Mightyena
Dark
Best attacking moveset: Sucker Punch and Play Rough, worth 8.7 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Mightyena can learn 15 combinations. Sucker Punch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bite | Dark | 6 | 0.5s | +4 |
| Fire Fang | Fire | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Ice Fang | Ice | 12 | 1.5s | +20 |
| Sucker Punch | Dark | 5 | 0.5s | +6 |
| Thunder Fang | Electric | 10 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunch | Dark | 65 | 3.0s | -33 |
| Play Rough | Fairy | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Poison Fang | Poison | 30 | 1.5s | -33 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Mightyena has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 2,177 at level 50, 1,926 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,100 CP at level 20, or 1,375 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,038 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 171 attack · 132 defense · 172 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 1 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 1,000 Stardust and 1 Candy |
| Size | 0.99 m and 37 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Mightyena does not have one best moveset, it has 7. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ghost, Psychic, Dragon.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost | Bite + Crunch | 12.9 |
| Psychic | Bite + Crunch | 12.9 |
| Dragon | Sucker Punch + Play Rough | 11.7 |
| Fighting | Thunder Fang + Play Rough | 11.4 |
| Dark | Thunder Fang + Play Rough | 11.4 |
| Grass | Fire Fang + Poison Fang | 10.3 |
| Bug | Fire Fang + Play Rough | 10.2 |
| Ice | Fire Fang + Play Rough | 10.2 |
| Steel | Fire Fang + Crunch | 9.8 |
| Thunder Fang + Play Rough | 9.3 | |
| Water | Thunder Fang + Play Rough | 9.3 |
| Normal | Sucker Punch + Play Rough | 8.7 |
| Ground | Sucker Punch + Play Rough | 8.7 |
| Rock | Sucker Punch + Play Rough | 8.7 |
| Electric | Sucker Punch + Play Rough | 8.7 |
| Poison | Sucker Punch + Crunch | 8.4 |
| Fire | Sucker Punch + Crunch | 8.4 |
| Fairy | Fire Fang + Play Rough | 8.2 |
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 Mightyena is actually for.
Counters: what beats Mightyena
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Force Palm + Aura Sphere Legacy | 42.0 |
 Pheromosa | BugFighting | Bug Bite + Focus Blast | 40.8 |
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Fury Cutter + Sacred Sword | 39.9 |
 Terrakion | RockFighting | Double Kick + Sacred Sword Legacy | 38.3 |
 Blaziken | FireFighting | Counter + Aura Sphere | 38.0 |
 Enamorus | Fairy | Fairy Wind + Dazzling Gleam | 35.4 |
 Conkeldurr | Fighting | Force Palm + Focus Blast | 35.0 |
 Keldeo | WaterFighting | Low Kick + Sacred Sword | 34.7 |
 Breloom | GrassFighting | Force Palm + Dynamic Punch | 34.5 |
 Urshifu | Fighting | Counter + Dynamic Punch | 34.3 |
Ranked by damage per second against Mightyena's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.