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Greavard
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Greavard

Ghost

Best attacking moveset: Lick and Shadow Ball, worth 6.8 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Greavard can learn 6 combinations. Lick with Shadow Ball 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
BiteDark60.5s+4
LickGhost50.5s+6
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
DigGround1004.5s-50
Psychic FangsPsychic251.0s-33
Shadow BallGhost1003.0s-50

Best moveset against each type

Greavard 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 Ghost, Psychic, Poison.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GhostLick + Shadow Ball10.6
PsychicLick + Shadow Ball10.6
PoisonLick + Dig6.9
RockLick + Dig6.9
SteelLick + Dig6.9
FireLick + Dig6.9
ElectricLick + Dig6.9
FightingLick + Shadow Ball6.8
FlyingLick + Shadow Ball6.8
GroundLick + Shadow Ball6.8
BugLick + Shadow Ball6.8
WaterLick + Shadow Ball6.8
GrassLick + Shadow Ball6.8
IceLick + Shadow Ball6.8
DragonLick + Shadow Ball6.8
FairyLick + Shadow Ball6.8
NormalBite + Dig4.8
DarkLick + Dig4.1

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 Greavard is actually for.

Counters: what beats Greavard

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostAstonishShadow Ball48.5
DarkraiDarkSnarlFoul Play45.7
ChandelureGhostFireHexShadow Ball43.3
GengarGhostPoisonLickShadow BallLegacy43.3
AbsolDarkSnarlBrutal SwingLegacy42.4

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

Type matchups

Weak toGhostDark
ResistsPoisonBug
Strongly resistsNormalFighting

Shiny

No shiny yet. New shiny releases show up in the news.

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP1,149 at level 50, 1,016 at level 40
Raid catch580 CP at level 20, or 726 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch535 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats105 attack · 106 defense · 137 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Size0.6 m and 35 kg