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Raid Hour · YveltalNext · 23h 6m

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 4 to be safe — 3 if everyone is prepared

At level 40, a party of Kyurem (Black)'s top six counters needs 2.77 trainers (round up: 3), and a mixed lobby of ranks 13-24 needs 3.89 (round up: 4). The raid timer is 300 seconds and one prepared trainer alone would take 12:44. No level in this range makes it soloable with a prepared party.
Kyurem (Black) · Elite
dragonice
Weak to
fightingrocksteeldragonfairy
Boss CP
64,674
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 Kyurem (Black) at each attacker level
Attacker levelSix of the best counterA prepared partyA mixed local groupPrepared solo timeFaints per timer
Level 204(3.56)5(4.31)7(6.08)19:496.0
Level 253(2.96)4(3.70)6(5.13)17:026.0
Level 303(2.67)4(3.07)5(4.48)14:076.0
Level 353(2.57)3(2.92)5(4.18)13:266.0
Level 403(2.41)3(2.77)4(3.89)12:446.0
Level 453(2.34)3(2.65)4(3.72)12:126.0
Level 503(2.28)3(2.51)4(3.55)11:326.0

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

  • Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)2.41

A prepared party

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

3 trainers at level 40

  • Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)2.41
  • Zacian (Crowned Sword)2.53
  • Necrozma (Dusk Mane)2.66
  • Eternatus3.06
  • Keldeo2.88
  • Dialga (Origin)3.08

A mixed local group

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

4 trainers at level 40

  • Haxorus3.71
  • Tinkaton3.76
  • Baxcalibur3.67
  • Kartana3.92
  • Garchomp3.82
  • Urshifu (Single Strike)3.86

The party these numbers assume

1. Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Metal Claw + Behemoth Bash
2. Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Metal Claw + Behemoth Blade
3. Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Metal Claw + Sunsteel Strike
4. Eternatus
Dragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon
5. Keldeo
Low Kick + Secret Sword
6. Dialga (Origin)
Metal Claw + Roar of Time

See the full ranked counter list for Kyurem (Black) · 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.