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Malamar, a Dark and Psychic type Pokémon, official artwork

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Malamar: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Malamar is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (92) and Defense (88), with a base stat total of 482. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Malamar weak to?

How much damage Malamar takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toBug
2×Weak toFairy
0×Immune toPsychic

Malamar takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy (Bug hit it for 4x damage). It resists nothing and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Malamar

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Future SightPsychic120
  • SuperpowerFighting120
  • Foul PlayDark95

Best nature for Malamar

Adamant. Malamar is a physical attacker (92 Attack vs 68 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • ContraryIf this Pokemon has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead, and vice versa.
  • Suction CupsThis Pokemon cannot be forced to switch out by another Pokemon's attack or item.
  • InfiltratorMoves ignore substitutes and foe's Reflect/Light Screen/Safeguard/Mist/Aurora Veil.

Evolution line

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Malamar
Full learnset (62 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Future SightPsychic120100%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Expanding ForcePsychic80100%Special
LungeBug80100%Physical
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Psychic NoisePsychic75100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Psycho CutPsychic70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
PluckFlying60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
WrapNormal1590%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Baton PassNormal--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Fake TearsDark-100%Status
GravityPsychic--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
HypnosisPsychic-60%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
SwitcherooDark-100%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Topsy-TurvyDark--Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status