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Bouffalant, a Normal type Pokémon, official artwork

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Bouffalant: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Bouffalant is a bulky attacker, led by its Attack (110) and HP (95), with a base stat total of 490.

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What is Bouffalant weak to?

How much damage Bouffalant takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFighting
0×Immune toGhost

With Sap Sipper, Grass attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Bouffalant takes super-effective damage from Fighting. It resists nothing and is immune to Ghost. That is by type alone: with Sap Sipper, Grass attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Bouffalant

Bouffalant has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • BelchPoison120
  • Close CombatFighting120
  • MegahornBug120

Best nature for Bouffalant

Adamant. Bouffalant is a physical attacker (110 Attack vs 40 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • RecklessThis Pokemon's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not Struggle.
  • Sap SipperThis Pokemon's Attack is raised 1 stage if hit by a Grass move; Grass immunity.
  • SoundproofThis Pokemon is immune to sound-based moves, unless it used the move.
Full learnset (73 moves; tap to expand)

Bouffalant is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Skull BashNormal130100%Physical
BelchPoison12090%Special
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Head ChargeNormal120100%Physical
MegahornBug12085%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Rock ClimbNormal9085%Physical
SurfWater90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
RetaliateNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Horn AttackNormal65100%Physical
StompNormal65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RevengeFighting60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
PursuitDark40100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
RageNormal20100%Physical
Fury AttackNormal1585%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Cotton GuardGrass--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Work UpNormal--Status