7 best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO (December 2024)

The best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO can sometimes mean the difference between a win and a loss. The battling system in Niantic's mobile game is starkly different from the one in the remaining entries in the Pokemon franchise. The title goes for a more action-oriented battle system utilizing a combination of light and heavy attacks. This makes up for an interesting set of mechanics for players to dive into.

The light and heavy attack mechanics of the title are accomplished by integrating Fast Attacks and Charged Attacks. Nearly every Pokemon that trainers use comes with a varied combination of these attacks, which contributes to one of the core pillars of Pokemon GO's Battle League and its metagame.

With Fast Attacks being most of the Pocket Monster's main source of damage, many trainers would like to know which the best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO are and how much damage they can dish out. It also helps if they know which moves correspond to which Pokemon.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinions.

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Charm, Dragon Tail, and five other best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO

These seven are the best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO that the players can use to defeat their opponents:

1) Charm

Charm is one of the best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

Charm is one of the hardest-hitting Attacks in the game. In PvE settings, it has a base power of 20 (with a DPS stat of 13.33). It generates energy at the rate of 7.33 per second. In PvP battles, Charm deals 15 base damage, at the rate of 5 damage per turn. It has a relatively low energy output of 2 per turn, but the heavy offensive pressure it exerts makes up for it.

Some of the best users of Charm in PvE are Gardevoir, Granbull, and Togekiss. In PvP battles, Alolan Ninetales, Wigglytuff, and Whimsicott are some of the best Charmers.

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2) Dragon Tail

Dragpult uses Dragon Tail in the anime (Image via TPC)

Providing 13.64 damage per second in PvE and 4.33 damage per turn in PvP, Dragon Tail is by and large the best Dragon-type Fast Attack in Pokemon GO at the moment. It does solid damage, generates good energy, and is even more dangerous in the hands of a Dragon-type user. While it doesn't exploit many weaknesses, it can deal super effective damage to Dragon-type foes.

The good news is that even though it doesn't exploit many weaknesses, Dragon Tail doesn't have many resistances either, so it can deal quality neutral damage in most situations.

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3) Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch got quite a boost in Pokemon GO's latest GBL season (Image via TPC)

While the move Counter would ordinarily be considered here, it received a very significant nerf in Pokemon GO's Season 20 GO Battle League changes. In most circumstances, Sucker Punch has become the new Counter clone that trainers have gravitated to thanks to a raised damage per turn of four and an energy per turn of 3.5, a perfect match for Counter's PvP numbers for 19 seasons.

The downsides to this move are that Sucker Punch is a Dark-type move instead of a Fighting-type and isn't learned by that many Pokemon. Still, unless Counter gets a boost to its numbers in the future, Sucker Punch may be the niche alternative for it going forward in PvP.

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4) Astonish

Astonish got a massive boost to its capabilities recently in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

Astonish was a joke in GO for years, but it has grown in power steadily with regular updates from Niantic. Such was the case in September 2024 when it received a massive improvement during the Season 20 move changes. After years of being inferior to the likes of Shadow Claw and Hex, Astonish increased its PvP damage per turn to four while keeping a very solid 3.33 energy per turn.

While it still doesn't overtake Shadow Claw in PvE, the DPT buff in PvP now means Astonish deals 33% more Ghost-type damage per turn than any other Fast Attack of its type, which is certainly worth noting.

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5) Razor Leaf

Razor Leaf is a spammable danger in PvP (Image via TPC)

Even after some changes years ago, Razor Leaf is still the best Grass-type Fast Attack in Pokemon GO, with its only close competitor coming in the form of Leafage. Razor Leaf deals a solid 13 damage per second in PvE with a short one-second cooldown, making it spammable for solid damage output. Meanwhile, Razor Leaf gets even better in PvP.

Dealing 4.5 damage per turn with a one-second cooldown, Razor Leaf is one of the very best Fast Attacks in all of PvP thanks to the speed the attack fires and how much damage it can deal in a short amount of time.

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6) Fire Fang

Fire Fang can hit hard in both PvE and PvP (Image via TPC)

With a DPS of 13.33 in PvE and 4 DPT, Fire Fang games out to be the best Fire-type Fast Attack by quite a sizable margin, and the 0.9-second PvE and one second PvP cooldowns help bolster this attack's resume. Moves like Fire Spin and Incinerate might try to measure up, but both have a lower damage point and Incinerate suffers from a multi-second cooldown.

Fire Fang may not be learnable by every creature in Pokemon GO, but those who can (especially Fire-types) will want to consider it at the very least.

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7) Rock Throw

Rock Throw is an exceptional Rock-type Fast Attack (Image via TPC)

Dealing 13.33 damage per second in PvE with a 0.9-second cooldown, Rock Throw is quick and deals quality damage in gym battles, raids, and Team GO Rocket confrontations in Pokemon GO. Additionally, with four damage per turn and a one-second cooldown in PvP, Rock Throw is no slouch in PvP either. In fact, it outpaces any other Rock-type Fast Attack in the game at the moment.

While many of the best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO have similar metrics to this move, it has the benefit of being the best Rock-type attack in both PvE and PvP statistically.

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