PvP rankings

The best Pokemon for the Go Battle League, ranked by our own turn-by-turn PvP simulator.

Ultra League · 2500 CP cap · 843 Pokemon simulated against each other · all 843 ranked, 100 per page

Every Ultra League-legal Pokemon simulated against the whole field in five shield and energy scenarios, combined with PvPoke's weighted geometric mean and then blended with the community editors' viability rating, exactly as PvPoke's published Overall list is built. Rows with an editors' rating show our own simulator score underneath.

#	Pokemon	Recommended moveset	CP / level	Atk / Def / HP	Score
1	fairysteel	Fairy Wind Gigaton Hammer + Bulldoze CP 2499 · L50 · 12/15/15	2499 L50 12/15/15 rank 1: L49.5 13/15/15	140.3 / 177.3 / 178 product 4429	94.2
2	flyingsteel	Sand Attack Air Cutter + Iron Head CP 2497 · L47 · 4/14/13	2497 L47 4/14/13 rank 1: L48.5 0/15/15	137.8 / 170.0 / 193 product 4522	94.0 sim 97.3 · editors 93
3	normal	Psywave Body Slam + Earthquake CP 2495 · L28.5 · 5/15/14	2495 L28.5 5/15/14 rank 1: L29.5 0/12/15	139.0 / 131.2 / 245 product 4471	93.8
4	flyingsteel	Sand Attack Air Cutter + Payback CP 2497 · L47 · 4/14/13	2497 L47 4/14/13 rank 1: L48.5 0/15/15	137.8 / 170.0 / 193 product 4522	93.4 sim 94.6 · editors 93
5	steel	Thunder Shock Double Iron Bash + Dynamic Punch CP 2498 · L25.5 · 4/15/14	2498 L25.5 4/15/14 rank 1: L26 1/12/15	155.1 / 138.2 / 187 product 4012	92.8
6	grassfighting	Double Kick Leaf Blade + Sacred Sword CP 2496 · L31 · 6/15/11	2496 L31 6/15/11 rank 1: L32.5 1/15/12	146.0 / 180.0 / 162 product 4260	92.4 sim 84.8 · editors 95
7	watersteel	Metal Sound Hydro Cannon + Drill Peck CP 2500 · L33 · 6/15/14	2500 L33 6/15/14 rank 1: L34.5 1/15/14	161.9 / 150.7 / 158 product 3856	92.2 sim 89.8 · editors 93
8	ghostfairy	Shadow Claw Shadow Sneak + Play Rough CP 2490 · L50 · 13/15/15	2490 L50 13/15/15 rank 1: L50 14/14/15	159.6 / 179.8 / 135 product 3876	92.1 sim 98.5 · editors 90
9	normal	Psywave Body Slam + Earthquake CP 2495 · L28.5 · 5/15/14	2495 L28.5 5/15/14 rank 1: L29.5 0/12/15	139.0 / 131.2 / 245 product 4471	92.1
10	watersteel	Metal Sound Hydro Cannon + Drill Peck CP 2500 · L33 · 6/15/14	2500 L33 6/15/14 rank 1: L34.5 1/15/14	161.9 / 150.7 / 158 product 3856	92.1 sim 89.7 · editors 93
11	fairy	Fairy Wind Chilling Water + Disarming Voice CP 2496 · L28.5 · 4/13/15	2496 L28.5 4/13/15 rank 1: L29 0/14/15	154.0 / 183.2 / 143 product 4037	92.0 sim 89.1 · editors 93
12	darkflying	Sucker Punch Fly + Brave Bird CP 2490 · L29.5 · 4/11/11	2490 L29.5 4/11/11 rank 1: L29.5 1/15/15	149.4 / 175.5 / 158 product 4147	91.9 sim 91.7 · editors 92
13	dragonground	Dragon Tail Crunch + Bulldoze CP 2498 · L24 · 13/10/15	2498 L24 13/10/15 rank 1: L25.5 1/14/10	128.9 / 142.0 / 264 product 4834	91.8
14	water	Shadow Claw Hydro Cannon + Ice Beam CP 2496 · L35 · 4/15/11	2496 L35 4/15/11 rank 1: L35.5 1/15/14	159.1 / 154.5 / 159 product 3912	91.7 sim 90.8 · editors 92
