Kirlia
PsychicFairy
Best attacking moveset: Confusion and Psychic, worth 7.1 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Kirlia can learn 15 combinations. Confusion with Psychic 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
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charge Beam | Electric | 7 | 1.0s | +14 |
| Confusion | Psychic | 19 | 1.5s | +14 |
| Magical Leaf | Grass | 17 | 1.5s | +17 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disarming Voice | Fairy | 70 | 4.0s | -33 |
| Draining Kiss | Fairy | 60 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Psychic | Psychic | 95 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Shadow Sneak | Ghost | 50 | 3.0s | -33 |
| Triple Axel | Ice | 60 | 2.0s | -33 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Kirlia has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 1,093 at level 50, 966 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 552 CP at level 20, or 690 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 508 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 117 attack · 90 defense · 116 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 5 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy |
| Size | 0.79 m and 20.2 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Kirlia does not have one best moveset, it has 8. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Fighting, Poison, Ground.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Fighting | Confusion + Psychic | 11.0 |
| Poison | Confusion + Psychic | 11.0 |
| Ground | Magical Leaf + Triple Axel | 8.9 |
| Charge Beam + Triple Axel | 8.6 | |
| Grass | Confusion + Triple Axel | 8.0 |
| Dragon | Confusion + Triple Axel | 8.0 |
| Rock | Magical Leaf + Psychic | 7.8 |
| Water | Magical Leaf + Psychic | 7.8 |
| Dark | Charge Beam + Draining Kiss | 7.4 |
| Normal | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Bug | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Ghost | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Fire | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Electric | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Ice | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Fairy | Confusion + Psychic | 7.1 |
| Psychic | Charge Beam + Shadow Sneak | 5.8 |
| Steel | Charge Beam + Psychic | 4.8 |
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 Kirlia is actually for.
Counters: what beats Kirlia
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blacephalon | FireGhost | Astonish + Shadow Ball | 55.9 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 52.3 |
 Metagross | SteelPsychic | Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash Legacy | 51.3 |
 Chandelure | GhostFire | Hex + Shadow Ball | 50.0 |
 Tinkaton | FairySteel | Fairy Wind + Gigaton Hammer Legacy | 49.9 |
 Gengar | GhostPoison | Lick + Shadow Ball Legacy | 49.9 |
 Naganadel | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 49.6 |
 Dragapult | DragonGhost | Astonish + Shadow Ball | 47.6 |
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash | 47.4 |
 Nihilego | RockPoison | Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 47.1 |
Ranked by damage per second against Kirlia's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.