Flygon
Attack
Defense
Stamina
Best Movesets
Analysis
Flygon’s "unique" typing suggests that it’d be an excellent counter to Electric-type Pokemon: it deals super effective damage while triply resisting Electric-type attacks. But Flygon suffers the same problem in GO that it has in the regular Pokemon games: it lacks the elite stats to really shine. Groudon, Garchomp, and Dragonite do just about everything that Flygon can, but better. Overall, as an adjunct Ground or Dragon-type attacker, Flygon isn’t useless, it just isn’t very useful.
Offense
- Dragon Tail should be paired with Dragon Claw. This set has better neutral coverage and damage than the Ground-type set, but it also has more competition.
- Sand Attack should be paired with Scorching Sands.
- Mud Shot is okay, but it's a bit behind.
- Stone Edge may have a few niche uses, but is generally the worst option.
- Boomburst, Earthquake, Sand Tomb, and Earthpower* are inferior.
Defense
- Dragon Tail is Flygon's only viable fast move on defense, with triple Mud Shot’s power.
- Sand Tomb has solid counter-coverage against some of the Pokemon that would otherwise prey on Flygon, and it comes out frequently enough to be threatening.
- Dragon Claw is also great, having 3 charge bars and an early damage window. However, it leaves Flygon easily walled by Steel or Fairy Types.
- Earth Power* is a decent second choice, as is Scorching Sands
- Stone Edge has counter coverage, but Flygon’s bulk isn’t well suited for 1-bar moves.
- Sand Attack, Earthquake and Boomburst are underwhelming on defense.
Dragon Tail is a solid choice after the buffs from the GBL Season 8 update, with strong STAB damage output and average energy gains. Mud Shot provides very fast energy gains to help Flygon spam its powerful charge moves, but has very poor damage output. Sand Attack trades off a little bit of energy generation for a little more raw power, making it viable as a choice as well.
Dragon Claw sees a lot of use on Flygon, which is often used to apply heavy shield pressure and bait shields. Though its base power isn't anything spectacular, the frequency of which it can be used is noticeable. Dragon-type opponents also dislike being abused by constant Dragon Claw spam.
Scorching Sands has a very respectable DPE (Damage per Energy), a relatively low energy cost, and a solid chance to drop the target's Attack on use, making it an optimal choice. Earthquake has the potential to deal huge damage to the opponent if it's unshielded (and if the opponent doesn't fly), making it also worth considering. Stone Edge adds coverage to Flygon and helps deal with its double weakness to Ice-type Pokemon, in addition to common Flying-types.
Earth Power, Flygon's Community Day special move, has a DPE very similar to Scorching Sands but with higher energy cost and low odds of cutting the target's Defense, making it the lesser option in most cases.
Flygon competes with other Ground-type and Dragon-type Pokemon in Great League, but due to its offensive stat distribution, falls significantly behind in bulk with a 1500 CP cap. Flygon makes up for this by being one of the fastest spammers in the game, applying heavy shield pressure thanks to the massive energy generation from Mud Shot and low energy cost Dragon Claws. Relatively quick access to the powerful Earthquake and Stone Edge moves enables Flygon to threaten numerous Pokemon with a potential KO if unshielded. Thanks to its moveset, Flygon is one of the best Pokemon at baiting or forcing shields, and almost always leaves a bruise on its opponent before going down. Just keep this guy away from Ice-types.
