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Deerling, a Normal and Grass type Pokémon, official artwork

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Deerling: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Deerling is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Speed (75) and HP (60), with a base stat total of 335. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

Build a team with Deerling

What is Deerling weak to?

How much damage Deerling takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFightingFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsElectricGrassGroundWater
0×Immune toGhost

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

Deerling takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison. It resists Electric, Grass, Ground, Water and is immune to Ghost. That is by type alone: with Sap Sipper, Grass attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Deerling

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

  • Leaf StormGrass130
  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • Play RoughFairy90
  • Wild ChargeElectric90

Best nature for Deerling

Adamant. Deerling is a physical attacker (60 Attack vs 40 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • ChlorophyllIf Sunny Day is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
  • Sap SipperThis Pokemon's Attack is raised 1 stage if hit by a Grass move; Grass immunity.
  • Serene GraceThis Pokemon's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.

Evolution line

Deerling
Sawsbuck
Full learnset (45 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Double KickFighting30100%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
AgilityPsychic--Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
CharmFairy-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Fake TearsDark-100%Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Leech SeedGrass-90%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
Worry SeedGrass-100%Status