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Altaria
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Altaria

DragonFlying

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Breath and Sky Attack, worth 8.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Altaria can learn 10 combinations. Dragon Breath with Sky Attack 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.

Type matchups

Takes double damageIce
Weak toRockDragonFairy
ResistsFightingBugFireWater
Strongly resistsGroundGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dragon BreathDragon60.5s+4
PeckFlying101.0s+10
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dazzling GleamFairy1003.5s-50
Dragon PulseDragon903.5s-50
FlamethrowerFire652.0s-50
Sky AttackFlying802.0s-50
Moonblast LegacyFairy1304.0s-100

Shiny

Altaria
Normal
Shiny Altaria
Shiny

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

Other forms

Mega Altaria
Mega Altaria

Evolution family

Swablu
Swablu
Altaria
Altaria

Numbers

Max CP2,266 at level 50, 2,004 at level 40
Raid catch1,145 CP at level 20, or 1,432 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,081 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats141 attack · 201 defense · 181 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance1 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one1,000 Stardust and 1 Candy
Size1.09 m and 20.6 kg

Best moveset against each type

Altaria does not have one best moveset, it has 5. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Fighting, Bug, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
FightingPeck + Sky Attack12.6
BugPeck + Sky Attack12.6
GrassPeck + Sky Attack12.6
DragonDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse11.3
DarkDragon Breath + Dazzling Gleam9.5
IceDragon Breath + Flamethrower8.9
NormalDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
FlyingDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
PoisonDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
GroundDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
GhostDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
FireDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
WaterDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
PsychicDragon Breath + Sky Attack8.5
FairyPeck + Sky Attack8.3
RockDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse7.6
ElectricDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse7.6
SteelDragon Breath + Flamethrower7.4

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 Altaria is actually for.

Counters: what beats Altaria

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy36.3
Chien-PaoDarkIcePowder Snow + Avalanche35.3
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Avalanche35.2
MamoswineIceGroundPowder Snow + Avalanche33.5
WeavileDarkIceIce Shard + Avalanche33.0
GlaceonIceFrost Breath + Avalanche32.6
KyuremDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaciate Legacy31.4
JynxIcePsychicFrost Breath + Avalanche30.7
VanilluxeIceFrost Breath + Avalanche Legacy30.1
FrosmothIceBugPowder Snow + Ice Beam29.3

Ranked by damage per second against Altaria's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.