Piplup counters

#0393

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

3,364

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Piplup should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 568-614.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

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 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 Piplup counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Regieleki, Zekrom, Xurkitree, Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Regieleki
Zekrom
Xurkitree
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Thundurus (Therian)

5 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 XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.050:08
4ZekromLegendarypartyCharge Beam / Fusion Bolt0.050:09
5Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
6XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.050:09
7Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Thunder0.050:09
8Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent0.050:10
9Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Leaf Blade0.060:10
10Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunder0.060:10
11Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.060:10

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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Top 15 Piplup 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	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5496.8%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5315.9%
3	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
4	Zekromdragonelectric	electricCharge BeamelectricFusion Bolt	4,038	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
5	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4806.0%
6	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:09	0.05	4623.5%
7	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder	3,780	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
8	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:10	0.05	4541.6%
9	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassLeaf Blade	4,056	0:10	0.06	4412.8%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunder	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
11	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
12	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	electricSparkelectricDischarge	3,117	0:10	0.06	4295.4%
13	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon	3,527	0:10	0.06	4224.7%
14	Shadow Magnetonelectricsteel	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon	2,485	0:10	0.06	4180.1%
15	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)electricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder	3,345	0:10	0.06	4152.2%

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 Piplup.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Piplup'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%	1227%	4767.0%	0:09	0.05
Pound / Bubble Beam	100%	1342%	4752.5%	0:09	0.05
Pound / Drill Peck	100%	1343%	4752.5%	0:09	0.05
Pound / Icy Wind	100%	1339%	4763.4%	0:09	0.05
Bubble / Icy Wind	100%	1232%	4770.6%	0:09	0.05
Bubble / Bubble Beam	100%	1229%	4774.2%	0:09	0.05
Bubble / Drill Peck	100%	1233%	4774.2%	0:09	0.05

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…

Piplup 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 Piplup throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterBubbleSTAB	10	+12	1.0s	0.55s
normalPound	6	+5	0.5s	0.24s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingDrill Peck	70	-33	2.5s	1.90s
waterBubble BeamSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.55s
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	568	710
11/11/11	577	721
12/12/12	586	732
13/13/13	595	744
14/14/14	604	756
15/15/15hundo	614	767

Caught CP range 568 - 614, or 710 - 767 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.

Piplup 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 75 / Defense 69 (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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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5496.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	81.7	647
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	85.9	704
3	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	91%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,803	78.0	663
4	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	87%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,038	66.9	602
5	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	87%	4806.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	98.3	891
6	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	77%	4623.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,937	65.9	621
7	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+35 more movesets	75%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,780	64.6	614
8	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	4541.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,713	63.0	605
9	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade	Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	72%	4412.8%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,056	64.5	637
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunder	Volt Switch / Thunder+9 more movesets	71%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	66.9	669
11	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	72.5	725
12	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Spark / Discharge	Spark / Discharge+15 more movesets	67%	4295.4%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,117	60.2	611
13	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	69%	4224.7%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,527	65.9	680
14	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+19 more movesets	66%	4180.1%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,485	59.0	615
15	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	65%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,345	57.8	607
16	Mega Ampharos electricdragonmega Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	73%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,245	60.8	638
17	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	68%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,677	61.1	641
18	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Solar Beam	Lock-On / Solar Beam+14 more movesets	66%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,266	57.2	601
19	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	73%	4066.2%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	67.7	724
20	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	Charge Beam / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	68%	3992.5%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,205	58.7	640
21	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	65%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,505	58.6	644
22	Shadow Ampharos electricshadow Volt Switch / Zap Cannon	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+15 more movesets	66%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,852	55.3	608
23	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	65%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,826	54.8	603
24	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	60%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,431	55.1	606
25	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	66%	3962.7%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,979	58.9	648
26	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	63%	3910.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,757	63.6	708
27	Breloom grassfighting Force Palm / Grass Knot	Force Palm / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	58%	3878.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,628	54.7	614
28	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Seed Flare	Magical Leaf / Seed Flare+11 more movesets	63%	3871.9%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,592	57.2	643
29	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Thunder	Thunder Fang / Thunder+14 more movesets	62%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,580	54.3	624
30	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	62%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,698	53.1	611

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.