Kingdra


PvE Analysis
With every passing generation, Kingdra slips deeper and deeper into obscurity, often wondering what would have been. Maybe a better moveset? Or a more favorable CP calculation? Regardless, it now seems that Kingdra is unlikely to ever rise in the PvE meta to any meaningful degree.
Best PvE Offensive Moveset
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Waterfall slightly edges out Water Gun. Either should be paired with Hydro Pump for Water-type offense.
Dragon Breath and Outrage make up Kingdra’s novelty Dragon-type attacking set.
- Blizzard, though it lacks STAB, outdamages Outrage if hitting a target with a double weakness to Ice.
Best PvE Defensive Moveset
Waterfall is preferred for its high base damage.
Hydro Pump is slightly favored over Blizzard due to its raw power and incredibly early damage window.
- Outrage and Octazooka are Kingdra's 2-bar moves. The former is extremely strong but is easy to dodge. The latter is fairly weak, but it has an early damage window.
PvP Analysis
Dragon Breath has high average performance, Outrage hits like a truck, and Octazooka is weak, but has a chance to cripple the opponent's Attack by dropping it by 2 stages.
Great League | |
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A Dragon/Water typing is excellent for PvP due to only having two weaknesses, one of which Kingdra can also fight back against (Dragon). However, this wonderful advantage doesn't quite bring Kingdra up to speed with the meta at large, to the point where it's fallen off quite a bit. | |
Ultra League | |
Different league, same story. | |
Master League | |
Kingdra may be a dragon, but it's also a seahorse.... facing down REAL DRAGONS. |