Starmie counters

#0121

water psychicTier 3

Lobby CP

19,044

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

145

Difficulty

0.53

Pokebattler scale

Beating Starmie should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,404-1,476.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Starmie counters are Mega Raichu Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Tyranitar & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Darkrai
S. Tyranitar
S. Hydreigon

9 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 YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.481:24
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.511:30
3Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.521:31
4Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.531:33
5Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.551:36
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.561:39
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.571:39
8Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.571:40
9Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.571:41
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.581:42
13Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.611:48
15Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.621:48

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

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Top 15 Starmie 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 Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	1:24	0.48	3.0	280.0%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:30	0.51	2.6	259.6%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	1:31	0.52	4.0	258.7%
4	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	1:33	0.53	2.6	251.5%
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:36	0.55	1.8	244.0%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:39	0.56	2.5	238.0%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:39	0.57	3.4	236.5%
8	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:40	0.57	1.7	235.6%
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	1:41	0.57	4.3	232.9%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:42	0.58	3.1	230.1%
11	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:46	0.60	2.0	221.6%
12	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:47	0.61	4.0	220.1%
13	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	1:48	0.61	2.9	217.5%
14	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	1:48	0.61	2.0	217.5%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	1:48	0.62	2.6	217.2%

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 Starmie.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Starmie'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%	142%	236.7%	1:39	2.8	0.56
Psywave / Ice Beam	100%	119%	228.2%	1:43	3.9	0.59
Water Gun / Ice Beam	100%	116%	229.8%	1:42	3.9	0.58
Psywave / Psychic	100%	156%	229.8%	1:42	2.9	0.58
Quick Attack / Ice Beam	100%	123%	231.4%	1:41	3.7	0.58
Water Gun / Psychic	100%	148%	231.6%	1:41	3.0	0.58
Quick Attack / Psychic	100%	157%	231.9%	1:41	2.8	0.58
Hidden Power / Ice Beam	100%	126%	232.7%	1:41	3.5	0.57
Hidden Power / Power Gem	100%	135%	232.8%	1:41	3.2	0.57
Hidden Power / Psychic	100%	156%	233.5%	1:41	2.7	0.57
Psywave / Power Gem	100%	133%	233.6%	1:40	3.2	0.57
Water Gun / Surf	100%	122%	233.6%	1:40	3.7	0.57
Quick Attack / Hydro Pump	100%	125%	234.0%	1:40	3.4	0.57
Quick Attack / Surf	100%	125%	234.1%	1:40	3.5	0.57
Hidden Power / Surf	100%	127%	234.3%	1:40	3.4	0.57
Water Gun / Power Gem	100%	129%	234.4%	1:40	3.3	0.57
Psywave / Hydro Pump	100%	128%	234.4%	1:40	3.4	0.57
Water Gun / Hydro Pump	100%	126%	234.4%	1:40	3.5	0.57
Psywave / Surf	100%	125%	234.5%	1:40	3.6	0.57
Quick Attack / Power Gem	100%	134%	234.5%	1:40	3.2	0.57
Quick Attack / Thunder	100%	151%	234.6%	1:40	2.7	0.57
Hidden Power / Psybeam	100%	190%	235.7%	1:40	1.9	0.57
Hidden Power / Hydro Pump	100%	127%	235.9%	1:40	3.4	0.57
Psywave / Psybeam	100%	199%	236.1%	1:39	1.8	0.57
Hidden Power / Thunder	100%	152%	236.4%	1:39	2.5	0.57
Water Gun / Thunder	100%	155%	236.6%	1:39	2.6	0.57
Water Gun / Aqua Jet	100%	162%	236.8%	1:39	2.3	0.56
Psywave / Aqua Jet	100%	167%	237.0%	1:39	2.2	0.56
Psywave / Thunder	100%	164%	237.1%	1:39	2.4	0.56
Quick Attack / Psybeam	100%	194%	237.4%	1:39	1.8	0.56
Water Gun / Psybeam	100%	188%	237.9%	1:39	1.8	0.56
Quick Attack / Aqua Jet	100%	163%	238.3%	1:38	2.3	0.56
Hidden Power / Aqua Jet	100%	163%	238.5%	1:38	2.4	0.56

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…

Starmie 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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x

Weak (5)
Neutral (7)
Resists (6)

It resists fighting0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Starmie throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
normalHidden Power	15	+15	1.5s	1.10s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s
psychicPsywaveSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB	135	-100	3.5s	1.10s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s
psychicPsybeamSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	1.10s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,404	1,756
11/11/11	1,419	1,773
12/12/12	1,433	1,791
13/13/13	1,447	1,809
14/14/14	1,462	1,828
15/15/15hundo	1,476	1,846

Caught CP range 1,404 - 1,476, or 1,756 - 1,846 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.

Starmie 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 164 / Defense 145 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	100%	280.0%	0.48	1:24	2.7	100%	3,780	44.0	952
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	95%	259.6%	0.51	1:30	2.4	100%	3,842	40.5	1153
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	88%	258.7%	0.52	1:31	3.7	100%	3,383	41.2	763
4	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	92%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	2.4	100%	3,510	39.9	1075
5	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	94%	244.0%	0.55	1:36	1.6	100%	4,099	38.3	1370
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	87%	238.0%	0.56	1:39	2.3	100%	4,056	37.8	1234
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	83%	236.5%	0.57	1:39	3.1	100%	4,336	37.4	886
8	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	91%	235.6%	0.57	1:40	1.5	100%	4,093	37.1	1517
9	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	79%	232.9%	0.57	1:41	4.0	100%	3,659	37.3	720
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	82%	230.1%	0.58	1:42	2.8	100%	3,739	35.8	965
11	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	84%	221.6%	0.60	1:46	1.8	100%	6,428	34.3	1267
12	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	75%	220.1%	0.61	1:47	3.7	100%	3,301	34.5	784
13	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	217.5%	0.61	1:48	2.6	100%	3,834	33.8	1054
14	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	83%	217.5%	0.61	1:48	1.8	100%	5,347	33.6	1452
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	79%	217.2%	0.62	1:48	2.4	100%	3,625	34.0	1142
16	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	72%	212.1%	0.63	1:51	3.9	100%	2,803	33.6	728
17	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	75%	211.8%	0.63	1:51	3.0	100%	4,814	33.4	938
18	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	208.7%	0.64	1:52	2.0	100%	6,112	33.2	1212
19	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade	Fury Cutter / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	74%	206.8%	0.65	1:53	2.7	100%	3,677	32.1	966
20	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	70%	206.5%	0.65	1:54	3.8	100%	3,594	32.3	722
21	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	71%	206.4%	0.65	1:54	3.5	100%	3,937	32.1	771
22	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	77%	206.4%	0.65	1:54	1.9	100%	3,683	32.2	1289
23	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	72%	205.7%	0.65	1:54	3.1	100%	3,452	32.1	872
24	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	69%	205.0%	0.65	1:54	3.9	100%	3,079	32.3	719
25	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	72%	204.7%	0.65	1:55	2.8	100%	3,419	32.1	934
26	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	70%	201.0%	0.67	1:57	3.4	100%	3,580	31.4	802
27	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	67%	198.3%	0.67	1:58	3.9	100%	2,757	31.6	750
28	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	70%	196.4%	0.68	1:59	2.8	100%	3,205	30.5	923
29	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	63%	195.8%	0.68	1:60	5.6	100%	2,526	31.9	576
30	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	66%	195.1%	0.68	2:00	3.9	100%	3,749	30.7	771

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.