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Haxorus
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Haxorus

Dragon

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Tail and Breaking Swipe, worth 16.7 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Haxorus can learn 10 combinations. Dragon Tail with Breaking Swipe 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.

That set is legacy. Breaking Swipe is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Haxorus you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Dragon Tail and Dragon Claw, worth 15.2 damage per second.

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 toIceDragonFairy
ResistsFireWaterGrassElectric
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
CounterFighting131.0s+9
Dragon TailDragon141.0s+8
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dragon ClawDragon451.5s-33
EarthquakeGround1403.5s-100
Night SlashDark452.0s-33
SurfWater601.5s-50
Breaking Swipe LegacyDragon451.0s-33

Shiny

Haxorus
Normal
Shiny Haxorus
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Haxorus has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.

Evolution family

Axew
Axew
Fraxure
Fraxure
Haxorus
Haxorus

Numbers

Max CP4,062 at level 50, 3,593 at level 40
Raid catch2,053 CP at level 20, or 2,566 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,966 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats284 attack · 172 defense · 183 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance5 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy
Size1.8 m and 105.5 kg

Best moveset against each type

Haxorus 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 Dragon, Rock, Steel.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe25.6
RockCounter + Earthquake20.8
SteelCounter + Earthquake20.8
NormalCounter + Breaking Swipe18.7
IceCounter + Breaking Swipe18.7
DarkCounter + Breaking Swipe18.7
PoisonDragon Tail + Earthquake18.6
FireDragon Tail + Earthquake18.6
ElectricDragon Tail + Earthquake18.6
GroundDragon Tail + Surf17.9
FightingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
FlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
BugDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
GhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
WaterDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
GrassDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
PsychicDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe16.7
FairyCounter + Earthquake10.9

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 Haxorus is actually for.

Counters: what beats Haxorus

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy41.9
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Glaive Rush Legacy32.4
RayquazaDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy30.8
HaxorusDragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy30.8
PalkiaWaterDragonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor30.8
SalamenceDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor30.4
DragoniteDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor Legacy29.0
DragapultDragonGhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe28.9
GarchompDragonGroundDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe28.4
ReshiramDragonFireDragon Breath + Draco Meteor27.9

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