Dynamax Shuckle

Look at that Defense stat. Look at it! This thing has the absolute highest defense in the game outside of Eternamax Eternatus, which is basically guaranteed to never actually exist in Pokemon Go in ANY playable manner outside of maybe an animation. This titanic Defense stat makes Shuckle a bit of a pain to raid against, as its effective bulk is a league higher than its raid tier, but then there's a bit of a problem.... Shuckle has the same HP stat as Magikarp.

Because of its abysmal HP stat, Shuckle's Dynamax performance is substantially lower than you might think. Not only does it drop Shuckle's actual bulk to "fairly average", it also makes its team healing from Max Spirit downright pathetic. Add to that the fact that its Fast Move options are both pretty slow, and Dynamax Shuckle isn't going to be topping any charts any time soon. It's an okay defender, but nothing extremely special.

But how about an offensive Shuckle....? With 17 Attack, Shuckle's Max Moves may end up dealing less damage than some Fast Moves....

Best Dynamax Movesets

• Rock Throw is Shuckle's best Fast Move option, as it generates energy faster than Struggle Bug. Literally nothing else matters.
• Where is Shuckle's offensive moveset review? In the same ditch that your raid team will leave you in if you try to seriously utilize Shuckle for damage output outside of some sort of meme challenge.

In terms of PvP performance, Dynamax Pokemon are nearly identical to their non-Dynamax counterparts.