Mega Mewtwo X (Pokémon GO) - Best Movesets, Evolutions and CP

Pokémon type

Psychic

Fighting

Boosted in Windy and Cloudy weather

Mega Mewtwo X weaknesses

Mega Mewtwo X is weak to Flying, Ghost and Fairy-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Mega Mewtwo X is resistant to Fighting and Rock-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Mega Mewtwo X

The best moves for Mega Mewtwo X are Counter and Psystrike when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Psycho Cut and Psystrike deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Counter Elite TM

15.6DPS

Psystrike Elite TM

45.6DPS

Defending

Confusion

15.2DPS

Psystrike Elite TM

45.6DPS

Trainer Battles

Psycho Cut

4.5EPT

Psystrike Elite TM

2.4DPE

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Evolution

There are 3 Pokémon in the Mewtwo family, including 2 Mega Pokémon. Mewtwo temporarily evolves into Mega Mewtwo X.

Mewtwo

Mega Mewtwo X

Mega Mewtwo Y

Evolving Mega Mewtwo X costs 7,500 Mega Energy the first time. Doing it again during the rest period that follows costs up to 80 Mega Energy, and less at higher Mega Levels.
Evolving Mega Mewtwo Y costs 7,500 Mega Energy the first time. Doing it again during the rest period that follows costs up to 80 Mega Energy, and less at higher Mega Levels.

No evolutions:

Armored Mewtwo

Forms

There are 4 different forms of Mewtwo:

View 1 costume for Mewtwo »

(which only changes Mewtwo's appearance)

Game images

Mega Mewtwo X, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Events

Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale

5th Sep

Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Global

11th Jul

Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Global Community Celebrations

In person

11th Jul

Summary

Mega Mewtwo X is a legendary Psychic & Fighting Pokémon. It is weak to Flying, Ghost and Fairy moves. Mewtwo's best moveset is Counter & Psystrike and it has a Max CP of 6,910.

About

"Mewtwo is a Pokémon that was created by genetic manipulation. However, even though the scientific power of humans created this Pokémon's body, they failed to endow Mewtwo with a compassionate heart."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Counter Elite TM	13	9	15.6
Confusion	19	9.3	15.2
Psycho Cut	4	14	9.6

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psystrike Elite TM	95	2	2.28
Psychic	95	2	2.28
Shadow Ball Elite TM	100	2	2
Ice Beam	95	2	1.9
Focus Blast	140	1	1.68
Thunderbolt	80	2	1.6
Dynamic Punch+ Mega	130	1	1.56
Hyper Beam Elite TM	150	1	1.5
Flamethrower	65	2	1.3
Return Purified	25	3	0.76

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Psycho Cut	4	2	2.4	4.5
Confusion	16	4	4.8	3.5
Counter Elite TM	8	2	4.8	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Focus Blast	150	75	2.4
Psystrike Elite TM	90	45	2.4
Dynamic Punch+ Mega	130	80	1.95
Hyper Beam Elite TM	150	80	1.88
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Shadow Ball Elite TM	90	50	1.8
Flamethrower	90	55	1.64
Thunderbolt	90	55	1.64
Ice Beam	90	55	1.64
Psychic ▼ def	75	55	1.64

