Malamar's best moves in Pokémon GO

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Psywave	Foul Play	12.04	323.3	23.4
2.	Psycho Cut	Foul Play	11.80	317.0	22.9
3.	Psywave	Hyper Beam	10.71	287.7	20.4
4.	Peck	Foul Play	10.55	283.4	19.9
5.	Psycho Cut	Hyper Beam	10.47	281.3	19.7
6.	Psywave	Superpower	10.16	272.9	18.8
7.	Psycho Cut	Superpower	10.01	268.8	18.3
8.	Psywave	Psybeam	9.76	262.0	17.6
9.	Psycho Cut	Psybeam	9.62	258.3	17.2
10.	Peck	Hyper Beam	9.26	248.8	16.2
11.	Peck	Superpower	9.18	246.4	15.9
12.	Peck	Psybeam	8.86	238.0	15.0

Malamar's Fast Attacks Guide

Moves

Malamar has access to 3 Fast Attacks (Peck, Psycho Cut, and Psywave), which cover Flying and Psychic-type attacks. When using Psycho Cut and Psywave you will benefit from STAB (Same-Type-Attack-Bonus), which increases the move damage by ×1.2.

Peck10101.0s

Type effectiveness chart

160.0%
- Fighting
- Bug
- Grass

62.5%
- Rock
- Steel
- Electric

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	10
Energy	10
Weather boost	Windy
Duration	1.0s
Damage window	0.5s - 0.9s

Trainer Battles

Damage	6
Energy	5

Effects

Peck has no special effects.

See Peck details page ↗

Psycho Cut580.6s

Type effectiveness chart

160.0%
- Fighting
- Poison

62.5%
- Steel
- Psychic

39.1%
- Dark

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	5
Energy	8
Weather boost	Windy
Duration	0.6s
Damage window	0.4s - 0.6s

Trainer Battles

Damage	3
Energy	9

Effects

Psycho Cut has no special effects.

See Psycho Cut details page ↗

Psywave470.5s

Type effectiveness chart

160.0%
- Fighting
- Poison

62.5%
- Steel
- Psychic

39.1%
- Dark

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	4
Energy	7
Weather boost	Windy
Duration	0.5s
Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

Trainer Battles

Damage	3
Energy	2

Effects

Psywave has no special effects.

See Psywave details page ↗

Tabular view

Fast Move	Raid Battles					Trainer Battles
Name 🔼	PWR	DPS	ENG	EPS	CD	PWR	ENG	DPT	EPT	CD
Peck	10	10.00	10	10.00	1.0s	6	5	-
Psycho Cut	5	8.33	8	13.33	0.6s	3	9	-
Psywave	4	8.00	7	14.00	0.5s	3	2	-

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.

Malamar's Fast Attacks Type Coverage


Flying	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.6	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0
Psychic	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×0.4	×1.0

Malamar's Charge Attacks Guide

Moves

Malamar has access to 4 Charge Attacks (Hyper Beam, Psybeam, Foul Play, and Superpower), which cover Normal, Psychic, Dark, and Fighting-type attacks. When using Psybeam and Foul Play you will benefit from STAB (Same-Type-Attack-Bonus), which increases the move damage by ×1.2.

Hyper Beam1501003.8s

Type effectiveness chart

62.5%
- Rock
- Steel

39.1%
- Ghost

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	150
Energy	100
Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
Duration	3.8s
Damage window	3.3s - 3.6s

Trainer Battles

Damage	150
Energy	80

Effects

Hyper Beam has no special effects.

See Hyper Beam details page ↗

Psybeam70503.2s

Type effectiveness chart

160.0%
- Fighting
- Poison

62.5%
- Steel
- Psychic

39.1%
- Dark

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	70
Energy	50
Weather boost	Windy
Duration	3.2s
Damage window	1.3s - 2.7s

Trainer Battles

Damage	70
Energy	60

Effects

Psybeam has no special effects.

See Psybeam details page ↗

Foul Play70502.0s

Type effectiveness chart

160.0%
- Ghost
- Psychic

62.5%
- Fighting
- Dark
- Fairy

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	70
Energy	50
Weather boost	Fog
Duration	2.0s
Damage window	1.7s - 1.9s

Trainer Battles

Damage	70
Energy	45

Effects

Foul Play has no special effects.

See Foul Play details page ↗

Superpower85503.0s

Type effectiveness chart

160.0%
- Normal
- Rock
- Steel
- Ice
- Dark

62.5%
- Flying
- Poison
- Bug
- Psychic
- Fairy

39.1%
- Ghost

Gym and Raid Battles

Damage	85
Energy	50
Weather boost	Cloudy
Duration	3.0s
Damage window	2.1s - 2.8s

Trainer Battles

Damage	85
Energy	40

Effects

Special

Superpower has a 100.0% chance to:

Decrease User's Attack by 20.0%
Decrease User's Defense by 20.0%

See Superpower details page ↗

Tabular view

Charge Move	Raid Battles					Trainer Battles
Name 🔼	PWR	DPS	ENG	DPE	CD	PWR	ENG	DPE
Foul Play	70	35.00	50	-	2.0s	70	45	-
Hyper Beam	150	39.47	100	-	3.8s	150	80	-
Psybeam	70	21.88	50	-	3.2s	70	60	-
Superpower Special Superpower has a 100.0% chance to: Decrease User's Attack by 20.0% Decrease User's Defense by 20.0%	85	28.33	50	-	3.0s	85	40	-

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

Superpower has a 100.0% chance to:

Decrease User's Attack by 20.0%
Decrease User's Defense by 20.0%

Malamar's Charge Attacks Type Coverage


Normal	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×0.4	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0
Psychic	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×0.4	×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
Fighting	×1.6	×1.0	×0.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6	×0.4	×1.6	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.6	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6