Mienfoo
Fighting
Best attacking moveset: Low Kick and Focus Blast, worth 9.3 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Mienfoo can learn 10 combinations. Low Kick with Focus Blast 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Kick | Fighting | 5 | 0.5s | +5 |
| Pound | Normal | 6 | 0.5s | +5 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Break | Fighting | 40 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Drain Punch | Fighting | 50 | 2.5s | -33 |
| Focus Blast | Fighting | 140 | 3.5s | -100 |
| Low Sweep | Fighting | 40 | 2.0s | -33 |
| High Jump Kick Legacy | Fighting | 90 | 1.5s | -100 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Mienfoo has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 1,570 at level 50, 1,389 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 793 CP at level 20, or 992 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 740 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 160 attack · 98 defense · 128 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Size | 0.9 m and 20 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Mienfoo does not have one best moveset, it has 2. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Normal, Rock, Steel.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 13.6 |
| Rock | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 13.6 |
| Steel | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 13.6 |
| Ice | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 13.6 |
| Dark | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 13.6 |
| Fighting | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Ground | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Fire | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Water | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Grass | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Electric | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Dragon | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 9.3 |
| Pound + Focus Blast | 7.5 | |
| Poison | Pound + Focus Blast | 7.5 |
| Bug | Pound + Focus Blast | 7.5 |
| Psychic | Pound + Focus Blast | 7.5 |
| Fairy | Pound + Focus Blast | 7.5 |
| Ghost | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 3.4 |
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 Mienfoo is actually for.
Counters: what beats Mienfoo
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mewtwo | Psychic | Confusion + Psystrike Legacy | 55.5 |
 Enamorus | Fairy | Fairy Wind + Fly | 53.6 |
 Tapu Lele | PsychicFairy | Confusion + Natures Madness Legacy | 50.0 |
 Yveltal | Dark | Gust + Oblivion Wing Legacy | 47.4 |
 Alakazam | Psychic | Confusion + Psychic Legacy | 47.4 |
 Toucannon | Normal | Peck + Beak Blast Legacy | 47.0 |
 Moltres | Fire | Wing Attack + Fly | 46.8 |
 Staraptor | Normal | Gust + Fly Legacy | 46.1 |
 Azelf | Psychic | Confusion + Futuresight | 45.9 |
 Hoopa | PsychicGhost | Confusion + Psychic | 45.7 |
Ranked by damage per second against Mienfoo's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.