#144

Galarian Articuno

PsychicFlying

Best attacking moveset: Confusion and Fly, worth 15.4 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Galarian Articuno can learn 8 combinations. Confusion with Fly 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

Weak toRockGhostElectricIceDark

ResistsGrassPsychic

Strongly resistsFightingGround

Fast attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Confusion	Psychic	19	1.5s	+14
Psycho Cut	Psychic	4	0.5s	+7

Charged attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Ancient Power	Rock	70	3.5s	-33
Brave Bird	Flying	130	2.0s	-100
Fly	Flying	90	2.0s	-50
Futuresight	Psychic	115	2.5s	-100

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Articuno as a species, on the Articuno page.

Other forms

Articuno

Numbers

Max CP	4,059 at level 50, 3,590 at level 40
Raid catch	2,051 CP at level 20, or 2,564 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch	1,966 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats	250 attack · 197 defense · 207 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move	100,000 Stardust and 100 Candy
Buddy distance	20 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one	20,000 Stardust and 20 Candy
Size	1.7 m and 55.4 kg

Best moveset against each type

Galarian Articuno 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 Fighting, Bug, Grass.

Against	Best moveset	DPS
Fighting	Psycho Cut + Fly	24.5
Bug	Psycho Cut + Fly	22.0
Grass	Psycho Cut + Fly	22.0
Poison	Confusion + Futuresight	21.7
Normal	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Flying	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Ground	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Ghost	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Fire	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Water	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Ice	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Dragon	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Fairy	Confusion + Fly	15.4
Psychic	Psycho Cut + Fly	13.9
Dark	Psycho Cut + Fly	13.9
Rock	Confusion + Futuresight	13.7
Electric	Confusion + Futuresight	13.7
Steel	Confusion + Fly	9.8

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 Galarian Articuno is actually for.

Counters: what beats Galarian Articuno

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Regieleki	Electric	Lock On + Thunder Cage Legacy	32.5
Zeraora	Electric	Volt Switch + Plasma Fists	27.9
Blacephalon	FireGhost	Astonish + Shadow Ball	27.7
Zekrom	DragonElectric	Charge Beam + Fusion Bolt Legacy	27.3
Xurkitree	Electric	Thunder Shock + Discharge	27.0
Chien-Pao	DarkIce	Snarl + Blizzard	25.1
Darkrai	Dark	Snarl + Shadow Ball	24.9
Chandelure	GhostFire	Hex + Shadow Ball	24.7
Gengar	GhostPoison	Lick + Shadow Ball Legacy	24.7
Glimmora	RockPoison	Rock Throw + Meteor Beam	24.7

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