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Mega Garchomp
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Mega Garchomp

DragonGround

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Tail and Breaking Swipe, worth 19.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Mega Garchomp can learn 14 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.

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

Takes double damageIce
Weak toDragonFairy
ResistsPoisonRockFire
Strongly resistsElectric
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dragon TailDragon141.0s+8
Mud ShotGround40.5s+6
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Breaking SwipeDragon451.0s-33
EarthquakeGround1403.5s-100
Fire BlastFire1404.0s-100
OutrageDragon1104.0s-50
Sand TombGround604.0s-33
TwisterDragon503.0s-33
Earth Power LegacyGround1003.5s-50

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Garchomp as a species, on the Garchomp page.

Other forms

Garchomp
Garchomp

Evolution family

Gible
Gible
Gabite
Gabite
Garchomp
Garchomp

Numbers

Max CP6,132 at level 50, 5,424 at level 40
Raid catch3,099 CP at level 20, or 3,874 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch2,993 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats339 attack · 222 defense · 239 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
Size1.9 m and 95 kg

Best moveset against each type

Mega Garchomp 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 Dragon, Poison, Rock.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe30.2
PoisonMud Shot + Earthquake26.1
RockMud Shot + Earthquake26.1
SteelMud Shot + Earthquake26.1
FireMud Shot + Earthquake26.1
ElectricMud Shot + Earthquake26.1
BugDragon Tail + Fire Blast21.2
GrassDragon Tail + Fire Blast21.2
IceDragon Tail + Fire Blast21.2
NormalDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
FightingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
FlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
GroundDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
GhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
WaterDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
PsychicDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
DarkDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe19.5
FairyMud Shot + Earthquake16.7

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 Mega Garchomp is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mega Garchomp

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy33.1
Chien-PaoDarkIcePowder Snow + Avalanche32.2
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Avalanche32.1
MamoswineIceGroundPowder Snow + Avalanche30.6
WeavileDarkIceIce Shard + Avalanche30.1
GlaceonIceFrost Breath + Avalanche29.7
KyuremDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaciate Legacy28.6
JynxIcePsychicFrost Breath + Avalanche28.0
VanilluxeIceFrost Breath + Avalanche Legacy27.4
FrosmothIceBugPowder Snow + Ice Beam26.7

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