15	water	Shadow Claw Hydro Cannon + Ice Beam CP 2496 · L35 · 4/15/11	2496 L35 4/15/11 rank 1: L35.5 1/15/14	159.1 / 154.5 / 159 product 3912	91.5 sim 90.1 · editors 92
16	waterghost	Hex Surf + Shadow Ball CP 2499 · L47.5 · 12/14/12	2499 L47.5 12/14/12 rank 1: L50 6/14/15	141.5 / 158.9 / 196 product 4410	91.3 sim 89.2 · editors 92
17	flyingwater	Peck Dive + Fly CP 2421 · L50 · 15/15/15	2421 L50 15/15/15	157.9 / 149.5 / 157 product 3710	91.0 sim 94.3 · editors 90
18	ghostdragon	Dragon Breath Ancient Power + Shadow Force CP 2494 · L27.5 · 5/15/8	2494 L27.5 5/15/8 rank 1: L28 1/12/15	134.5 / 168.1 / 204 product 4613	91.0 sim 91.1 · editors 91
19	darkdragon	Dragon Tail Brutal Swing + Sludge Bomb CP 2494 · L34 · 4/15/14	2494 L34 4/15/14 rank 1: L35 1/15/15	145.0 / 86.1 / 343 product 4287	90.8 sim 84.4 · editors 93
20	fireghost	Incinerate Torch Song + Shadow Ball CP 2500 · L30.5 · 6/15/13	2500 L30.5 6/15/13 rank 1: L32 0/15/15	156.4 / 141.8 / 180 product 3995	90.6 sim 83.6 · editors 93
21	waterice	Psywave Sparkling Aria + Ice Beam CP 2495 · L40.5 · 4/15/15	2495 L40.5 4/15/15 rank 1: L42.5 0/15/15	133.9 / 149.8 / 231 product 4638	90.5 sim 92.3 · editors 90
22	waterice	Psywave Sparkling Aria + Ice Beam CP 2495 · L40.5 · 4/15/15	2495 L40.5 4/15/15 rank 1: L42.5 0/15/15	133.9 / 149.8 / 231 product 4638	90.5 sim 92.0 · editors 90
23	grass	Scratch Drum Beating + Earth Power CP 2492 · L27.5 · 4/14/15	2492 L27.5 4/14/15 rank 1: L28 0/14/15	170.2 / 127.4 / 168 product 3646	90.5
24	ghost	Astonish Dynamic Punch + Shadow Punch CP 2493 · L48.5 · 4/13/15	2493 L48.5 4/13/15 rank 1: L50 0/15/15	153.2 / 222.3 / 119 product 4055	90.4 sim 91.6 · editors 90
25	icefairy	Powder Snow Weather Ball (Ice) + Chilling Water CP 2499 · L47.5 · 13/15/14	2499 L47.5 13/15/14 rank 1: L50 7/15/15	151.4 / 172.1 / 158 product 4121	90.3 sim 85.4 · editors 92
26	steel	Lock-On Flash Cannon + Focus Blast CP 2498 · L49 · 4/6/14	2498 L49 4/6/14 rank 1: L50 1/10/15	122.7 / 243.0 / 170 product 5074	90.2 sim 91.1 · editors 90
27	ghost	Astonish Dynamic Punch + Shadow Punch CP 2493 · L48.5 · 4/13/15	2493 L48.5 4/13/15 rank 1: L50 0/15/15	153.2 / 222.3 / 119 product 4055	90.2 sim 91.1 · editors 90
28	water	Waterfall Surf + Outrage CP 2495 · L32 · 4/14/15	2495 L32 4/14/15 rank 1: L33.5 0/14/15	133.8 / 142.8 / 243 product 4646	90.2 sim 90.9 · editors 90
29	ghostdragon	Dragon Breath Ancient Power + Shadow Sneak CP 2494 · L27.5 · 5/15/8	2494 L27.5 5/15/8 rank 1: L28 1/12/15	134.5 / 168.1 / 204 product 4613	90.2 sim 88.0 · editors 91
30	water	Bite Hydro Cannon + Skull Bash CP 2498 · L45.5 · 5/15/15	2498 L45.5 5/15/15 rank 1: L48.5 0/12/15	143.9 / 181.5 / 166 product 4338	90.0
31	icefairy	Powder Snow Weather Ball (Ice) + Chilling Water CP 2499 · L47.5 · 13/15/14	2499 L47.5 13/15/14 rank 1: L50 7/15/15	151.4 / 172.1 / 158 product 4121	90.0 sim 84.0 · editors 92
32	fire	Ember Weather Ball (Fire) + Energy Ball CP 2498 · L49 · 12/15/14	2498 L49 12/15/14 rank 1: L50 9/15/15	151.1 / 171.2 / 159 product 4116	89.8
