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Raid Hour · YveltalNext · 22h 25m

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 Tapu Fini's top six counters needs 2.67 trainers (round up: 3), and a mixed lobby of ranks 13-24 needs 3.19 (round up: 4). The raid timer is 300 seconds and one prepared trainer alone would take 12:16. No level in this range makes it soloable with a prepared party.
Tapu Fini · Tier 5
waterfairy
Weak to
poisongrasselectric
Boss CP
40,978
Boss HP
15,000
Raid timer
300s
Party used
6

Trainers needed, by attacker level

Scroll sideways for the mixed-lobby column.

Trainers needed to beat Tapu Fini at each attacker level
Attacker levelSix of the best counterA prepared partyA mixed local groupPrepared solo timeFaints per timer
Level 204(3.73)5(4.03)5(4.73)18:346.0
Level 254(3.20)4(3.35)4(3.99)15:256.0
Level 303(2.90)3(2.96)4(3.51)13:386.0
Level 353(2.69)3(2.79)4(3.33)12:506.0
Level 403(2.58)3(2.67)4(3.19)12:166.0
Level 453(2.46)3(2.53)4(3.07)11:375.9
Level 503(2.42)3(2.44)3(2.97)11:135.9

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

  • Kartana2.58

A prepared party

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

3 trainers at level 40

  • Kartana2.58
  • Regieleki2.60
  • Zeraora2.68
  • Eternatus2.69
  • Xurkitree2.72
  • Zekrom2.73

A mixed local group

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

4 trainers at level 40

  • Raikou3.08
  • Zacian (Crowned Sword)3.09
  • Necrozma (Dusk Mane)3.11
  • Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)3.13
  • Necrozma (Dawn Wings)3.14
  • Electivire3.14

The party these numbers assume

1. Kartana
Razor Leaf + Leaf Blade
2. Regieleki
Lock-On + Thunder Cage
3. Zeraora
Volt Switch + Plasma Fists
4. Eternatus
Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb
5. Xurkitree
Thunder Shock + Discharge
6. Zekrom
Charge Beam + Fusion Bolt

See the full ranked counter list for Tapu Fini · 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.