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Raid Hour · YveltalNext · 23h 47m

Group size estimator

How many trainers do I need to invite?

The Estimator is already "trainers of this attacker needed to finish inside the timer", so this page does not invent a number: it reads it off the boss's own ranked counter list for three realistic parties and re-simulates each of them at every level from 20 to 50.

Invite 3 to be safe — 3 if everyone is prepared

At level 40, a party of Flamigo's top six counters needs 2.48 trainers (round up: 3), and a mixed lobby of ranks 13-24 needs 2.85 (round up: 3). The raid timer is 300 seconds and one prepared trainer alone would take 11:24. No level in this range makes it soloable with a prepared party.
Flamigo · Elite
flyingfighting
Weak to
flyingelectricpsychicicefairy
Boss CP
43,290
Boss HP
20,000
Raid timer
300s
Party used
6

Trainers needed, by attacker level

Scroll sideways for the mixed-lobby column.

Trainers needed to beat Flamigo at each attacker level
Attacker levelSix of the best counterA prepared partyA mixed local groupPrepared solo timeFaints per timer
Level 204(3.85)5(4.07)5(4.35)18:456.0
Level 254(3.27)4(3.39)4(3.68)15:376.0
Level 303(2.61)3(2.80)4(3.15)12:546.0
Level 353(2.40)3(2.62)3(2.99)12:026.0
Level 403(2.34)3(2.48)3(2.85)11:246.0
Level 453(2.24)3(2.37)3(2.74)10:546.0
Level 503(2.18)3(2.31)3(2.64)10:376.0

Whole trainers in bold, the raw estimator in brackets — 2.04 means two trainers is right on the line and three is comfortable.

Six of the best counter

Every trainer brings six copies of the single best counter — the theoretical floor.

3 trainers at level 40

  • Kyurem (White)2.34

A prepared party

Each trainer brings the boss's top six counters, powered up and correctly TM'd.

3 trainers at level 40

  • Kyurem (White)2.34
  • Mewtwo2.38
  • Rayquaza2.36
  • Enamorus (Incarnate)2.56
  • Kyurem (Black)2.62
  • Thundurus (Therian)2.62

A mixed local group

Ranks 13-24: reasonable but unoptimised parties, which is what a public lobby usually is.

3 trainers at level 40

  • Zacian (Crowned Sword)2.74
  • Enamorus (Therian)2.79
  • Moltres2.80
  • Necrozma (Dawn Wings)2.82
  • Zekrom2.84
  • Tapu Koko2.83

The party these numbers assume

1. Kyurem (White)
Ice Fang + Ice Burn
2. Mewtwo
Psycho Cut + Psystrike
3. Rayquaza
Air Slash + Dragon Ascent
4. Enamorus (Incarnate)
Fairy Wind + Fly
5. Kyurem (Black)
Dragon Tail + Freeze Shock
6. Thundurus (Therian)
Volt Switch + Wildbolt Storm

See the full ranked counter list for Flamigo · check a real lobby (win chance, who brings what) · make a share card of the top six

How this is worked out

The boss is ranked once at level 40 with rankCached (the same memoised call /raids makes), then the three bands — rank 1, ranks 1-6, ranks 13-24 — are re-simulated at each attacker level with an 8-run Monte Carlo each. Holding the party fixed and moving only its level is deliberate: it answers "what if my party were level 20" rather than "what would a level-20 player's completely different party be", and it is about ten times cheaper than re-ranking every attacker seven times. The Estimator itself is Pokebattler's definition, time to win including rejoin time divided by the raid timer.