Best Poison-type Attackers
- Anego with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Agoyon with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Roserade with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Myriador with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Darkrai with Dark Pulse and Mud Bomb*
- Gengar with Lick* and Mud Bomb
- Knattatox with Poison Sting and Trash Hit
- Toxiquak with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Cerapendra with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Sleimok with Poison Sting and Trash Hit
The best Mega and Shadow Poison-type Attackers: If you want to make sure your team has a suitable Mega Evolution or Shadow Pokémon, focus on the following monsters:
- Mega-Gengar with Lick* and Mud Bomb
- Mega-Bibor with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Shadow Toxiquak with Poison Sting and Mud Bomb
- Shadow Sleimok with Poison Sting and Trash Hit
- Shadow Gengar with Lick* and Mud Bomb
- Shadow Giflor with Acid and Mud Bomb
Strength of Poison type: Poison attackers should ideally be used against Grass and Fairy Pokémon in battle.
Best Bug Type Attackers
- Ramoth with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
- Genesect with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Axantor with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor —
- Schabelle with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
- Donarion with Bug Bite and X-Scissor
- Yanmega with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
- Scherox with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Pinsir with Bug Bite and X-Scissor
- Tectass with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Cavalanzas with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
The best Mega and Crypto Bug type attackers: If your team is missing a suitable Mega evolution or a Crypto Pokémon, rely on the following monsters:
- Mega-Skaraborn with Bug Shield and Bug Buzz
- Mega-Pinsir with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Mega-Scherox with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Mega-Bibor with Bug Bite* and X-Scissor
- Crypto-Pinsir with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Crypto-Scherox with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
- Crypto-Sichlor with Fury Cutter and Bug Buzz*
Strength Type Bug: Bug type attackers are excellent for battling Grass-, Psychic-, and Dark-type Pokémon.
Best Fighting-Type Attackers
- Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword*
- Keldeo with Head Charge and Sacred Sword
- Lucario with Aura Sphere* and Aura Sphere
- Wulaosu (both styles) with Counter and Close Combat
- Meistagrif with Counter and Close Combat
- Marshadow with Counter and Close Combat
- Hisui-Silvarro with Psycho Cut and Aura Sphere
- Machamp with Counter and Close Combat
- Virizion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword*
- Kobalion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword*
The best Mega and Shadow Fighting-Type Attackers: If your team needs a suitable Mega Evolution or a Shadow Pokémon, consider these monsters:
- Mega-Lucario with Aura Sphere* and Aura Sphere
- Mega-Scizor with Counter and Close Combat
- Mega-Blaziken with Counter and Blast Burn
- Mega-Gladiator with Head Charge and Close Combat
- Shadow-Meistagrif with Counter and Close Combat
- Shadow-Machamp with Counter and Close Combat
- Shadow-Hariyama with Aura Sphere and Close Combat
Strengths of Fighting-Type: Fighting Pokémon should be used primarily against Normal, Rock, Steel, Dark, and Ice types.
More information on the best Fighting-Type Attackers and what makes them special is summarized here.
On the next page, we will show you the best attackers of the Normal, Grass, and Psychic types.
