Pokemon GO Dugtrio: Best moveset, counters, and is it any good?

Pokemon GO Dugtrio, which evolves from Diglett, should learn its best moveset to perform at its full potential in Pokemon GO PvP and PvE. There, it will face unknown counters that are good at exploiting its type weaknesses. Many of them are overwhelmingly strong, so one needs to watch for these meta threats too. For these reasons, you may wonder whether this Pocket Monster is a good fit in the game or not.

In this article, we will explain the best moveset and counters for Dugtrio in Pokemon GO and whether it is good in different gameplay formats.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's point of view.

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Best moveset for Pokemon GO Dugtrio

Dugtrio in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

Pokemon GO Dugtrio is a single Grass-type Pokemon and has a different set of best movesets for PvP and PvE modes.

The best PvE moveset for Dugtrio in Pokemon GO:

• Fast Attack: Mud-Slap
• Charged Attack: Earthquake

The best PvP moveset for Dugtrio in Pokemon GO:

• Fast Attack: Mud Shot
• Charged Attacks: Mud Bomb and Stone Edge

Aside from the Stone Edge, all the given above moves can utilize the same type attack bonus (STAB) effect, because they are Ground-type moves.

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All moves of Dugtrio in Pokemon GO

The Fast Attacks of Dugtrio are as follows:

• Sucker Punch (Dark)
• Mud-Slap (Ground)
• Mud Shot (Ground)

All the Charged Attacks of Dugtrio are:

• Earthquake (Ground)
• Stone Edge (Rock)
• Mud Bomb (Ground)

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Pokemon GO Dugtrio: Best PvP and PvE counters

Best counters for Dugtrio (Image via TPC)

Dugtrio can be used in PvE modes, such as Raids and Gym Attacks, or in PvP, which is the GO Battle League (GBL). It is weak to Grass-, Ice-, and Water-type moves, and when Pocket Monsters of these types use these moves, they inflict heavy damage on Dugtrio.

PvE counters:

• Breloom
• Kyurem
• Incarnate Forme Enamorus
• Rayquaza
• Clawitzer
• Gyarados
• Feraligator
• Tangrowth

Great League counters:

• Pelipper
• Gligar
• Mantine
• Trevenant
• Victreebel
• Quagsire
• Shadow Feraligatr

Ultra League counters:

• Swampert
• Walrein
• Greninja
• Shadow Dragonite
• Golisopod
• Alolan Ninetales
• Virizion

The maximum CP of Pokemon GO Dugtrio is just 1760, which is why it is best to avoid using it in the Master League.

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Is Pokemon GO Dugtrio good in PvP and PvE?

By training your Dugtrio with the best moveset for PvE, it will boast a damage per second (DPS) of 10.26, a total damage output (TDO) of 133.73, and a score of 12.1. Therefore, it is bad in Raids and Gym Attacks.

Unsurprisingly, Dugtrio is also not good in any of the GO Battle League formats. Even though this is its sad story, it has a unique design to flex for sure.