Flaaffy

#180 (Johto)

#181 Ampharos ›

Pokémon type

Electric

Flaaffy weaknesses

Flaaffy is weak to Ground-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Flaaffy is resistant to Flying, Steel and Electric-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Flaaffy

The best moves for Flaaffy are Charge Beam and Thunderbolt 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

Charge Beam

8.4DPS

Thunderbolt

38.4DPS

Defending

Charge Beam

8.4DPS

Discharge

31.2DPS

Trainer Battles

Charge Beam

3.7EPT

Thunderbolt

1.96DPE

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Evolution

There are 4 Pokémon in the Mareep family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Flaaffy evolves from Mareep for 25 Candy, and into Ampharos for 100 Candy, then temporarily into Mega Ampharos.

Evolving Mega Ampharos costs 200 Mega Energy the first time, and 40 Mega Energy every time after.

Game images

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

Summary

Flaaffy is an Electric Pokémon which evolves from Mareep. It is weak to Ground moves. Flaaffy's best moveset is Charge Beam & Thunderbolt and it has a Max CP of 1,720. Flaaffy evolves into Ampharos.

About

"Flaaffy's wool quality changes so that it can generate a high amount of static electricity with a small amount of wool. The bare and slick parts of its hide are shielded against electricity."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Tackle	5	10	10
Charge Beam	7	14	8.4

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Discharge	65	3	2.36
Thunderbolt	80	2	1.92
Power Gem	80	2	1.6
Trailblaze	65	2	1.3
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Charge Beam	6	3	2.4	3.7
Tackle	3	1	3	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Thunderbolt	90	55	1.96
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Power Gem	85	50	1.7
Discharge	55	40	1.65
Trailblaze ▲ att	65	45	1.44
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
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Thunderbolt 38.4 DPS	7.7	100%
Tackle 10 DPS	Thunderbolt 38.4 DPS	7.6	99%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Discharge 31.2 DPS	7.4	97%
Tackle 10 DPS	Discharge 31.2 DPS	7.4	96%
Tackle 10 DPS	Trailblaze 32.5 DPS	6.6	86%
Tackle 10 DPS	Power Gem 26.7 DPS	6.4	83%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Trailblaze 32.5 DPS	6.4	83%
Tackle 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.4	83%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Power Gem 26.7 DPS	6.2	81%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.1	80%
Tackle 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	4.5	59%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.5	45%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Discharge 31.2 DPS	3.1	100%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Thunderbolt 38.4 DPS	3	98%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Power Gem 26.7 DPS	2.6	83%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Trailblaze 32.5 DPS	2.4	78%
Tackle 10 DPS	Discharge 31.2 DPS	2	66%
Tackle 10 DPS	Thunderbolt 38.4 DPS	1.9	62%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.8	59%
Tackle 10 DPS	Power Gem 26.7 DPS	1.7	56%
Tackle 10 DPS	Trailblaze 32.5 DPS	1.6	51%
Tackle 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.3	41%
Charge Beam 8.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.1	36%
Tackle 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	0.9	30%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Charge Beam 3.7 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.96 DPE	15	9.6	100%
Charge Beam 3.7 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	9.2	96%
Tackle 3 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.96 DPE	19	8.9	93%
Charge Beam 3.7 EPT	Power Gem 1.7 DPE	15	8.6	90%
Tackle 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	8.6	89%
Charge Beam 3.7 EPT	Discharge 1.65 DPE	12	8.5	88%
Tackle 3 EPT	Power Gem 1.7 DPE	17	8.1	84%
Tackle 3 EPT	Discharge 1.65 DPE	14	8	83%
Charge Beam 3.7 EPT	Trailblaze 1.44 DPE	15	7.7	80%
Tackle 3 EPT	Trailblaze 1.44 DPE	15	7.3	76%
Tackle 3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	24	3.4	36%
Charge Beam 3.7 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	2.9	30%

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 Flaaffy?

Flaaffy is weak to Ground moves.

The best counter to Flaaffy is Primal Groudon with Mud Shot and Precipice Blades, followed by Mega Garchomp, Landorus (Therian Forme) and Deoxys (Attack Forme).

The top Flaaffy 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
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Precipice Blades	100%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Earthquake	92%
Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot Earth Power	89%
Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot Earthquake	89%
Landorus (Therian Forme)	Mud Shot Sandsear Storm	87%
Deoxys (Attack Forme)	Zen Headbutt Psycho Boost	85%
Deoxys (Attack Forme)	Poison Jab Psycho Boost	85%
Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail Earth Power	80%
Mega Mewtwo Y	Confusion Psystrike	79%
Mega Mewtwo Y	Psycho Cut Psystrike	79%

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

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		145
Defense		109
Stamina		172

Max HP

Level 40

147

Size

Height	0.79 m
Weight	13.3 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	5 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	652
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	869
Level 30 Max wild	1,304
Level 40	1,521
Level 50	1,720

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,086
Level 35 (wild)	1,413