Darmanitan (Zen Mode)

#555 (Unova)

#556 Maractus ›

Pokémon type

Fire

Psychic

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) weaknesses

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) is weak to Ground, Rock, Ghost, Water and Dark-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) is resistant to Fighting, Steel, Fire, Grass, Psychic, Ice and Fairy-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Darmanitan (Zen Mode)

The best moves for Darmanitan (Zen Mode) are Fire Fang and Overheat when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Incinerate and Overheat deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Fire Fang

15.6DPS

Overheat

48DPS

Defending

Incinerate

15.4DPS

Psychic

38DPS

Trainer Battles

Incinerate

4EPT

Overheat

2.84DPE

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Evolution

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) currently has no evolutions in Pokémon GO.

Darumaka

Darmanitan (Standard Mode)

Galarian Darumaka

Galarian Darmanitan (Standard Mode)

No evolutions:

Forms

There are 4 different forms of Darmanitan:

Standard Mode

Zen Mode

Galarian Form - Standard Mode

Galarian Form - Zen Mode

Game images

Darmanitan (Zen Mode), with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) (Shiny) in Pokémon GO

Summary

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) is a Fire & Psychic Pokémon. It is weak to Ground, Rock, Ghost, Water and Dark moves. Darmanitan's best moveset is Fire Fang & Overheat and it has a Max CP of 4,226.

About

"Its internal fire burns at 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, making enough power that it can destroy a dump truck with one punch."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Fire Fang	13	9	15.6
Incinerate	32	8.8	15.4
Tackle	5	10	10

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psychic	95	2	2.28
Overheat	160	1	1.92
Rock Slide	75	2	1.5
Focus Blast	140	1	1.4
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Incinerate	20	5	4.8	4
Fire Fang	8	2	4.8	3
Tackle	3	1	3	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Overheat ▼▼ att	130	55	2.84
Focus Blast	150	75	2
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Rock Slide	75	45	1.67
Psychic ▼ def	75	55	1.64
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

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
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Overheat 48 DPS	13.9	100%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	13.7	98%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Overheat 48 DPS	13.3	96%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	13.3	96%
Tackle 10 DPS	Overheat 48 DPS	12.5	89%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	12.5	89%
Tackle 10 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	12.3	88%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	11.9	86%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Rock Slide 30 DPS	11.8	84%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	11.7	84%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Rock Slide 30 DPS	11.4	82%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	11.3	81%
Tackle 10 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	10.8	77%
Tackle 10 DPS	Rock Slide 30 DPS	10.2	73%
Tackle 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.6	69%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	9.3	67%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	8.9	64%
Tackle 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.7	48%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	7.4	100%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Overheat 48 DPS	7.4	100%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	6.6	89%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Rock Slide 30 DPS	6.2	84%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	5.4	73%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	5.2	70%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Overheat 48 DPS	5.1	69%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	4.5	61%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Rock Slide 30 DPS	4.5	61%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.8	51%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.6	49%
Tackle 10 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	3.3	44%
Tackle 10 DPS	Overheat 48 DPS	3.1	41%
Fire Fang 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.7	36%
Tackle 10 DPS	Rock Slide 30 DPS	2.6	35%
Tackle 10 DPS	Focus Blast 40 DPS	2.6	35%
Tackle 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.9	26%
Tackle 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.4	19%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Incinerate 4 EPT	Overheat 2.84 DPE	15	16.2	100%
Fire Fang 3 EPT	Overheat 2.84 DPE	20	13.3	82%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Focus Blast 2 DPE	20	12.8	79%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	12.2	76%
Tackle 3 EPT	Overheat 2.84 DPE	19	11.5	71%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Rock Slide 1.67 DPE	15	11.5	71%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Psychic 1.64 DPE	15	11.4	70%
Fire Fang 3 EPT	Focus Blast 2 DPE	26	10.8	67%
Fire Fang 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	10.4	64%
Fire Fang 3 EPT	Rock Slide 1.67 DPE	16	9.8	61%
Fire Fang 3 EPT	Psychic 1.64 DPE	20	9.7	60%
Tackle 3 EPT	Focus Blast 2 DPE	25	9	56%
Tackle 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	8.6	53%
Tackle 3 EPT	Rock Slide 1.67 DPE	15	8	50%
Tackle 3 EPT	Psychic 1.64 DPE	19	7.9	49%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	5.4	33%
Fire Fang 3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	24	5.2	32%
Tackle 3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	24	3.4	21%

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

What counters Darmanitan (Zen Mode)?

Darmanitan (Zen Mode) is weak to Ground, Rock, Ghost, Water and Dark moves.

The best counter to Darmanitan (Zen Mode) is Mega Gengar with Lick and Shadow Ball, followed by Dawn Wings Necrozma, Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon.

The top Darmanitan (Zen Mode) counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Gengar	Lick Shadow Ball	100%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw Moongeist Beam	99%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut Moongeist Beam	99%
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Origin Pulse	98%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Precipice Blades	97%
Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Shadow Ball	96%
Mega Gengar	Hex Shadow Ball	96%
Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch Shadow Ball	95%
Mega Chandelure	Hex Ominous Wind+	95%
Mega Greninja	Water Shuriken Hydro Cannon	95%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		243
Defense		202
Stamina		233

Max HP

Level 40

195

Size

Height	1.3 m
Weight	92.9 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,602
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	2,136
Level 30 Max wild	3,204
Level 40	3,738
Level 50	4,226

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,670
Level 35 (wild)	3,471