Which Pokemon Go fast move is this from Rocket's Porygon/Porygon2/Porygon-Z?

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Sometimes Team Go Rocket uses a Porygon, Porygon2 or Porygon-Z with the fast move shown in the picture. Which move is it? There are features unusual to it:

It looks like an Electric-type attack from the animation, however, it states it is not very effective against Tyranitar, whereas Electric-type moves are neutral against Tyranitar.
Despite it stating that the move is not very effective, it deals a large amount of damage for a fast move (more than a quarter of Tyranitar's health), even considering Porygon-Z's very high CP. Porygon's fast moves are Lock-On, Charge Beam, and Hidden Power, though I wouldn't expect this much damage from any of those moves except a super-effective Hidden Power.

MBorg · Accepted Answer

Opposing Hidden Power in a Team GO Rocket battle (or raid) is always Fighting-type. It is also bugged in that it states "not very effective" based on whether the opponent resists Normal-type or not, not the actual type of the move (in fact, it can never be Normal-type). It also always has the same Electric-type animation regardless of its type (thank you Wondercricket). And it can deal a large amount of damage to Tyranitar because it is 4x super-effective, whereas none of Porgyon's other moves are super-effective.
So the move is Hidden Power Fighting.

Which Pokemon Go fast move is this from Rocket's Porygon/Porygon2/Porygon-Z?

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