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Kricketune, a Bug type Pokémon, official artwork

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Kricketune: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Kricketune is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (85) and HP (77), with a base stat total of 384. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Kricketune weak to?

How much damage Kricketune takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFireFlyingRock
0.5×ResistsFightingGrassGround

Kricketune takes super-effective damage from Fire, Flying, Rock. It resists Fighting, Grass, Ground.

Best moveset for Kricketune

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Bug BuzzBug90
  • Throat ChopDark80
  • Brick BreakFighting75

Best nature for Kricketune

Adamant. Kricketune is a physical attacker (85 Attack vs 55 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • SwarmAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Bug attacks.
  • TechnicianThis Pokemon's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power, including Struggle.

Evolution line

Kricketot
Kricketune
Full learnset (46 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Bug BuzzBug90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
LungeBug80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
Fell StingerBug50100%Physical
PounceBug50100%Physical
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
Baton PassNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Perish SongNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
SingNormal-55%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Sticky WebBug--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status