Best moves
StarmieMovepool
5 fast and 8 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.
4 x Quick Attack per Psychic · 7.0s cycle · 154 power with STAB
Fast moves
| Move | Type | Power | Energy | Duration | DPS | EPS | Att DPS | Def DPS | PvP | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water GunSTAB | water | 5 | +5 | 0.5s | 12.00 | 10.00 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 3 / 3 / 1t | standard |
| Hidden Power | normal | 15 | +15 | 1.5s | 10.00 | 10.00 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 9 / 8 / 3t | standard |
| Quick Attack | normal | 10 | +13 | 1.0s | 10.00 | 13.00 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 5 / 8 / 2t | restored |
| Tackle | normal | 5 | +5 | 0.5s | 10.00 | 10.00 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 3 / 3 / 1t | elite / legacy |
| PsywaveSTAB | psychic | 4 | +7 | 0.5s | 9.60 | 14.00 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 3 / 4 / 1t | standard |
Charged moves
| Move | Type | Power | Energy | Duration | DPS | DPE | Att DPS | Def DPS | PvP | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PsychicSTAB | psychic | 95 | -50 | 3.0s | 38.00 | 2.28 | 19.0 | 31.7 | 75 / 55 | standard |
| Ice Beam | ice | 95 | -50 | 3.5s | 27.14 | 1.90 | 17.3 | 27.1 | 90 / 55 | standard |
| Aqua JetSTAB | water | 45 | -33 | 2.5s | 21.60 | 1.64 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 70 / 40 | standard |
| Hydro PumpSTAB | water | 135 | -100 | 3.5s | 46.29 | 1.62 | 24.5 | 38.6 | 130 / 75 | standard |
| Power Gem | rock | 80 | -50 | 3.0s | 26.67 | 1.60 | 16.0 | 26.7 | 85 / 50 | standard |
| PsybeamSTAB | psychic | 65 | -50 | 3.0s | 26.00 | 1.56 | 13.0 | 21.7 | 70 / 60 | standard |
| SurfSTAB | water | 60 | -50 | 1.5s | 48.00 | 1.44 | 17.1 | 40.0 | 75 / 45 | standard |
| Thunder | electric | 100 | -100 | 2.5s | 40.00 | 1.00 | 22.2 | 40.0 | 100 / 60 | 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.