Shadow Mightyena

Shadow Mightyena is objectively mightier than its basic forme, but it's still a mile away from earning the word "Mighty" that it name eludes to. With an outdated Dark Type moveset and a low attacking stat, not even the Shadow boost is enough to raise it out of obscurity.

Best PvE Offensive Moveset

• Bite should be combined with Crunch for synergy and STAB.

• Bite is faster than Fire Fang, Ice Fang, and Thunder Fang, but they have a similar DPS due to the difference in damage done by the elemental fangs. However, Shadow Mightyena is not Fire, Ice, or Electric Type, so these moves lack STAB and a complimentary Charged Move.

• Play Rough is Shadow Mightyena’s highest DPS charge move, but it’s not an ideal offensive move for a Dark-type.

• Poison Fang is not a good attack for Shadow Mightyena.

Best PvE Defensive Moveset

• Fire Fang, Ice Fang, and Thunder Fang are all good options on defense, and are all better than Bite. All three have the potential to deal a lot of damage to various common gym attackers, so it's hard to say which is best.

• Crunch has great neutral coverage, good power, and is able to come out very frequently. However, it's not the objective best option due to the fact that the Fighting Types that hard-counter Shadow Mightyena resist it.

• Play Rough does the most defensive damage of the charge moves and is super effective against Fighting-types that might be used against a Dark-type defender.

• Poison Fang is a weak defensive move, but may have utility against Fairy-types.

Shadow Mightyena's greatest strength is in its versatility. It has a ton of variety in its potential fast move coverage, and so if you want to run Shadow Mightyena, choose your fast move based on the coverage your team needs most. Poison Fang and Crunch are run because they're Mightyena's cheapest moves.