Swirlix

Best moveset

Swirlix can learn 2 combinations. Tackle with Draining Kiss 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

Swirlix does not have one best moveset, it has 2. 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 Swirlix is actually for.

Counters: what beats Swirlix

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Eternatus	PoisonDragon	Poison JabSludge Bomb	41.0
Metagross	SteelPsychic	Bullet PunchMeteor MashLegacy	40.2
Tinkaton	FairySteel	Fairy WindGigaton HammerLegacy	39.1
Naganadel	PoisonDragon	Poison JabSludge Bomb	38.9
Lucario	FightingSteel	Bullet PunchMeteor Mash	37.1

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

Type matchups

Shiny

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

Evolution family

Numbers

What it costs