Solgaleo counters

#0791

psychic steelTier 5

Lobby CP

47,461

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

213

Defense

162

Difficulty

1.61

Pokebattler scale

Beating Solgaleo should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,219-2,310.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xdark1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Solgaleo counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Blacephalon, Shadow Darkrai & Shadow Landorus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Blacephalon
S. Darkrai
S. Landorus (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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.386:22
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.547:05
3Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare1.617:25
4Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.697:46
5Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn1.697:47
6Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn1.737:57
7Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.748:01
8BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown1.778:08
9Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball1.808:16
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.838:25
11Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.838:25

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

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Top 15 Solgaleo 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	6:22	1.38	5.5	79.6%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	7:05	1.54	5.4	71.6%
3	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	7:25	1.61	5.9	68.4%
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	7:46	1.69	5.6	65.3%
5	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	7:47	1.69	6.0	65.1%
6	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	7:57	1.73	6.0	63.8%
7	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	8:01	1.74	5.4	63.2%
8	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	8:08	1.77	6.0	62.3%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	8:16	1.80	6.0	61.3%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	8:25	1.83	5.7	60.3%
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	8:25	1.83	6.0	60.2%
12	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	8:26	1.83	4.6	60.1%
13	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	8:28	1.84	5.8	59.8%
14	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinghostShadow Ball	3,268	8:33	1.86	6.0	59.3%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterghostShadow Ball	6,112	8:38	1.88	6.0	58.7%

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 Solgaleo.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Solgaleo'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	95%	65.5%	7:44	5.8	1.68
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	100%	79%	62.0%	8:10	6.0	1.78
Zen Headbutt / Solar Beam	100%	76%	62.3%	8:08	6.0	1.77
Fire Spin / Iron Head	100%	90%	65.6%	7:44	6.0	1.68
Zen Headbutt / Flamethrower	100%	100%	65.6%	7:44	6.0	1.68
Zen Headbutt / Iron Head	100%	89%	65.8%	7:42	6.0	1.67
Fire Spin / Flamethrower	100%	106%	66.1%	7:40	5.8	1.67
Fire Spin / Psychic Fangs	100%	144%	68.3%	7:25	5.5	1.61
Zen Headbutt / Psychic Fangs	100%	153%	68.3%	7:25	5.0	1.61

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 2 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…

Solgaleo 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 ghost1.6x fire1.6x dark1.6x fighting1x bug1x water1x electric1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (4)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xpsychic0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Solgaleo throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicZen HeadbuttSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.75s
fireFire Spin	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
fireFlamethrower	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
psychicPsychic FangsSTAB	25	-33	1.0s	0.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,219	2,774
11/11/11	2,237	2,796
12/12/12	2,255	2,819
13/13/13	2,273	2,842
14/14/14	2,291	2,864
15/15/15hundo	2,310	2,887

Caught CP range 2,219 - 2,310, or 2,774 - 2,887 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.

Solgaleo 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 213 / Defense 162 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	79.6%	1.38	6:22	8.1	100%	4,783	40.3	1714
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	88%	71.6%	1.54	7:05	10.3	100%	3,842	36.4	1487
3	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	83%	68.4%	1.61	7:25	10.8	100%	4,038	34.8	1281
4	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	78%	65.3%	1.69	7:46	13.4	100%	4,099	33.7	1168
5	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	79%	65.1%	1.69	7:47	11.1	100%	4,455	33.1	1208
6	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	74%	63.8%	1.73	7:57	17.5	100%	4,161	33.1	811
7	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	77%	63.2%	1.74	8:01	10.4	100%	5,902	32.1	1423
8	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	71%	62.3%	1.77	8:08	20.5	100%	3,297	32.5	684
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	69%	61.3%	1.80	8:16	22.5	100%	4,336	32.2	620
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	68%	60.3%	1.83	8:25	21.2	100%	3,739	31.5	888
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	68%	60.2%	1.83	8:25	22.9	100%	3,922	31.7	653
12	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	72%	60.1%	1.83	8:26	12.2	100%	5,347	30.5	1666
13	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	72%	59.8%	1.84	8:28	12.4	100%	3,754	30.4	1160
14	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	68%	59.3%	1.86	8:33	20.1	100%	3,268	30.8	697
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Shadow Ball	Counter / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	69%	58.7%	1.88	8:38	15.2	100%	6,112	30.0	961
16	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	16.2	100%	3,625	30.2	1072
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Shadow Ball	Counter / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	68%	57.4%	1.92	8:50	14.3	100%	6,428	29.4	1119
18	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	68%	57.3%	1.92	8:51	14.0	100%	5,424	29.3	1089
19	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	70%	57.1%	1.93	8:52	10.8	100%	4,038	29.0	1272
20	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	68%	56.7%	1.94	8:57	12.2	100%	3,863	28.9	1110
21	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	67%	56.5%	1.95	8:58	14.3	100%	3,683	28.9	990
22	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	66%	56.3%	1.96	9:00	15.9	100%	3,465	28.9	866
23	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	68%	56.2%	1.96	9:01	12.0	100%	3,850	28.5	1146
24	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	64%	55.3%	1.99	9:10	17.2	100%	3,059	28.5	850
25	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	61%	54.9%	2.01	9:14	26.1	98%	2,848	29.0	549
26	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	54.8%	2.01	9:14	31.4	76%	3,301	29.5	652
27	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	54.7%	2.01	9:16	23.0	100%	3,105	28.6	612
28	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Brutal Swing	Fire Fang / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	62%	54.4%	2.03	9:19	19.2	100%	3,749	28.1	745
29	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	62%	54.1%	2.04	9:22	19.0	100%	2,889	27.9	732
30	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	58%	52.4%	2.10	9:40	26.4	76%	4,115	28.4	715

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