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Kingdra
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Kingdra

WaterDragon

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Breath and Hydro Pump, worth 10.9 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Kingdra can learn 18 combinations. Dragon Breath with Hydro Pump 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 toDragonFairy
ResistsSteel
Strongly resistsFireWater
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dragon BreathDragon60.5s+4
WaterfallWater131.0s+7
Water Gun LegacyWater50.5s+5
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
BlizzardIce1303.0s-100
Hydro PumpWater1353.5s-100
OctazookaWater552.5s-50
OutrageDragon1104.0s-50
SurfWater601.5s-50
SwiftNormal653.0s-50

Shiny

Kingdra
Normal
Shiny Kingdra
Shiny

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

Evolution family

Horsea
Horsea
Seadra
Seadra
Kingdra
Kingdra

Numbers

Max CP2,986 at level 50, 2,641 at level 40
Raid catch1,509 CP at level 20, or 1,887 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,437 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats194 attack · 194 defense · 181 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy
Size1.8 m and 152 kg

Best moveset against each type

Kingdra 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 Dragon, Ground, Rock.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Breath + Outrage16.8
GroundWaterfall + Hydro Pump16.3
RockWaterfall + Hydro Pump16.3
FireWaterfall + Hydro Pump16.3
FlyingDragon Breath + Blizzard12.6
GrassDragon Breath + Blizzard12.6
NormalDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
FightingDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
PoisonDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
BugDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
GhostDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
ElectricDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
PsychicDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
IceDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
DarkDragon Breath + Hydro Pump10.9
WaterDragon Breath + Outrage10.8
SteelWaterfall + Hydro Pump10.6
FairyWaterfall + Hydro Pump10.6

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 Kingdra is actually for.

Counters: what beats Kingdra

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy37.5
RayquazaDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy27.5
HaxorusDragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy27.5
PalkiaWaterDragonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor27.5
SalamenceDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor27.2
BaxcaliburDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaive Rush Legacy27.0
DragoniteDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor Legacy25.9
DragapultDragonGhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe25.9
GarchompDragonGroundDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe25.4
ReshiramDragonFireDragon Breath + Draco Meteor25.0

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