Empoleon Weaknesses and Strengths

Empoleon is a dual-type Pokemon of types Water and Steel. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Electric	160%
Fighting	160%
Ground	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Steel	39.1%
Ice	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Water	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Bug	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%

Best Moves for Empoleon in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Empoleon.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Metal Claw	Hydro Cannon	70.55	538.76
Waterfall	Hydro Cannon	72.84	508.44
Metal Claw	Hydro Pump	60.98	463.66
Waterfall	Hydro Pump	63.27	458.54
Waterfall	Blizzard	57.94	430.52
Metal Claw	Blizzard	55.65	426.75
Waterfall	Flash Cannon	60.44	425.02
Metal Claw	Flash Cannon	58.15	419.07
Metal Claw	Drill Peck	41.97	417.27
Waterfall	Drill Peck	44.26	416.26

All Moves for Empoleon

Below are all the moves that Empoleon can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Hydro Pump	Charged	130	47.27	3300ms	-100
Blizzard	Charged	130	41.94	3100ms	-100
Flash Cannon	Charged	100	37.04	2700ms	-100
Drill Peck	Charged	65	28.26	2300ms	-33
Hydro Cannon EliteTM	Charged	90	56.84	1900ms	-50
Waterfall	Quick	16	16	1200ms	8
Metal Claw	Quick	8	11.43	700ms	7

Empoleon Evolution

Piplup	Requires 25x Candy	Prinplup
Prinplup	Requires 100x Candy	Empoleon

Best Empoleon Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Empoleon Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Empoleon in a raid.

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