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Farfetch'd
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Farfetch'd

NormalFlying

Best attacking moveset: Fury Cutter and Leaf Blade, worth 6.6 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Farfetch'd can learn 9 combinations. Fury Cutter with Leaf Blade 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
Air SlashFlying121.0s+8
Fury CutterBug40.5s+8
Cut LegacyNormal50.5s+5
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Aerial AceFlying552.5s-33
Air CutterFlying552.5s-50
Leaf BladeGrass702.5s-33

Best moveset against each type

Farfetch'd 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
FightingAir Slash + Aerial Ace10.0
BugAir Slash + Aerial Ace10.0
GrassAir Slash + Aerial Ace10.0
GroundFury Cutter + Leaf Blade9.5
RockFury Cutter + Leaf Blade9.5
WaterFury Cutter + Leaf Blade9.5
NormalFury Cutter + Leaf Blade6.6
ElectricFury Cutter + Leaf Blade6.6
PsychicFury Cutter + Leaf Blade6.6
IceFury Cutter + Leaf Blade6.6
DarkFury Cutter + Leaf Blade6.6
GhostAir Slash + Leaf Blade6.4
FairyAir Slash + Leaf Blade6.4
DragonFury Cutter + Aerial Ace6.4
FlyingAir Slash + Aerial Ace6.3
PoisonAir Slash + Aerial Ace6.3
FireAir Slash + Aerial Ace6.3
SteelCut + Leaf Blade4.7

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 Farfetch'd is actually for.

Counters: what beats Farfetch'd

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
RegielekiElectricLock OnThunder CageLegacy53.0
ZeraoraElectricVolt SwitchPlasma Fists45.5
ZekromDragonElectricCharge BeamFusion BoltLegacy44.5
XurkitreeElectricThunder ShockDischarge44.0
GlimmoraRockPoisonRock ThrowMeteor Beam40.2

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

Type matchups

Weak toRockElectricIce
ResistsBugGrass
Strongly resistsGroundGhost

Shiny

Farfetch'd
Normal
Shiny Farfetch'd
Shiny

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

Other forms

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP1,397 at level 50, 1,236 at level 40
Raid catch706 CP at level 20, or 883 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch657 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats124 attack · 115 defense · 141 stamina

What it costs

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 15 kg