33	bugsteel	Volt Switch Rock Tomb + Sand Tomb CP 2500 · L48.5 · 13/14/15	2500 L48.5 13/14/15 rank 1: L50 9/15/15	144.9 / 182.3 / 163 product 4308	89.8 sim 89.5 · editors 90
34	dragon	Dragon Breath Dragon Energy + Vice Grip CP 2496 · L32.5 · 5/12/14	2496 L32.5 5/12/14 rank 1: L33 1/15/14	154.5 / 84.3 / 309 product 4031	89.8 sim 89.4 · editors 90
35	psychic	Psycho Cut Grass Knot + Moonblast CP 2499 · L36.5 · 4/11/11	2499 L36.5 4/11/11 rank 1: L37 1/15/13	120.1 / 207.2 / 208 product 5179	89.4 sim 87.7 · editors 90
36	fairy	Fairy Wind Meteor Mash + Draining Kiss CP 2500 · L47.5 · 4/12/15	2500 L47.5 4/12/15 rank 1: L49 0/15/13	150.6 / 144.0 / 191 product 4145	89.3
37	icewater	Powder Snow Icicle Spear + Earthquake CP 2500 · L38.5 · 4/13/14	2500 L38.5 4/13/14 rank 1: L39.5 0/15/15	145.4 / 147.7 / 200 product 4297	89.2 sim 92.8 · editors 88
38	poisondark	Poison Jab Brutal Swing + Ice Punch CP 2497 · L37 · 4/15/15	2497 L37 4/15/15 rank 1: L38.5 0/15/14	149.9 / 144.5 / 191 product 4142	89.2
39	fireflying	Incinerate Fly + Brave Bird CP 2493 · L50 · 15/15/15	2493 L50 15/15/15 rank 1: L50 15/15/14	160.4 / 142.8 / 168 product 3852	89.2 sim 87.1 · editors 90
40	psychic	Psycho Cut Grass Knot + Moonblast CP 2499 · L36.5 · 4/11/11	2499 L36.5 4/11/11 rank 1: L37 1/15/13	120.1 / 207.2 / 208 product 5179	89.2 sim 86.8 · editors 90
41	icewater	Powder Snow Icicle Spear + Earthquake CP 2500 · L38.5 · 4/13/14	2500 L38.5 4/13/14 rank 1: L39.5 0/15/15	145.4 / 147.7 / 200 product 4297	89.1 sim 92.5 · editors 88
42	water	Peck Drill Run + Icy Wind CP 2444 · L50 · 15/15/15	2444 L50 15/15/15	159.6 / 136.1 / 172 product 3738	89.0
43	bugsteel	Volt Switch Rock Tomb + Sand Tomb CP 2500 · L48.5 · 13/14/15	2500 L48.5 13/14/15 rank 1: L50 9/15/15	144.9 / 182.3 / 163 product 4308	89.0 sim 86.3 · editors 90
44	groundghost	Shadow Claw Rock Tomb + Shadow Ball CP 2497 · L49.5 · 12/12/15	2497 L49.5 12/12/15 rank 1: L50 10/15/15	146.6 / 208.6 / 139 product 4251	89.0 sim 86.3 · editors 90
45	psychic	Low Kick Psycho Boost + Thunderbolt CP 2490 · L50 · 11/13/14	2490 L50 11/13/14 rank 1: L49.5 12/13/15	130.2 / 288.2 / 126 product 4730	89.0 sim 86.0 · editors 90
46	steelground	Thunder Fang Psychic Fangs + Earthquake CP 2495 · L48.5 · 4/14/15	2495 L48.5 4/14/15 rank 1: L49.5 2/15/15	126.5 / 238.1 / 163 product 4915	88.9 sim 85.7 · editors 90
47	waterground	Mud Shot Hydro Cannon + Earthquake CP 2499 · L32 · 4/15/14	2499 L32 4/15/14 rank 1: L33.5 0/14/13	157.6 / 141.3 / 177 product 3944	88.6
48	waterfairy	Waterfall Hydro Cannon + Moonblast CP 2495 · L28.5 · 5/14/15	2495 L28.5 5/14/15 rank 1: L29 2/15/13	169.0 / 149.0 / 146 product 3678	88.6
49	normalflying	Peck Beak Blast + Drill Peck CP 2499 · L39 · 4/13/13	2499 L39 4/13/13 rank 1: L39 2/15/14	177.3 / 124.7 / 159 product 3518	88.6
50	bugwater	Fury Cutter Aqua Jet + X-Scissor CP 2497 · L29 · 5/13/15	2497 L29 5/13/15 rank 1: L29.5 1/14/15	160.4 / 171.9 / 141 product 3889	88.6
