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Delcatty
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Delcatty

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Best attacking moveset: Feint Attack and Wild Charge, worth 6.7 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Delcatty can learn 9 combinations. Feint Attack with Wild Charge 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
CharmFairy201.5s+11
Feint AttackDark111.0s+10
Zen HeadbuttPsychic111.0s+9
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Disarming VoiceFairy704.0s-33
Play RoughFairy903.0s-50
Wild ChargeElectric902.5s-50

Best moveset against each type

Delcatty 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 Fighting, Dragon, Dark.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
FightingCharm + Play Rough9.9
DragonCharm + Play Rough9.9
DarkCharm + Play Rough9.9
FlyingFeint Attack + Wild Charge8.9
WaterFeint Attack + Wild Charge8.9
GhostFeint Attack + Wild Charge8.0
PsychicFeint Attack + Wild Charge8.0
PoisonZen Headbutt + Wild Charge7.9
NormalFeint Attack + Wild Charge6.7
RockFeint Attack + Wild Charge6.7
BugFeint Attack + Wild Charge6.7
SteelFeint Attack + Wild Charge6.7
FireFeint Attack + Wild Charge6.7
IceFeint Attack + Wild Charge6.7
FairyCharm + Wild Charge6.6
GroundCharm + Play Rough6.3
GrassCharm + Play Rough6.3
ElectricCharm + Play Rough6.3

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 Delcatty is actually for.

Counters: what beats Delcatty

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
LucarioFightingSteelForce PalmAura SphereLegacy43.5
PheromosaBugFightingLow KickFocus Blast39.8
TerrakionRockFightingDouble KickSacred SwordLegacy39.6
BlazikenFireFightingCounterAura Sphere39.3
KartanaGrassSteelFury CutterSacred Sword37.5

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

Type matchups

Weak toFighting
Strongly resistsGhost

Shiny

Delcatty
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Shiny Delcatty
Shiny

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

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP1,691 at level 50, 1,496 at level 40
Raid catch854 CP at level 20, or 1,068 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch800 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats132 attack · 127 defense · 172 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Size1.09 m and 32.6 kg