Shadow Kingdra

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

• 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.

Dragon Breath comes out fast and deals a lot of damage, Outrage hits like a truck, and Octozooka is weak, but has a chance to score -2 Attack.