Gyms are one of the most important parts of Pokemon GO for now, where you can battle with the player’s Pokemons placed in a gym and can place your own Pokemon to defend the Gym.
Just like the offence, defence is also equally important so that your Pokemon lasts longer in a Gym battle.
Here’s the complete Gym Defence Ranking Chart:
Best Gym Defender Pokemon List per Moveset
| Pokemon | Moveset | Defending Power (in %) |
|---|---|---|
| Lapras | Ice Shard, Ice Beam | 100% |
| Ice Shard, Blizzard | 92.9% | |
| Frost Breath, Ice Beam | 88.7% | |
| Ice Shard, Dragon Pulse | 88.1% | |
| Snorlax | Zen Headbutt, Hyper Beam | 97.3% |
| Zen Headbutt, Body Slam | 90.1% | |
| Lick, Hyper Beam | 88.8% | |
| Lick, Body Slam | 82.4% | |
| Dragonite | Steel Wing, Dragon Pulse | 93.5% |
| Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse | 84.6% | |
| Steel Wing, Hyper Beam | 79.8% | |
| Steel Wing, Dragon Claw | 78.2% | |
| Exeggutor | Confusion, Seed Bomb | 84.9% |
| Confusion, Solar Beam | 81.6% | |
| Confusion, Psychic | 81.1% | |
| Zen Headbutt, Seed Bomb | 80.9% | |
| Vaporeon | Water Gun, Water Pulse | 84.8% |
| Water Gun, Aqua Tail | 74.1% | |
| Water Gun, Hydro Pump | 69.3% | |
| Poliwrath | Bubble, Hydro Pump | 78.6% |
| Bubble, Submission | 74.9% | |
| Bubble, Ice Punch | 67.3% | |
| Mud Shot, Submission | 50.2% | |
| Wigglytuff | Pound, Play Rough | 76% |
| Pound, Hyper Beam | 72.2% | |
| Feint Attack, Dazzling Gleam | 70.8% | |
| Pound, Dazzling Gleam | 67.8% | |
| Slowbro | Confusion, Psychic | 73.5% |
| Confusion, Water Pulse | 69.8% | |
| Confusion, Ice Beam | 66.3% | |
| Water Gun, Water Pulse | 64.6% | |
| Arcanine | Fire Fang, Flamethrower | 73% |
| Fire Fang, Fire Blast | 68.4% | |
| Bite, Flamethrower | 66.6% | |
| Fire Fang, Bulldoze | 61.5% | |
| Venusaur | Razor Leaf, Petal Blizzard | 70% |
| Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb | 66.7% | |
| Razor Leaf, Solar Beam | 66.4% | |
| Vine Whip, Petal Blizzard | 60.7% | |
| Gloom | Razor Leaf, Petal Blizzard | 65.2% |
| Razor Leaf, Solar Beam | 61.7% | |
| Acid, Petal Blizzard | 60% | |
| Acid, Solar Beam | 55.8% | |
| Clefable | Zen Headbutt, Dazzling Gleam | 64.6% |
| Pound, Dazzling Gleam | 64.5% | |
| Zen Headbutt, Psychic | 50.9% | |
| Zen Headbutt, Moonblast | 49.1% | |
| Muk | Poison Jab, Dark Pulse | 63.1% |
| Poison Jab, Sludge Wave | 59.7% | |
| Poison Jab, Gunk Shot | 58.8% | |
| Lick, Dark Pulse | 54.8% | |
| Bellsprout | Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb | 63% |
| Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade | 61.9% | |
| Razor Leaf, Solar Beam | 61.8% | |
| Acid, Sludge Bomb | 58.5% | |
| Rhydon | Mud Slap, Earthquake | 61% |
| Mud Slap, Stone Edge | 57.5% | |
| Rock Smash, Earthquake | 55.1% | |
| Mud Slap, Megahorn | 51.8% | |
| Nidoqueen | Poison Jab, Earthquake | 60.7% |
| Poison Jab, Sludge Wave | 52.8% | |
| Poison Jab, Stone Edge | 51.5% | |
| Bite, Earthquake | 49.8% | |
| Kangaskhan | Mud Slap, Stomp | 60% |
| Low Kick, Stomp | 56.1% | |
| Mud Slap, Brick Break | 48.2% | |
| Mud Slap, Earthquake | 46.1% | |
| Hypno | Confusion, Psyshock | 58.4% |
| Confusion, Psychic | 58.4% | |
| Zen Headbutt, Psyshock | 55.1% | |
| Zen Headbutt, Psychic | 54.3% | |
| Charizard | Ember, Flamethrower | 58.4% |
| Wing Attack, Flamethrower | 57.9% | |
| Ember, Fire Blast | 54.6% | |
| Wing Attack, Fire Blast | 53.9% | |
| Dewgong | Ice Shard | 57.3% |
| Ice Shard, Blizzard | 56% | |
| Frost Breath, Aqua Jet | 54.5% | |
| Frost Breath, Blizzard | 47.8% |
Conclusions from the Table Data
- Lapras is the best Gym Defending Pokemon in Pokemon GO. And the best Defending Moveset is Ice Shard and Ice Beam.
- Snorlax comes the next after Lapras as a good Gym Defending Pokemon with Zen Headbutt and Hyper Beam as the best defending moveset.
- Dragonite with Steel Wing and Dragon Pulse is again a very powerful Pokemon for defending Gyms.
Here’s another video that concludes the Top 5 Gym Defenders based on the Defense IV stats. Not though very accurate, still informative:
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