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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