Rayquaza counters

#0384

dragon flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

49,808

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

236

Defense

146

Difficulty

1.18

Pokebattler scale

Beating Rayquaza should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,102-2,191.

Weak toice2.56xrock1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

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 Rayquaza counters are Kyurem (White), Kyurem (Black), Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) & Shadow Weavile.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
Kyurem (Black)
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mamoswine
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
S. Weavile

1 more Mega 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 %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.994:34
2Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.115:07
3Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Ice Beam1.195:29
4Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyPowder Snow / Avalanche1.235:39
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam1.255:45
6Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche1.306:00
7Shadow WeavileShadowpartyIce Shard / Triple Axel1.316:02
8EternatusLegendaryDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.326:06
9Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.336:08
10Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.386:20

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Rayquaza Mega Rayquaza

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Top 15 Rayquaza 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	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	4:34	0.99	6.0	110.8%
2	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	5:07	1.11	6.0	98.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,428	5:29	1.19	6.0	92.4%
4	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	5:39	1.23	6.0	89.6%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	5:45	1.25	6.0	88.0%
6	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	6:00	1.30	6.0	84.6%
7	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceTriple Axel	3,005	6:02	1.31	6.0	83.9%
8	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	6:06	1.32	6.0	83.2%
9	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	6:08	1.33	6.0	82.6%
10	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	6:20	1.38	6.0	80.1%
11	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	6:29	1.41	6.0	78.2%
12	Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	6:36	1.43	6.0	76.8%
13	Shadow Aurorusrockice	iceFrost BreathiceWeather Ball (Ice)	2,802	6:37	1.44	6.0	76.7%
14	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	fairyCharmiceTriple Axel	4,512	6:39	1.45	6.0	76.2%
15	Mega Abomasnowgrassice	icePowder SnowiceWeather Ball (Ice)	3,405	6:40	1.45	6.0	76.1%

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 Rayquaza.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Rayquaza'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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	22%	93%	92.2%	5:30	6.0	1.19
Dragon Tail / Outrage	15%	74%	88.7%	5:43	6.0	1.24
Air Slash / Outrage	18%	80%	89.5%	5:40	6.0	1.23
Dragon Tail / Ancient Power	18%	96%	92.0%	5:31	6.0	1.20
Air Slash / Ancient Power	21%	103%	92.7%	5:28	6.0	1.19
Air Slash / Aerial Ace	28%	114%	95.5%	5:19	6.0	1.15
Dragon Tail / Aerial Ace	33%	107%	96.5%	5:15	6.0	1.14

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…

Rayquaza 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.

ice2.56x rock1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x electric1x psychic1x dark1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ground0.39x grass0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists ground0.39xgrass0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Rayquaza throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB	14	+8	1.0s	0.75s
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,102	2,627
11/11/11	2,119	2,650
12/12/12	2,137	2,672
13/13/13	2,155	2,694
14/14/14	2,173	2,717
15/15/15hundo	2,191	2,739

Caught CP range 2,102 - 2,191, or 2,627 - 2,739 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.

Rayquaza 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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 236 / Defense 146 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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.

#	PB #	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	1	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	110.8%	0.99	4:34	12.2	98%	4,605	57.6	1149
2	2	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	88%	98.9%	1.11	5:07	13.5	44%	4,605	51.9	1055
3	3	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	85%	92.4%	1.19	5:29	10.3	0%	6,428	47.4	1317
4	13	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	78%	89.6%	1.23	5:39	16.5	0%	3,328	47.2	848
5	4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	79%	88.0%	1.25	5:45	12.4	0%	6,112	45.5	1198
6	16	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	71%	84.6%	1.30	5:60	24.7	0%	3,105	46.1	586
7	22	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	71%	83.9%	1.31	6:02	21.6	0%	3,005	45.0	651
8	5	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	74%	83.2%	1.32	6:06	13.7	0%	4,429	43.2	1074
9	7	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	73%	82.6%	1.33	6:08	15.8	0%	5,713	43.0	904
10	10	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	71%	80.1%	1.38	6:20	15.0	0%	4,823	41.8	969
11	16	Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) ice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	67%	78.2%	1.41	6:29	21.2	0%	3,105	41.6	660
12	13	Mamoswine iceground Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	67%	76.8%	1.43	6:36	17.0	0%	3,328	40.0	827
13	—	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)	Frost Breath / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	67%	76.7%	1.44	6:37	17.1	0%	2,802	40.0	878
14	9	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	69%	76.2%	1.45	6:39	12.2	0%	4,512	39.0	1131
15	14	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	65%	76.1%	1.45	6:40	20.6	0%	3,405	40.1	671
16	—	Shadow Mr. Rime icepsychicshadow Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+14 more movesets	64%	75.8%	1.45	6:41	21.8	0%	2,827	40.4	643
17	—	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	65%	75.3%	1.46	6:44	18.5	0%	4,178	39.7	760
18	12	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	67%	75.2%	1.47	6:45	14.0	0%	5,424	38.7	1107
19	18	Mega Glalie icemega Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	64%	74.7%	1.48	6:47	20.6	0%	3,229	39.4	682
20	20	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	62%	73.3%	1.50	6:55	22.7	0%	3,550	39.2	676
21	—	Shadow Articuno iceflyingshadow Frost Breath / Triple Axel	Frost Breath / Triple Axel+17 more movesets	61%	71.4%	1.54	7:06	20.2	0%	3,051	37.5	710
22	22	Weavile darkice Ice Shard / Triple Axel	Ice Shard / Triple Axel+11 more movesets	60%	71.1%	1.55	7:08	22.5	0%	3,005	37.7	624
23	25	Kyurem dragonice Dragon Breath / Glaciate	Dragon Breath / Glaciate+7 more movesets	60%	70.6%	1.56	7:11	21.0	0%	3,575	37.3	704
24	21	Glaceon ice Frost Breath / Avalanche	Frost Breath / Avalanche+9 more movesets	59%	69.3%	1.59	7:19	21.5	0%	3,126	36.7	657
25	—	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	59%	69.2%	1.59	7:20	20.9	0%	3,962	36.3	789
26	23	Cetitan ice Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+14 more movesets	59%	68.9%	1.60	7:21	18.5	0%	3,113	36.0	770
27	—	Shadow Abomasnow grassiceshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+14 more movesets	56%	68.3%	1.61	7:25	28.0	0%	2,362	36.8	502
28	—	Shadow Alolan Ninetales icefairyshadow Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	58%	67.4%	1.63	7:31	19.6	0%	2,309	35.3	744
29	—	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	58%	66.9%	1.65	7:35	18.3	0%	3,093	34.7	770
30	—	Shadow Piloswine icegroundshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+9 more movesets	55%	66.3%	1.66	7:38	25.2	0%	2,345	35.3	569

PB # is pokebattler.com's own rank for the same attacker at these settings (snapshot 2026-10-03). 21 of our 30 rows are on its 30-row list, 7 in both top tens. Sort by Pokebattler's own rank

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