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Dewgong, a Water and Ice type Pokémon, official artwork

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Dewgong: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Dewgong is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Sp. Def (95) and HP (90), with a base stat total of 475. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Dewgong weak to?

How much damage Dewgong takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricFightingGrassRock
0.5×ResistsWater
0.25×ResistsIce

With Thick Fat, Fire attacks do half damage instead of normal damage and Ice attacks do 0.125x damage instead of quarter damage.

Dewgong takes super-effective damage from Electric, Fighting, Grass, Rock. It resists Water, Ice. That is by type alone: with Thick Fat, Fire attacks do half damage instead of normal damage and Ice attacks do 0.125x damage instead of quarter damage.

Best moveset for Dewgong

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • BlizzardIce110
  • Hydro PumpWater110
  • Play RoughFairy90

Best nature for Dewgong

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

Abilities

  • Thick FatFire-/Ice-type moves against this Pokemon deal damage with a halved offensive stat.
  • HydrationThis Pokemon has its status cured at the end of each turn if Rain Dance is active.
  • Ice BodyIf Snow is active, this Pokemon heals 1/16 of its max HP each turn.

Evolution line

Seel
Dewgong
Full learnset (56 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
Alluring VoiceFairy80100%Special
DiveWater80100%Physical
Drill RunGround8095%Physical
Ice SpinnerIce80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Aurora BeamIce65100%Special
BrineWater65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
Flip TurnWater60100%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Aqua JetWater40100%Physical
Ice ShardIce40100%Physical
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Icicle SpearIce25100%Physical
Triple AxelIce2090%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Sheer ColdIce?30%Special
Aqua RingWater--Status
CharmFairy-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
HazeIce--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SnowscapeIce--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status