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Palkia
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Palkia

WaterDragon

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Tail and Draco Meteor, worth 15.9 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Palkia can learn 8 combinations. Dragon Tail with Draco Meteor 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.

Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dragon BreathDragon60.5s+4
Dragon TailDragon141.0s+8
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Aqua TailWater502.0s-33
Draco MeteorDragon1503.5s-100
Fire BlastFire1404.0s-100
Hydro PumpWater1353.5s-100

Best moveset against each type

Palkia 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, Ground, Rock.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor25.8
GroundDragon Tail + Hydro Pump19.1
RockDragon Tail + Hydro Pump19.1
FireDragon Tail + Hydro Pump19.1
BugDragon Tail + Fire Blast17.2
GrassDragon Tail + Fire Blast17.2
IceDragon Tail + Fire Blast17.2
NormalDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
FightingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
FlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
PoisonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
GhostDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
WaterDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
ElectricDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
PsychicDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
DarkDragon Tail + Draco Meteor15.9
SteelDragon Tail + Fire Blast14.2
FairyDragon Tail + Hydro Pump10.5

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 Palkia is actually for.

Counters: what beats Palkia

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon TailDynamax CannonLegacy34.1
RayquazaDragonFlyingDragon TailBreaking SwipeLegacy25.0
HaxorusDragonDragon TailBreaking SwipeLegacy25.0
PalkiaWaterDragonDragon TailDraco Meteor25.0
SalamenceDragonFlyingDragon TailDraco Meteor24.8

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

Type matchups

Weak toDragonFairy
ResistsSteel
Strongly resistsFireWater

Shiny

Palkia
Normal
Shiny Palkia
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Palkia has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, photobomb.

Numbers

Max CP4,512 at level 50, 3,991 at level 40
Raid catch2,280 CP at level 20, or 2,850 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch2,190 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats280 attack · 215 defense · 189 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move100,000 Stardust and 100 Candy
Buddy distance20 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one20,000 Stardust and 20 Candy
Size4.2 m and 336 kg