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Psystrike Elite TM 45.6 DPS	23.1	106%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psystrike Elite TM 45.6 DPS	22.9	105%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psystrike Elite TM 45.6 DPS	22.9	105%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 62.4 DPS	22.2	102%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 62.4 DPS	21.8	100%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	21.7	100%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 62.4 DPS	21.7	99%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	21.5	99%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Focus Blast 48 DPS	21.4	98%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	21.1	97%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Focus Blast 48 DPS	21.1	97%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Focus Blast 48 DPS	20.7	95%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Shadow Ball Elite TM 33.3 DPS	20.2	93%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Shadow Ball Elite TM 33.3 DPS	20	92%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Hyper Beam Elite TM 37.5 DPS	19.7	90%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Hyper Beam Elite TM 37.5 DPS	19.3	89%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	19.2	88%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Shadow Ball Elite TM 33.3 DPS	19.2	88%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	19	87%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Flamethrower 32.5 DPS	18.7	86%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Ice Beam 27.1 DPS	18.6	85%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	18.5	85%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Flamethrower 32.5 DPS	18.4	84%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Ice Beam 27.1 DPS	18.4	84%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Hyper Beam Elite TM 37.5 DPS	18.3	84%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	18.2	83%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	17.8	82%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Ice Beam 27.1 DPS	17.2	79%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Flamethrower 32.5 DPS	16.9	78%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	16.2	74%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psystrike Elite TM 45.6 DPS	10.5	103%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	10.2	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Shadow Ball Elite TM 33.3 DPS	9.5	93%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Focus Blast 48 DPS	9.3	91%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 62.4 DPS	9.3	91%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Ice Beam 27.1 DPS	9	88%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Psystrike Elite TM 45.6 DPS	8.8	86%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Hyper Beam Elite TM 37.5 DPS	8.7	86%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	8.7	85%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	8.6	84%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Flamethrower 32.5 DPS	8.2	80%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Shadow Ball Elite TM 33.3 DPS	8	78%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Focus Blast 48 DPS	7.7	76%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 62.4 DPS	7.7	75%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Ice Beam 27.1 DPS	7.6	75%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	7.3	72%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Hyper Beam Elite TM 37.5 DPS	7.3	72%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Flamethrower 32.5 DPS	6.8	67%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.8	67%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psystrike Elite TM 45.6 DPS	6.2	61%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	6.1	60%
Counter Elite TM 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	5.7	56%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Shadow Ball Elite TM 33.3 DPS	5.5	54%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Ice Beam 27.1 DPS	5.2	51%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Focus Blast 48 DPS	5.1	50%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 62.4 DPS	5	49%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	4.8	47%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Hyper Beam Elite TM 37.5 DPS	4.7	46%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Flamethrower 32.5 DPS	4.3	42%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.2	32%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Psystrike Elite TM 2.4 DPE	10	13.2	100%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psystrike Elite TM 2.4 DPE	16	13.2	100%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Focus Blast 2.4 DPE	18	13.2	100%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Focus Blast 2.4 DPE	24	13.2	100%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Psystrike Elite TM 2.4 DPE	16	12	91%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Focus Blast 2.4 DPE	26	12	91%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 1.95 DPE	24	11.6	88%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Hyper Beam Elite TM 1.88 DPE	24	11.4	86%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	11.3	86%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 1.95 DPE	18	11.2	85%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Shadow Ball Elite TM 1.8 DPE	16	11.1	84%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Hyper Beam Elite TM 1.88 DPE	18	10.8	82%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	16	10.8	82%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Dynamic Punch+ Mega 1.95 DPE	28	10.7	81%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Flamethrower 1.64 DPE	16	10.5	80%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Ice Beam 1.64 DPE	16	10.5	80%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.64 DPE	16	10.5	80%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.64 DPE	16	10.5	80%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Shadow Ball Elite TM 1.8 DPE	12	10.5	80%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Hyper Beam Elite TM 1.88 DPE	28	10.4	79%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	10.4	79%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Shadow Ball Elite TM 1.8 DPE	18	10.2	77%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Flamethrower 1.64 DPE	14	9.8	74%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Ice Beam 1.64 DPE	14	9.8	74%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.64 DPE	14	9.8	74%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.64 DPE	14	9.8	74%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Flamethrower 1.64 DPE	20	9.7	74%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Ice Beam 1.64 DPE	20	9.7	74%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.64 DPE	20	9.7	74%
Counter Elite TM 3 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.64 DPE	20	9.7	74%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

Top Mega Mewtwo X counters

For the full ranking, the boss's moves and a raid simulator, see best Mega Mewtwo X Raid Counters »

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Dawn Wings Necrozma

Psycho Cut

Moongeist Beam

3.05
2
Moltres (Shadow)

Wing Attack

Fly

3.74
3
Crowned Sword Zacian

Air Slash

Play Rough

4
4
Rayquaza

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

4.01
5
Lunala

Shadow Claw

Shadow Ball

4.07

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent.

All Mega Mewtwo X counters »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		399
Defense		215
Stamina		228

Max HP

Level 40	192
Level 50	204

Average size

Height	2.3 m
Weight	127 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	100,000
Candy	100

Other

Buddy walk distance

20 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	2,620
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	3,492
Level 30 Max wild	5,240
Level 40	6,112
Level 50	6,910

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	4,366
Level 35 (wild)	5,676

Costumes

Mewtwo costumes

Mewtwo (1st Anniversary)

Mewtwo (1st Anniversary) (Shiny) in Pokémon GO