Best Reversed Fusions in Pokémon Infinite Fusion: 10 DNA-Reversed Combos That Beat the Originals

Can flipping a fusion around make it stronger? In Pokemon Infinite Fusion, the answer is very often yes. Every fusion has two possible orders, and swapping the head and the body with a DNA Reverser can completely change its stats, its typing, and even its ability. Some of the best reversed fusions in Pokemon Infinite Fusion are dramatically better than the “obvious” version most players build first.

This guide explains exactly what reversed fusions are, how DNA Reversers work, and why head and body order matters so much. Then we rank the 10 strongest reversed DNA combinations in the game, with the stat breakdowns and typing logic behind each pick, so you can decide which ones deserve a spot on your team.

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What Are Reversed Fusions in Pokemon Infinite Fusion?

A reversed fusion is simply a fusion with the head and the body swapped. Fusing Charizard and Gyarados gives you two possible results: Chardos, with Charizard as the head and Gyarados as the body, and Gyaraizard, with Gyarados as the head and Charizard as the body. The second one is the “reversed” version of the first, and you can flip between them at any time using an item called the DNA Reverser.

This is not just a cosmetic change. When you reverse a fusion, the game recalculates its base stats and its typing to match the new order, and the ability gets swapped too. The sprite changes, the name changes (the first half of a fusion’s name always comes from the head), and the color palette changes, because the head decides the colors. In short, reversing gives you a genuinely different Pokemon, and sometimes that different Pokemon is much stronger.

The community usually writes fusions as “Head / Body,” so Gengar / Snorlax means Gengar is the head and Snorlax is the body. Keep that notation in mind, because every pick in our ranking below uses it.

How to Reverse a Fusion: DNA Reversers Explained

Reversing a fusion is quick and cheap. Here is everything you need to know about DNA Reversers in version 6.7.2:

• What it does: Using a DNA Reverser on a fused Pokemon inverts it. The body becomes the head and the head becomes the body. Stats, typing, and ability update to match the new order.
• Where to get them: DNA Reversers are sold in every Poke Mart for 300 PokeDollars once you have earned your first gym badge. Stock up, because experimenting with both orders is half the fun.
• What stays the same: Your fusion keeps its level, nature, EVs, happiness, held item, and nickname when reversed. Only the head/body arrangement and everything derived from it changes.
• Traded fusions: Fusions you received in a trade can be reversed too, so a Wonder Trade surprise can still be optimized.
• Flip back anytime: Reversing is not permanent. Use another DNA Reverser and the fusion flips right back to its original order.

If you have not played the game yet, you can download Pokemon Infinite Fusion and try all of this yourself. The whole fusion system, including reversers, is available from very early in the story.

Why Head and Body Order Matters So Much

To understand why the best reversed fusions work, you need to know the three rules that decide what a fusion looks like in battle. These come straight from the game’s mechanics, and they are the reason flipping a pair can turn a mediocre fusion into a monster.

1. Stats lean toward one half depending on the category

A fusion’s base stats are a weighted average of both parents, but the weighting is not even. Physical stats (Attack, Defense, and Speed) lean toward the body Pokemon, using two thirds of the body’s stat and one third of the head’s. Special stats (HP, Special Attack, and Special Defense) lean toward the head, using two thirds of the head’s stat and one third of the body’s.

This is the single most important rule for reversed fusions. Want a physical attacker? Put your heavy hitter in the body slot. Want a special sweeper or a special wall? Put your special star in the head slot. Reversing a fusion literally moves the stat emphasis from one parent to the other.

2. Typing comes from both halves, in a fixed pattern

A fusion normally takes its primary type from the head and its secondary type from the body. If the body Pokemon has only one type, it passes that type instead. There is also a smart redundancy rule: if the head already provides the type the body wants to give, the body falls back to its primary type so the fusion does not end up with a duplicated type.

Typing is where reversed fusions often win biggest. Flipping the order can replace a weak defensive typing like Normal / Poison with an elite one like Ghost / Normal, which has only one weakness in the entire game. We will see several examples of exactly that in the ranking.

3. The ability swaps when you reverse

When you first fuse two Pokemon, you get to choose between the abilities the two parents actually had, and the order does not restrict that choice. But when you reverse an existing fusion, the ability swaps to the other half’s ability. Plan around this: check which ability your reversed fusion ends up with, because an ability like Levitate or Intimidate can be the whole reason a reversed combo works.

