Archen Weaknesses and Strengths

Archen is a dual-type Pokemon of types Rock and Flying. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Steel	160%
Water	160%
Rock	160%
Electric	160%
Ice	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Normal	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Bug	62.5%

Best Moves for Archen in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Archen.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Wing Attack	Ancient Power	36.00	395.00
Wing Attack	Dragon Claw	41.41	391.68
Quick Attack	Ancient Power	34.00	388.23
Quick Attack	Dragon Claw	39.41	375.50
Wing Attack	Crunch	33.88	370.85
Quick Attack	Crunch	31.88	351.60

All Moves for Archen

Below are all the moves that Archen can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Ancient Power	Charged	70	24	3500ms	-33
Crunch	Charged	70	21.88	3200ms	-33
Dragon Claw	Charged	50	29.41	1700ms	-33
Quick Attack	Quick	8	10	800ms	10
Wing Attack	Quick	8	10	800ms	9

Archen Evolution

Archen

Requires 50x Candy

Archeops

Best Archen Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Archen Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Archen in a raid.

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