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Honedge, a Steel and Ghost type Pokémon, official artwork

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Honedge: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Honedge is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (100) and Attack (80), with a base stat total of 325.

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What is Honedge weak to?

How much damage Honedge takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkFireGhostGround
0.5×ResistsDragonFairyFlyingGrassIcePsychicRockSteel
0.25×ResistsBug
0×Immune toFightingNormalPoison

Honedge takes super-effective damage from Dark, Fire, Ghost, Ground. It resists Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Bug and is immune to Fighting, Normal, Poison.

Best moveset for Honedge

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

  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Solar BladeGrass125
  • Close CombatFighting120
  • Rock SlideRock75

Best nature for Honedge

Adamant. Honedge is a physical attacker (80 Attack vs 35 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • No GuardEvery move used by or against this Pokemon will always hit.

Evolution line

Honedge
Doublade
Aegislash
Full learnset (57 moves; tap to expand)

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

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Solar BladeGrass125100%Physical
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Sacred SwordFighting90100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Psycho CutPsychic70100%Physical
RetaliateNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Brutal SwingDark60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
Shock WaveElectric60-Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
PursuitDark40100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
Shadow SneakGhost40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
After YouNormal--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
AutotomizeSteel--Status
BlockNormal--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Destiny BondGhost--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Laser FocusNormal--Status
Magnet RiseElectric--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
Power TrickPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Wide GuardRock--Status