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Emolga
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Emolga

ElectricFlying

Best attacking moveset: Thunder Shock and Thunderbolt, worth 8.4 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Emolga can learn 8 combinations. Thunder Shock with Thunderbolt 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
Quick AttackNormal101.0s+13
Thunder ShockElectric40.5s+7
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
AcrobaticsFlying1002.0s-100
Aerial AceFlying552.5s-33
DischargeElectric652.5s-33
ThunderboltElectric802.5s-50

Best moveset against each type

Emolga does not have one best moveset, it has 3. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Flying, Water, Fighting.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
FlyingThunder Shock + Thunderbolt13.2
WaterThunder Shock + Thunderbolt13.2
FightingThunder Shock + Acrobatics11.1
BugThunder Shock + Acrobatics11.1
GrassThunder Shock + Acrobatics11.1
NormalThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
PoisonThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
RockThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
GhostThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
SteelThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
FireThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
PsychicThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
IceThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
DarkThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
FairyThunder Shock + Thunderbolt8.4
DragonThunder Shock + Acrobatics8.2
GroundQuick Attack + Acrobatics7.9
ElectricThunder Shock + Acrobatics6.3

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 Emolga is actually for.

Counters: what beats Emolga

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
GlimmoraRockPoisonRock ThrowMeteor Beam36.8
RampardosRockSmack DownRock Slide36.5
EternatusPoisonDragonPoison JabDynamax CannonLegacy35.3
GigalithRockLock OnMeteor BeamLegacy35.0
DeoxysPsychicCharge BeamPsycho Boost34.4

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

Type matchups

Weak toRockIce
ResistsFightingFlyingGroundBugSteelGrass

Shiny

Emolga
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Shiny Emolga
Shiny

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

Numbers

Max CP1,847 at level 50, 1,633 at level 40
Raid catch933 CP at level 20, or 1,166 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch876 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats158 attack · 127 defense · 146 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance1 km per Candy
Size0.4 m and 5 kg