Pokémon With the Highest Attack: Top 20, Best Forms and Lowest

Kartana has the highest base Attack of any species: 181. The highest of any form is Mega Mewtwo X, with 190. Among Pokémon that are not Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast or Paradox, Rampardos leads with 165.

Every number below comes from the pokee.si Pokédex data. Across all species the average base Attack is 78, only 8 Pokémon reach 150 or more, and 60 reach 130 or more.

The top 20 by base Attack

Kartana is an Ultra Beast. Bulbapedia lists its base Attack as 181, and the pokee.si data agrees.

"Pseudo-legendary" is a fan term (the official name is Powerhouse Pokémon) for a small group of 600-total Pokémon such as Baxcalibur.

The best non-Legendary attackers

Leaving out Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast and Paradox Pokémon:

Slaking's 160 comes with the Ability Truant, which makes it skip every second turn. Regigigas, also 160, has Slow Start, which halves its Attack for five turns.

The highest Attack of any form

Some forms beat every species. Here are the top ten.

Mega Mewtwo X is the only form above 185. The biggest jump in this list is Mega Mewtwo X, which gains 80 points over Mewtwo. For a guide to the Mega forms see the Mega Evolution list.

Highest Attack of each type

Where a row names two Pokémon, they are tied.

The lowest Attack

Sixteen Pokémon have 20 or less. Happiny and Chansey share the bottom spot with 5.

Attack versus Special Attack

Some Pokémon are lopsided. These have the biggest gap between Attack and Sp. Atk (Special Attack), which is the stat for special moves.

For these Pokémon, a physical move is the sensible choice. Check the move's category before you teach it.

Huge Power and Pure Power

Huge Power doubles the Pokémon's Attack stat, according to Bulbapedia. Pure Power does the same. The table shows the level 50 Attack with the best possible training (31 IV, 252 EV and a helpful Nature), then the doubled number.

Put next to the level 50 numbers of the top attackers, the doubled Attack of Medicham (246) is higher than a fully trained Rampardos (238) or Slaking (233), though not Kartana (256).

Azumarill, with a base Attack of only 50, reaches 224 with Huge Power, more than a fully trained Garchomp (200).

Moves and status that change the rules

Foul Play uses the target's Attack stat, not the user's, so a weak attacker can use it against a strong one. Body Press uses the user's Defense instead of Attack. And a burned Pokémon deals half damage with physical moves, per Bulbapedia, which is why a burn hurts physical attackers most (see status conditions).

Where to go next

Try Stat Duel to test your feel for the numbers, check who moves first on the speed tiers page, or read about the opposite stat in Pokémon with the highest Defense.