Mega Greninja

#658 (Kalos)

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Pokémon type

Water

Dark

Boosted in Rain and Fog weather

Mega Greninja weaknesses

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

160%

Resistances

Mega 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 Mega Greninja

The best moves for Mega 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 temporarily evolves into Mega Greninja.

Evolving Mega Greninja 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 Greninja:

Normal

Mega Evolution

View 1 costume for Greninja »

(which only changes Greninja's appearance)

Game images

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

Summary

Mega Greninja is a Water & Dark Pokémon. 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 4,278.

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+ Mega	130	1	1.56
Surf	60	2	1.44
Return Purified	25	3	0.76

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
Surf+ Mega	55	35	1.89
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

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	18.5	100%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Surf+ Mega 104 DPS	18.5	100%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	18.1	98%
Bubble 12 DPS	Surf+ Mega 104 DPS	18	97%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	17.6	95%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Surf+ Mega 104 DPS	17.4	94%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	16.8	91%
Bubble 12 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	16.5	89%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	16.2	88%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	15.5	84%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	15.5	84%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	15.4	83%
Bubble 12 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	15.3	83%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	15.2	82%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	15.1	82%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	13.1	71%
Bubble 12 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	13	71%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	13	70%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	13	70%
Bubble 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	12.9	70%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	12.8	69%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	12.1	65%
Bubble 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	11.9	65%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	11.8	64%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	6.9	106%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	6.7	103%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	6.5	100%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Cannon Elite TM 54 DPS	6.5	99%
Bubble 12 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	6.4	98%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Brutal Swing 39 DPS	6.2	95%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Surf+ Mega 104 DPS	5.9	90%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Surf+ Mega 104 DPS	5.9	90%
Bubble 12 DPS	Surf+ Mega 104 DPS	5.8	90%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	5.7	87%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	5.7	87%
Bubble 12 DPS	Hydro Pump 46.3 DPS	5.6	86%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	5.5	84%
Bubble 12 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	5.4	83%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Surf 48 DPS	5.3	81%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	5.1	78%
Bubble 12 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	5	77%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Night Slash 27 DPS	5	77%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	4.9	75%
Bubble 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	4.9	75%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	4.9	75%
Feint Attack 13.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	4	61%
Bubble 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.9	60%
Water Shuriken 10.8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.8	58%

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	Surf+ Mega 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 ▲ att 1.71 DPE	9	10.4	86%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Brutal Swing 1.89 DPE	12	10.1	83%
Bubble 3.7 EPT	Surf+ Mega 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 ▲ att 1.71 DPE	12	9.5	78%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Brutal Swing 1.89 DPE	12	9.3	76%
Feint Attack 3 EPT	Surf+ Mega 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 ▲ att 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%

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 Greninja counters

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

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Keldeo (Resolute Form)

Low Kick

Secret Sword

0.94
2
Zekrom (Shadow)

Charge Beam

Fusion Bolt

1.03
3
Raikou (Shadow)

Thunder Shock

Aura Sphere

1.1
4
Kartana

Fury Cutter

Sacred Sword

1.16
5
Blaziken (Shadow)

Counter

Aura Sphere

1.17

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Mewtwo X with Counter and Dynamic Punch+.

All Mega Greninja counters »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		299
Defense		180
Stamina		176

Max HP

Level 40	150
Level 50	160

Average size

Height	1.5 m
Weight	40 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	10,000
Candy	25

Other

Buddy walk distance

3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,622
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	2,162
Level 30 Max wild	3,244
Level 40	3,784
Level 50	4,278

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,703
Level 35 (wild)	3,514

Costumes

Greninja costumes

Greninja (Witch Hat)

Greninja (Witch Hat) (Shiny) in Pokémon GO