The head also decides the fusion’s color palette, the first half of its name, and which experience growth rate it uses (the faster of the two parents’ rates wins). None of that affects battle power much, but it is good to know. Before you commit to reversing anything expensive, test both orders on our Pokemon fusion tool and run the numbers in our Infinite Fusion calculator to see the exact stat and typing differences.

The 10 Best Reversed Fusions in Pokemon Infinite Fusion

Here they are: the strongest reversed DNA combinations in the game, ranked by overall battle value. Every stat spread below is calculated with the real in-game formulas, and every pick is a case where the reversed order beats, or at least meaningfully outclasses, the version most players build first.

1. Gengar / Snorlax: the Ghost / Normal special tank

• Typing: Ghost / Normal, which is weak to Dark only, and immune to Normal, Fighting, and Ghost moves.
• Approx. base stats: 93 HP / 95 Atk / 63 Def / 108 SpA / 86 SpD / 56 Spe.
• Abilities: pick between Levitate (Gengar) and Thick Fat or Immunity (Snorlax). Levitate plus this typing is incredibly hard to hit super effectively.
• Why the reversed order wins: most players fuse Snorlax first as the head, which gives Normal / Poison, a mediocre typing with three common weaknesses. Flip it, and Gengar’s head gives you elite special offense plus one of the best defensive typings in the game, backed by Snorlax’s HP.

2. Gengar / Machamp: perfect neutral coverage

• Typing: Ghost / Fighting. No single type in the game resists both Ghost and Fighting STAB, so this fusion always has a neutral-or-better option.
• Approx. base stats: 70 HP / 108 Atk / 73 Def / 108 SpA / 78 SpD / 73 Spe, a true mixed attacker.
• Abilities: Levitate is the star here, giving a Ground immunity on top of great coverage.
• Why the reversed order wins: the “obvious” Machamp / Gengar gives Fighting / Poison with weaker stats across the board and a much worse defensive profile. Reversed, you get perfect STAB coverage and balanced offenses that let you run physical, special, or mixed sets.

3. Metagross / Gengar: the Steel / Poison wallbreaker

• Typing: Steel / Poison, which resists a huge list of types including Fairy, Dragon, Grass, and Bug, and is immune to Poison.
• Approx. base stats: 73 HP / 88 Atk / 83 Def / 106 SpA / 85 SpD / 96 Spe.
• Abilities: Levitate erases the 4x Ground weakness entirely, leaving only Fire and Fighting as weaknesses. That is absurdly good.
• Why the reversed order wins: fusing Gengar as the head gives Ghost / Psychic, a fast but frail glass cannon. Reversed, Metagross’s bulk and Steel typing turn the same pair into a durable special attacker that switches in for free on half the type chart.

4. Gengar / Alakazam: the fastest special nuke on this list

• Typing: Ghost / Psychic, an excellent offensive pairing with only Ghost and Dark as weaknesses.
• Approx. base stats: 58 HP / 55 Atk / 50 Def / 131 SpA / 81 SpD / 116 Spe.
• Abilities: Levitate, Synchronize, or Inner Focus depending on what the parents had.
• Why the reversed order wins: the forward Alakazam / Gengar gives Psychic / Poison, which adds Ground and Psychic weaknesses to an already frail body. Reversed keeps the blistering 131 Special Attack and 116 Speed while dropping the worst of the defensive liabilities.

5. Blissey / Dragonite: the 200 HP special wall

• Typing: Normal / Flying, immune to both Ghost and Ground, which covers two of the scariest offensive types in the game.
• Approx. base stats: 200 HP / 92 Atk / 66 Def / 91 SpA / 111 SpD / 71 Spe.
• Abilities: Natural Cure or Serene Grace from Blissey, Inner Focus or Multiscale from Dragonite.
• Why the reversed order wins: putting Dragonite as the head gives Dragon / Normal with a miserable 38 Defense and 51 Attack, wasting Dragonite completely. Reversed, Blissey’s head hands you 200 HP and 111 Special Defense, and Dragonite’s body contributes usable Attack and Speed. Nothing special breaks through this.

