published rows (Tier 5 / Mega / Shadow Tier 5: within ~3% of its numbers per attacker; Tier 1 and Tier 3 are a loose fit — read the ordering there, not the digits). Faints is our own solo-trainer count and is the column that still disagrees with Pokebattler's effectiveDeaths on which attackers are bulky — the same disagreement that puts a frail attacker a few places too high on this list; that is a simulator question, tracked in the accuracy report.

Overall is time to win discounted by how much damage the attacker deals per life, so a bulkier attacker can outrank a marginally faster glass cannon — Pokebattler's own published Overall blend (“Tier 5 Raids — 50% Power, 50% Time to Win. Time to Win goal is 300s. Raid size 8”) carried onto the one scale both simulators measure. It is the default sort, as on Pokebattler, and like Pokebattler's it is taken over a random boss moveset: each attacker's moveset is chosen, and every number on its row averaged, over the boss's whole movepool, not over one boss moveset. Power is the share of the boss one attacker removes in a single life. Estimator is the number of trainers of this attacker needed to finish inside the 3:00 raid timer — it is time to win ÷ timer, so sorting on it gives the same order as sorting on Time to win. Time to win, faints and TDO are one trainer soloing the boss with a party of six, relobbying after a wipe. Win % is the share of runs that beat the timer with 1 trainer of it. Open a moveset to see every alternative the simulator scored for that attacker.

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 movesetWin % (1)OverallPowerTime to winFaintsEstimator
Random (any moveset)showing100%466%2782.7%0:160.00.09
Iron Tail / Earthquake100%437%2714.1%0:160.00.09
Poison Sting / Earthquake100%392%2720.0%0:160.00.09
Iron Tail / Sludge Wave100%528%2735.4%0:160.00.09
Poison Sting / Sludge Wave100%529%2739.0%0:160.00.09
Double Kick / Earthquake100%413%2743.8%0:160.00.09
Double Kick / Megahorn100%450%2748.4%0:160.10.09
Iron Tail / Sand Tomb100%522%2755.8%0:160.00.09
Poison Sting / Megahorn100%471%2765.0%0:160.00.09
Poison Sting / Sand Tomb100%552%2765.5%0:160.00.09
Poison Jab / Earthquake100%412%2769.2%0:160.00.09
Iron Tail / Avalanche100%531%2770.4%0:160.00.09
Iron Tail / Megahorn100%454%2771.6%0:160.00.09
Double Kick / Avalanche100%544%2777.8%0:160.00.09
Double Kick / Sludge Wave100%491%2779.0%0:160.00.09
Poison Sting / Avalanche100%532%2780.2%0:160.00.09
Double Kick / Sand Tomb100%531%2783.9%0:160.00.09
Poison Jab / Sand Tomb100%497%2790.1%0:160.00.09
Double Kick / Earth Power100%439%2791.4%0:160.00.09
Iron Tail / Earth Power100%423%2795.1%0:160.00.09
Poison Jab / Sludge Wave100%512%2796.3%0:160.00.09
Poison Sting / Earth Power100%422%2806.3%0:160.00.09
Poison Jab / Avalanche100%501%2813.9%0:150.00.09
Poison Jab / Megahorn100%420%2819.6%0:150.00.09
Poison Jab / Earth Power100%400%2827.8%0:150.00.09

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.

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Raid bosses live right now

Schedule snapshot 2026-10-04

Mega Raids
Mega VictreebelMega
5-Star Raids
XerneasTier 5Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)Shadow Tier 5
3-Star Raids
MiltankTier 3Hisuian LilligantTier 3DondozoTier 3Shadow Alolan SandslashShadow Tier 3Shadow QuagsireShadow Tier 3Shadow LampentShadow Tier 3
1-Star Raids
Galarian Farfetch'dTier 1Galarian ZigzagoonTier 1CombeeTier 1HonedgeTier 1Shadow MachopShadow Tier 1Shadow BellsproutShadow Tier 1Shadow TorchicShadow Tier 1Shadow BagonShadow Tier 1
Raid tier — Solo Raid, 600 HP, 3:00 timer
Super Mega LegendarySuper MegaPrimalMega LegendaryMegaEliteShadow Tier 5Tier 5Shadow Tier 3Tier 3Shadow Tier 1Tier 1Tier 4Tier 2
Attackers allowed
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Shadow, Mega and Legendary start unchecked because that is the filter state pokebattler.com serves a visitor. Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1), moveset table 0.0 s. Update ranking re-reads the settings; Re-run simulation rolls a new seed on the same settings, so the difference between two runs is this table's own error bar. The same ranking, with the same cache and the same settings, is available as JSON at /api/raids/rank.