51	electric	Volt Switch Brutal Swing + Trailblaze CP 2499 · L35 · 4/12/15	2499 L35 4/12/15 rank 1: L36 0/13/15	163.7 / 137.8 / 169 product 3814	88.5 sim 84.2 · editors 90
52	steelground	Thunder Fang Psychic Fangs + Crunch CP 2495 · L48.5 · 4/14/15	2495 L48.5 4/14/15 rank 1: L49.5 2/15/15	126.5 / 238.1 / 163 product 4915	88.5 sim 84.2 · editors 90
53	rockgrass	Acid Rock Tomb + Grass Knot CP 2499 · L50 · 15/15/15	2499 L50 15/15/15	140.3 / 175.6 / 180 product 4436	88.5 sim 84.2 · editors 90
54	normal	Rollout Body Slam + High Horsepower CP 2495 · L50 · 5/13/15	2495 L50 5/13/15 rank 1: L50 4/15/15	136.1 / 173.1 / 194 product 4571	88.4
55	fairyflying	Peck Psyshock + Aura Sphere CP 2498 · L27.5 · 5/13/15	2498 L27.5 5/13/15 rank 1: L28 0/15/15	161.1 / 161.1 / 149 product 3868	88.4
56	electric	Volt Switch Brutal Swing + Trailblaze CP 2499 · L35 · 4/12/15	2499 L35 4/12/15 rank 1: L36 0/13/15	163.7 / 137.8 / 169 product 3814	88.4 sim 83.9 · editors 90
57	fireflying	Incinerate Fly + Brave Bird CP 2493 · L50 · 15/15/15	2493 L50 15/15/15 rank 1: L50 15/15/14	160.4 / 142.8 / 168 product 3852	88.4 sim 83.9 · editors 90
58	water	Waterfall Aqua Tail + Wrap CP 2495 · L31.5 · 4/14/15	2495 L31.5 4/14/15 rank 1: L33 0/13/15	145.1 / 172.6 / 171 product 4285	88.3
59	waterground	Mud Shot Earth Power + Icy Wind CP 2498 · L42.5 · 4/15/14	2498 L42.5 4/15/14 rank 1: L44.5 0/15/12	154.1 / 132.4 / 198 product 4043	88.3
60	electric	Sucker Punch Parabolic Charge + Zap Cannon CP 2497 · L39.5 · 4/15/15	2497 L39.5 4/15/15 rank 1: L42 0/15/10	148.0 / 141.7 / 200 product 4197	88.2 sim 89.1 · editors 88
61	darkpsychic	Psywave Foul Play + Superpower CP 2500 · L50 · 4/13/15	2500 L50 4/13/15 rank 1: L50 3/15/15	152.0 / 149.5 / 180 product 4095	88.2
62	fightingghost	Low Kick Rage Fist + Ice Punch CP 2497 · L28 · 5/14/15	2497 L28 5/14/15 rank 1: L28.5 0/15/15	159.0 / 135.7 / 181 product 3907	88.2
63	water	Fury Cutter Hydro Cannon + Megahorn CP 2498 · L35.5 · 4/14/13	2498 L35.5 4/14/13 rank 1: L36 1/15/15	165.1 / 130.7 / 175 product 3778	88.0
64	normalflying	Peck Beak Blast + Drill Peck CP 2499 · L39 · 4/13/13	2499 L39 4/13/13 rank 1: L39 2/15/14	177.3 / 124.7 / 159 product 3518	88.0
65	firedragon	Incinerate Brutal Swing + Dragon Claw CP 2499 · L50 · 14/15/15	2499 L50 14/15/15 rank 1: L50 15/14/14	150.4 / 193.2 / 142 product 4128	88.0
66	fire	Ember Weather Ball (Fire) + Energy Ball CP 2498 · L49 · 12/15/14	2498 L49 12/15/14 rank 1: L50 9/15/15	151.1 / 171.2 / 159 product 4116	87.9
67	waterflying	Dragon Breath Aqua Tail + Twister CP 2500 · L27 · 5/13/15	2500 L27 5/13/15 rank 1: L27.5 0/15/14	167.9 / 138.1 / 160 product 3713	87.9
68	darkpsychic	Psywave Superpower + Foul Play CP 2500 · L50 · 4/13/15	2500 L50 4/13/15 rank 1: L50 3/15/15	152.0 / 149.5 / 180 product 4095	87.9
69	bugwater	Fury Cutter X-Scissor + Aqua Jet CP 2497 · L29 · 5/13/15	2497 L29 5/13/15 rank 1: L29.5 1/14/15	160.4 / 171.9 / 141 product 3889	87.8
