Trapinch's best moves in Pokémon GO


1.	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	5.56	7.54	52.8
2.	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	5.19	7.04	49.3
3.	Sand Attack	Dig	5.08	6.89	48.2
4.	Mud Shot	Dig	4.82	6.54	45.8
5.	Sand Attack	Crunch	4.77	6.47	45.3
6.	Mud Shot	Crunch	4.61	6.25	43.7
7.	Sand Attack	Sand Tomb	4.44	6.02	42.1
8.	Mud Shot	Sand Tomb	4.34	5.88	41.1

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Trapinch's Fast Attacks Guide

Moves

Trapinch has access to 3 Fast Attacks (Mud Shot, Struggle Bug, and Sand Attack), which cover Ground and Bug-type attacks. When using Mud Shot and Sand Attack you will benefit from STAB (Same-Type-Attack-Bonus), which increases the move damage by ×1.2.

Mud Shot460.5s

Struggle Bug15151.5s

Sand Attack470.5s

Tabular view

Fast Move	Raid Battles					Trainer Battles

Mud Shot	4	8.00	6	12.00	0.5s	3	9	-
Sand Attack	4	8.00	7	14.00	0.5s	2	4	-
Struggle Bug	15	10.00	15	10.00	1.5s	9	8	-

PWR stands for Power, DPS for damage per second, ENG for Energy generated per use, EPS for energy per second, CD for move duration, DPE for damage per energy point used. DPT and EPT stand for Damage and Energy per turn, and are only applicable in PvP.

Trapinch's Fast Attacks Type Coverage


Ground	×1.0	×1.0	×0.4	×1.6	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.6	×1.6	×1.0	×0.6	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0
Bug	×1.0	×0.6	×0.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×0.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6

Trapinch's Charged Attacks Guide

Moves

Trapinch has access to 4 Charged Attacks (Dig, Sand Tomb, Crunch, and Scorching Sands), which cover Ground and Dark-type attacks. When using Dig, Sand Tomb, and Scorching Sands you will benefit from STAB (Same-Type-Attack-Bonus), which increases the move damage by ×1.2.

Dig100504.5s

Sand Tomb60334.0s

Crunch65333.0s

Scorching Sands90503.0s

Tabular view

Charge Move	Raid Battles					Trainer Battles

Crunch Special Crunch has a 20.0% chance to: Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%	65	21.67	33	1.97	3.0s	70	45	-
Dig	100	22.22	50	2.00	4.5s	70	50	-
Sand Tomb Special Sand Tomb has a 100.0% chance to: Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%	60	15.00	33	1.82	4.0s	55	45	-
Scorching Sands Special Scorching Sands has a 10.0% chance to: Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%	90	30.00	50	1.80	3.0s	80	50	-

PWR stands for Power, DPS for damage per second, ENG for Energy required, CD for move duration, DPE for damage per energy point used. DPT and EPT stand for Damage and Energy per turn, and are only applicable in PvP.

Moves with Special Effects in PvP

Special

Sand Tomb has a 100.0% chance to:

Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

Special

Crunch has a 20.0% chance to:

Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

Special

Scorching Sands has a 10.0% chance to:

Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

Trapinch's Charged Attacks Type Coverage


Ground	×1.0	×1.0	×0.4	×1.6	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.6	×1.6	×1.0	×0.6	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0
Dark	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×0.6