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Parasect
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Parasect

BugGrass

Best attacking moveset: Bug Bite and Solar Beam, worth 10.2 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Parasect can learn 9 combinations. Bug Bite with Solar Beam 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.

That set is legacy. Bug Bite is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Parasect you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Fury Cutter and Solar Beam, worth 9.9 damage per second.

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 damageFlyingFire
Weak toPoisonRockBugIce
ResistsFightingWaterElectric
Strongly resistsGroundGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Fury CutterBug40.5s+8
Struggle BugBug151.5s+15
Bug Bite LegacyBug50.5s+6
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Cross PoisonPoison401.5s-33
Solar BeamGrass1805.0s-100
X ScissorBug451.5s-33

Shiny

Parasect
Normal
Shiny Parasect
Shiny

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

Evolution family

Paras
Paras
Parasect
Parasect

Numbers

Max CP2,102 at level 50, 1,859 at level 40
Raid catch1,062 CP at level 20, or 1,328 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,002 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats165 attack · 146 defense · 155 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Size1 m and 29.5 kg

Best moveset against each type

Parasect does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Grass, Psychic, Dark.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GrassFury Cutter + X Scissor14.5
PsychicFury Cutter + X Scissor14.5
DarkFury Cutter + X Scissor14.5
GroundFury Cutter + Solar Beam14.4
RockFury Cutter + Solar Beam14.4
WaterFury Cutter + Solar Beam14.4
NormalBug Bite + Solar Beam10.2
ElectricBug Bite + Solar Beam10.2
IceBug Bite + Solar Beam10.2
FightingFury Cutter + Solar Beam9.9
GhostFury Cutter + Solar Beam9.9
FairyFury Cutter + Solar Beam9.9
BugBug Bite + X Scissor9.1
DragonBug Bite + X Scissor9.1
FlyingFury Cutter + Solar Beam7.0
PoisonFury Cutter + Solar Beam7.0
SteelFury Cutter + Solar Beam7.0
FireFury Cutter + Solar Beam7.0

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 Parasect is actually for.

Counters: what beats Parasect

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostIncinerate + Mind Blown Legacy72.3
ReshiramDragonFireFire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy60.0
SalamenceDragonFlyingFire Fang + Fly55.4
ChandelureGhostFireFire Spin + Overheat55.0
MoltresFireFlyingFire Spin + Fly54.5
CinderaceFireFire Spin + Pyroball54.2
VolcaronaBugFireFire Spin + Overheat53.6
DarmanitanFireFire Fang + Overheat53.4
YveltalDarkFlyingGust + Oblivion Wing Legacy53.3
ToucannonNormalFlyingPeck + Beak Blast Legacy52.8

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