Zigzagoon counters

#0263

normalTier 1

Lobby CP

1,742

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zigzagoon should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 258-290.

Weak tofighting1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type it 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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Zigzagoon counters are Mega Lucario, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Blaziken, Lucario & Shadow Conkeldurr.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Lucario
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
Blaziken
Lucario
S. Conkeldurr

7 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 %

1Mega LucarioMegapartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.030:06
2Mega BlazikenMegaEmber / Aura Sphere0.040:07
3KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.040:07
4Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Flamethrower0.040:08
6Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Upper Hand0.040:08
7Mega GalladeMegaPsycho Cut / Sacred Sword0.040:08
8BlazikenpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
9LucariopartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
10Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryDragon Breath / Aura Sphere0.050:08
13Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyCounter / Dynamic Punch0.050:08

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 Zigzagoon Galarian Zigzagoon

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Top 15 Zigzagoon 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 Lucariofightingsteeljoint top pick	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
2	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
3	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
4	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:08	0.04	5519.1%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfireFlamethrower	6,112	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
6	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingUpper Hand	4,814	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
8	Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
9	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,703	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
10	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	dragonDragon BreathfightingAura Sphere	5,007	0:08	0.05	5246.8%
11	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.05	5232.9%
12	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:08	0.05	5190.5%
13	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	0:08	0.05	5190.5%
14	Shadow Machampfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch	3,056	0:08	0.05	5190.5%
15	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	0:08	0.05	5184.3%

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 Zigzagoon.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zigzagoon'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%	1694%	5792.1%	0:08	0.04
Tackle / Dig	100%	1965%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Rock Smash / Dig	100%	1647%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Rock Smash / Grass Knot	100%	1561%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Rock Smash / Thunderbolt	100%	1522%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Sand Attack / Dig	100%	1927%	5749.6%	0:08	0.04
Tackle / Grass Knot	100%	1871%	5835.2%	0:07	0.04
Tackle / Thunderbolt	100%	1851%	5835.2%	0:07	0.04
Sand Attack / Grass Knot	100%	1758%	5835.2%	0:07	0.04
Sand Attack / Thunderbolt	100%	1716%	5835.2%	0:07	0.04

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…

Zigzagoon 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.

fighting1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x ghost0.39x

Weak (1)
Neutral (16)
Resists (1)

It resists ghost0.39x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zigzagoon throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalTackleSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
grassGrass Knot	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
electricThunderbolt	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
groundDig	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	258	323
11/11/11	264	330
12/12/12	271	338
13/13/13	277	346
14/14/14	284	355
15/15/15hundo	290	363

Caught CP range 258 - 290, or 323 - 363 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.

Zigzagoon 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 43 / Defense 56 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	100%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,826	101.9	611
2	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Ember / Aura Sphere	Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	91%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,161	86.5	605
3	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	86%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	90.3	632
4	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	66%	5519.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,848	92.3	729
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Flamethrower	Counter / Flamethrower+26 more movesets	74%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	78.5	628
6	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	73%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,814	75.0	600
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword	Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	73%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,521	75.0	600
8	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	65%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,848	76.4	611
9	Lucario fightingsteel Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	65%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,703	75.0	600
10	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	72%	5246.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	5,007	74.3	617
11	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	73%	5232.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	74.0	616
12	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Psystrike	Counter / Psystrike+26 more movesets	71%	5190.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	85.4	717
13	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	64%	5190.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,337	79.9	671
14	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	63%	5190.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,056	77.1	647
15	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	66%	5184.3%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,093	80.3	675
16	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Psystrike	Counter / Psystrike+23 more movesets	64%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,178	74.3	631
17	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	69%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,812	72.1	613
18	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	61%	4919.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,784	71.6	633
19	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Fly	Counter / Fly+7 more movesets	62%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,548	70.3	633
20	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Psychic	Counter / Psychic+17 more movesets	60%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,510	71.1	640
21	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Superpower	Counter / Superpower+7 more movesets	61%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,670	69.5	625
22	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	61%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,698	69.7	627
23	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Breaking Swipe	Counter / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	58%	4770.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,593	70.2	641
24	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	60%	4728.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,677	75.0	691
25	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	61%	4672.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	77.6	724
26	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	60%	4637.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	78.1	734
27	Urshifu (Rapid Strike) fightingwater Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	56%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,606	66.9	635
28	Urshifu (Single Strike) fightingdark Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,606	66.9	635
29	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	55%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,829	66.9	635
30	Conkeldurr fighting Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,337	64.1	609

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 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.