Pogomoves has their best Gym Defenders List Out!
I'm assuming this is based on raw DPS output on defense without considering the most likely Pokemon a defender will face. However, its awesome information is starting to get out there!
Best Defenders based on raw DPS are:
1. Blissey (Pound/Hyper Beam 100%)
2. Tyranitar (Bite/Crunch 82%; Iron Tail/Crunch 74%)
3. Legacy Lapras (Ice Beam/Ice Shard 81%; Ice Shard/Dragon Pulse 70%)
4. Dragonite (Steel wing, Outrage 80%; Steel Wing; Dragon Pulse 71%)
5. Legacy Golem (Mud Slap/Ancient Power 74%; Rock Throw/Ancient Power 66%)
6. Rhydon (Mudslap/Earthquake)
7. Exeggutor
8. Vaporeon (Vaporeon, Aqua Tail)
9. Jolteon (Volt Switch, Discharge)
10. Poliwrath (Bubble, Dynamic Punch)
11. Flareon (Fire Spin, Flame Thrower)
12. Machamp (Bullet Punch, Dynamic Punch)
13. Slowbro (Confusion, Ice Beam)
14. Espeon (Confusion, Psybeam)
15. Omastar (Rock Throw, Rockslide)
I don't know how much we can trust this list as Snorlax is not present but I think it does give some insight
In my opinion, the top defenders (given CP placement, and typing are)
Blissey (Zen Headbutt and any moveset) Snorlax (Zen Headbutt and any moveset) Tyranitar Dragonite Lapras (Ice Shard/Ice Beam) Rhydon (Mudslap/Earthquake or Stone Edge) Exeggutor Vaporeon Poliwrath (with Bubble) Slowbro (with Confusion)What does everyone think?
http://www.pogomoves.com/rankings/gym-defense.php
Answers
Really, any website claiming such calculated "best XXX list" is not as useful as players sharing experiences! Truth says more than theories.
Besides, DPS is just one of the many factors we needed to account for. Selecting defender solely based on DPS is naive.
Speaking of pogomoves. I don't trust any defender list that includes Tyranitar in the top 5. It's a joke in defense just like Rhydon, but only worse. Don't believe me? Try to attack it with Machamp or any other Fighting mon.
Your list is much better. I summarized its findings based on Pokemon available in the game right now.
- Blissey ZH/HB 100%; Pound/HB 99%; ZH/DG 99%; Pound/DG 85%; P/P 74%
- Dragonite DT/O 80%; SW/O 80%; DB/DP 71%; SW/DP 69%; DB/DC 64%; SW/DC 62%; DT/HB 82%; DT/H 62%; DB/HB 59%; SW/HB 59%
- Snorlax ZH/HB 76%; ZH/BS 71%;ZH/HS 64%; ZH/E 62%
- Tyranitar IT/C 71%
- Rhydon MS/E 70%; MS/SE 66%; RS/E 63%; MS/MH 60%; RS/SE 59%
- Exeggutor C/Solar 70%; C/Seed 62%
- Lapras IS/IB 67%
- Golem MS/AP 66%; RT/AP 64%; MS/RB 61%
- Vaporeon W/AT 61%
- Tie: Gyarados DT/O 59%/Poliwrath B/DP 59%
https://pokemon.gameinfo.io/en/pokemon/list/top-defenders?legacy
My own opinion for Blissey's best defensive moveset.
Pound/Dazzling Gleam ( with ZH/DG close 2nd )
Here's a vid with ZH/DG vs P/HB moveset ( https://youtu.be/v3EtoQuksp4 )
Pound with STAB seems to do very close dmg per hit as compared to ZH, but it has the added advantage of being faster than ZH, thus charging up DG faster, making it more annoying to dodge. DG will also do SE into majority of the top attackers ( like dragonites, machamps, tyranitars ).
