Best Max Battle Tanks Against Attacks
Pokémon that take Fire-type boss attacks best, ranked by the Max Moves your team gets.
Ranked against a Fire-type boss that only uses Fire-type attacks.
Fire-type boss
Median stats of real T5 bosses.
Type
Fire
HP
75,000
Base Attack
228
Base Defense
212
Move
Fire attack
Power 100 · Duration 2.5 s
Used for both group-wide and single-target attacks.
Type effectiveness
- Weak to
Water
Ground
Rock
- Resists
Fire
Grass
Ice
Bug
Steel
Fairy
Tank level
Battle tier
#
Pokémon
Fast move
Charged move
HP
Hits to faint
Max Moves
% of best
1
Dragon Breath
Aqua Tail
161
6.7
231.8
100.0%
2
Water Gun
Ancient Power
147
5.7
211.2
91.1%
3
Water Gun
Scald
189
5.3
198.6
85.7%
4
Pound
Psychic
403
5.2
194.2
83.8%
5
Lock On
Earthquake
162
5.8
193.4
83.5%
6
Water Gun
Liquidation
230
4.5
181.8
78.5%
7
Mud Shot
Ancient Power
134
4.8
178.7
77.1%
8
Dragon Breath
Outrage
162
4.8
178.1
76.8%
9
Dragon Breath
Psychic
162
4.2
170.3
73.5%
10
Bite
Brutal Swing
178
4.0
167.8
72.4%
11
Bite
Aqua Tail
182
4.1
167.3
72.2%
12
Dragon Breath
Dragon Energy
327
4.2
167.2
72.1%
13
Lock On
Rock Slide
168
4.1
157.8
68.1%
14
Water Gun
Hydro Cannon
160
4.0
142.8
61.6%
15
Water Gun
Hydro Cannon
160
4.0
141.5
61.0%
16
Lick
Earthquake
272
3.5
140.2
60.5%
17
Bite
Scorching Sands
175
3.6
139.7
60.3%
18
Pound
Psychic
396
4.0
137.1
59.1%
19
Water Gun
Sparkling Aria
230
3.1
130.6
56.4%
20
Mud Shot
Earth Power
162
3.3
130.2
56.2%
21
Tackle
Blast Burn
162
3.2
128.7
55.5%
22
Dragon Breath
Blast Burn
158
3.4
128.6
55.5%
23
Tackle
Blast Burn
162
3.2
128.4
55.4%
24
Metal Claw
Giga Impact
163
3.0
128.4
55.4%
25
Dragon Breath
Blast Burn
158
3.4
128.3
55.4%
26
Water Gun
Snipe Shot
147
2.6
105.7
45.6%
27
Water Gun
Snipe Shot
147
2.6
105.5
45.5%
28
Dragon Breath
Draco Meteor
173
2.7
104.1
44.9%
29
Sucker Punch
Dynamic Punch
189
2.6
103.4
44.6%
30
Mud Shot
Crabhammer
127
2.8
103.4
44.6%
31
Mud Shot
Crabhammer
127
2.8
102.8
44.4%
32
Water Gun
Ancient Power
99
3.0
102.6
44.3%
33
Dragon Tail
Dynamax Cannon
223
5.2
102.4
44.2%
34
Bite
Dragon Pulse
150
2.5
102.2
44.1%
35
Tackle
Rock Slide
195
2.8
102.0
44.0%
36
Scratch
Ancient Power
92
2.6
101.6
43.8%
37
Tackle
Crunch
217
2.6
101.6
43.8%
38
Water Gun
Aqua Jet
132
2.5
101.1
43.6%
39
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
175
2.6
101.0
43.6%
40
Extrasensory
Earthquake
180
5.1
96.7
41.7%
41
Low Kick
Psychic
145
2.1
93.7
40.4%
42
Smack Down
Rock Wrecker
210
4.8
93.2
40.2%
43
Water Gun
Water Pulse
140
2.0
92.9
40.1%
44
Scratch
Fire Punch
131
2.1
92.2
39.8%
45
Tackle
Body Slam
150
2.2
92.1
39.7%
46
Metal Claw
Dragon Claw
147
2.1
92.0
39.7%
47
Metal Claw
Dragon Claw
147
2.1
91.9
39.7%
48
Bug Bite
Crunch
189
2.3
91.6
39.5%
49
Psycho Cut
Foul Play
169
2.1
91.6
39.5%
50
Thunder Shock
Ancient Power
175
2.5
91.6
39.5%
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Bosses with Fire attacks
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Frequently Asked Questions
What makes a good Max Battle tank against Fire attacks?
High HP and Defense let a tank survive more hits, and Pokémon that resist Fire take less damage from each one. A fast move that fills the Max Meter quickly matters too, since your team gets more Max Moves the faster the meter fills. In T5 battles at Level 40, Palkia ranks first.
Should my tank use a charged move?
Usually not. Fast moves fill the Max Meter faster, and a charged move's long animation slows it down. Near the end of a battle, when there's no time for another Max Phase, a charged move can add extra damage. The Charged move column shows the strongest one for each tank.
Is Level 50 worth it for a tank?
More levels mean more HP and Defense, so a Level 50 tank survives more hits and usually earns your team more Max Moves. Use the Tank level toggle to compare. It's worth the Candy XL for the tanks you use most.
How are these tanks ranked?
We simulate each tank in 3,000 Max Battles against a stand-in boss with the median stats of real T5 or T6 bosses. It's a Fire type and uses only Fire-type attacks. Four Trainers each bring two of the Pokémon being ranked, the boss enrages partway through, and the battle ends at its time limit. The score is the average Max Moves your team gets, counting a little extra the closer the boss came to fainting.
How do you build the stand-in boss?
Its stats come from the real bosses at the selected tier: Dynamax legendary and mythical bosses for T5, and Gigantamax bosses for T6. Only bosses already released in Pokémon GO count. Base Attack and Base Defense are the medians of those bosses' stats, so one unusually strong or weak boss can't skew them. HP is the tier's standard 75,000. Its one move has the page's attack type (neutral on the overall page) and the median power, duration and energy of every charged move those bosses know. On a type's page, the boss is that type too, so its move gets the 1.2× same-type attack bonus (STAB), and your Pokémon's attacks hit it with that type's weaknesses and resistances. On the overall page it has no type, so its move gets no STAB and every attack hits it for neutral damage. In the formulas, 15 is the boss's Attack IV, 0.85 its CP multiplier, and 0.9 the attack multiplier we apply to every Max Battle boss.
