A lot have happened in Pokemon Go lately, we now have been catching Legendaries for months, Halloween event , Gen 3 is around the corner and we might soon get PVP battles.
But thing in terms of using Pokemon's to fight in the Gyms or Raids, and Defending a Gym have not changed much. Most of the trainers rely on a some selected Pokemon's. If you are tired of holding 6 of the same Pokemon and want to diversify your attackers (perhaps at the cost of efficiency in Raids and Gym battles). To do so, here is the list of best attackers of each type. This list was made by Redditer pnr32 and we will try to build upon it.
Here is the process used:
Listed the top DPS'er of each type first
Filtered by type
Sorted by CP first and added the top 6
Sorted attack and added any that were not in the CP sort's top 6
I then made sure there were at least 2 from Gen 1/2
I then included each mon's "ideal" or top rated moveset (legacy in parenthesis) of each type from gamepress and bolded the mon who can have both a quick and charge move with the type bonus. Italicized mon can have attacks of the type, but are not of the type.
I then moved Gen 3 to the bottom of each list since we can’t really judge them without movesets, but want to keep us aware of them
When analyzing lists like this, it is best to stick with one single mode of comparison. No list is perfect, a lot of factors matter, and matter at different times. This list value bulk slightly higher than your original DPS assessment did, and is basing their rankings on TDO rather than DPS.
I Personally like TDO, since bulk is what matters most often, generally speaking, while max DPS matters solely for maxing ball counts in a raid and not much else (solo T3's as well).
When you are comparing Pokemon's whose DSP is within a few points of each other, the bulk really stands out at the end of the day. This is a RAW lists and an end all ranking of things to be powered up in order.
Bug
Scizor - - Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
Pinsir - Bug Bite / X-Scissor
Heracross - Struggle Bug / Megahorn
Scyther - Fury Cutter / X-Scissor (Bug Buzz)
Forretress - Bug Bite / Heavy Slam
Armaldo
Ninjask
Dark
Tyranitar - Bite / Crunch
Houndoom - Snarl / Foul Play
Gyarados - Bite / Crunch
Crawdaunt
Absol
Shiftry
Cacturne
Sharpedo
Dragon
Dragonite - Dragon Tail / Outrage (Dragon Claw)
Kingdra - Dragon Breath / Outrage
Rayquaza
Latios
Salamence
Latias
Flygon
Electric
Raikou - Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
Zapdos - Charge Beam / Thunder Bolt
Jolteon - Thunder Shock / Thunder Bolt
Ampharos - Charge Beam / Zap Cannon
Magneton - Spark (Thunder Shock) / Zap Cannon (Discharge)
Electabuzz - Thunder Shock / Thunder Bolt
Magnectric
Fairy
Granbull - Bite / Play Rough
Clefable - Zen Headbutt (Pound) / Dazzling Gleam
Mr. Mime - No Fairy moves...
Wigglytuff - Pound / Play Rough
Togetic - Extrasensory / Dazzling Gleam
Azumarill - Bubble / Play Rough
Gardevoir
Mawile
Fighting
Machamp - Counter / Dynamic Punch
Heracross - Counter / Close Combat
Poliwrath - Rock Smash / Dynamic Punch
Hitmonlee - Rock Smash / Close Combat
Ursaring - Counter / Close Combat
Hariyama
Blaziken
Breloom
Fire
Moltres - Fire Spin / Overheat
Ho-Oh - Steel Wing / Fire Blast
Entei - Fire Spin / Overheat
Flareon - Fire Spin / Overheat
Arcanine - Fire Fang / Fire Blast (Flamethrower)
Charizard - Fire Spin / Overheat
Blaziken
Flying
Lugia - Extrasensory / Sky attack
Dragonite - Dragon Tail / Hurricane
Scyther - Air Slash / Aerial Ace
Ho-Oh - Steel Wing / Brave Bird
Rayquaza
Salamence
Flying types without flying moves (FYI) * Zapdos * Moltres * Gyarados * Articuno
Ghost
Gengar - Hex (Shadow Claw) / Shadow Ball
Mewtwo - Confusion / Shadow Ball
Misdreavus - Hex / Ominous Wind
Haunter - Shadow Claw / Shadow Punch (Shadow Ball)
Banette
Dusclops
Sableye
Shedinja
Grass
Exeggutor - Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
Venusaur - Vine Whip / Solar Beam
Victreebel - Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
Vileplume - Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
Sceptile
Breloom
Cacturne
Ground
Rhydon - Mud Slap / Earthquake
Golem - Mud Slap (Mud Shot) / Earthquake
Donphan - Counter / Earthquake
Nidoking - Poison Jab / Earthquake
Groudon
Swampert
Flygon
Ice
Jynx - Frost Breath / Avalanche
Articuno - Frost Breath / Blizzard
Cloyster - Frost Breath / Avalanche
Lapras - Frost Breath / Blizzard
Piloswine - Ice Shard / Avalanche
Sneasel - Ice Shard / Avalanche
Regice
Walrein
Normal
Snorlax - Lick / Hyper Beam [Ghost?]
