Greninja

#658 (Kalos)

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Pokémon type

Water

Dark

Greninja weaknesses

Greninja is weak to Fighting, Bug, Grass, Electric and Fairy-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Greninja is resistant to Ghost, Steel, Fire, Water, Ice and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Psychic-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Greninja

The best moves for Greninja are Water Shuriken and Hydro Cannon when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. This combination also deals the most damage per turn in Trainer Battles.

Attacking

Water Shuriken

10.8DPS

Hydro Cannon Elite TM

54DPS

Defending

Water Shuriken

10.8DPS

Hydro Cannon Elite TM

54DPS

Trainer Battles

Water Shuriken

4.7EPT

Hydro Cannon Elite TM

2.4DPE

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Evolution

There are 4 Pokémon in the Froakie family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Greninja evolves from Frogadier for 100 Candy, and temporarily into Mega Greninja.

Evolving Mega Greninja costs 300 Mega Energy the first time, and 60 Mega Energy every time after.

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Greninja:

Normal

Mega Evolution

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(which only changes Greninja's appearance)

Game images

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

Summary

Greninja is a Water & Dark Pokémon which evolves from Frogadier. It is weak to Fighting, Bug, Grass, Electric and Fairy moves. Greninja's best moveset is Water Shuriken & Hydro Cannon and it has a Max CP of 3,001.

About

"It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Feint Attack	11	10	13.2
Bubble	10	12	12
Water Shuriken	9	14	10.8

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Brutal Swing	65	3	2.36
Hydro Cannon Elite TM	90	2	2.16
Aerial Ace	55	3	1.67
Night Slash	45	3	1.64
Hydro Pump	135	1	1.62
Surf	60	2	1.44
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Water Shuriken	6	3	2.4	4.7
Bubble	8	3	3.2	3.7
Feint Attack	6	2	3.6	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Hydro Cannon Elite TM	80	40	2.4
Hydro Pump	130	75	2.08
Surf	75	45	2
Brutal Swing	55	35	1.89
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Night Slash ▲ att	50	35	1.71
Aerial Ace	60	45	1.33
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
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	14.2	111%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	13.8	108%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	13.4	105%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	12.8	100%
Bubble 12 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	12.6	99%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	12.4	97%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	11.9	93%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	11.8	93%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	11.8	92%
Bubble 12 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	11.7	91%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	11.6	91%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	11.6	90%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	10	78%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10	78%
Bubble 12 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	10	78%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	9.9	77%
Bubble 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.9	77%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.8	77%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	9.3	72%
Bubble 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	9.1	71%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	9	70%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.4	58%
Bubble 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.8	53%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.1	48%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	5.3	106%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	5.1	103%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	5	100%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	4.9	99%
Bubble 12 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	4.9	98%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	4.7	95%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	4.3	87%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	4.3	87%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	4.3	87%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	4.2	84%
Bubble 12 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	4.1	83%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	4.1	81%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	3.9	78%
Bubble 12 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	3.9	77%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	3.8	77%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	3.8	75%
Bubble 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	3.7	75%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	3.7	75%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.1	61%
Bubble 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3	60%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.9	58%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.2	44%
Bubble 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2	40%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.8	37%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 2.4 DPE	9	13.6	112%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Hydro Pump 2.08 DPE	18	12.1	100%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 2.4 DPE	12	12	99%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Surf 2 DPE	12	11.7	97%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Brutal Swing 1.89 DPE	9	11.2	92%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	15	11.1	91%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Hydro Pump 2.08 DPE	21	10.8	89%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 2.4 DPE	14	10.8	89%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Surf 2 DPE	15	10.5	87%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Night Slash 1.71 DPE	9	10.4	86%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Brutal Swing 1.89 DPE	12	10.1	83%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	10	83%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Hydro Pump 2.08 DPE	26	9.8	81%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Surf 2 DPE	16	9.6	79%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Night Slash 1.71 DPE	12	9.5	78%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Brutal Swing 1.89 DPE	12	9.3	76%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	9.2	76%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Night Slash 1.71 DPE	12	8.7	72%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	12	8.6	71%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	15	8.1	67%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	16	7.6	63%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	24	4	33%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	3.7	31%
Water Shuriken 4.7 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	15	3.1	25%

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 Greninja?

Greninja is weak to Fighting, Bug, Grass, Electric and Fairy moves.

The best counter to Greninja is Mega Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere, followed by Mega Mewtwo X, Mega Blaziken and Mega Sceptile.

The top Greninja 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 Lucario	Force Palm Aura Sphere	100%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Dynamic Punch+	99%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Focus Blast	96%
Mega Blaziken	Counter Aura Sphere	94%
Mega Lucario	Counter Aura Sphere	89%
Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant	87%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Zap Cannon+	87%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Thunderbolt	86%
Regieleki	Lock-On Thunder Cage	85%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Wild Charge	84%

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

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		223
Defense		152
Stamina		176

Max HP

Level 40

150

Size

Height	1.5 m
Weight	40 kg

Other

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

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,137
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,516
Level 30 Max wild	2,275
Level 40	2,654
Level 50	3,001

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,896
Level 35 (wild)	2,465

Costumes

Greninja costumes

Greninja (Witch Hat)

Greninja (Witch Hat) (Shiny) in Pokémon GO