Maushold
Normal
Best attacking moveset: Mud Shot and Play Rough, worth 7.2 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Maushold can learn 9 combinations. Mud Shot with Play Rough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Seed | Grass | 7 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Mud Shot | Ground | 4 | 0.5s | +6 |
| Take Down | Normal | 7 | 1.0s | +8 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunch | Dark | 65 | 3.0s | -33 |
| Play Rough | Fairy | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Swift | Normal | 65 | 3.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Maushold has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 2,244 at level 50, 1,985 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,134 CP at level 20, or 1,418 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,071 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 159 attack · 157 defense · 179 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 1 km per Candy |
| Size | 0.3 m and 2.3 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Maushold 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 Fighting, Dragon, Dark.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Fighting | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 10.1 |
| Dragon | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 10.1 |
| Dark | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 10.1 |
| Ghost | Mud Shot + Crunch | 8.9 |
| Psychic | Mud Shot + Crunch | 8.9 |
| Rock | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 8.4 |
| Electric | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 8.4 |
| Ground | Bullet Seed + Play Rough | 7.9 |
| Water | Bullet Seed + Play Rough | 7.9 |
| Poison | Mud Shot + Swift | 7.7 |
| Fire | Mud Shot + Swift | 7.7 |
| Steel | Mud Shot + Crunch | 7.2 |
| Normal | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 7.2 |
| Ice | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 7.2 |
| Fairy | Mud Shot + Play Rough | 7.2 |
| Take Down + Play Rough | 6.5 | |
| Bug | Take Down + Play Rough | 6.5 |
| Grass | Take Down + Play Rough | 6.5 |
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 Maushold is actually for.
Counters: what beats Maushold
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Force Palm + Aura Sphere Legacy | 35.9 |
 Pheromosa | BugFighting | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 32.8 |
 Terrakion | RockFighting | Double Kick + Sacred Sword Legacy | 32.7 |
 Blaziken | FireFighting | Counter + Aura Sphere | 32.4 |
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Fury Cutter + Sacred Sword | 31.0 |
 Conkeldurr | Fighting | Force Palm + Focus Blast | 29.9 |
 Keldeo | WaterFighting | Low Kick + Sacred Sword | 29.6 |
 Breloom | GrassFighting | Force Palm + Dynamic Punch | 29.5 |
 Urshifu | Fighting | Counter + Dynamic Punch | 29.3 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 29.1 |
Ranked by damage per second against Maushold's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.