Blissey - Pound / Hyper Beam
Ursaring - Counter / Hyper Beam [Fighting?]
Porygon 2 - Hidden Power / Hyper Beam
Wigglytuff - Pound / Hyper Beam
Tauros - Tackle / Horn Attack
Mewtwo - Confusion / Hyper Beam
Dragonite - Dragon Tail / Hyper Beam
Slaking
Zangoose
Poison
Muk - Poison Jab / Gunk Shot
Gengar - Hex (Shadow Claw) / Sludge Bomb
Victreebel - Acid / Sludge Bomb
Venusaur - Vine Whip / Sludge Bomb
Crobat - Air Slash / Sludge Bomb
Nidoking - Poison Jab / Sludge Wave
Vileplume - Acid / Solar Beam
Psychic
Mewtwo - Psycho Cut / Psychic
Lugia - Extrasensory / Future Sight
Espeon - Confusion / Future Sight
Alakazam - Confusion / Future Sight
Metagross
Latios
Latias
Rock
Golem - Rock Throw / Stone Edge
Tyranitar - Bite / Stone Edge
Rhydon - Mud Slap / Stone Edge
Omastar - Water Gun (Rock Throw) / Rock Blast (Rock Slide)
Sudowoodo - Rock Throw / Stone Edge
Aerodactyl - Bite / Ancient Power
Kabutops - Mud Shot (Fury Cutter) / Stone Edge
Regirock
Aggron
Armaldo
Steel
Scizor - Bullet Puch / Iron Head
Steelix - Iron Tail / Heavy Slam
Forretress - Bug Bite / Heavy Slam
Magneton - Charge Beam (Thunder Shock) / Magnet Bomb
Machamp - Bullet Punch / Heavy Slam
Metagross
Aggron
Registeel
Water
Vaporeon - Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Gyarados - Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump
Omastar - Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Suicine - Hidden Power / Hydro Pump
Starmie - Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Kingler - Bubble / Water Pulse
Kyogre
Milotic
Sharpedo
Crawdaunt
But thing in terms of using Pokemon's to fight in the Gyms or Raids, and Defending a Gym have not changed much. Most of the trainers rely on a some selected Pokemon's. If you are tired of holding 6 of the same Pokemon and want to diversify your attackers (perhaps at the cost of efficiency in Raids and Gym battles). To do so, here is the list of best attackers of each type. This list was made by Redditer pnr32 and we will try to build upon it.
Here is the process used:
Listed the top DPS'er of each type first
Filtered by type
Sorted by CP first and added the top 6
Sorted attack and added any that were not in the CP sort's top 6
I then made sure there were at least 2 from Gen 1/2
I then included each mon's "ideal" or top rated moveset (legacy in parenthesis) of each type from gamepress and bolded the mon who can have both a quick and charge move with the type bonus. Italicized mon can have attacks of the type, but are not of the type.
I then moved Gen 3 to the bottom of each list since we can’t really judge them without movesets, but want to keep us aware of them
When analyzing lists like this, it is best to stick with one single mode of comparison. No list is perfect, a lot of factors matter, and matter at different times. This list value bulk slightly higher than your original DPS assessment did, and is basing their rankings on TDO rather than DPS.
I Personally like TDO, since bulk is what matters most often, generally speaking, while max DPS matters solely for maxing ball counts in a raid and not much else (solo T3's as well).
When you are comparing Pokemon's whose DSP is within a few points of each other, the bulk really stands out at the end of the day. This is a RAW lists and an end all ranking of things to be powered up in order.
Bug
Scizor - - Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
Pinsir - Bug Bite / X-Scissor
Heracross - Struggle Bug / Megahorn
Scyther - Fury Cutter / X-Scissor (Bug Buzz)
Forretress - Bug Bite / Heavy Slam
Armaldo
Ninjask
Dark
Tyranitar - Bite / Crunch
Houndoom - Snarl / Foul Play
Gyarados - Bite / Crunch
Crawdaunt
Absol
Shiftry
Cacturne
Sharpedo
Dragon
Dragonite - Dragon Tail / Outrage (Dragon Claw)
Kingdra - Dragon Breath / Outrage
Rayquaza
Latios
Salamence
Latias
Flygon
Electric
Raikou - Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
Zapdos - Charge Beam / Thunder Bolt
Jolteon - Thunder Shock / Thunder Bolt
Ampharos - Charge Beam / Zap Cannon
Magneton - Spark (Thunder Shock) / Zap Cannon (Discharge)
Electabuzz - Thunder Shock / Thunder Bolt
Magnectric
Fairy
Granbull - Bite / Play Rough
Clefable - Zen Headbutt (Pound) / Dazzling Gleam
Mr. Mime - No Fairy moves...
