Zubat counters

#0041

poison flyingTier 1

Lobby CP

2,251

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zubat should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 344-381.

Weak torock1.6xelectric1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Zubat counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Alakazam, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Mewtwo & Shadow Gigalith.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Alakazam
S. Thundurus (Therian)
Mewtwo
S. Gigalith

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 %

1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
2Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
3Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.030:06
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
5Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:06
6Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:06
7Mega GalladeMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
8Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.040:07
9MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.040:07
10Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.040:07

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 Zubat

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Top 15 Zubat 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
2	Shadow Mewtwopsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
3	Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pick	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,780	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:06	0.03	7148.2%
5	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
6	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:07	0.04	6626.6%
8	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
9	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
10	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
11	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
12	Shadow Weaviledarkice	iceIce ShardiceAvalanche	3,005	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
13	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
14	Zeraoraelectric	electricSparkelectricPlasma Fists	3,419	0:08	0.04	5647.8%
15	Shadow Exeggutorgrasspsychic	psychicExtrasensorypsychicPsychic	3,014	0:08	0.04	5491.3%

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 Zubat.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zubat'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.

“Joint top pick”: 4 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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%	1978%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Quick Attack / Poison Fang	100%	2058%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Quick Attack / Air Cutter	100%	1985%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Quick Attack / Swift	100%	2013%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Bite / Poison Fang	100%	1918%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Bite / Air Cutter	100%	2041%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Bite / Swift	100%	2047%	6623.3%	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…

Zubat 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.

rock1.6x electric1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x normal1x flying1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x dark1x poison0.63x ground0.63x fairy0.63x fighting0.39x bug0.39x grass0.39x

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

It resists fighting0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.39xpoison0.625xground0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zubat throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
normalQuick Attack	10	+13	1.0s	0.45s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir CutterSTAB	55	-50	2.5s	1.60s
poisonPoison FangSTAB	30	-33	1.5s	0.70s
normalSwift	65	-50	3.0s	2.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	344	430
11/11/11	351	439
12/12/12	359	448
13/13/13	366	458
14/14/14	373	467
15/15/15hundo	381	476

Caught CP range 344 - 381, or 430 - 476 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.

Zubat 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 58 / Defense 52 (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

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	100%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	129.5	777
2	Shadow Mewtwo top pickpsychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	91%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,178	112.2	673
3	Mega Raichu Y top pickelectricmega Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+35 more movesets	89%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,780	102.2	613
4	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	98%	7148.2%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,112	123.9	755
5	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	82%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,510	105.4	685
6	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	77%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	3,057	94.0	611
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	83%	6626.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,521	93.0	611
8	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,659	91.5	640
9	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,178	86.2	603
10	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	85%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,228	90.7	635
11	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	68%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,079	80.3	602
12	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	70%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,005	80.7	605
13	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	72%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,580	81.5	611
14	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	73%	5647.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,419	85.1	656
15	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	61%	5491.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,014	81.4	646
16	Kyurem (White) dragonice Dragon Breath / Ice Burn	Dragon Breath / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	69%	5456.9%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,605	80.0	639
17	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Triple Axel	Confusion / Triple Axel+19 more movesets	65%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,512	77.9	623
18	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	64%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,590	76.4	611
19	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	73%	5315.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	74.3	608
20	Deoxys (Attack) psychic Zen Headbutt / Dark Pulse	Zen Headbutt / Dark Pulse+5 more movesets	49%	5265.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,580	75.2	622
21	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	72%	5264.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,143	111.4	922
22	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Zen Headbutt / Rock Slide	Zen Headbutt / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	62%	5240.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,298	83.5	694
23	Deoxys psychic Zen Headbutt / Thunderbolt	Zen Headbutt / Thunderbolt+5 more movesets	57%	5240.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,160	82.4	685
24	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psyshock	Zen Headbutt / Psyshock+23 more movesets	62%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,783	75.3	640
25	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Meteor Mash	Zen Headbutt / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	64%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,791	71.4	607
26	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt	Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt+11 more movesets	60%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,527	70.6	600
27	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	61%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,452	72.5	616
28	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Ancient Power	Rock Throw / Ancient Power+23 more movesets	66%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,118	70.7	601
29	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	58%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,105	75.5	642
30	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	63%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,205	71.9	611

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.