Best moves

Empoleon

Movepool

4 fast and 5 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset25.7 DPS

steelMetal Claw

waterHydro Cannon

10 x Metal Claw per Hydro Cannon · 7.0s cycle · 180 power with STAB

#225.1 DPS

steelSteel Wing

waterHydro Cannon

7 x Steel Wing per Hydro Cannon · 9.0s cycle · 226 power with STAB

#323.3 DPS

waterWaterfall

waterHydro Cannon

8 x Waterfall per Hydro Cannon · 10.0s cycle · 233 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Steel WingSTAB	steel	14	+8	1.0s	16.80	8.00	4.7	14.0	7 / 5 / 2t	standard
WaterfallSTAB	water	13	+7	1.0s	15.60	7.00	4.3	13.0	11 / 10 / 3t	standard
Metal ClawSTAB	steel	6	+5	0.5s	14.40	10.00	2.4	12.0	5 / 7 / 2t	standard
Metal SoundSTAB	steel	4	+6	0.5s	9.60	12.00	1.6	8.0	5 / 8 / 2t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Hydro CannonSTAB	water	90	-50	2.0s	54.00	2.16	22.5	45.0	80 / 40	elite / legacy
Drill Peck	flying	70	-33	2.5s	28.00	2.12	15.6	28.0	70 / 40	standard
Hydro PumpSTAB	water	135	-100	3.5s	46.29	1.62	24.5	38.6	130 / 75	standard
Blizzard	ice	130	-100	3.0s	43.33	1.30	26.0	43.3	140 / 75	standard
Flash CannonSTAB	steel	100	-100	2.5s	48.00	1.20	22.2	40.0	110 / 65	standard

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.