Wigglytuff - Pound / Play Rough
Togetic - Extrasensory / Dazzling Gleam
Azumarill - Bubble / Play Rough
Gardevoir
Mawile
Fighting
Machamp - Counter / Dynamic Punch
Heracross - Counter / Close Combat
Poliwrath - Rock Smash / Dynamic Punch
Hitmonlee - Rock Smash / Close Combat
Ursaring - Counter / Close Combat
Hariyama
Blaziken
Breloom
Fire
Moltres - Fire Spin / Overheat
Ho-Oh - Steel Wing / Fire Blast
Entei - Fire Spin / Overheat
Flareon - Fire Spin / Overheat
Arcanine - Fire Fang / Fire Blast (Flamethrower)
Charizard - Fire Spin / Overheat
Blaziken
Flying
Lugia - Extrasensory / Sky attack
Dragonite - Dragon Tail / Hurricane
Scyther - Air Slash / Aerial Ace
Ho-Oh - Steel Wing / Brave Bird
Rayquaza
Salamence
Flying types without flying moves (FYI) * Zapdos * Moltres * Gyarados * Articuno
Ghost
Gengar - Hex (Shadow Claw) / Shadow Ball
Mewtwo - Confusion / Shadow Ball
Misdreavus - Hex / Ominous Wind
Haunter - Shadow Claw / Shadow Punch (Shadow Ball)
Banette
Dusclops
Sableye
Shedinja
Grass
Exeggutor - Bullet Seed / Solar Beam
Venusaur - Vine Whip / Solar Beam
Victreebel - Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
Vileplume - Razor Leaf / Solar Beam
Sceptile
Breloom
Cacturne
Ground
Rhydon - Mud Slap / Earthquake
Golem - Mud Slap (Mud Shot) / Earthquake
Donphan - Counter / Earthquake
Nidoking - Poison Jab / Earthquake
Groudon
Swampert
Flygon
Ice
Jynx - Frost Breath / Avalanche
Articuno - Frost Breath / Blizzard
Cloyster - Frost Breath / Avalanche
Lapras - Frost Breath / Blizzard
Piloswine - Ice Shard / Avalanche
Sneasel - Ice Shard / Avalanche
Regice
Walrein
Normal
Snorlax - Lick / Hyper Beam [Ghost?]
Blissey - Pound / Hyper Beam
Ursaring - Counter / Hyper Beam [Fighting?]
Porygon 2 - Hidden Power / Hyper Beam
Wigglytuff - Pound / Hyper Beam
Tauros - Tackle / Horn Attack
Mewtwo - Confusion / Hyper Beam
Dragonite - Dragon Tail / Hyper Beam
Slaking
Zangoose
Poison
Muk - Poison Jab / Gunk Shot
Gengar - Hex (Shadow Claw) / Sludge Bomb
Victreebel - Acid / Sludge Bomb
Venusaur - Vine Whip / Sludge Bomb
Crobat - Air Slash / Sludge Bomb
Nidoking - Poison Jab / Sludge Wave
Vileplume - Acid / Solar Beam
Psychic
Mewtwo - Psycho Cut / Psychic
Lugia - Extrasensory / Future Sight
Espeon - Confusion / Future Sight
Alakazam - Confusion / Future Sight
Metagross
Latios
Latias
Rock
Golem - Rock Throw / Stone Edge
Tyranitar - Bite / Stone Edge
Rhydon - Mud Slap / Stone Edge
Omastar - Water Gun (Rock Throw) / Rock Blast (Rock Slide)
Sudowoodo - Rock Throw / Stone Edge
Aerodactyl - Bite / Ancient Power
Kabutops - Mud Shot (Fury Cutter) / Stone Edge
Regirock
Aggron
Armaldo
Steel
Scizor - Bullet Puch / Iron Head
Steelix - Iron Tail / Heavy Slam
Forretress - Bug Bite / Heavy Slam
Magneton - Charge Beam (Thunder Shock) / Magnet Bomb
Machamp - Bullet Punch / Heavy Slam
Metagross
Aggron
Registeel
Water
Vaporeon - Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Gyarados - Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump
Omastar - Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Suicine - Hidden Power / Hydro Pump
Starmie - Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Kingler - Bubble / Water Pulse
Kyogre
Milotic
Sharpedo
Crawdaunt
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