Orthworm counters

#0968

steelTier 1

Lobby CP

6,594

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

105

Defense

139

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Orthworm should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,245-1,313.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6x

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 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 Orthworm counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Chandelure, Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) & Shadow Blaziken.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Chandelure
S. Darmanitan (Standard)
S. Blaziken

7 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.060:12
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:13
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.080:14
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.080:15
5Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.090:16
6Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Overheat0.090:16
7BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.090:16
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast0.090:16
9Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.090:16
10Mega Charizard YMegaEmber / Blast Burn0.090:17
11Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Overheat0.100:17
12Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyFire Fang / Overheat0.100:17
13Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.100:17

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Orthworm 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.06	0.0	3764.2%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:13	0.07	0.0	3457.6%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:14	0.08	0.0	3040.2%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:15	0.08	0.0	2981.9%
5	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:16	0.09	0.0	2768.0%
6	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	4,038	0:16	0.09	0.0	2724.7%
7	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:16	0.09	0.1	2692.2%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
9	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
10	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:17	0.09	0.0	2638.9%
11	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,268	0:17	0.10	0.0	2555.1%
12	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)fire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	3,105	0:17	0.10	0.1	2544.2%
13	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:17	0.10	0.1	2526.5%
14	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,465	0:18	0.10	0.0	2421.9%
15	Mega Charizard Xfiredragon	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	3,850	0:18	0.10	0.0	2421.9%

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 Orthworm.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Orthworm'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%	499%	2773.3%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	100%	417%	2621.8%	0:17	0.3	0.09
Mud-Slap / Rock Tomb	100%	515%	2760.6%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Iron Tail / Earthquake	100%	488%	2772.8%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Mud-Slap / Iron Head	100%	511%	2785.1%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Iron Tail / Rock Tomb	100%	576%	2787.6%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Iron Tail / Iron Head	100%	588%	2787.6%	0:16	0.0	0.09

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.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Orthworm 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 fire1.6x ghost1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (4)
Resists (11)

It resists poison0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Orthworm throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron TailSTAB	14	+6	1.0s	0.75s
groundMud-Slap	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquake	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,245	1,557
11/11/11	1,259	1,574
12/12/12	1,272	1,591
13/13/13	1,286	1,608
14/14/14	1,300	1,625
15/15/15hundo	1,313	1,642

Caught CP range 1,245 - 1,313, or 1,557 - 1,642 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.

Orthworm 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 105 / Defense 139 (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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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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	3764.2%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	6,112	60.7	702
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	85%	3457.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,783	49.4	622
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	70%	3040.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,161	44.1	633
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	2981.9%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,826	47.0	686
5	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	64%	2768.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,521	38.5	607
6	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+9 more movesets	61%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,038	37.7	603
7	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	57%	2692.2%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	3,297	40.5	619
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	63%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,428	37.2	613
9	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	61%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,670	37.5	618
10	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	62%	2638.9%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,455	37.4	617
11	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	53%	2555.1%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,268	36.6	612
12	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	52%	2544.2%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	3,105	35.2	572
13	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	53%	2526.5%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	2,848	37.6	618
14	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	54%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,465	33.3	600
15	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	54%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,850	33.7	607
16	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	52%	2418.0%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,754	35.5	599
17	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	51%	2395.3%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,059	34.5	629
18	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	52%	2392.5%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,889	33.4	590
19	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	55%	2382.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,115	37.8	691
20	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	57%	2357.7%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	5,902	39.4	728
21	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	51%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,056	32.5	601
22	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	49%	2354.7%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	2,683	33.8	602
23	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	50%	2341.3%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,093	35.3	656
24	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Focus Blast	Force Palm / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	52%	2333.8%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,337	35.9	671
25	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	49%	2313.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,703	37.2	700
26	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	Mud Shot / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	49%	2302.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,244	33.7	636
27	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	49%	2296.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,698	34.0	645
28	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	55%	2278.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,698	39.2	750
29	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	52%	2261.1%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,814	32.7	631
30	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	48%	2224.2%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,178	31.4	617

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.