Bruxish

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Pokémon type

Water

Psychic

Bruxish weaknesses

Bruxish is weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric and Dark-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Bruxish is resistant to Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water, Psychic and Ice-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Bruxish

The best moves for Bruxish are Confusion and Psyshock 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

Confusion

15.2DPS

Psyshock

28.8DPS

Defending

Confusion

15.2DPS

Psyshock

28.8DPS

Trainer Battles

Confusion

3.5EPT

Psyshock

2.1DPE

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Evolution

Bruxish currently has no evolutions in Pokémon GO.

Game images

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

Events

Festival of Colors

Regional

4th Mar

Summary

Bruxish is a Water & Psychic Pokémon. It is weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric and Dark moves. Bruxish's best moveset is Confusion & Psyshock and it has a Max CP of 2,701.

About

"Its skin is thick enough to fend off Mareanie's spikes. With its robust teeth, Bruxish crunches up the spikes and eats them."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Confusion	19	9.3	15.2
Bite	6	8	12
Water Gun	5	10	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psyshock	60	3	2.18
Crunch	65	3	1.97
Aqua Tail	50	3	1.82
Psychic Fangs	25	3	0.91

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Bite	2	1	2	4
Confusion	16	4	4.8	3.5
Water Gun	3	1	3.6	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psyshock	70	40	2.1
Aqua Tail	55	35	1.89
Crunch ▼ def	70	45	1.56
Psychic Fangs ▼ def	40	35	1.37

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
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	10.5	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Aqua Tail 30 DPS	10.4	99%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	10.1	96%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Aqua Tail 30 DPS	9.9	95%
Bite 12 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	9.7	92%
Bite 12 DPS	Aqua Tail 30 DPS	9.5	91%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic Fangs 30 DPS	9.4	90%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	9.2	87%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Psychic Fangs 30 DPS	8.8	84%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	8.7	83%
Bite 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	8.5	81%
Bite 12 DPS	Psychic Fangs 30 DPS	8.5	81%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	4.9	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Aqua Tail 30 DPS	4.7	95%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	4.5	91%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic Fangs 30 DPS	3.8	77%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	2.8	56%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Aqua Tail 30 DPS	2.6	52%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	2.6	52%
Bite 12 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	2.6	52%
Bite 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	2.4	48%
Bite 12 DPS	Aqua Tail 30 DPS	2.4	48%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Psychic Fangs 30 DPS	1.9	39%
Bite 12 DPS	Psychic Fangs 30 DPS	1.8	37%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psyshock 2.1 DPE	12	12.2	100%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Aqua Tail 1.89 DPE	12	11.4	94%
Bite 4 EPT	Psyshock 2.1 DPE	10	10.4	86%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Crunch 1.56 DPE	16	10.2	84%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Psyshock 2.1 DPE	14	9.9	81%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psychic Fangs 1.37 DPE	12	9.6	79%
Bite 4 EPT	Aqua Tail 1.89 DPE	9	9.5	79%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Aqua Tail 1.89 DPE	12	9.3	76%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Crunch 1.56 DPE	15	8.3	68%
Bite 4 EPT	Crunch 1.56 DPE	12	8.2	68%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Psychic Fangs 1.37 DPE	12	7.7	63%
Bite 4 EPT	Psychic Fangs 1.37 DPE	9	7.5	62%

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 Bruxish?

Bruxish is weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric and Dark moves.

The best counter to Bruxish is Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant, followed by Mega Gengar, Dawn Wings Necrozma and Mega Raichu Y.

The top Bruxish 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 Sceptile	Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant	100%
Mega Gengar	Lick Shadow Ball	100%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw Moongeist Beam	99%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Zap Cannon+	99%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut Moongeist Beam	99%
Regieleki	Lock-On Thunder Cage	97%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Wild Charge	96%
Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Shadow Ball	96%
Mega Raichu Y	Volt Switch Zap Cannon+	96%
Mega Gengar	Hex Shadow Ball	96%

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

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		208
Defense		145
Stamina		169

Max HP

Level 40

145

Size

Height	0.9 m
Weight	19 kg

Other

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

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,024
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,365
Level 30 Max wild	2,048
Level 40	2,389
Level 50	2,701

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,707
Level 35 (wild)	2,219