Zekrom counters

#0644

dragon electricTier 1

Lobby CP

10,678

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

173

Defense

135

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zekrom should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,217-2,307.

Weak toground1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

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 Zekrom counters are Eternatus, Mega Dragonite, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Salamence, Shadow Palkia & Shadow Haxorus.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Eternatus
M. Dragonite
Kyurem (Black)
S. Salamence
S. Palkia
S. Haxorus

2 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 %

1EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon0.070:13
2Mega DragoniteMegapartyDragon Breath / Outrage+0.070:13
3Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.080:14
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.080:14
5Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Draco Meteor0.080:15
6Shadow PalkiaShadowLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Draco Meteor0.080:15
7Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.080:15
8Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.090:15
9Shadow GarchompShadowDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe0.090:16
10Shadow DragoniteShadowDragon Tail / Draco Meteor0.090:16

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 Zekrom 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	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	0:13	0.07	0.0	3400.7%
2	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon BreathdragonOutrage+	4,823	0:13	0.07	0.0	3248.1%
3	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	0:14	0.08	0.0	3220.8%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	0:14	0.08	0.0	3215.1%
5	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,749	0:15	0.08	0.1	2938.8%
6	Shadow Palkiawaterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,991	0:15	0.08	0.0	2934.6%
7	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	0:15	0.08	0.0	2883.3%
8	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	0:15	0.09	0.2	2823.3%
9	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	0:16	0.09	0.0	2800.7%
10	Shadow Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,792	0:16	0.09	0.0	2800.4%
11	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:16	0.09	0.0	2711.2%
12	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:16	0.09	0.0	2657.9%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:16	0.09	0.0	2643.4%
14	Primal Groudongroundfire	dragonDragon TailgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
15	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	dragonDragon BreathdragonDraco Meteor	4,038	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%

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 Zekrom.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zekrom'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%	492%	3095.5%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Dragon Breath / Outrage	100%	354%	2946.6%	0:15	0.2	0.08
Charge Beam / Outrage	100%	410%	3008.9%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Charge Beam / Flash Cannon	100%	582%	3061.7%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Charge Beam / Wild Charge	100%	604%	3094.9%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Charge Beam / Crunch	100%	601%	3099.5%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Dragon Breath / Flash Cannon	100%	544%	3108.4%	0:14	0.1	0.08
Dragon Breath / Crunch	100%	560%	3132.0%	0:14	0.0	0.08
Dragon Breath / Wild Charge	100%	488%	3160.5%	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…

Zekrom 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.

ground1.6x ice1.6x dragon1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x dark1x flying0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists electric0.39xflying0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zekrom throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
electricCharge BeamSTAB	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricWild ChargeSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
steelFlash Cannon	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
dragonOutrageSTAB	110	-50	4.0s	2.60s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,217	2,771
11/11/11	2,235	2,794
12/12/12	2,253	2,816
13/13/13	2,271	2,839
14/14/14	2,289	2,862
15/15/15hundo	2,307	2,884

Caught CP range 2,217 - 2,307, or 2,771 - 2,884 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.

Zekrom 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 173 / Defense 135 (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	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	100%	3400.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,429	48.8	626
2	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Breath / Outrage+	Dragon Breath / Outrage++26 more movesets	94%	3248.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,823	50.0	669
3	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	89%	3220.8%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,605	44.7	599
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	90%	3215.1%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	5,713	46.3	627
5	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	74%	2938.8%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	3,749	41.2	589
6	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	76%	2934.6%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,991	41.5	610
7	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	82%	2883.3%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	5,424	41.0	619
8	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	70%	2823.3%	0.09	0:15	0.2	100%	3,593	41.3	569
9	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	75%	2800.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,962	40.0	615
10	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	71%	2800.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,792	38.9	594
11	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	74%	2711.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,605	40.1	643
12	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	75%	2657.9%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,112	39.9	653
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	76%	2643.4%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	6,428	44.7	735
14	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Dragon Tail / Earthquake	Dragon Tail / Earthquake+9 more movesets	78%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	5,902	37.3	615
15	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	70%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,038	36.7	606
16	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	70%	2633.2%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	5,031	37.0	600
17	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	68%	2630.6%	0.09	0:17	0.1	100%	4,038	36.6	588
18	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Glaive Rush	Ice Fang / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	69%	2627.8%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,550	36.9	611
19	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	68%	2623.9%	0.09	0:17	0.1	100%	4,142	36.6	583
20	Rayquaza dragonflying Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	64%	2517.8%	0.10	0:17	0.1	100%	3,835	36.6	609
21	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	61%	2462.7%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	3,812	35.1	601
22	Dragapult dragonghost Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+7 more movesets	61%	2425.1%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,532	34.9	614
23	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	63%	2404.3%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	5,007	35.1	616
24	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	67%	2400.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,115	38.9	705
25	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Triple Axel	Charm / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	63%	2399.4%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	4,512	33.3	593
26	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	64%	2382.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,244	34.6	634
27	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	57%	2373.9%	0.10	0:18	0.2	100%	3,105	35.2	551
28	Palkia waterdragon Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	59%	2329.3%	0.10	0:19	0.1	100%	3,991	32.6	566
29	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	65%	2323.8%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	4,115	32.4	607
30	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Avalanche	Mud-Slap / Avalanche+11 more movesets	60%	2311.5%	0.11	0:19	0.1	100%	3,328	34.6	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.