#829

Gossifleur

Grass

Best attacking moveset: Bullet Seed and Grass Knot, worth 4.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Gossifleur can learn 4 combinations. Bullet Seed with Grass Knot 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 attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Bullet Seed	Grass	7	1.0s	+13
Razor Leaf	Grass	13	1.0s	+7

Charged attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Energy Ball	Grass	90	4.0s	-50
Grass Knot	Grass	90	2.5s	-50

Best moveset against each type

Gossifleur does not have one best moveset, it has 2. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ground, Rock, Water.

Against	Best moveset	DPS
Ground	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	7.1
Rock	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	7.1
Water	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	7.1
Normal	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Fighting	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Ghost	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Electric	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Psychic	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Ice	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Dark	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Fairy	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.5
Flying	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8
Poison	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8
Bug	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8
Steel	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8
Fire	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8
Grass	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8
Dragon	Razor Leaf + Grass Knot	2.8

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 Gossifleur is actually for.

Counters: what beats Gossifleur

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Blacephalon	FireGhost	IncinerateMind BlownLegacy	61.1
Eternatus	PoisonDragon	Poison JabDynamax CannonLegacy	52.3
Reshiram	DragonFire	Fire FangFusion FlareLegacy	50.8
Pheromosa	BugFighting	Bug BiteBug Buzz	47.6
Salamence	DragonFlying	Fire FangFly	46.8

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

Type matchups

Weak toFlyingPoisonBugFireIce

ResistsGroundWaterGrassElectric

Shiny

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Evolution family

Gossifleur

Eldegoss

Numbers

Max CP	760 at level 50, 672 at level 40
Raid catch	384 CP at level 20, or 480 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch	347 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats	70 attack · 104 defense · 120 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Size	0.4 m and 2.2 kg