Hisuian Zorua counters

#0570

normal ghostTier 3

Lobby CP

10,296

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

129

Defense

Difficulty

0.28

Pokebattler scale

Beating Hisuian Zorua should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 637-687.

Weak todark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Hisuian Zorua counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Absol, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Hydreigon & Shadow Weavile.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Absol
S. Tyranitar
S. Hydreigon
S. Weavile

3 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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+0.230:40
2Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.280:49
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.280:49
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryConfusion / Future Sight+0.290:50
5Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.290:51
6Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.300:52
7Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.300:53
8Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.300:53
9Shadow WeavileShadowpartySnarl / Foul Play0.320:56
10Mega GreninjaMegaFeint Attack / Surf+0.320:57

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

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Related countersShadow Hisuian Zorua Zorua

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Top 15 Hisuian Zorua counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:40	0.23	0.1	587.4%
2	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:49	0.28	1.1	480.7%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:49	0.28	0.9	476.1%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:50	0.29	1.1	468.1%
5	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:51	0.29	1.4	457.1%
6	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:52	0.30	0.3	450.0%
7	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:53	0.30	0.0	444.5%
8	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:53	0.30	0.8	443.6%
9	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	0:56	0.32	1.0	420.4%
10	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	0:57	0.32	0.7	413.3%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	0:57	0.32	1.4	411.8%
12	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:57	0.33	0.8	410.7%
13	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:58	0.33	0.9	404.5%
14	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	1:00	0.34	1.2	392.8%
15	Shadow Honchkrowdarkflying	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse	2,711	1:01	0.34	1.4	387.8%

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 Hisuian Zorua.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Hisuian Zorua'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%	367%	465.7%	0:50	0.7	0.29
Scratch / Shadow Ball	100%	320%	460.3%	0:51	1.0	0.29
Snarl / Shadow Ball	100%	314%	464.9%	0:50	1.0	0.29
Scratch / Night Shade	100%	397%	466.0%	0:50	0.6	0.29
Scratch / Dark Pulse	100%	390%	467.4%	0:50	0.5	0.29
Snarl / Night Shade	100%	395%	467.7%	0:50	0.5	0.29
Scratch / Foul Play	100%	381%	467.9%	0:50	0.6	0.29
Snarl / Dark Pulse	100%	387%	468.4%	0:50	0.6	0.29
Snarl / Foul Play	100%	382%	469.0%	0:50	0.6	0.28

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…

Hisuian Zorua 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.

dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x bug0.63x ghost0.63x normal0.39x

Weak (1)
Neutral (12)
Resists (5)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.625xpoison0.625xbug0.625xghost0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Hisuian Zorua throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalScratchSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkFoul Play	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
ghostNight ShadeSTAB	60	-50	2.5s	2.00s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	637	796
11/11/11	646	808
12/12/12	656	821
13/13/13	667	833
14/14/14	677	846
15/15/15hundo	687	859

Caught CP range 637 - 687, or 796 - 859 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.

Hisuian Zorua 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 129 / Defense 68 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	587.4%	0.23	0:40	0.1	100%	3,842	94.5	3539
2	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	480.7%	0.28	0:49	1.0	100%	3,301	74.9	1840
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	75%	476.1%	0.28	0:49	0.8	100%	3,739	75.7	2134
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Confusion / Future Sight+	Confusion / Future Sight++26 more movesets	70%	468.1%	0.29	0:50	1.0	100%	6,428	73.3	1881
5	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	66%	457.1%	0.29	0:51	1.2	100%	2,526	71.8	1620
6	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	73%	450.0%	0.30	0:52	0.3	100%	3,834	70.8	3172
7	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	444.5%	0.30	0:53	0.0	100%	5,347	70.2	3707
8	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	443.6%	0.30	0:53	0.7	100%	3,625	69.9	2257
9	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	64%	420.4%	0.32	0:56	0.9	100%	3,005	66.2	1883
10	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	65%	413.3%	0.32	0:57	0.7	100%	3,784	65.9	2378
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	60%	411.8%	0.32	0:57	1.2	100%	3,749	64.4	1625
12	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	65%	410.7%	0.33	0:57	0.7	100%	3,739	63.9	2188
13	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	63%	404.5%	0.33	0:58	0.9	100%	5,713	63.8	1959
14	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	59%	392.8%	0.34	0:60	1.1	100%	6,112	61.5	1857
15	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	56%	387.8%	0.34	1:01	1.3	100%	2,711	60.8	1593
16	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	56%	384.3%	0.35	1:01	1.1	100%	2,635	61.1	1717
17	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	55%	381.0%	0.35	1:02	1.4	100%	2,526	59.2	1542
18	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	53%	373.4%	0.36	1:03	1.6	100%	4,783	60.2	1424
19	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	51%	371.1%	0.36	1:03	1.9	100%	3,659	57.8	1203
20	Hydreigon darkdragon Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	59%	368.6%	0.36	1:04	0.7	100%	3,625	57.4	2234
21	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	57%	368.2%	0.36	1:04	0.8	100%	5,031	58.1	2001
22	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	60%	367.9%	0.36	1:04	0.2	100%	3,834	58.2	3226
23	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Crunch	Bite / Crunch+23 more movesets	60%	366.9%	0.36	1:04	0.2	100%	4,717	56.7	3226
24	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	50%	365.8%	0.37	1:04	1.9	100%	3,701	57.1	1213
25	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	56%	365.7%	0.37	1:04	0.9	100%	2,757	56.8	1942
26	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	56%	364.0%	0.37	1:04	0.8	100%	4,429	58.8	2078
27	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	56%	361.7%	0.37	1:05	0.6	100%	4,979	58.4	2650
28	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	55%	357.5%	0.37	1:06	0.9	100%	4,823	55.3	1959
29	Zoroark dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	51%	355.1%	0.38	1:06	1.5	100%	2,571	55.6	1458
30	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	49%	352.9%	0.38	1:07	1.8	100%	4,099	55.1	1282

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.