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Pheromosa
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Pheromosa

BugFighting

Best attacking moveset: Bug Bite and Focus Blast, worth 17.4 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Pheromosa can learn 8 combinations. Bug Bite 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

Takes double damageFlying
Weak toFirePsychicFairy
ResistsFightingGroundBugGrassDark
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bug BiteBug50.5s+6
Low KickFighting50.5s+5
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bug BuzzBug953.5s-50
Close CombatFighting1052.5s-100
Focus BlastFighting1403.5s-100
LungeBug553.0s-33

Shiny

Pheromosa
Normal
Shiny Pheromosa
Shiny

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

Numbers

Max CP3,213 at level 50, 2,842 at level 40
Raid catch1,624 CP at level 20, or 2,030 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,538 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats316 attack · 85 defense · 174 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move100,000 Stardust and 100 Candy
Buddy distance20 km per Candy
Size1.8 m and 25 kg

Best moveset against each type

Pheromosa 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 Dark, Grass, Psychic.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DarkBug Bite + Focus Blast26.4
GrassBug Bite + Bug Buzz25.0
PsychicBug Bite + Bug Buzz25.0
NormalLow Kick + Focus Blast24.9
RockLow Kick + Focus Blast24.9
SteelLow Kick + Focus Blast24.9
IceLow Kick + Focus Blast24.9
GroundBug Bite + Focus Blast17.4
WaterBug Bite + Focus Blast17.4
ElectricBug Bite + Focus Blast17.4
DragonBug Bite + Focus Blast17.4
FightingLow Kick + Focus Blast16.5
FireLow Kick + Focus Blast16.5
BugBug Bite + Bug Buzz16.3
FlyingBug Bite + Focus Blast10.7
PoisonBug Bite + Focus Blast10.7
FairyBug Bite + Focus Blast10.7
GhostBug Bite + Bug Buzz10.0

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 Pheromosa is actually for.

Counters: what beats Pheromosa

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EnamorusFairyFlyingFairy Wind + Fly86.8
YveltalDarkFlyingGust + Oblivion Wing Legacy85.8
ToucannonNormalFlyingPeck + Beak Blast Legacy84.9
MoltresFireFlyingWing Attack + Fly84.5
StaraptorNormalFlyingGust + Fly Legacy83.3
RayquazaDragonFlyingAir Slash + Hurricane Legacy78.1
HonchkrowDarkFlyingPeck + Brave Bird76.0
BraviaryNormalFlyingAir Slash + Fly75.9
SalamenceDragonFlyingFire Fang + Fly75.8
FlamigoFlyingFightingWing Attack + Brave Bird74.0

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