Best moves
Deoxys (Defense)Movepool
3 fast and 3 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.
6 x Zen Headbutt per Thunderbolt · 8.5s cycle · 159 power with STAB
6 x Counter per Thunderbolt · 8.5s cycle · 158 power with STAB
6 x Zen Headbutt per Rock Slide · 8.5s cycle · 154 power with STAB
Fast moves
| Move | Type | Power | Energy | Duration | DPS | EPS | Att DPS | Def DPS | PvP | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zen HeadbuttSTAB | psychic | 11 | +9 | 1.0s | 13.20 | 9.00 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 8 / 6 / 3t | standard |
| Counter | fighting | 13 | +9 | 1.0s | 13.00 | 9.00 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 8 / 6 / 2t | standard |
| Low Kick | fighting | 5 | +5 | 0.5s | 10.00 | 10.00 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 5 / 8 / 2t | restored |
Charged moves
| Move | Type | Power | Energy | Duration | DPS | DPE | Att DPS | Def DPS | PvP | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psycho BoostSTAB | psychic | 70 | -50 | 4.0s | 21.00 | 1.68 | 11.7 | 17.5 | 70 / 35 | standard |
| Thunderbolt | electric | 80 | -50 | 2.5s | 32.00 | 1.60 | 17.8 | 32.0 | 90 / 55 | standard |
| Rock Slide | rock | 75 | -50 | 2.5s | 30.00 | 1.50 | 16.7 | 30.0 | 75 / 45 | 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.