Vespiquen counters

#0416

bug flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

5,751

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

122

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Vespiquen should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,082-1,145.

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6xice1.6x

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Vespiquen counters are Shadow Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Shadow Rhyperior, Rampardos, Shadow Aurorus & Shadow Archeops.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Rhyperior
Rampardos
S. Aurorus
S. Archeops

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 RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.050:09
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Power Gem0.060:10
3Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.060:10
4Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.060:10
5Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
6RampardospartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.070:12
7Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.070:12
8Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.070:12
9Shadow AurorusShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.070:13
10Shadow ArcheopsShadowpartyWing Attack / Ancient Power0.070:13

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 Vespiquen

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Top 15 Vespiquen 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 Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
2	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockPower Gem	4,346	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.06	4232.0%
4	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3712.9%
6	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
7	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
8	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
9	Shadow Aurorusrockice	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,802	0:13	0.07	3432.8%
10	Shadow Archeopsrockflying	flyingWing AttackrockAncient Power	3,331	0:13	0.07	3379.6%
11	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
12	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:13	0.07	3312.8%
13	Shadow Sudowoodorock	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,148	0:13	0.07	3253.5%
14	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:13	0.08	3239.0%
15	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:13	0.08	3229.4%

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 Vespiquen.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Vespiquen'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%	838%	3851.6%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Bug Buzz	100%	802%	3809.5%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Signal Beam	100%	836%	3809.5%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	837%	3818.8%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Fell Stinger	100%	873%	3818.8%	0:11	0.06
Poison Sting / Bug Buzz	100%	866%	3818.8%	0:11	0.06
Poison Sting / Fell Stinger	100%	903%	3818.8%	0:11	0.06
Fury Cutter / Fell Stinger	100%	884%	3818.8%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / X-Scissor	100%	836%	3821.1%	0:11	0.06
Poison Sting / X-Scissor	100%	862%	3821.1%	0:11	0.06
Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	100%	846%	3821.1%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Signal Beam	100%	888%	3823.4%	0:11	0.06
Poison Sting / Signal Beam	100%	925%	3823.4%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Power Gem	100%	819%	3828.1%	0:11	0.06
Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz	100%	828%	3832.8%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / X-Scissor	100%	836%	3835.1%	0:11	0.06
Air Slash / Fell Stinger	100%	856%	3837.4%	0:11	0.06
Bug Bite / Power Gem	100%	857%	3851.6%	0:11	0.06
Poison Sting / Power Gem	100%	925%	3851.6%	0:11	0.06
Fury Cutter / Signal Beam	100%	889%	3851.6%	0:11	0.06
Fury Cutter / Power Gem	100%	875%	3880.1%	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…

Vespiquen 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.

rock2.56x flying1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x ground0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (3)
Double resists (1)

It resists ground0.24xfighting0.39xgrass0.39xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Vespiquen throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir SlashSTAB	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
bugFury CutterSTAB	4	+8	0.5s	0.20s
poisonPoison Sting	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugX-ScissorSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
bugSignal BeamSTAB	75	-50	3.0s	1.90s
bugFell StingerSTAB	45	-33	2.0s	1.60s
rockPower Gem	80	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,082	1,353
11/11/11	1,095	1,369
12/12/12	1,107	1,384
13/13/13	1,120	1,400
14/14/14	1,133	1,416
15/15/15hundo	1,145	1,432

Caught CP range 1,082 - 1,145, or 1,353 - 1,432 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.

Vespiquen 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 97 / Defense 122 (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	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	94%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,298	64.5	613
2	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Power Gem	Rock Throw / Power Gem+5 more movesets	100%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,346	61.3	613
3	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	90%	4232.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,780	58.9	607
4	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	96%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,733	58.6	615
5	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	84%	3712.9%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,783	59.6	699
6	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	3,298	50.5	631
7	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	81%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	5,713	48.8	610
8	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	80%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	100%	4,118	50.3	629
9	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	74%	3432.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,802	53.5	677
10	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	72%	3379.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,331	50.2	648
11	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	75%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	100%	4,038	47.8	621
12	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	73%	3312.8%	0.07	0:13	100%	3,128	63.0	827
13	Shadow Sudowoodo rockshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+11 more movesets	66%	3253.5%	0.07	0:13	100%	2,148	47.4	635
14	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	71%	3239.0%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,128	52.3	703
15	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	72%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,733	45.2	610
16	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	74%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	3,698	44.5	601
17	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Stone Edge	Fire Spin / Stone Edge+20 more movesets	73%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	100%	4,161	45.0	607
18	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+14 more movesets	68%	3222.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,228	47.0	637
19	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	70%	3200.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,588	45.1	616
20	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	74%	3186.9%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,273	55.6	760
21	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	67%	3184.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,783	47.5	651
22	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	68%	3182.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,949	49.3	675
23	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+8 more movesets	67%	3177.6%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,949	49.3	676
24	Lycanroc (Dusk) rock Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	64%	3159.2%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,701	45.9	633
25	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	73%	3138.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,228	51.1	710
26	Lycanroc (Midday) rock Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+7 more movesets	63%	3136.4%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,678	44.8	622
27	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	75%	3122.5%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,741	47.7	665
28	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	67%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,749	45.2	632
29	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	73%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	100%	3,979	45.4	635
30	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	63%	3100.7%	0.08	0:14	100%	2,786	44.2	622

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.