Swadloon counters

#0541

bug grassTier 1

Lobby CP

4,236

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

105

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Swadloon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 730-783.

Weak toflying2.56xfire2.56xpoison1.6xrock1.6xbug1.6xice1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Swadloon counters are Shadow Salamence, Shadow Moltres, Mega Staraptor, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Toucannon & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Salamence
S. Moltres
M. Staraptor
S. Blaziken
S. Toucannon
Blacephalon

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 SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.040:08
2Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.040:08
3Mega StaraptorMegapartySand Attack / Brave Bird+0.050:08
4Mega Charizard YMegaEmber / Blast Burn0.050:08
5Mega BlazikenMegaEmber / Blast Burn0.050:08
6Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyEmber / Blast Burn0.050:08
7Shadow ToucannonShadowpartyPeck / Beak Blast0.050:08
8Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Flamethrower0.050:09
9Mega SalamenceMegaFire Fang / Fly0.050:09
10BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.050:09

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Swadloon

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Top 15 Swadloon 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 Salamencedragonflyingjoint top pick	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
2	Shadow Moltresfireflyingjoint top pick	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
3	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.05	5290.0%
4	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	4,161	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
6	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	2,848	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
7	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
8	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireFlamethrower	4,783	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Mega Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	5,031	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
10	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
11	Shadow Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	3,059	0:09	0.05	4628.4%
12	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingAerial Ace	5,713	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
13	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
14	Mega Charizard Xfiredragon	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	3,850	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Shadow Emboarfirefighting	fireEmberfireBlast Burn	2,982	0:09	0.05	4589.4%

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 Swadloon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Swadloon'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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	1614%	5205.8%	0:08	0.05
Bug Bite / Energy Ball	100%	1757%	5180.0%	0:08	0.05
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	1631%	5180.0%	0:08	0.05
Bug Bite / Silver Wind	100%	1659%	5180.0%	0:08	0.05
Struggle Bug / Energy Ball	100%	1551%	5231.8%	0:08	0.05
Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz	100%	1555%	5231.8%	0:08	0.05
Struggle Bug / Silver Wind	100%	1602%	5231.8%	0:08	0.05

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…

Swadloon 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.

flying2.56x fire2.56x poison1.6x rock1.6x bug1.6x ice1.6x normal1x ghost1x steel1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x water0.63x electric0.63x ground0.39x grass0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (4)
Neutral (7)
Resists (5)

It resists ground0.39xgrass0.39xfighting0.625xwater0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Swadloon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugStruggle BugSTAB	15	+15	1.5s	1.20s
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
grassEnergy BallSTAB	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s
bugSilver WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	730	913
11/11/11	741	926
12/12/12	751	939
13/13/13	762	952
14/14/14	772	965
15/15/15hundo	783	979

Caught CP range 730 - 783, or 913 - 979 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.

Swadloon 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 77 / Defense 105 (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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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Salamence top pickdragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	83%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	78.4	627
2	Shadow Moltres top pickfireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	88%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,465	77.3	618
3	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	100%	5290.0%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	84.3	694
4	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	88%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,455	77.2	656
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	85%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,161	79.3	674
6	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	79%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,848	70.8	602
7	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	75%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,689	71.4	607
8	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+23 more movesets	71%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	70.3	633
9	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	79%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,031	69.2	623
10	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	73%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,297	81.9	737
11	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	63%	4628.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,059	70.8	666
12	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	73%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	5,713	66.6	633
13	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	74%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,754	64.3	611
14	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	72%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,850	69.0	655
15	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	70%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,982	65.7	624
16	Shadow Charizard fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	71%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,889	68.6	652
17	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	69%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,683	68.4	650
18	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	64%	4457.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,383	63.2	617
19	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	61%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,825	65.3	653
20	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	69%	4274.4%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,835	74.8	762
21	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Ember / Blast Burn	Ember / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	59%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,889	59.5	625
22	Cinderace fire Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	60%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,018	58.6	615
23	Blaziken firefighting Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	62%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,848	59.5	625
24	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Flamethrower	Psycho Cut / Flamethrower+26 more movesets	58%	4033.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,428	60.1	649
25	Staraptor normalflying Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+15 more movesets	57%	4029.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,825	58.1	628
26	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	59%	4018.3%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,590	68.3	740
27	Shadow Galarian Moltres darkflyingshadow Wing Attack / Brave Bird	Wing Attack / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	57%	4014.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,167	60.3	655
28	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Flamethrower	Psycho Cut / Flamethrower+26 more movesets	60%	3988.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	6,112	57.9	633
29	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Brave Bird	Snarl / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	52%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,711	55.2	607
30	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Flame Charge	Fire Spin / Flame Charge+19 more movesets	55%	3837.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,268	58.6	667

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.