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Muk, a Poison type Pokémon, official artwork

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Muk: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Muk is a straightforward attacker, led by its HP (105) and Attack (105), with a base stat total of 500. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

Build a team with Muk

What is Muk weak to?

How much damage Muk takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGroundPsychic
0.5×ResistsBugFairyFightingGrassPoison

Muk takes super-effective damage from Ground, Psychic. It resists Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Poison.

Best moveset for Muk

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

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • BelchPoison120
  • Fire BlastFire110

Best nature for Muk

Adamant. Muk is a physical attacker (105 Attack vs 65 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • StenchThis Pokemon's attacks without a chance to flinch gain a 10% chance to flinch.
  • Sticky HoldThis Pokemon cannot lose its held item due to another Pokemon's Ability or attack.
  • Poison TouchThis Pokemon's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.

Evolution line

Grimer
Muk
Full learnset (69 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
BelchPoison12090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Gunk ShotPoison12080%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Sludge WavePoison95100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
LungeBug80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
SludgePoison65100%Special
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Acid SprayPoison40100%Special
PoundNormal40100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
Acid ArmorPoison--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
HazeIce--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
MementoDark-100%Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
MinimizeNormal--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
Poison GasPoison-90%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status