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Forretress, a Bug and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Forretress: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Forretress is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (140) and Attack (90), with a base stat total of 465. Competitively it is a strong choice in RarelyUsed.

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What is Forretress weak to?

How much damage Forretress takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFire
0.5×ResistsBugDragonFairyIceNormalPsychicSteel
0.25×ResistsGrass
0×Immune toPoison

Forretress takes super-effective damage from Fire (Fire hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Steel, Grass and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Forretress

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

  • ExplosionNormal250
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Solar BeamGrass120
  • Zap CannonElectric120

Best nature for Forretress

Adamant. Forretress is a physical attacker (90 Attack vs 60 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • SturdyIf this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO.
  • OvercoatThis Pokemon is immune to powder moves, Sandstorm damage, and Effect Spore.

Evolution line

Pineco
Forretress
Full learnset (67 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Self-DestructNormal200100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Zap CannonElectric12050%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Bug BuzzBug90100%Special
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Drill RunGround8095%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Ice SpinnerIce80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
LungeBug80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Volt SwitchElectric70100%Special
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
PounceBug50100%Physical
Rapid SpinNormal50100%Physical
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Hard PressSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GravityPsychic--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Magnet RiseElectric--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status