Pokemon Go - Best Moves

What are the Best Moves in Pokemon Go?

There are a few important ways to evaluate a Pokemon you have caught of a given species.  When you catch multiple of the same type of Pokemon you need to constantly be considering which you keep and which you trade in for Candy.  The first statistic to consider is the Pokemon's overall CP rating, the 2nd is its IVs, and finally is its move set. The Moves of a Pokemon are an important way of evaluating how good a Pokemon is.  There are many ways to use a Pokemon even with low IVs.


Each Pokemon in Pokemon Go comes with 2 moves, a Quick Move and a Special Move.  The Quick Move is the action taken during a finger tap in a battle.  The Special Move is the move taken when you hold your finger during a battle.  The Special move requires the player to build up the stamina bar.  Each Pokemon pulls its move from a set population of moves that are typically related to its Type.  Once a Pokemon has its moves, the moves do not change unless the Pokemon Evolves.

Ways to Evaluate Moves:

1) DPS - Damage Per Second - This is how damage a Pokemon can unleash using that Move.
2)  Type Combinations- There are Pokemon who have different type of Moves from their Type and these combinations can valued as they can increase its competitiveness against certain other Pokemon.  A Ghost Type Pokemon with Non Ghost Moves for instance is very competitive against Snorlax.  A Pokemon with a useful Move combination maybe valued just for this reason.


Optimal Move by DPS Combination by each Pokemon

PKMN #	Name	Basic Atk	Charge Atk
3	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Solar Beam
6	Charizard	Wing Attack	Fire Blast
9	Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Pump
12	Butterfree	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz
15	Beedrill	Bug Bite	Sludge Bomb
18	Pidgeot	Wing Attack	Hurricane
20	Raticate	Bite	Hyper Beam
22	Fearow	Steel Wing	Drill Run
24	Arbok	Bite	Gunk Shot
26	Raichu	Spark	Thunder
28	Sandslash	Mud Shot	Earthquake
31	Nidoqueen	Poison Jab	Earthquake
34	Nidoking	Poison Jab	Earthquake
36	Clefable	Pound	Moonblast
38	Ninetales	Ember	Fire Blast
40	Wigglytuff	Pound	Hyper Beam
42	Golbat	Wing Attack	Poison Fang
42	Golbat	Wing Attack	Air Cutter
42	Golbat	Wing Attack	Ominous Wind
45	Vileplume	Acid	Solar Beam
47	Parasect	Bug Bite	Solar Beam
49	Venomoth	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz
51	Dugtrio	Mud Shot	Earthquake
53	Persian	Scratch	Play Rough
55	Golduck	Water Gun	Hydro Pump
57	Primeape	Low Kick	Cross Chop
59	Arcanine	Fire Fang	Fire Blast
62	Poliwrath	Bubble	Hydro Pump
65	Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic
68	Machamp	Karate Chop	Cross Chop
71	Victreebel	Acid	Solar Beam
73	Tentacruel	Poison Jab	Hydro Pump
76	Golem	Mud Shot	Stone Edge
78	Rapidash	Ember	Fire Blast
80	Slowbro	Water Gun	Psychic
82	Magneton	Spark	Flash Cannon
83	Farfetch'd	Cut	Leaf Blade
85	Dodrio	Feint Attack	Drill Peck
87	Dewgong	Frost Breath	Blizzard
89	Muk	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot
91	Cloyster	Frost Breath	Blizzard
94	Gengar	Shadow Claw	Sludge Wave
95	Onix	Rock Throw	Stone Edge
97	Hypno	Zen Headbutt	Psychic
99	Kingler	Metal Claw	X-Scissor
101	Electrode	Spark	Thunderbolt
103	Exeggutor	Zen Headbutt	Solar Beam
105	Marowak	Mud Slap	Earthquake
106	Hitmonlee	Rock Smash	Stone Edge
107	Hitmonchan	Rock Smash	Brick Break
108	Lickitung	Lick	Hyper Beam
110	Weezing	Acid	Sludge Bomb
112	Rhydon	Mud Slap	Stone Edge
113	Chansey	Pound	Psychic
114	Tangela	Vine Whip	Solar Beam
115	Kangaskhan	Mud Slap	Earthquake
117	Seadra	Water Gun	Hydro Pump
119	Seaking	Poison Jab	Megahorn
121	Starmie	Water Gun	Hydro Pump
122	Mr. Mime	Zen Headbutt	Psychic
123	Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz
124	Jynx	Pound	Psyshock
125	Electabuzz	Thunder Shock	Thunder
126	Magmar	Ember	Fire Blast
127	Pinsir	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor
128	Tauros	Tackle	Earthquake
130	Gyarados	Dragon Breath	Hydro Pump
130	Gyarados	Bite	Hydro Pump
131	Lapras	Frost Breath	Blizzard
134	Vaporeon	Water Gun	Hydro Pump
135	Jolteon	Thunder Shock	Thunder
136	Flareon	Ember	Fire Blast
137	Porygon	Tackle	Signal Beam
139	Omastar	Water Gun	Hydro Pump
141	Kabutops	Mud Shot	Stone Edge
142	Aerodactyl	Bite	Hyper Beam
143	Snorlax	Lick	Hyper Beam
149	Dragonite	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw