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Best Gym Defender Pokemons in Pokemon GO per Moveset
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:
Comment your opinion about this data in the comments below.
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