The Legendary Pokémon of the Lake Guardian trio are back in Pokémon Go for a limited time. These three will appear in specific regions around the world as they appear in five-star raids, but all trainers will catch them. You can use a remote raid pass to fight alongside trainers in that region or accept them in a trade. Azelf is one of these three. You can find Azelf in North America, South America, Central America, and Greenland.
Azelf is a Psychic-type Pokémon like any other. It is weak to Bug-type, Dark, and Ghost-type Pokémon moves. But it is resistant to Fighting and Psychic-type moves. He has a maximum CP of 3.210, an attack of 270, a defense of 151, and a stamina of 181. He has the highest attack of the trio.
These are all the moves Azelf can learn.
Quick moves
- Confusion (Psychic type) - 16 damage and 3 energy per turn (4 damage per turn)
- Extrasensory (Psychic-type) - 8 damage and 3,3 energy per turn (2,6 damage per turn)
Charge moves
- Fire Blast (Fire type) - 140 damage and 80 energy
- Future Sight (Psychic type) - 120 damage and 65 energy
- Swift (normal type) - 60 and 55 energy
Overall, Azelf isn't the best Pokémon to use. Like other Legendary Lake Pokémon, it knows confusion and extrasensory, and confusion is the best quick move to use. It will be able to deal decent damage to your Azelf and use some energy.
The big drawback is its charging moves. Of the three available, you don't want to use swift. It's not powerful enough to do too much against most other Pokémon, and future sight is a stronger choice. The blast of fire is the only other option. Unfortunately, it takes so much energy to use. The damage is good if you can use it against another opponent, but the amount of energy doesn't help Azelf.
You don't want to use Azelf in the Great or Ultra League. It might be useful in raids, but overall, even if you give Azelf her best confusion move set for her quick move and future view and fire blast for her charge move, you won't be able to use it too much in PvP. It could be a useful raid Pokémon.
