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Ferrothorn, a Grass and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Ferrothorn: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Ferrothorn is a defensive wall, led by its Defense (131) and Sp. Def (116), with a base stat total of 489.

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What is Ferrothorn weak to?

How much damage Ferrothorn takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFire
2×Weak toFighting
0.5×ResistsDragonElectricFairyNormalPsychicRockSteelWater
0.25×ResistsGrass
0×Immune toPoison

Ferrothorn takes super-effective damage from Fire, Fighting (Fire hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water, Grass and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Ferrothorn

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

  • ExplosionNormal250
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Power WhipGrass120
  • ThunderElectric110

Best nature for Ferrothorn

Adamant. Ferrothorn is a physical attacker (94 Attack vs 54 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Iron BarbsPokemon making contact with this Pokemon lose 1/8 of their max HP.
  • AnticipationOn switch-in, this Pokemon shudders if any foe has a supereffective or OHKO move.

Evolution line

Ferroseed
Ferrothorn
Full learnset (74 moves; tap to expand)

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

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Self-DestructNormal200100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Steel RollerSteel130100%Physical
Power WhipGrass12085%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Rock ClimbNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Mirror ShotSteel6585%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Brutal SwingDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RevengeFighting60100%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Pin MissileBug2595%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
AttractNormal-100%Status
BlockNormal--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
CurseGhost--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
FlashNormal-100%Status
GravityPsychic--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
IngrainGrass--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Magnet RiseElectric--Status
Nature PowerNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Worry SeedGrass-100%Status