Purrloin Weaknesses and Strengths

Purrloin is a Dark type Pokemon. When dealing damage with Dark Type Moves, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Fighting	160%
Bug	160%
Fairy	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Psychic	39.1%
Ghost	62.5%
Dark	62.5%

Best Moves for Purrloin in Pokemon GO

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

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
Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	44.00	197.49
Sucker Punch	Play Rough	43.03	190.78
Sucker Punch	Return	62.00	189.55
Sucker Punch	Night Slash	39.27	182.27
Scratch	Dark Pulse	44.00	179.93
Scratch	Play Rough	43.03	178.46
Scratch	Return	62.00	171.54
Scratch	Night Slash	39.27	169.05
Scratch	Frustration	17.00	96.25
Sucker Punch	Frustration	17.00	90.17

All Moves for Purrloin

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

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Night Slash	Charged	50	27.27	2200ms	-33
Play Rough	Charged	90	31.03	2900ms	-50
Dark Pulse	Charged	80	32	3000ms	-50
Frustration	Charged	10	5	2000ms	-33
Return	Charged	35	50	700ms	-33
Scratch	Quick	6	12	500ms	4
Sucker Punch	Quick	7	12	700ms	8

Purrloin Evolution

Purrloin

Requires 50x Candy

Liepard

Best Purrloin Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Purrloin 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) Purrloin in a raid.

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