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Shelgon
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Shelgon

Dragon

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Breath and Dragon Pulse, worth 8.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Shelgon can learn 8 combinations. Dragon Breath with Dragon Pulse 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

Weak toIceDragonFairy
ResistsFireWaterGrassElectric
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Dragon BreathDragon60.5s+4
EmberFire101.0s+10
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
CrunchDark653.0s-33
Dragon PulseDragon903.5s-50
FlamethrowerFire652.0s-50
TwisterDragon503.0s-33

Shiny

Shelgon
Normal
Shiny Shelgon
Shiny

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

Evolution family

Bagon
Bagon
Shelgon
Shelgon
Salamence
Salamence

Numbers

Max CP2,296 at level 50, 2,031 at level 40
Raid catch1,160 CP at level 20, or 1,451 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,097 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats172 attack · 155 defense · 163 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance5 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy
Size1.09 m and 110.5 kg

Best moveset against each type

Shelgon 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, Bug, Steel.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse13.7
BugEmber + Flamethrower11.1
SteelEmber + Flamethrower11.1
GrassEmber + Flamethrower11.1
IceEmber + Flamethrower11.1
GhostDragon Breath + Crunch9.5
PsychicDragon Breath + Crunch9.5
NormalDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
FightingDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
FlyingDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
PoisonDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
GroundDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
RockDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
FireDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
WaterDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
ElectricDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
DarkDragon Breath + Dragon Pulse8.5
FairyEmber + Flamethrower7.4

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 Shelgon is actually for.

Counters: what beats Shelgon

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy46.1
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Glaive Rush Legacy35.7
RayquazaDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy33.9
HaxorusDragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy33.9
PalkiaWaterDragonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor33.8
SalamenceDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor33.5
DragoniteDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor Legacy31.9
DragapultDragonGhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe31.8
GarchompDragonGroundDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe31.2
ReshiramDragonFireDragon Breath + Draco Meteor30.7

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