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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: Hand-checked list as of 2026-10-03 (PvPoke released flags, 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); since 2026-10-05 maintained from official Pokemon GO news debuts and new Game Master species (no PvPoke download).

Palafin (Hero) counters

#0964Not released in Pokemon GO

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

11,990

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

201

Defense

126

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Palafin (Hero) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,606-2,706.

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 (Hero) counters are Mega Raichu Y, Xurkitree, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Raikou, Regieleki & Shadow Zapdos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Xurkitree
S. Electivire
S. Raikou
Regieleki
S. Zapdos

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 Raichu YMegapartySpark / Zap Cannon+0.070:12
2Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
3XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Power Whip0.090:16
4Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:16
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.090:16
6Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:16
7RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.090:16
8Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.090:16
9Shadow ZapdosShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunderbolt0.090:16
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.090:16

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

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Top 15 Palafin (Hero) 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 Yelectricjoint top pick	electricSparkelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:12	0.07	0.0	3633.1%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	0.1	2801.2%
3	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:16	0.09	0.0	2782.1%
4	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:16	0.09	0.0	2775.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.0	2751.9%
6	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:16	0.09	0.0	2738.4%
7	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:16	0.09	0.0	2733.3%
8	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,510	0:16	0.09	0.0	2684.4%
9	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:16	0.09	0.0	2675.4%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:16	0.09	0.0	2659.5%
11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:16	0.09	0.1	2655.6%
12	Shadow Luxrayelectric	electricSparkelectricWild Charge	2,888	0:17	0.09	0.0	2639.0%
13	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricCharge BeamelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:17	0.09	0.0	2612.0%
14	Mega Manectricelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:17	0.09	0.0	2610.5%
15	Kartanagrasssteel	bugFury CuttergrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:17	0.09	0.1	2590.7%

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 (Hero).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Palafin (Hero)'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%	380%	2840.1%	0:15	0.09
Counter / Drain Punch	100%	436%	2815.1%	0:15	0.09
Counter / Water Pulse	100%	385%	2826.2%	0:15	0.09
Charm / Water Pulse	100%	364%	2832.6%	0:15	0.09
Counter / Icy Wind	100%	401%	2836.8%	0:15	0.09
Counter / Aqua Jet	100%	414%	2838.1%	0:15	0.09
Waterfall / Drain Punch	100%	405%	2844.5%	0:15	0.09
Charm / Icy Wind	100%	371%	2845.4%	0:15	0.09
Waterfall / Icy Wind	100%	377%	2849.0%	0:15	0.09
Waterfall / Water Pulse	100%	361%	2851.9%	0:15	0.09
Charm / Aqua Jet	100%	364%	2852.3%	0:15	0.09
Charm / Drain Punch	100%	386%	2857.4%	0:15	0.09
Waterfall / Aqua Jet	100%	388%	2860.0%	0:15	0.09
Counter / Acrobatics	100%	433%	2873.1%	0:15	0.08
Charm / Acrobatics	100%	386%	2877.1%	0:15	0.08
Waterfall / Acrobatics	100%	400%	2889.0%	0:15	0.08

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 (Hero) 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 (Hero) 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	2,606	3,258
11/11/11	2,626	3,283
12/12/12	2,646	3,308
13/13/13	2,666	3,333
14/14/14	2,686	3,358
15/15/15hundo	2,706	3,383

Caught CP range 2,606 - 2,706, or 3,258 - 3,383 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 (Hero) 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 201 / Defense 126 (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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Spark / Zap Cannon+	Spark / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,780	50.2	602
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	75%	2801.2%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	4,056	44.4	650
3	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	73%	2782.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,937	39.3	615
4	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	2775.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,079	41.2	639
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	80%	2751.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,112	44.7	707
6	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	75%	2738.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,452	40.0	636
7	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	74%	2733.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,803	46.3	738
8	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	72%	2684.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,510	38.4	623
9	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	72%	2675.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,527	37.2	593
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	81%	2659.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,428	47.1	772
11	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	70%	2655.6%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	3,659	42.0	667
12	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	68%	2639.0%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,888	38.0	620
13	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	69%	2612.0%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,205	36.8	608
14	Mega Manectric electricmega Charge Beam / Wild Charge	Charge Beam / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	2610.5%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,580	36.6	612
15	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	67%	2590.7%	0.09	0:17	0.1	100%	3,677	38.1	612
16	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	73%	2573.5%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,038	38.9	658
17	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	73%	2562.6%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	4,093	37.6	640
18	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	67%	2551.7%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,659	35.7	595
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	2535.3%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	5,713	36.5	607
20	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	65%	2510.3%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	3,345	36.2	600
21	Shadow Manectric electricshadow Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	61%	2485.2%	0.10	0:18	0.3	100%	2,340	35.0	516
22	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	64%	2482.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,842	35.5	615
23	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Spark / Discharge	Spark / Discharge+15 more movesets	62%	2450.8%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,117	35.6	596
24	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Solar Beam	Razor Leaf / Solar Beam+23 more movesets	66%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,505	33.7	607
25	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	62%	2416.3%	0.10	0:18	0.2	100%	2,757	36.5	572
26	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	63%	2366.3%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,030	35.5	647
27	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	63%	2331.9%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	3,592	35.6	643
28	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	66%	2327.5%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	4,099	33.9	633
29	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	62%	2321.1%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,979	33.3	624
30	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	2303.8%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	3,826	33.5	591

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.