Tirtouga

Best moveset

Tirtouga can learn 6 combinations. Water Gun with Surf 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

Tirtouga 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 Ground, Rock, Fire.

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 Tirtouga is actually for.

Counters: what beats Tirtouga

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Kartana	GrassSteel	Razor LeafLeaf Blade	58.7
Xurkitree	Electric	Thunder ShockPower Whip	50.3
Roserade	GrassPoison	Magical LeafLeaf Storm	50.0
Zarude	DarkGrass	Vine WhipPower Whip	49.0
Rillaboom	Grass	Razor LeafFrenzy PlantLegacy	48.5

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

Type matchups

Shiny

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

Evolution family

Numbers

What it costs