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Raid counters

Every attacker in the Game Master, simulated against this boss move by move. Change the tier, level, weather, friendship or filters and the ranking re-runs; the URL is the share link. Same boss on pokebattler.com. How accurate is this?

Volcanion
Tier 5 · CP 49,700
firewater
HP
15,000
Raid timer
5:00
Attack / Defense
210 / 182
Difficulty rating
2.84
Catch CP
1,987 – 2,073
Boosted (Sunny or clear, Rainy)
2,485 – 2,592

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Beating Volcanion should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters of this strength. The Win % column is quoted at 3 trainers — the count the Estimator rounds up to, because at a full lobby every counter on this list wins every run and the column stops telling you anything. Set a lobby size below to ask a different question.

Weak to
ground 1.60xrock 1.60xelectric 1.60x
Resists
steel 0.39xfire 0.39xice 0.39xbug 0.63xfairy 0.63x
Related countersShadow Volcanion

The best Volcanion counters at level 40 are Garchomp, Tyrantrum, Electivire, Gigalith, Rampardos & Luxray.

  1. #1
    Garchomp
    dragonground
    Mud Shot / Earth Power
    Power
    40.0%
    Estimator
    2.75
    Time
    12:41
  2. #2
    Tyrantrum
    rockdragon
    Rock Throw / Meteor Beam
    Power
    39.5%
    Estimator
    2.79
    Time
    12:49
  3. #3
    Electivire
    electric
    Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
    Power
    40.1%
    Estimator
    2.74
    Time
    12:38
  4. #4
    Gigalith
    rock
    Lock-On / Meteor Beam
    Power
    37.4%
    Estimator
    2.94
    Time
    13:33
  5. #5
    Rampardos
    rock
    Smack Down / Rock Slide
    Power
    38.7%
    Estimator
    2.85
    Time
    13:07
  6. #6
    Luxray
    electric
    Spark / Wild Charge
    Power
    37.1%
    Estimator
    2.97
    Time
    13:39

Top pick: Garchomp — the only attacker inside 2.1% of the leader, so this one is a real verdict rather than a tie.

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.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Garchomp
dragonground
Mud Shot / Earth Power
2.7512:4124.7
2
Tyrantrum
rockdragon
Rock Throw / Meteor Beam
2.7912:4927.7
3
Electivire
electric
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
2.7412:3841.3
4
Gigalith
rock
Lock-On / Meteor Beam
2.9413:3336.6
5
Rampardos
rock
Smack Down / Rock Slide
2.8513:0749.9
6
Luxray
electric
Spark / Wild Charge
2.9713:3943.6
7
Rhyperior
groundrock
Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker
3.0113:5240.7
8
Tyranitar
rockdark
Smack Down / Stone Edge
3.0814:1034.3
9
Ursaluna
groundnormal
Smack Down / High Horsepower
3.2414:5333.8
10
Jolteon
electric
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt
3.1614:3447.7
11
Salamence
dragonflying
Dragon Tail / Fly
3.3615:2831.0
12
Baxcalibur
dragonice
Dragon Breath / Glaive Rush
3.3115:1535.3
13
Glimmora
rockpoison
Rock Throw / Meteor Beam
3.2114:4757.7
14
Excadrill
groundsteel
Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands
3.2314:5157.4
15
Vikavolt
bugelectric
Spark / Discharge
3.2715:0354.2
16
Pawmot
electricfighting
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
3.2314:5360.2
17
Stonjourner
rock
Rock Throw / Rock Slide
3.4015:3744.1
18
Aggron
steelrock
Smack Down / Meteor Beam
3.4415:5044.1
19
Flygon
grounddragon
Sand Attack / Scorching Sands
3.5016:0740.1
20
Mamoswine
iceground
Mud-Slap / High Horsepower
3.4115:4257.4
21
Krookodile
grounddark
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
3.4715:5851.3
22
Magnezone
electricsteel
Spark / Wild Charge
3.4015:4061.6
23
Eelektross
electric
Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
3.4916:0450.5
24
Aerodactyl
rockflying
Rock Throw / Rock Slide
3.5916:3052.0
25
Alolan Golem
rockelectric
Rollout / Wild Charge
3.5516:1958.4
26
Golurk
groundghost
Mud-Slap / Earth Power
3.5816:2855.5
27
Rhydon
groundrock
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
3.6216:4051.5
28
Lycanroc (Dusk)
rock
Rock Throw / Stone Edge
3.5816:3059.6
29
Lycanroc (Midday)
rock
Rock Throw / Stone Edge
3.5916:3259.8
30
Donphan
ground
Mud-Slap / Earthquake
3.6516:4852.5
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.

