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Not obtainable in Pokemon GO as of 2026-10-03: PvPoke flags it released:false and onemorecatch.site lists the species as unavailable. It is left out of default counter lists, boss pickers, tools and the Pokebox; the numbers on this page are what the Game Master gives it.

List checked 2026-10-03. Source: PvPoke gamemaster released:false flags (github.com/pvpoke/pvpoke, snapshot 2026-10-03 03:11:52) cross-checked with onemorecatch.site's unavailable list (updated 2026-10-02) and theclick.gg's Mega list (2026-09-16); PvP-only exclusions (Ditto, Shedinja, Spewpa, Cosmog, Cosmoem) and the stale Mega Camerupt flag corrected by hand.

Palafin counters

#0964Not released in Pokemon GO

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

4,880

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Palafin should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,038-1,101.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Palafin counters are Mega Raichu X, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Regieleki, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Raikou & Xurkitree.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu X
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Regieleki
S. Electivire
S. Raikou
Xurkitree

6 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 Raichu XMegapartyThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
2Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.050:10
3Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
5RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.060:11
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.060:11
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
9Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.070:12
10Mega ManectricMegaThunder Fang / Wild Charge0.070:12
11Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wild Charge0.070:12
12XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Power Whip0.070:13

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 Palafin 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 Raichu Xelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4838.0%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4503.1%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4077.6%
5	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:11	0.06	3963.4%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	3910.1%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:11	0.06	3817.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	3725.6%
9	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
10	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:12	0.07	3527.3%
11	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
12	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
13	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
14	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:13	0.07	3292.8%
15	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricSparkelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:13	0.08	3229.4%

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 Palafin.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Palafin'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%	802%	3871.9%	0:11	0.06
Waterfall / Water Pulse	100%	791%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Waterfall / Icy Wind	100%	816%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Waterfall / Acrobatics	100%	865%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Charm / Water Pulse	100%	810%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Charm / Icy Wind	100%	768%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Charm / Acrobatics	100%	810%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Water Pulse	100%	844%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Acrobatics	100%	964%	3869.5%	0:11	0.06
Waterfall / Aqua Jet	100%	813%	3871.9%	0:11	0.06
Waterfall / Drain Punch	100%	832%	3871.9%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Icy Wind	100%	843%	3879.1%	0:11	0.06
Charm / Aqua Jet	100%	785%	3881.5%	0:11	0.06
Charm / Drain Punch	100%	806%	3881.5%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Aqua Jet	100%	865%	3881.5%	0:11	0.06
Counter / Drain Punch	100%	895%	3881.5%	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…

Palafin 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.

grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Palafin throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWaterfallSTAB	13	+7	1.0s	0.75s
fairyCharm	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
fightingCounter	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAcrobatics	100	-100	2.0s	0.60s
waterWater PulseSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.00s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s
fightingDrain Punch	50	-33	2.5s	1.10s
iceIcy Wind	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,038	1,298
11/11/11	1,051	1,314
12/12/12	1,063	1,329
13/13/13	1,076	1,345
14/14/14	1,088	1,361
15/15/15hundo	1,101	1,376

Caught CP range 1,038 - 1,101, or 1,298 - 1,376 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.

Palafin 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 94 / Defense 94 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	100%	4838.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	73.3	660
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	90%	4503.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	78.7	761
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	85%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	64.1	641
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	87%	4077.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	61.3	655
5	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,803	54.6	601
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	76%	3910.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	54.7	610
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	78%	3817.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,112	56.6	646
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	79%	3725.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	6,428	58.8	688
9	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	66%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,079	50.8	610
10	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	67%	3527.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,580	50.0	618
11	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	67%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	48.2	602
12	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	62%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,937	46.6	606
13	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	63%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,659	46.4	603
14	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	61%	3292.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,677	51.0	675
15	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	59%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,205	45.0	608
16	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	59%	3163.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,954	46.8	644
17	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	59%	3136.4%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,030	44.3	615
18	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	61%	3120.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,505	45.9	641
19	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	58%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,346	43.1	604
20	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	56%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,888	43.4	608
21	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	60%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,592	44.7	626
22	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	55%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,757	43.0	602
23	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+19 more movesets	57%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,431	43.3	606
24	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	53%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,340	43.2	605
25	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	58%	3107.4%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,527	43.7	614
26	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	59%	3091.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,720	45.9	647
27	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	59%	3083.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,833	43.0	608
28	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Breath / Outrage+	Dragon Breath / Outrage++26 more movesets	61%	3037.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,823	42.9	616
29	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	58%	3014.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,419	49.1	710
30	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	61%	3008.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,698	45.3	657

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