Mantine is a Water and Flying-type Pokemon in Pokemon GO. Evolved from Mantyke using 50 Candies, Mantine is a Pokemon that can deal serious damage to various Bug and Fire types. Learning the Pokemon’s strengths, weaknesses and movesets will help you in future battles and raids. This guide provides information on the best Movesets and various Counters for Mantine in Pokemon GO.
Pokemon GO – The Best Movesets and Counters for Mantine
The best moveset to use with Mantine in Pokemon GO is Bubble and Aerial Ace. These moves provide high DPS output and Same-Type attack bonuses compared to moves like Bullet Seed and Ice Beam. Furthermore, while other moves like Water Pulse and Bubble Beam provide similar DPS stats, Aerial Ace costs the least energy to use. However, if you’re looking to use purely Water-type moves to hard counter another Pokemon, Water Pulse or Bubble Beams are acceptable alternatives.
What Counters Mantine?
Since Mantine is a Water and Flying-type, it is weak against Electric and Rock-type moves. While Rock-type moves deal 160% of their regular damage, Electric-type moves are far more devastating, dealing 256% of their typical damage. However, Mantine is strong against six different types, with Ground being the least effective. With this in mind, the following Pokemon are examples of those that are strong against Mantine in Pokemon GO:
- Xuritree: Thunder Shock and Discharge or Spark and Discharge
- Zekrom: Charge Beam and Wild Charge
- Electivire: Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
- Thundurus: Volt Switch and Thunderbolt (Therian) or Thunder Shock and Thunder (Incarnate)
- Zapdos: Thunder Shock and Zap Cannon
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Don’t be too alarmed if you do not have any of these Pokemon in your party. If you have any Pokemon with Rock or Electric-type moves in your party, you’ll have a much easier time defeating Mantine during battle. Similarly, if you use Mantine in a fight, avoid using the Pokemon against any that use these move types. However, there are also six move types Mantine is resistant to. The following is a list of the types that are ineffective against Mantine:
- Fighting
- Bug
- Steel
- Fire
- Water
- Ground
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