Mega Pinsir counters

#0127

bug flyingMega Legendary

Lobby CP

75,285

22,500

Timer

5:00

Attack

252

Defense

194

Difficulty

2.41

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Pinsir should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,613-1,690 (you catch Pinsir).

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Mega Pinsir counters are Mega Diancie, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Gigalith, Shadow Tyrantrum, Glimmora & Shadow Rampardos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Diancie
S. Rhyperior
S. Gigalith
S. Tyrantrum
Glimmora
S. Rampardos

4 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 DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide2.2310:22
2Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker2.3610:59
3Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.3811:05
4Shadow GigalithShadowpartySmack Down / Meteor Beam2.4811:32
5Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide2.4911:33
6Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge2.4911:34
7Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.4911:34
8Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+2.5211:42
9GlimmorapartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.5711:56
10Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide2.6612:21

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

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Top 15 Mega Pinsir 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Diancierockfairyjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	10:22	2.23	5.9	48.9%
2	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	10:59	2.36	5.9	46.2%
3	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	11:05	2.38	6.0	45.8%
4	Shadow Gigalithrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,228	11:32	2.48	6.0	44.0%
5	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	11:33	2.49	5.8	43.9%
6	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	11:34	2.49	5.7	43.9%
7	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	11:34	2.49	6.0	43.8%
8	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	11:42	2.52	6.0	43.3%
9	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	11:56	2.57	5.9	42.5%
10	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	12:21	2.66	6.0	41.1%
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	3,588	12:33	2.70	6.0	40.4%
12	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	12:40	2.72	6.0	40.1%
13	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	12:56	2.78	6.0	39.2%
14	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	12:57	2.79	5.6	39.2%
15	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	13:08	2.83	5.7	38.6%

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 Mega Pinsir.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega Pinsir'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	99%	44%	44.2%	11:28	6.0	2.47
Rock Smash / Close Combat	100%	28%	40.4%	12:34	6.0	2.70
Bug Bite / Close Combat	88%	29%	40.6%	12:29	6.0	2.69
Fury Cutter / Close Combat	88%	30%	40.6%	12:29	6.0	2.68
Bug Bite / Superpower	89%	36%	42.2%	12:00	6.0	2.58
Fury Cutter / Superpower	89%	37%	42.4%	11:58	6.0	2.57
Rock Smash / Superpower	99%	33%	42.7%	11:53	6.0	2.56
Rock Smash / X-Scissor	100%	49%	46.1%	10:60	6.0	2.37
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	100%	57%	46.2%	10:59	6.0	2.36
Bug Bite / X-Scissor	100%	56%	46.3%	10:58	6.0	2.36
Rock Smash / Vice Grip	100%	74%	48.5%	10:27	6.0	2.25
Bug Bite / Vice Grip	100%	102%	49.3%	10:17	5.8	2.21
Fury Cutter / Vice Grip	100%	106%	49.6%	10:14	5.7	2.20

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 3 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…

Mega Pinsir 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.

rock2.56x flying1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x ground0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists ground0.24xfighting0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Mega Pinsir throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingClose Combat	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
fightingSuperpower	85	-50	3.0s	2.10s
normalVice Grip	35	-33	2.0s	1.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,613	2,016
11/11/11	1,628	2,035
12/12/12	1,643	2,055
13/13/13	1,659	2,074
14/14/14	1,675	2,094
15/15/15hundo	1,690	2,113

Caught CP range 1,613 - 1,690, or 2,016 - 2,113 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.

Mega Pinsir 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

Mega Legendary: 22,500 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 252 / Defense 194 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	48.9%	2.23	10:22	25.9	100%	4,346	38.1	1035
2	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	92%	46.2%	2.36	10:59	31.6	100%	3,733	36.3	917
3	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	98%	45.8%	2.38	11:05	16.1	100%	5,713	34.9	1404
4	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	86%	44.0%	2.48	11:32	39.0	98%	3,228	35.1	741
5	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	90%	43.9%	2.49	11:33	24.3	100%	4,118	33.8	1085
6	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	87%	43.9%	2.49	11:34	34.6	100%	5,347	34.5	919
7	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	85%	43.8%	2.49	11:34	42.1	98%	3,128	35.2	711
8	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	90%	43.3%	2.52	11:42	21.4	100%	4,783	33.3	1080
9	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	86%	42.5%	2.57	11:56	28.7	100%	3,273	33.1	942
10	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	76%	41.1%	2.66	12:21	67.5	74%	3,298	35.2	506
11	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	82%	40.4%	2.70	12:33	26.7	100%	3,588	31.2	863
12	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	78%	40.1%	2.72	12:40	41.7	100%	3,780	31.9	581
13	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	77%	39.2%	2.78	12:56	38.4	100%	2,783	30.9	682
14	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	83%	39.2%	2.79	12:57	19.0	100%	3,979	29.9	1234
15	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	76%	38.6%	2.83	13:08	34.7	100%	3,733	30.2	859
16	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	76%	38.4%	2.84	13:12	35.3	100%	3,698	30.1	857
17	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	75%	38.3%	2.85	13:15	40.0	100%	3,128	30.2	716
18	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	73%	37.8%	2.89	13:25	42.9	96%	3,331	30.0	604
19	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	76%	36.9%	2.96	13:45	25.3	100%	3,297	28.3	957
20	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	74%	36.8%	2.97	13:48	29.9	100%	3,749	28.4	772
21	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	72%	36.6%	2.98	13:52	37.7	80%	3,228	28.8	749
22	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	36.4%	3.00	13:55	66.4	68%	3,298	30.6	522
23	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	73%	36.2%	3.02	14:01	27.5	100%	3,465	27.8	880
24	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	71%	36.2%	3.02	14:01	39.0	94%	3,510	28.5	621
25	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	71%	35.9%	3.04	14:07	35.3	76%	4,038	28.0	734
26	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	71%	35.8%	3.05	14:09	34.7	80%	4,161	27.9	777
27	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	74%	35.8%	3.05	14:11	22.7	100%	4,455	27.3	1057
28	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	68%	35.6%	3.07	14:15	47.1	88%	3,105	28.2	522
29	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	73%	35.6%	3.07	14:16	26.4	98%	6,428	27.3	935
30	Shadow Crustle bugrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+7 more movesets	67%	35.0%	3.12	14:30	44.2	78%	2,542	27.6	600

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.

Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 2.0 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.