Prinplup counters

#0394

waterTier 1

Lobby CP

5,015

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Prinplup should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 914-972.

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 Prinplup 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

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 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
4RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.060:10
5Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.060:11
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.060:11
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Dynamic Punch+0.060:12
8Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.060:12
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.070:12
10Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.070:12
11XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Power Whip0.070:12

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 Prinplup 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	4843.3%
2	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4498.5%
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:11	0.06	4036.1%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:11	0.06	3821.0%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:12	0.06	3790.4%
8	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:12	0.06	3774.7%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:12	0.07	3725.6%
10	Shadow Raikouelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,452	0:12	0.07	3697.8%
11	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
12	Shadow Magnezoneelectricsteel	electricVolt SwitchelectricWild Charge	3,205	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
13	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:13	0.07	3465.6%
14	Shadow Zapdoselectricflying	electricThunder ShockelectricThunderbolt	3,527	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
15	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:13	0.07	3353.6%

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 Prinplup.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Prinplup'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%	933%	4000.2%	0:11	0.06
Metal Claw / Hydro Pump	100%	1138%	3957.3%	0:11	0.06
Bubble / Hydro Pump	100%	877%	3979.9%	0:11	0.06
Metal Claw / Bubble Beam	100%	956%	3987.5%	0:11	0.06
Metal Claw / Icy Wind	100%	957%	3995.1%	0:11	0.06
Bubble / Icy Wind	100%	842%	4020.7%	0:11	0.06
Bubble / Bubble Beam	100%	821%	4038.8%	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…

Prinplup 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 Prinplup 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
steelMetal Claw	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
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	914	1,142
11/11/11	925	1,157
12/12/12	937	1,171
13/13/13	948	1,186
14/14/14	960	1,200
15/15/15hundo	972	1,215

Caught CP range 914 - 972, or 1,142 - 1,215 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.

Prinplup 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 98 / Defense 91 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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#	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%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	75.3	677
2	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	91%	4498.5%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	80.6	780
3	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	84%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	66.1	661
4	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	80%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,803	57.8	607
5	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	88%	4036.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,093	62.2	671
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	77%	3821.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,056	55.3	631
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Dynamic Punch+	Confusion / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	78%	3790.4%	0.06	0:12	100%	6,112	57.4	660
8	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	68%	3774.7%	0.06	0:12	100%	3,079	53.4	616
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	77%	3725.6%	0.07	0:12	100%	6,428	60.5	708
10	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	3697.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,452	51.5	607
11	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	62%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,937	48.6	608
12	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	65%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,205	49.4	617
13	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	63%	3465.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,580	50.7	638
14	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,527	46.3	602
15	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	60%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,659	47.9	622
16	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,757	46.8	608
17	Shadow Luxray electricshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	58%	3340.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,888	46.1	601
18	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	60%	3282.9%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,677	49.5	657
19	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	59%	3175.3%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,592	46.4	637
20	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch	Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch+7 more movesets	53%	3136.4%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,345	45.8	637
21	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	58%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	5,902	42.9	600
22	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	58%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,346	43.5	609
23	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+11 more movesets	57%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,014	43.1	604
24	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Fusion Bolt	Dragon Tail / Fusion Bolt+11 more movesets	60%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,605	42.9	601
25	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	57%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,505	43.4	607
26	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+19 more movesets	54%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,431	44.6	624
27	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Solar Beam	Magical Leaf / Solar Beam+29 more movesets	56%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,971	43.2	605
28	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	57%	3098.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,030	46.2	650
29	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	58%	3091.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,954	47.2	665
30	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	59%	3052.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	4,823	46.6	664

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.