Tapu Lele counters

#0786

psychic fairyTier 1

Lobby CP

10,022

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

163

Defense

133

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Tapu Lele should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,912-1,996.

Weak topoison1.6xghost1.6xsteel1.6x

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 Tapu Lele counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Mega Gengar & Shadow Metagross.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
M. Gengar
S. Metagross

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.070:13
2Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.080:14
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.080:14
4Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.080:15
5Mega GengarMegapartyLick / Shadow Ball0.080:15
6Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.090:16
7Mega BanetteMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.090:16
8Mega MetagrossMegaFury Cutter / Meteor Mash0.090:16
9Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Meteor Mash0.090:17
10Shadow GengarShadowShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.090:17

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Tapu Lele 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	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:13	0.07	0.0	3345.9%
2	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:14	0.08	0.0	3114.0%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:14	0.08	0.0	3072.3%
4	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:15	0.08	0.0	2990.1%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:15	0.08	0.1	2904.7%
6	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	3,791	0:16	0.09	0.0	2750.5%
7	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:16	0.09	0.0	2747.0%
8	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	bugFury CuttersteelMeteor Mash	4,911	0:16	0.09	0.0	2697.7%
9	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	0:17	0.09	0.2	2568.4%
10	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:17	0.09	0.4	2565.7%
11	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	4,178	0:18	0.10	0.0	2464.4%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:18	0.10	0.0	2461.6%
13	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	0:18	0.10	0.0	2419.2%
14	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	0:18	0.10	0.3	2411.8%
15	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	4,510	0:18	0.10	0.0	2404.6%

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 Tapu Lele.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Tapu Lele'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%	617%	3021.1%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Confusion / Future Sight	100%	597%	2964.1%	0:15	0.1	0.08
Confusion / Psyshock	100%	641%	2981.0%	0:15	0.1	0.08
Astonish / Future Sight	100%	631%	2990.2%	0:15	0.0	0.08
Astonish / Psyshock	100%	619%	3018.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Confusion / Moonblast	100%	625%	3032.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Confusion / Focus Blast	100%	591%	3032.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Astonish / Focus Blast	100%	612%	3032.8%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Confusion / Draining Kiss	100%	626%	3034.2%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Astonish / Moonblast	100%	627%	3035.7%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Astonish / Draining Kiss	100%	650%	3038.6%	0:14	0.0	0.08

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…

Tapu Lele 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 ghost1.6x steel1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x rock1x bug1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dark1x fairy1x psychic0.63x fighting0.39x dragon0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists fighting0.39xdragon0.39xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Tapu Lele throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
ghostAstonish	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicFuture SightSTAB	115	-100	2.5s	1.20s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fairyMoonblastSTAB	130	-100	4.0s	2.30s
psychicPsyshockSTAB	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s
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	1,912	2,390
11/11/11	1,929	2,411
12/12/12	1,945	2,432
13/13/13	1,962	2,453
14/14/14	1,979	2,474
15/15/15hundo	1,996	2,496

Caught CP range 1,912 - 1,996, or 2,390 - 2,496 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.

Tapu Lele 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 163 / Defense 133 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	3345.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,979	48.0	625
2	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	95%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,099	43.1	603
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	87%	3072.3%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,099	42.8	607
4	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	84%	2990.1%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,172	42.9	626
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	74%	2904.7%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	4,336	41.4	583
6	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	77%	2750.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,791	39.5	625
7	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	69%	2747.0%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,594	38.5	611
8	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	2697.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,911	37.7	609
9	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Meteor Mash	Force Palm / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	63%	2568.4%	0.09	0:17	0.1	100%	3,826	35.8	555
10	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	60%	2565.7%	0.09	0:17	0.3	100%	2,878	37.1	508
11	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	64%	2464.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,178	34.5	610
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	66%	2461.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	6,112	37.7	667
13	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	63%	2419.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,038	35.9	645
14	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	58%	2411.8%	0.10	0:18	0.3	100%	3,383	34.9	538
15	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	62%	2404.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,510	34.2	619
16	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	68%	2391.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	6,428	38.0	692
17	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	60%	2384.4%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,505	34.9	594
18	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	59%	2371.3%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,268	40.0	711
19	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	58%	2360.3%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,994	35.3	628
20	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	64%	2356.5%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,741	33.2	614
21	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	59%	2346.0%	0.10	0:19	0.2	100%	3,244	33.4	559
22	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	59%	2331.3%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,268	33.5	625
23	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	56%	2293.3%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	3,297	37.1	641
24	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	60%	2265.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,429	35.3	677
25	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	59%	2214.1%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,842	31.7	623
26	Dragapult dragonghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	55%	2211.8%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,532	31.5	581
27	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	54%	2196.4%	0.11	0:20	0.1	100%	3,780	35.3	645
28	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Ice Burn	Steel Wing / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	55%	2192.9%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	4,605	31.0	615
29	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	62%	2192.9%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,791	33.4	663
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Quick Attack / Liquidation+	Quick Attack / Liquidation++44 more movesets	58%	2173.0%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,701	31.3	628

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.