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Grimmsnarl, a Dark and Fairy type Pokémon, official artwork

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Grimmsnarl: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Grimmsnarl is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (120) and HP (95), with a base stat total of 510. Competitively it is viable in lower tiers. In the VGC ladder it sits at 10.4% usage.

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What is Grimmsnarl weak to?

How much damage Grimmsnarl takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFairyPoisonSteel
0.5×ResistsGhost
0.25×ResistsDark
0×Immune toDragonPsychic

Grimmsnarl takes super-effective damage from Fairy, Poison, Steel. It resists Ghost, Dark and is immune to Dragon, Psychic.

Best moveset for Grimmsnarl

The most-used moves on Grimmsnarl in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Parting ShotDark-24.2%
  • ReflectPsychic-22.8%
  • Light ScreenPsychic-21.8%
  • Spirit BreakFairy7515.3%
  • Foul PlayDark957.1%
  • Fake OutNormal405.9%

Best nature for Grimmsnarl

Careful. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Careful with 32/0/19/0/15/0 EVs (29.3% of sets).

Abilities

  • PranksterThis Pokemon's Status moves have priority raised by 1, but Dark types are immune.
  • FriskOn switch-in, this Pokemon identifies the held items of all opposing Pokemon.
  • PickpocketIf this Pokemon has no item and is hit by a contact move, it steals the attacker's item.

Evolution line

Impidimp
Morgrem
Grimmsnarl

Best teammates for Grimmsnarl

Pokémon most often paired with Grimmsnarl on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (60 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Hammer ArmFighting10090%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
False SurrenderDark80-Physical
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Spirit BreakFairy75100%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
Burning JealousyFire70100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Draining KissFairy50100%Special
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Fake OutNormal40100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
Bulk UpFighting--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Fake TearsDark-100%Status
FlatterDark-100%Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
Misty TerrainFairy--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status