Spinarak counters

#0167

bug poisonTier 1

Lobby CP

2,757

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Spinarak should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 426-466.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Spinarak counters are Shadow Mewtwo, Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Alakazam, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Galarian Articuno & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Mewtwo
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Alakazam
S. Moltres
S. Galarian Articuno
Mewtwo

4 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 %

1Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
4Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:06
5Mega GalladeMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
6Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
7Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.040:07
8Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire0.040:07
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly0.040:07
10MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.040:07

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

Related countersShadow Spinarak

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Top 15 Spinarak 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	Shadow Mewtwopsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:06	0.03	7113.3%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:06	0.03	7113.3%
4	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
5	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:07	0.04	6596.5%
6	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:07	0.04	6576.6%
7	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:07	0.04	6319.2%
8	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire	4,783	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
10	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
11	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,979	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
12	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
13	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
14	Shadow Staraptornormalflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	2,825	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
15	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:07	0.04	5813.6%

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 Spinarak.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Spinarak'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%	1837%	6630.3%	0:07	0.04
Poison Sting / Night Slash	100%	1785%	6588.5%	0:07	0.04
Poison Sting / Signal Beam	100%	1849%	6588.5%	0:07	0.04
Bug Bite / Night Slash	100%	1741%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Bug Bite / Signal Beam	100%	1830%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Poison Sting / Cross Poison	100%	1810%	6644.3%	0:07	0.04
Bug Bite / Cross Poison	100%	1741%	6679.7%	0:07	0.04

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…

Spinarak 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fairy0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x

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

It resists fighting0.39xgrass0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Spinarak throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonCross PoisonSTAB	40	-33	1.5s	0.90s
bugSignal BeamSTAB	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	426	532
11/11/11	434	542
12/12/12	442	552
13/13/13	450	563
14/14/14	458	573
15/15/15hundo	466	583

Caught CP range 426 - 466, or 532 - 583 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.

Spinarak 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 71 / Defense 52 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	89%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,178	112.2	673
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	97%	7113.3%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	128.0	784
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	100%	7113.3%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,112	123.5	757
4	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	76%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,057	94.0	611
5	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	86%	6596.5%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,521	92.7	612
6	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	80%	6576.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,510	104.3	691
7	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	83%	6319.2%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	93.6	645
8	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+23 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,783	90.6	634
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,590	86.3	604
10	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	76%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,178	86.2	603
11	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+19 more movesets	88%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,979	85.9	601
12	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	88%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,228	90.7	635
13	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	85%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,297	97.6	683
14	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	76%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,825	87.0	609
15	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	80%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,754	86.2	646
16	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	79%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	5,713	87.0	652
17	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	73%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,689	96.6	724
18	Toucannon normalflying Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	73%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,689	80.4	603
19	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	61%	5722.0%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,014	82.9	631
20	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	73%	5677.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	100.3	768
21	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	76%	5677.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,455	87.6	672
22	Salamence dragonflying Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	73%	5677.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	83.7	641
23	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	77%	5547.2%	0.04	0:08	100%	5,031	92.0	722
24	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+11 more movesets	68%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,145	76.9	615
25	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	70%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,161	82.1	657
26	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Flame Charge	Fire Spin / Flame Charge+19 more movesets	65%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,268	75.9	607
27	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+11 more movesets	68%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,473	78.0	624
28	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+17 more movesets	67%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,842	79.6	637
29	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	70%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,850	75.1	601
30	Shadow Arcanine fireshadow Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+27 more movesets	65%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,029	75.4	603

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.