Sylveon counters

#0700

fairyElite

Lobby CP

45,728

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

214

Defense

216

Difficulty

2.96

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sylveon should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,675-1,753.

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 Sylveon counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Mega Metagross, Shadow Metagross & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
M. Metagross
S. Metagross
S. Dialga

3 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 %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade2.6612:15
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash2.6912:22
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike2.7712:45
4Mega MetagrossMegapartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash3.1914:41
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+3.2114:45
6Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash3.2114:47
7Mega VictreebelMegaAcid / Acid Spray+3.2414:54
8Mega LucarioMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash3.4215:45
9Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head3.5916:32
10EternatusLegendaryPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb3.6116:37

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

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Top 15 Sylveon 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	12:15	2.66	6.0	41.4%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	12:22	2.69	6.0	41.0%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	12:45	2.77	6.0	39.7%
4	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	14:41	3.19	5.8	34.5%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	14:45	3.21	6.0	34.3%
6	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	14:47	3.21	6.0	34.3%
7	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	14:54	3.24	6.0	34.0%
8	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	15:45	3.42	6.0	32.2%
9	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	16:32	3.59	6.0	30.7%
10	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	16:37	3.61	6.0	30.5%
11	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	16:43	3.63	6.0	30.3%
12	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	16:48	3.65	6.0	30.2%
13	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	17:04	3.71	6.0	29.7%
14	Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	17:41	3.84	6.0	28.7%
15	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	3,244	17:54	3.89	6.0	28.3%

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 Sylveon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sylveon'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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	78%	52%	36.6%	13:52	6.0	3.01
Charm / Shadow Ball	50%	39%	35.1%	14:27	6.0	3.14
Fairy Wind / Shadow Ball	58%	41%	35.4%	14:19	6.0	3.11
Quick Attack / Shadow Ball	61%	42%	35.5%	14:18	6.0	3.11
Quick Attack / Dazzling Gleam	83%	56%	36.5%	13:54	6.0	3.02
Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam	83%	56%	36.6%	13:52	6.0	3.01
Charm / Moonblast	82%	51%	36.6%	13:52	6.0	3.01
Fairy Wind / Moonblast	83%	53%	36.7%	13:49	6.0	3.00
Quick Attack / Moonblast	83%	54%	36.7%	13:48	6.0	3.00
Charm / Dazzling Gleam	83%	54%	36.7%	13:48	6.0	3.00
Charm / Draining Kiss	83%	68%	37.6%	13:29	5.9	2.93
Fairy Wind / Draining Kiss	83%	73%	37.6%	13:29	5.9	2.93
Quick Attack / Draining Kiss	83%	74%	37.6%	13:29	5.8	2.93

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 3 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…

Sylveon 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 Sylveon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyCharmSTAB	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
fairyFairy WindSTAB	9	+13	1.0s	0.63s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyMoonblastSTAB	130	-100	4.0s	2.30s
fairyDazzling GleamSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fairyDraining KissSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	0.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,675	2,094
11/11/11	1,691	2,114
12/12/12	1,706	2,133
13/13/13	1,722	2,153
14/14/14	1,738	2,172
15/15/15hundo	1,753	2,192

Caught CP range 1,675 - 1,753, or 2,094 - 2,192 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.

Sylveon 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 214 / Defense 216 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword) top pickfairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	41.4%	2.66	12:15	20.7	100%	4,979	28.3	940
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) top pickfightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	98%	41.0%	2.69	12:22	23.6	100%	4,172	28.1	800
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	94%	39.7%	2.77	12:45	25.5	100%	4,099	27.4	839
4	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	82%	34.5%	3.19	14:41	23.5	86%	4,911	23.5	862
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	79%	34.3%	3.21	14:45	33.9	76%	6,428	23.9	578
6	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	34.3%	3.21	14:47	33.6	76%	3,791	23.8	609
7	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	79%	34.0%	3.24	14:54	30.5	56%	3,505	23.5	632
8	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	71%	32.2%	3.42	15:45	48.1	4%	3,826	22.8	401
9	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	68%	30.7%	3.59	16:32	46.2	0%	4,038	21.5	419
10	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	70%	30.5%	3.61	16:37	34.9	0%	4,429	21.0	548
11	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	70%	30.3%	3.63	16:43	32.6	0%	3,741	20.9	595
12	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	67%	30.2%	3.65	16:48	47.1	0%	3,383	21.2	416
13	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	66%	29.7%	3.71	17:04	42.4	0%	4,336	20.7	481
14	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	28.7%	3.84	17:41	36.6	0%	3,791	19.8	585
15	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	62%	28.3%	3.89	17:54	48.4	0%	3,244	19.8	410
16	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	65%	27.8%	3.96	18:12	28.7	0%	3,949	19.0	674
17	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	60%	27.6%	3.99	18:23	53.4	0%	5,713	19.5	369
18	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam	Metal Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	60%	27.5%	4.00	18:25	50.8	0%	4,099	19.3	405
19	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	59%	27.4%	4.02	18:31	55.8	0%	6,112	19.3	343
20	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	61%	27.3%	4.04	18:34	42.3	0%	4,346	19.0	494
21	Dialga steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	59%	26.5%	4.16	19:08	46.9	0%	4,038	18.4	415
22	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	59%	26.2%	4.21	19:21	40.7	0%	4,783	18.1	523
23	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	59%	26.1%	4.22	19:25	35.3	0%	2,250	17.9	552
24	Genesect bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:15	42.1	0%	3,353	17.3	461
25	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:15	42.1	0%	3,353	17.3	461
26	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:15	42.1	0%	3,353	17.3	461
27	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:15	42.1	0%	3,353	17.3	461
28	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	56%	25.0%	4.40	20:15	42.1	0%	3,353	17.3	461
29	Melmetal steel Thunder Shock / Double Iron Bash	Thunder Shock / Double Iron Bash+6 more movesets	58%	25.0%	4.41	20:17	32.3	0%	3,599	17.0	600
30	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Steel Wing / Sacred Fire++	Steel Wing / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	56%	24.7%	4.45	20:29	38.1	0%	3,863	17.0	514

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