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Incineroar, a Fire and Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Incineroar: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Incineroar is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (115) and HP (95), with a base stat total of 530. Competitively it is competitive in the NeverUsed tier. In the VGC ladder it sits at 34.0% usage.

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What is Incineroar weak to?

How much damage Incineroar takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingGroundRockWater
0.5×ResistsDarkFireGhostGrassIceSteel
0×Immune toPsychic

Incineroar takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Ground, Rock, Water. It resists Dark, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Steel and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Incineroar

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

  • Fake OutNormal4025.4%
  • Parting ShotDark-23.9%
  • Flare BlitzFire12023.2%
  • Throat ChopDark8011.3%
  • Darkest LariatDark859.2%
  • ProtectNormal-3.3%

Best nature for Incineroar

Impish. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Impish with 32/0/21/0/11/2 EVs (32.3% of sets).

Abilities

  • BlazeAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Fire attacks.
  • IntimidateOn switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack of opponents by 1 stage.

Evolution line

Litten
Torracat
Incineroar

Best teammates for Incineroar

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

Full learnset (77 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Blast BurnFire15090%Special
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
OverheatFire13090%Special
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Cross ChopFighting10080%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Darkest LariatDark85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Fire PledgeFire80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
Burning JealousyFire70100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
EmberFire40100%Special
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
Double KickFighting30100%Physical
LickGhost30100%Physical
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Baton PassNormal--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status