6. Dragonite / Snorlax: the bulky Dragon tank

• Typing: Dragon / Normal, with a Ghost immunity and Dragon STAB on a huge Attack stat.
• Approx. base stats: 114 HP / 118 Atk / 75 Def / 88 SpA / 103 SpD / 46 Spe.
• Abilities: Inner Focus or Multiscale from Dragonite, Thick Fat or Immunity from Snorlax.
• Why the reversed order wins: the forward Snorlax / Dragonite gives Normal / Flying, a decent physical tank but one that wastes Dragonite’s Dragon STAB and special bulk. Reversed, you get a slow, nearly unbreakable Dragon that shrugs off special hits and fires back with 118 Attack.

7. Starmie / Jolteon: the Water / Electric speedster

• Typing: Water / Electric, one of the best defensive typings in Pokemon, weak only to Grass and Ground while resisting Steel, Fire, Water, Ice, and Flying.
• Approx. base stats: 61 HP / 68 Atk / 68 Def / 103 SpA / 88 SpD / 125 Spe.
• Abilities: Natural Cure or Illuminate from Starmie, Volt Absorb or Quick Feet from Jolteon.
• Why the reversed order wins: the forward Jolteon / Starmie gives Electric / Psychic, which is also fast but carries Bug, Ghost, and Dark weaknesses. Reversed, the Water / Electric typing is far harder to exploit, and 125 Speed still outruns almost everything in the story.

8. Gyarados / Charizard (Gyaraizard): the Intimidate pivot

• Typing: Water / Flying, a classic bulky offensive typing.
• Approx. base stats: 89 HP / 97 Atk / 78 Def / 76 SpA / 95 SpD / 93 Spe.
• Abilities: Intimidate is the reason this fusion exists, cutting every physical attacker’s Attack on switch-in.
• Why the reversed order wins: everyone knows Chardos, the forward Charizard / Gyarados, a Fire / Flying physical sweeper with 111 Attack. Gyaraizard is the reversed answer for players who want bulk instead: Gyarados’s HP and Special Defense take over, Intimidate covers the physical side, and you get a pivot that the famous sweeper version can never be.

9. Tyranitar / Garchomp: the sandstorm monster

• Typing: Rock / Ground, giving STAB on the famous EdgeQuake combination that hits nearly everything hard.
• Approx. base stats: 102 HP / 131 Atk / 100 Def / 85 SpA / 90 SpD / 88 Spe.
• Abilities: Sand Stream summons a sandstorm on entry, chipping everything that is not Rock, Ground, or Steel typed.
• Why the reversed order wins: the forward Garchomp / Tyranitar gives Dragon / Dark with 132 Attack and is genuinely excellent too. But reversed, you gain Sand Stream chip damage, a faster 88 Speed tier, and Rock / Ground STAB on a 131 Attack stat, which breaks through teams that the Dragon version cannot crack.

10. Zapdos / Starmie: the Electric / Psychic striker

• Typing: Electric / Psychic, a strong offensive pairing that hits Fighting and Poison types especially hard.
• Approx. base stats: 80 HP / 80 Atk / 85 Def / 116 SpA / 88 SpD / 110 Spe.
• Abilities: Pressure or Static from Zapdos, Natural Cure or Illuminate from Starmie.
• Why the reversed order wins: the forward Starmie / Zapdos gives Water / Flying, a fine bulky attacker, but it leaves Zapdos’s elite 125 base Special Attack underused. Reversed, Zapdos’s head pushes the fusion to 116 Special Attack at 110 Speed, making it one of the hardest-hitting fast special attackers you can build from these two.

How to Plan Your Own Reversed Fusions

You do not need to copy our list to benefit from reversing. The real skill is learning to spot pairs where the flipped order fixes a weakness, and that is a repeatable process:

• Decide the role first. Physical sweeper, special wall, fast pivot, mixed attacker. The role tells you which parent belongs in the head slot (special stats) and which belongs in the body slot (physical stats).
• Test both orders before committing. Plug your pair into our Pokemon fusion tool and compare the two sprites, then run the exact numbers through our Infinite Fusion calculator. The ten seconds this takes has saved countless players from reversing into something worse.
• Check the typing payoff. Look up both parents in our Infinite Fusion dex and apply the typing rules: head gives primary, body gives secondary. If the reversed typing drops a 4x weakness or gains a key immunity, that alone can decide it.
• Plan the ability. Remember that reversing swaps the ability to the other half. Fuse with the right abilities on each parent so the final orientation lands on the ability you actually want.
• Build the team around it. Once you have a reversed star, slot it into a full squad with our team builder and check that its weaknesses are covered by teammates.

