Swirlix counters

#0684

fairyTier 1

Lobby CP

3,516

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Swirlix should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 625-673.

Weak topoison1.6xsteel1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

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 Swirlix counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Shadow Metagross, Shadow Regigigas & Eternatus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
S. Metagross
S. Regigigas
Eternatus

6 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 Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:09
2Mega VictreebelMegaSucker Punch / Acid Spray+0.060:10
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike0.060:10
4Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.060:10
5Mega MetagrossMegaFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.060:11
6Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.060:11
7Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.060:11
8Shadow RegigigasShadowLegendarypartyHidden Power / Crush Grip0.070:12
9Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Meteor Mash0.070:12
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.070:12
12EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb0.070:12

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 Swirlix

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Top 15 Swirlix 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:09	0.05	5010.3%
2	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	darkSucker PunchpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:10	0.06	4163.3%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	psychicPsycho CutsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
4	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
6	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
7	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
8	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	0:12	0.07	3645.3%
9	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
11	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3543.9%
12	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
13	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	steelMetal ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:13	0.07	3443.7%
15	Shadow Overqwildarkpoison	poisonPoison StingpoisonSludge Bomb	2,946	0:13	0.07	3403.3%

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 Swirlix.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Swirlix'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%	1364%	3989.0%	0:11	0.06
Tackle / Energy Ball	100%	1390%	3973.9%	0:11	0.06
Tackle / Draining Kiss	100%	1271%	3996.6%	0:11	0.06

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…

Swirlix 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.

poison1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x fairy1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Swirlix throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackle	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyDraining KissSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	0.90s
grassEnergy Ball	90	-50	4.0s	3.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	625	781
11/11/11	634	793
12/12/12	644	805
13/13/13	654	817
14/14/14	663	829
15/15/15hundo	673	842

Caught CP range 625 - 673, or 781 - 842 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.

Swirlix 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 74 / Defense 80 (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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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	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5010.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	6,428	72.8	633
2	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Sucker Punch / Acid Spray+	Sucker Punch / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	78%	4163.3%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,505	61.4	643
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	88%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	70.7	742
4	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	77%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,172	57.3	602
5	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	74%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,911	56.5	650
6	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	72%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,791	59.6	685
7	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	64%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,383	53.9	620
8	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	60%	3645.3%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,346	56.2	670
9	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	66%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,826	59.1	709
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	62%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	100%	6,112	51.0	612
11	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	64%	3543.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	54.9	675
12	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	62%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,429	48.6	607
13	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	53%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,780	48.8	610
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	58%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,099	52.8	668
15	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	54%	3403.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,946	49.4	632
16	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	52%	3403.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,488	47.6	610
17	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Earthquake	Metal Claw / Earthquake+14 more movesets	52%	3356.2%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,244	48.5	630
18	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Hex / Sludge Bomb	Hex / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	60%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,336	56.3	732
19	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Sludge Bomb	Snarl / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	52%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,739	46.5	604
20	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Bullet Punch / Iron Head	Bullet Punch / Iron Head+7 more movesets	57%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,001	46.5	605
21	Nihilego rockpoison Acid / Gunk Shot	Acid / Gunk Shot+11 more movesets	58%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,949	46.6	606
22	Genesect bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,353	46.5	604
23	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,353	46.5	604
24	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,353	46.5	604
25	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,353	46.5	604
26	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	59%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,353	46.5	604
27	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	54%	3340.7%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,878	53.3	695
28	Shadow Haunter ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	48%	3297.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	1,963	46.2	610
29	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	63%	3295.3%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,979	79.2	1047
30	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+17 more movesets	52%	3234.2%	0.08	0:13	100%	2,757	46.7	629

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.