Best moves

Primeape

Movepool

3 fast and 6 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 moveset21.6 DPS

fightingCounter

fightingClose Combat

12 x Counter per Close Combat · 14.5s cycle · 313 power with STAB

#221.5 DPS

fightingCounter

ghostRage Fist

6 x Counter per Rage Fist · 9.0s cycle · 194 power with STAB

#321.1 DPS

fightingKarate Chop

ghostRage Fist

4 x Karate Chop per Rage Fist · 7.0s cycle · 148 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
CounterSTAB	fighting	13	+9	1.0s	15.60	9.00	4.3	13.0	8 / 6 / 2t	standard
Low KickSTAB	fighting	5	+5	0.5s	12.00	10.00	2.0	10.0	5 / 8 / 2t	standard
Karate ChopSTAB	fighting	10	+13	1.0s	12.00	13.00	3.3	10.0	5 / 9 / 2t	elite / legacy

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Rage Fist	ghost	100	-50	3.0s	33.33	2.00	20.0	33.3	50 / 35	elite / legacy
Ice Punch	ice	50	-33	2.0s	25.00	1.52	12.5	25.0	60 / 40	standard
Low SweepSTAB	fighting	40	-33	2.0s	24.00	1.45	10.0	20.0	40 / 40	standard
Night Slash	dark	45	-33	2.0s	22.50	1.36	11.3	22.5	50 / 35	standard
Close CombatSTAB	fighting	105	-100	2.5s	50.40	1.26	23.3	42.0	100 / 45	standard
Cross ChopSTAB	fighting	50	-50	1.5s	40.00	1.20	14.3	33.3	55 / 35	elite / legacy

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.