Tips for Using Reversed Fusions in Story and Boss Fights

Reversed fusions are not just a novelty for post-game team building. They solve real problems during a normal playthrough:

• Walls beat bosses. Gym leaders and late-game bosses in Infinite Fusion hit brutally hard. A reversed wall like Blissey / Dragonite or Gengar / Snorlax can stall out fights that sweepers simply cannot survive.
• Coverage wins rival fights. Rivals and Elite Four members love type variety. A Gengar / Machamp with perfect neutral STAB coverage never has a dead moveslot, no matter what the opponent sends out.
• Abilities are win conditions. Intimidate on Gyaraizard, Sand Stream on Tyranitar / Garchomp, and Levitate on any of the Gengar fusions can single-handedly flip losing matchups. Always check what your reversed fusion’s ability became after the swap.
• EVs come from the body at fusion time. If you fuse with DNA Splicers, the fusion inherits the body parent’s EVs, so train the right parent before fusing. Anything you earn after fusing applies normally.
• Advanced trick: fusing, reversing, and unfusing in sequence can transfer attributes like gender, EVs, happiness, and catch data from one Pokemon to another. It is niche, but breeders and shiny hunters use it deliberately.
• Shiny hunters, take note: shiny colors differ depending on whether the head, the body, or both were shiny, so reversing a shiny fusion changes its appearance. Preview both orders before you decide which one to show off.

When Reversing Is NOT Better

Honesty matters here: reversing is a tool, not an automatic upgrade. Sometimes the first order you tried is already the best one. If your goal is maximum physical damage, you usually want your hardest hitter in the body slot already, and flipping it will only move Attack away from that parent. The same goes for special walls: if your special sponge is already the head, reversing just makes it worse.

The rule of thumb is simple. Reverse when the flipped order fixes a typing problem, unlocks a better ability, or moves the stat emphasis onto the parent that needs it. Do not reverse just because you can. Test both orders, compare them side by side, and keep the one that fits the role your team actually needs. A DNA Reverser only costs 300 PokeDollars, so there is no excuse for guessing.

FAQ: Reversed Fusions in Pokemon Infinite Fusion

How do you reverse a fusion in Pokemon Infinite Fusion?

Use a DNA Reverser on the fused Pokemon from your bag. The fusion flips instantly: the body becomes the head and the head becomes the body, with stats, typing, and ability recalculated for the new order. DNA Reversers are sold in every Poke Mart for 300 PokeDollars after your first gym badge.

Does reversing a fusion change its level?

No. Your fusion keeps its level, nature, EVs, happiness, held item, and nickname when reversed. Only the head/body arrangement changes, along with the stats, typing, ability, sprite, and name that derive from it.

Does reversing change the fusion’s ability?

Yes. When you first fuse two Pokemon, you choose between the abilities the parents had, regardless of order. But reversing an existing fusion swaps the ability to the other half’s ability, so always double-check which ability your reversed fusion ended up with.

Can you reverse a fusion more than once?

Yes. Reversing is fully reversible. Using another DNA Reverser flips the fusion back to its original order, so feel free to experiment with both versions in real battles before deciding.

Can traded or Wonder Trade fusions be reversed?

Yes. Traded Pokemon can be reversed with a DNA Reverser just like your own fusions, which means a lucky Wonder Trade pull can still be optimized into its best orientation.

Do reversed fusions have different names and sprites?

Yes. The first half of a fusion’s name always comes from the head, the head decides the color palette, and the sprite is rebuilt for the new arrangement. Reversed fusions look and sound like different Pokemon because, mechanically, they are.

Which is better: Chardos or Gyaraizard?

It depends on the role. Chardos (Charizard / Gyarados) is a Fire / Flying physical sweeper with 111 Attack, built for offense. Gyaraizard (Gyarados / Charizard) is a Water / Flying bulky pivot with Intimidate and strong special bulk, built for defense and momentum. Neither is strictly better; the reversed one just fills the role the famous one cannot.

Conclusion

The best reversed fusions in Pokemon Infinite Fusion prove one thing: always check both orders before you settle. A single 300-PokeDollar DNA Reverser can turn a mediocre typing into an elite one, move the stat emphasis onto the right parent, and unlock abilities that transform how a fusion plays. Test your pairs, compare the numbers, and let the reversed order earn its spot.