70	poisondark	Poison Jab Brutal Swing + Ice Punch CP 2497 · L37 · 4/15/15	2497 L37 4/15/15 rank 1: L38.5 0/15/14	149.9 / 144.5 / 191 product 4142	87.7
71	waterflying	Dragon Breath Aqua Tail + Twister CP 2500 · L27 · 5/13/15	2500 L27 5/13/15 rank 1: L27.5 0/15/14	167.9 / 138.1 / 160 product 3713	87.6
72	waterdragon	Dragon Breath Surf + Swift CP 2499 · L40.5 · 4/15/12	2499 L40.5 4/15/12 rank 1: L41.5 0/15/15	156.9 / 165.6 / 153 product 3980	87.5
73	electric	Thunder Shock Wild Charge + Aura Sphere CP 2488 · L26.5 · 5/13/13	2488 L26.5 5/13/13 rank 1: L27 1/15/12	169.1 / 143.0 / 151 product 3654	87.5
74	fightingghost	Low Kick Rage Fist + Ice Punch CP 2497 · L28 · 5/14/15	2497 L28 5/14/15 rank 1: L28.5 0/15/15	159.0 / 135.7 / 181 product 3907	87.5
75	waterpoison	Acid Scald + Payback CP 2499 · L48 · 4/14/14	2499 L48 4/14/14 rank 1: L50 0/13/15	141.1 / 185.1 / 169 product 4417	87.4
76	waterdragon	Dragon Breath Surf + Swift CP 2499 · L40.5 · 4/15/12	2499 L40.5 4/15/12 rank 1: L41.5 0/15/15	156.9 / 165.6 / 153 product 3980	87.4
77	rockgrass	Acid Rock Tomb + Grass Knot CP 2499 · L50 · 15/15/15	2499 L50 15/15/15	140.3 / 175.6 / 180 product 4436	87.4
78	normal	Take Down Body Slam + Trailblaze CP 2500 · L45 · 5/15/13	2500 L45 5/15/13 rank 1: L47 0/15/15	141.8 / 144.3 / 215 product 4401	87.4
79	flyingdark	Sucker Punch Fly + Drill Run CP 2497 · L45 · 4/13/15	2497 L45 4/13/15 rank 1: L46.5 0/15/14	164.6 / 150.8 / 152 product 3776	87.4
80	steel	Mud-Slap Iron Head + Rock Tomb CP 2496 · L48.5 · 12/15/13	2496 L48.5 12/15/13 rank 1: L50 8/15/15	144.0 / 194.8 / 154 product 4324	87.2
81	waterpoison	Acid Scald + Payback CP 2499 · L48 · 4/14/14	2499 L48 4/14/14 rank 1: L50 0/13/15	141.1 / 185.1 / 169 product 4417	87.1
82	iceflying	Powder Snow Icy Wind + Hurricane CP 2495 · L31 · 4/15/11	2495 L31 4/15/11 rank 1: L31.5 1/15/15	144.6 / 185.1 / 160 product 4284	87.1
83	water	Waterfall Aqua Tail + Wrap CP 2495 · L31.5 · 4/14/15	2495 L31.5 4/14/15 rank 1: L33 0/13/15	145.1 / 172.6 / 171 product 4285	87.1
84	dragonpsychic	Dragon Breath Mist Ball + Aura Sphere CP 2495 · L26.5 · 5/13/8	2495 L26.5 5/13/8 rank 1: L26.5 1/15/14	160.2 / 178.1 / 136 product 3881	87.1
85	normalpsychic	Confusion Brutal Swing + Trailblaze CP 2499 · L47 · 4/14/14	2499 L47 4/14/14 rank 1: L49 0/13/15	141.9 / 170.0 / 182 product 4392	87.1
86	iceground	Powder Snow Icicle Spear + High Horsepower CP 2500 · L47 · 12/14/13	2500 L47 12/14/13 rank 1: L50 5/15/12	159.2 / 125.4 / 196 product 3916	87.0
87	fairy	Fairy Wind Moonblast + Psyshock CP 2499 · L47 · 12/14/14	2499 L47 12/14/14 rank 1: L49.5 6/15/14	152.6 / 135.3 / 198 product 4092	87.0
88	waterground	Mud Shot Hydro Cannon + Earthquake CP 2499 · L32 · 4/15/14	2499 L32 4/15/14 rank 1: L33.5 0/14/13	157.6 / 141.3 / 177 product 3944	86.9
89	ghost	Shadow Claw Shadow Ball + Energy Ball CP 2497 · L49.5 · 12/12/15	2497 L49.5 12/12/15 rank 1: L50 10/15/15	146.6 / 208.6 / 139 product 4251	86.9
