Mega Staraptor

#398 (Sinnoh)

#399 Bidoof ›

Pokémon type

Fighting

Flying

Boosted in Cloudy and Windy weather

Mega Staraptor weaknesses

Mega Staraptor is weak to Flying, Electric, Psychic, Ice and Fairy-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Mega Staraptor is resistant to Fighting, Grass and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Ground and Bug-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Mega Staraptor

The best moves for Mega Staraptor are Gust and Brave Bird+ when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Gust and Brave Bird deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Gust Elite TM

15DPS

Brave Bird+ Mega

90DPS

Defending

Gust Elite TM

15DPS

Brave Bird+ Mega

90DPS

Trainer Battles

Gust Elite TM

3.5EPT

Brave Bird

2.84DPE

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Evolution

There are 4 Pokémon in the Starly family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Staraptor temporarily evolves into Mega Staraptor.

Evolving Mega Staraptor costs 300 Mega Energy the first time. Doing it again during the rest period that follows costs up to 60 Mega Energy, and less at higher Mega Levels.

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Staraptor:

Normal

Staraptor (Mega Staraptor) in Pokémon GO

Mega Evolution

Game images

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

Events

Staraptor Super Mega Raid Day

19th Sep

Summary

Mega Staraptor is a Fighting & Flying Pokémon. It is weak to Flying, Electric, Psychic, Ice and Fairy moves. Staraptor's best moveset is Gust & Brave Bird+ and it has a Max CP of 4,498.

About

"When Staravia evolve into Staraptor, they leave the flock to live alone. They have sturdy wings."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Gust Elite TM	25	10	15
Wing Attack	10	11	12
Quick Attack	10	13	10
Sand Attack	4	14	8

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Fly	90	2	2.16
Brave Bird+ Mega	150	1	1.8
Brave Bird	130	1	1.56
Close Combat	105	1	1.26
Heat Wave	95	1	0.95
Return Purified	25	3	0.76

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Wing Attack	5	2	3	4
Quick Attack	5	2	2.5	4
Sand Attack	2	1	2	4
Gust Elite TM	16	4	4.8	3.5

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Brave Bird ▼▼▼ def	130	55	2.84
Close Combat ▼▼ def	100	45	2.67
Fly	80	45	2.13
Brave Bird+ Mega ▼▼▼ def	70	40	2.1
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Heat Wave	75	45	1.67

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
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	17.3	101%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	17.2	100%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	17.1	99%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	17	99%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	16.8	98%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	16.5	96%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	16.5	96%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	16.4	95%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	16.1	94%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	15.6	90%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	15.5	90%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	15.5	90%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	14.1	82%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	13.3	77%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	13	75%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	12.9	75%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	12.8	75%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	12.2	71%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	11.8	68%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	11.3	65%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	11.2	65%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10.9	63%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	10.6	61%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	10.3	60%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	8.4	136%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	8.3	135%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	7.8	127%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	7	114%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	6.2	101%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	6.2	100%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	6.1	98%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	5.8	94%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	5.6	91%
Gust Elite TM 15 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	5.4	87%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	5.3	86%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	5.2	84%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	4.6	75%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	4.6	74%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	4.2	68%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	4	65%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	3.9	63%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Brave Bird+ Mega 90 DPS	3.8	61%
Wing Attack 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.6	58%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	3.4	55%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.4	55%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Close Combat 50.4 DPS	2.9	48%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Heat Wave 31.7 DPS	2.5	40%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.2	35%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Gust Elite TM 3.5 EPT	Brave Bird ▼▼▼ def 2.84 DPE	16	14.7	103%
Wing Attack 4 EPT	Brave Bird ▼▼▼ def 2.84 DPE	14	14.4	100%
Gust Elite TM 3.5 EPT	Close Combat ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	16	14.1	98%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Brave Bird ▼▼▼ def 2.84 DPE	14	13.9	97%
Wing Attack 4 EPT	Close Combat ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	12	13.7	95%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Brave Bird ▼▼▼ def 2.84 DPE	14	13.4	93%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Close Combat ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	12	13.2	92%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Close Combat ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	12	12.7	88%
Gust Elite TM 3.5 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	16	12.3	86%
Gust Elite TM 3.5 EPT	Brave Bird+ Mega ▼▼▼ def 2.1 DPE	12	12.2	85%
Wing Attack 4 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	12	11.5	80%
Wing Attack 4 EPT	Brave Bird+ Mega ▼▼▼ def 2.1 DPE	10	11.4	79%
Gust Elite TM 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	11.3	79%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	12	11	77%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Brave Bird+ Mega ▼▼▼ def 2.1 DPE	10	10.9	76%
Gust Elite TM 3.5 EPT	Heat Wave 1.67 DPE	16	10.6	74%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	12	10.5	73%
Wing Attack 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	10.4	73%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Brave Bird+ Mega ▼▼▼ def 2.1 DPE	10	10.4	72%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	9.9	69%
Wing Attack 4 EPT	Heat Wave 1.67 DPE	12	9.7	67%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	9.4	66%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Heat Wave 1.67 DPE	12	9.2	64%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Heat Wave 1.67 DPE	12	8.7	60%

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 Staraptor counters

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

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Mewtwo (Shadow)

Psycho Cut

Psystrike

3
2
White Kyurem

Ice Fang

Ice Burn

3.18
3
Zekrom (Shadow)

Charge Beam

Fusion Bolt

3.23
4
Mewtwo

Psycho Cut

Psystrike

3.29
5
Rayquaza

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

3.34

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Mewtwo Y with Psycho Cut and Future Sight+.

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Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		278
Defense		207
Stamina		198

Max HP

Level 40	168
Level 50	178

Average size

Height	1.9 m
Weight	50 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	10,000
Candy	25

Other

Buddy walk distance

1 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,705
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	2,273
Level 30 Max wild	3,411
Level 40	3,979
Level 50	4,498

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,842
Level 35 (wild)	3,695