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Cobalion, a Steel and Fighting type Pokémon, official artwork

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Cobalion: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

SteelFightingUU

Cobalion is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (129) and Speed (108), with a base stat total of 580. Competitively it is a leading pick in the UnderUsed tier.

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What is Cobalion weak to?

How much damage Cobalion takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingFireGround
0.5×ResistsDarkDragonGrassIceNormalSteel
0.25×ResistsBugRock
0×Immune toPoison

Cobalion takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Ground. It resists Dark, Dragon, Grass, Ice, Normal, Steel, Bug, Rock and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Cobalion

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Close CombatFighting120
  • Stone EdgeRock100

Best nature for Cobalion

Careful or Bold. Cobalion's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • JustifiedThis Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a Dark-type move.
Full learnset (59 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Sacred SwordFighting90100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Aura SphereFighting80-Special
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
RetaliateNormal70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Volt SwitchElectric70100%Special
Upper HandFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Vacuum WaveFighting40100%Special
Double KickFighting30100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Metal BurstSteel?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Calm MindPsychic--Status
CoachingFighting--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Quick GuardFighting--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
Work UpNormal--Status