What the columns mean

Power and Estimator are printed on Pokebattler's own scale, converted from our simulated time to win by the per-tier constants measured off its published rows (Tier 5 / Mega / Shadow Tier 5: within ~3% of its numbers per attacker; Tier 1 and Tier 3 are a loose fit — read the ordering there, not the digits). Faints is our own solo-trainer count and is the column that still disagrees with Pokebattler's effectiveDeaths on which attackers are bulky — the same disagreement that puts a frail attacker a few places too high on this list; that is a simulator question, tracked in the accuracy report.

Overall is time to win discounted by how much damage the attacker deals per life, so a bulkier attacker can outrank a marginally faster glass cannon — Pokebattler's own published Overall blend (“Tier 5 Raids — 50% Power, 50% Time to Win. Time to Win goal is 300s. Raid size 8”) carried onto the one scale both simulators measure. It is the default sort, as on Pokebattler, and like Pokebattler's it is taken over a random boss moveset: each attacker's moveset is chosen, and every number on its row averaged, over the boss's whole movepool, not over one boss moveset. Power is the share of the boss one attacker removes in a single life. Estimator is the number of trainers of this attacker needed to finish inside the 5:00 raid timer — it is time to win ÷ timer, so sorting on it gives the same order as sorting on Time to win. Time to win, faints and TDO are one trainer soloing the boss with a party of six, relobbying after a wipe. Win % is the share of runs that beat the timer with 3 trainers of it. Open a moveset to see every alternative the simulator scored for that attacker.

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 movesetWin % (3)OverallPowerTime to winFaintsEstimator
Random (any moveset)showing92%40%38.5%13:106.02.86
Water Gun / Hydro Pump67%32%35.4%14:186.03.11
Take Down / Hydro Pump76%34%35.8%14:106.03.08
Water Gun / Earth Power83%33%37.0%13:436.02.98
Incinerate / Hydro Pump83%35%37.1%13:406.02.97
Incinerate / Earth Power100%37%38.6%13:096.02.86
Take Down / Earth Power100%36%38.7%13:066.02.85
Incinerate / Overheat89%46%38.9%13:016.02.83
Water Gun / Overheat99%44%39.0%12:596.02.82
Water Gun / Scald100%43%39.3%12:556.02.81
Incinerate / Scald100%44%39.5%12:506.02.79
Take Down / Scald100%46%39.6%12:486.02.78
Take Down / Overheat100%48%39.7%12:466.02.78
Water Gun / Sludge Bomb100%56%41.0%12:216.02.69
Incinerate / Sludge Bomb100%57%41.1%12:196.02.68
Take Down / Sludge Bomb100%62%41.4%12:146.02.66

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.

Custom raid

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Schedule snapshot 2026-10-05 · 1 not in the Pokemon snapshot yet (Astronaut Pikachu)

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Share these exact settings

Shadow, Mega and Legendary start unchecked because that is the filter state pokebattler.com serves a visitor. Ranked 30 attackers in 0.9 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1), moveset table 0.1 s. Update ranking re-reads the settings; Re-run simulation rolls a new seed on the same settings, so the difference between two runs is this table's own error bar. The same ranking, with the same cache and the same settings, is available as JSON at /api/raids/rank.