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Accelgor
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Accelgor

Bug

Best attacking moveset: Infestation and Bug Buzz, worth 11.2 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Accelgor can learn 15 combinations. Infestation with Bug Buzz does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
AcidPoison111.0s+10
InfestationBug91.0s+13
Water ShurikenWater91.0s+14
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Acid SprayPoison203.0s-50
Bug BuzzBug953.5s-50
Focus BlastFighting1403.5s-100
Signal BeamBug753.0s-50
Energy Ball LegacyGrass904.0s-50

Best moveset against each type

Accelgor does not have one best moveset, it has 8. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Grass, Psychic, Dark.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GrassInfestation + Bug Buzz17.6
PsychicInfestation + Bug Buzz17.6
DarkInfestation + Bug Buzz17.6
RockWater Shuriken + Focus Blast16.3
NormalInfestation + Focus Blast14.5
IceInfestation + Focus Blast14.5
SteelWater Shuriken + Focus Blast14.3
GroundWater Shuriken + Energy Ball13.7
WaterInfestation + Energy Ball12.5
FireWater Shuriken + Focus Blast12.2
BugInfestation + Bug Buzz11.2
ElectricInfestation + Bug Buzz11.2
DragonInfestation + Bug Buzz11.2
FairyAcid + Focus Blast10.8
FightingWater Shuriken + Focus Blast10.2
GhostWater Shuriken + Energy Ball8.6
FlyingAcid + Bug Buzz7.9
PoisonWater Shuriken + Bug Buzz7.8

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Accelgor is actually for.

Counters: what beats Accelgor

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostIncinerateMind BlownLegacy53.9
ReshiramDragonFireFire FangFusion FlareLegacy44.7
SalamenceDragonFlyingFire FangFly41.3
ChandelureGhostFireFire SpinOverheat41.0
MoltresFireFlyingFire SpinFly40.6

Ranked by damage per second against Accelgor's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Accelgor is weak to.

Type matchups

Weak toFlyingRockFire
ResistsFightingGroundGrass

Shiny

Accelgor
Normal
Shiny Accelgor
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Accelgor has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP2,760 at level 50, 2,441 at level 40
Raid catch1,395 CP at level 20, or 1,744 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,323 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats220 attack · 120 defense · 190 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy
Size0.8 m and 25.3 kg