Taillow counters

#0276

normal flyingTier 3

Lobby CP

6,329

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.21

Pokebattler scale

Beating Taillow should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 397-437.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Taillow counters are Mega Raichu Y, Kyurem (White), Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Rampardos, Regieleki & Thundurus (Therian).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Raichu Y
Kyurem (White)
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Rampardos
Regieleki
Thundurus (Therian)

1 more Mega 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+0.170:30
2Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.210:37
3Mega Raichu XMegaVolt Switch / Volt Tackle+0.210:37
4Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.210:38
5Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.220:39
6RegielekiLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Thunder Cage0.230:40
7Thundurus (Therian)LegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm0.230:40
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.230:40
9Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide0.230:41
10Shadow GigalithShadowLock-On / Meteor Beam0.240:42

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

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Top 15 Taillow 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	0:30	0.17	0.0	786.8%
2	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:37	0.21	0.0	631.6%
3	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:37	0.21	0.0	625.9%
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:38	0.21	0.0	625.6%
5	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:39	0.22	0.0	594.8%
6	Regielekielectric	electricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:40	0.23	0.0	588.5%
7	Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	0:40	0.23	0.0	587.2%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:40	0.23	0.0	586.8%
9	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:41	0.23	0.0	576.1%
10	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:42	0.24	0.0	562.7%
11	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:42	0.24	0.0	561.0%
12	Zeraoraelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:42	0.24	0.0	558.8%
13	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:42	0.24	0.0	557.8%
14	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:42	0.24	0.0	552.3%
15	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:44	0.25	0.1	535.3%

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 Taillow.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Taillow'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%	609%	630.8%	0:37	0.21
Peck / Aerial Ace	100%	619%	629.6%	0:37	0.21
Quick Attack / Aerial Ace	100%	598%	631.2%	0:37	0.21

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…

Taillow 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x steel1x fire1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x ghost0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (4)

It resists ground0.39xghost0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Taillow throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingPeckSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.45s
normalQuick AttackSTAB	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAerial AceSTAB	55	-33	2.5s	2.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	397	497
11/11/11	405	506
12/12/12	413	516
13/13/13	421	526
14/14/14	429	536
15/15/15hundo	437	546

Caught CP range 397 - 437, or 497 - 546 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.

Taillow 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 88 / Defense 55 (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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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%	786.8%	0.17	0:30	0.0	100%	3,780	129.5	3861
2	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	78%	631.6%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	4,605	97.8	3634
3	Mega Raichu X electricmega Volt Switch / Volt Tackle+	Volt Switch / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	78%	625.9%	0.21	0:37	0.0	100%	3,510	97.0	3636
4	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	76%	625.6%	0.21	0:38	0.0	100%	3,659	97.2	3646
5	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	70%	594.8%	0.22	0:39	0.0	100%	3,298	94.2	3716
6	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	71%	588.5%	0.23	0:40	0.0	100%	2,803	99.5	3968
7	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	72%	587.2%	0.23	0:40	0.0	100%	3,659	91.6	3663
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	74%	586.8%	0.23	0:40	0.0	100%	6,428	90.0	3600
9	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	576.1%	0.23	0:41	0.0	100%	4,346	89.4	3642
10	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	70%	562.7%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,228	86.8	3621
11	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	69%	561.0%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,580	86.5	3619
12	Zeraora electric Volt Switch / Plasma Fists	Volt Switch / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	70%	558.8%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,419	86.4	3630
13	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	66%	557.8%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	3,079	86.2	3627
14	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	67%	552.3%	0.24	0:42	0.0	100%	4,605	85.1	3618
15	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	62%	535.3%	0.25	0:44	0.1	100%	6,112	91.4	3756
16	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	65%	533.4%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	3,128	82.8	3644
17	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	64%	527.4%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	3,452	81.9	3643
18	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	64%	526.7%	0.25	0:45	0.0	100%	5,713	81.3	3622
19	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	57%	523.9%	0.26	0:45	0.8	100%	3,105	83.8	2065
20	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	61%	522.4%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	4,346	83.7	3761
21	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	67%	521.6%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	4,038	83.6	3760
22	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	62%	520.3%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	3,937	85.0	3834
23	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	63%	517.7%	0.26	0:45	0.0	100%	3,527	82.2	3728
24	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	65%	510.2%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,205	79.2	3644
25	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	63%	504.8%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,834	77.4	3600
26	Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate) electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunder	Thunder Shock / Thunder+7 more movesets	59%	504.8%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	3,345	77.5	3602
27	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	58%	500.6%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	3,701	78.4	3673
28	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	64%	499.0%	0.27	0:47	0.0	100%	3,733	83.8	3940
29	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	67%	493.3%	0.27	0:48	0.0	100%	5,347	78.2	3723
30	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Volt Switch / Discharge	Volt Switch / Discharge+15 more movesets	54%	493.3%	0.27	0:48	0.7	100%	3,117	77.5	2317

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.