Armaldo
RockBug
Best attacking moveset: Fury Cutter and Rock Blast, worth 10.9 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Armaldo can learn 8 combinations. Fury Cutter with Rock Blast 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
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fury Cutter | Bug | 4 | 0.5s | +8 |
| Struggle Bug | Bug | 15 | 1.5s | +15 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Poison | Poison | 40 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Liquidation | Water | 70 | 3.0s | -33 |
| Rock Blast | Rock | 50 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Water Pulse | Water | 65 | 3.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Armaldo has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,220 at level 50, 2,848 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,627 CP at level 20, or 2,035 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,552 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 222 attack · 174 defense · 181 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 1.5 m and 68.2 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Armaldo does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Ice, Flying.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 15.4 |
| Ice | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 15.4 |
| Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 14.3 | |
| Fire | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 14.3 |
| Grass | Fury Cutter + Cross Poison | 14.2 |
| Ground | Fury Cutter + Liquidation | 14.1 |
| Rock | Fury Cutter + Liquidation | 14.1 |
| Psychic | Struggle Bug + Rock Blast | 12.3 |
| Dark | Struggle Bug + Rock Blast | 12.3 |
| Fairy | Fury Cutter + Cross Poison | 11.9 |
| Normal | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 10.9 |
| Water | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 10.9 |
| Electric | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 10.9 |
| Dragon | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 10.9 |
| Poison | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 9.9 |
| Ghost | Fury Cutter + Rock Blast | 9.9 |
| Fighting | Fury Cutter + Liquidation | 8.9 |
| Steel | Fury Cutter + Liquidation | 8.9 |
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 Armaldo is actually for.
Counters: what beats Armaldo
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Metagross | SteelPsychic | Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash Legacy | 28.5 |
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 28.1 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 28.0 |
 Tinkaton | FairySteel | Fairy Wind + Gigaton Hammer Legacy | 27.7 |
 Glimmora | RockPoison | Rock Throw + Meteor Beam | 27.7 |
 Rampardos | Rock | Smack Down + Rock Slide | 27.4 |
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Force Palm + Meteor Mash Legacy | 27.1 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 26.6 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 26.5 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Dragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 25.9 |
Ranked by damage per second against Armaldo's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.