90	water	Bite Hydro Cannon + Skull Bash CP 2498 · L45.5 · 5/15/15	2498 L45.5 5/15/15 rank 1: L48.5 0/12/15	143.9 / 181.5 / 166 product 4338	86.8
91	water	Mud Shot Weather Ball (Water) + Earthquake CP 2499 · L46 · 5/15/15	2499 L46 5/15/15 rank 1: L48.5 0/15/14	146.8 / 159.1 / 182 product 4253	86.8
92	poisondark	Poison Sting Crunch + Aqua Tail CP 2494 · L46 · 4/15/15	2494 L46 4/15/15 rank 1: L48 0/15/15	150.9 / 178.0 / 153 product 4111	86.7
93	steelfighting	Double Kick Sacred Sword + Stone Edge CP 2496 · L31 · 6/15/11	2496 L31 6/15/11 rank 1: L32.5 1/15/12	146.0 / 180.0 / 162 product 4260	86.7
94	iceground	Powder Snow Icicle Spear + High Horsepower CP 2500 · L47 · 12/14/13	2500 L47 12/14/13 rank 1: L50 5/15/12	159.2 / 125.4 / 196 product 3916	86.6
95	electricflying	Thunder Shock Drill Peck + Thunderbolt CP 2496 · L25.5 · 8/14/15	2496 L25.5 8/14/15 rank 1: L26.5 1/12/13	176.0 / 134.2 / 149 product 3522	86.5
96	electricflying	Thunder Shock Drill Peck + Thunderbolt CP 2496 · L25.5 · 8/14/15	2496 L25.5 8/14/15 rank 1: L26.5 1/12/13	176.0 / 134.2 / 149 product 3522	86.5
97	ground	Sand Attack Weather Ball (Rock) + Earth Power CP 2500 · L30 · 4/15/13	2500 L30 4/15/13 rank 1: L31 0/14/15	149.9 / 150.7 / 184 product 4160	86.5
98	water	Fury Cutter Hydro Cannon + Megahorn CP 2498 · L35.5 · 4/14/13	2498 L35.5 4/14/13 rank 1: L36 1/15/15	165.1 / 130.7 / 175 product 3778	86.5
99	bugsteel	Fury Cutter Magnet Bomb + Techno Blast (Electric) CP 2493 · L27 · 10/13/10	2493 L27 10/13/10 rank 1: L27.5 1/15/15	181.8 / 147.1 / 127 product 3399	86.5
100	steelghost	Shadow Claw Sacred Sword + Iron Head CP 2497 · L46.5 · 4/15/14	2497 L46.5 4/15/14 rank 1: L48.5 0/14/14	157.9 / 181.8 / 137 product 3936	86.4 sim 90.8 · editors 85

How these numbers are made

Every Pokemon is built at the IV spread PvPoke's own simulator uses for the league (its defaultIVs for that CP cap, so our ratings and theirs describe the same fight; where PvPoke publishes none, as in Master League, the rank-1 stat-product spread is used instead). Expanding a row shows that spread next to the rank-1 spread worth hunting for. Each is given its community-standard moveset, and is simulated against all 843 Pokemon in the field — every league-legal species above the league's minimum stat product, PvPoke's own pool rule (GameMaster.js: 1,370 in Great, 2,800 in Ultra, 4,900 in Master), which stops the ranking being decided by wins over Pokemon nobody brings — in each of five scenarios: Leads (one shield each), Closers (no shields), Switches (one shield, four turns of energy in hand), Chargers (one shield, six turns of energy) and Attackers (no shields against one). Each battle's rating is adjusted for the shields it burned and kept, curved, then averaged with every opponent weighted by how strong that opponent turned out to be and by how much it is actually played. The five scenario scores are normalised to 0–100 and combined with a Consistency score by a weighted geometric mean. That result is the sim score.

