Mimikyu

Best moveset

Mimikyu can learn 6 combinations. Shadow Claw 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.

Best moveset against each type

Mimikyu 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 Fighting, Dragon, Dark.

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 Mimikyu is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mimikyu

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Blacephalon	FireGhost	AstonishShadow Ball	27.4
Metagross	SteelPsychic	Bullet PunchMeteor MashLegacy	25.2
Chandelure	GhostFire	HexShadow Ball	24.5
Tinkaton	FairySteel	Fairy WindGigaton HammerLegacy	24.5
Gengar	GhostPoison	LickShadow BallLegacy	24.5

Ranked by damage per second against Mimikyu's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Mimikyu is weak to.

Type matchups

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