Skeledirge counters

#0911

fire ghostTier 1

Lobby CP

7,554

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

132

Defense

115

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Skeledirge should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,651-1,729.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xdark1.6x

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 a Ghost Mega — most top counters attack with Ghost

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 Skeledirge counters are Mega Starmie, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Chandelure & Shadow Gengar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Starmie
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Kyogre
S. Darkrai
S. Chandelure
S. Gengar

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 StarmieMegapartyWater Gun / Liquidation+0.060:11
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.070:12
3Mega GreninjaMegaFeint Attack / Surf+0.070:12
4Mega GengarMegaHex / Shadow Ball0.070:13
5Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.070:13
6Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.080:14
7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Shadow Ball0.080:14
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.080:14
9Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.080:14
10Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Shadow Ball0.080:14
11Shadow GengarShadowpartyLick / Shadow Ball0.080:14

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 Skeledirge counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Starmiewaterpsychicjoint top pick	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:11	0.06	0.0	3916.4%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:12	0.07	0.0	3633.1%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	0:12	0.07	0.0	3487.8%
4	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:13	0.07	0.0	3363.9%
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:13	0.07	0.0	3270.6%
6	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:14	0.08	0.0	3145.5%
7	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarlghostShadow Ball	3,739	0:14	0.08	0.0	3114.0%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	0:14	0.08	0.0	3087.5%
9	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:14	0.08	0.0	3062.9%
10	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostShadow Ball	3,268	0:14	0.08	0.0	3058.6%
11	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:14	0.08	0.2	3053.3%
12	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:14	0.08	0.0	3035.9%
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:15	0.08	0.0	2990.1%
14	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	0:15	0.08	0.0	2977.9%
15	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:15	0.08	0.1	2916.2%

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 Skeledirge.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Skeledirge'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	100%	521%	3216.4%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	469%	3127.6%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Bite / Shadow Ball	100%	444%	3174.0%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Incinerate / Shadow Ball	100%	422%	3189.7%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Bite / Disarming Voice	100%	660%	3241.0%	0:13	0.0	0.08
Hex / Torch Song	100%	584%	3247.7%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Incinerate / Disarming Voice	100%	592%	3249.3%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Hex / Flamethrower	100%	599%	3256.1%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Bite / Flamethrower	100%	597%	3257.8%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Hex / Disarming Voice	100%	600%	3262.9%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Incinerate / Torch Song	100%	542%	3264.0%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Bite / Torch Song	100%	588%	3264.6%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Incinerate / Flamethrower	100%	564%	3269.7%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Incinerate / Crunch	100%	528%	3282.8%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Hex / Crunch	100%	564%	3296.6%	0:13	0.0	0.07
Bite / Crunch	100%	568%	3305.7%	0:13	0.0	0.07

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…

Skeledirge 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.

ground1.6x rock1.6x ghost1.6x water1.6x dark1.6x flying1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x poison0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x bug0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (4)
Resists (9)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Skeledirge throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
fireTorch SongSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.50s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s
fairyDisarming Voice	70	-33	4.0s	3.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,651	2,064
11/11/11	1,667	2,084
12/12/12	1,682	2,103
13/13/13	1,698	2,123
14/14/14	1,714	2,142
15/15/15hundo	1,729	2,162

Caught CP range 1,651 - 1,729, or 2,064 - 2,162 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.

Skeledirge 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 132 / Defense 115 (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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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 Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	100%	3916.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,701	57.3	637
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	98%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,842	50.3	603
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	90%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,784	49.4	618
4	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	79%	3363.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	47.8	619
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	78%	3270.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,099	52.0	690
6	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	80%	3145.5%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,115	46.4	642
7	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	73%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,739	43.7	612
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	76%	3087.5%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	6,428	43.7	617
9	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	3062.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,301	45.1	636
10	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	70%	3058.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,268	43.8	613
11	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	64%	3053.3%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	2,878	43.2	558
12	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	82%	3035.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	5,902	49.0	703
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	2990.1%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,922	42.1	615
14	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	78%	2977.9%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	5,424	42.3	619
15	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	2916.2%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	3,298	45.8	663
16	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	65%	2896.2%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,594	44.4	661
17	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Snarl / Razor Shell	Snarl / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	65%	2865.8%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,474	40.1	602
18	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	70%	2832.7%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	6,112	43.4	667
19	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	62%	2832.5%	0.09	0:15	0.1	100%	3,005	41.9	624
20	Shadow Absol darkshadow Psycho Cut / Brutal Swing	Psycho Cut / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	61%	2819.1%	0.09	0:15	0.1	100%	2,526	39.5	566
21	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	63%	2807.7%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	4,510	39.3	591
22	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	67%	2805.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	2,654	43.3	672
23	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Razor Shell	Bubble / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	64%	2802.3%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	2,829	41.4	623
24	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+14 more movesets	61%	2801.5%	0.09	0:16	0.1	100%	3,244	40.1	580
25	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	2780.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,625	43.0	672
26	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	65%	2762.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,749	39.0	616
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Earthquake	Smack Down / Earthquake+15 more movesets	69%	2762.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,733	39.0	616
28	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	2745.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,346	43.6	691
29	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	66%	2733.3%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,683	39.3	626
30	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	65%	2718.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,228	38.5	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 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.