The last step is PvPoke's own: for the roughly one Pokemon in six that the PvPoke editors have written a viability rating for, the published Overall score is sim × 0.25 + editors' rating × 0.75 (RankerOverall.js lines 216–229). It is what turns a pure simulation into the list players actually read, so we apply it too — and we keep our unblended simulator score visible on every row that has one, next to the editors' rating that moved it. 42 of the 100 Pokemon shown here carry an editors' rating.

The simulator behind them reproduces PvPoke's own battle simulator exactly on known-answer tests: all nine shield scenarios of Azumarill vs. Medicham on two different movesets, and of Wild-Charge Toxtricity vs. Jellicent, come out on the same battle ratings to the point — 27 cells out of 27. Beyond those, it is checked against the roughly 5,300 individual matchup ratings PvPoke publishes for the top 60 of its Leads, Attackers and Closers lists: 94% of Great, 97% of Ultra and 98% of Master League cells land on the identical number. It models the Pokemon that change form mid-battle: Aegislash draws its blade when it fires a Charged Move (with Blade form re-rated to the league's CP cap rather than simply mirrored), Cramorant catches something on Dive and spits it back at the next unshielded Charged Move to land on it, Mimikyu's Disguise takes the first unshielded Charged Move for 1 damage, and Morpeko turns Hangry (Dark Aura Wheel) after its first Charged Move.

Shadow and regular forms are ranked as separate Pokemon and can carry different recommended movesets, exactly as in PvPoke's lists. In Ultra League, Corviknight runs Iron Head and Corviknight (Shadow) runs Payback; Giratina (Altered) runs Shadow Force and its Shadow form runs Shadow Sneak. In Master League, Palkia runs Fire Blast and Palkia (Shadow) runs Draco Meteor. Each row's moveset is the one PvPoke ranks that same form on, and the PvPoke id shown in each expanded row (for example corviknight_shadow) is the row it matches.

Moves are simulated at their live Trainer Battle numbers. The GO Battle League move rebalance went live with the Twilight Trails season on 8 September 2026 and Niantic has not yet published the matching Game Master templates, so 28 moves — Bite, Scratch, Take Down, Infestation, Rage Fist, Bulldoze, Brine, Shadow Ball among them — are simulated at the values the season actually shipped rather than the ones the Game Master still carries. The move table marks every one of them and prints the superseded Game Master value beside it.

All 843 Pokemon simulated are ranked and browsable in rank order, 100 per page: page 1 arrives with the page itself, and the others load on demand. Every category tab sorts the whole field, not just the first page. The filter box searches all of them at once. Nothing that was simulated is hidden.

Rankings were precomputed on 2026-10-03. See the PvP move stats the simulator uses.