Galarian Ponyta

Best moveset

Galarian Ponyta can learn 6 combinations. Low Kick with Play Rough 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.

Best moveset against each type

Galarian Ponyta 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, Dark, Poison.

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 Ponyta is actually for.

Counters: what beats Galarian Ponyta

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Blacephalon	FireGhost	AstonishShadow Ball	41.4
Pheromosa	BugFighting	Bug BiteBug Buzz	39.9
Darkrai	Dark	SnarlFoul Play	39.0
Chandelure	GhostFire	HexShadow Ball	36.9
Gengar	GhostPoison	LickShadow BallLegacy	36.9

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

Type matchups

Shiny

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

Other forms

Evolution family

Numbers

What it costs