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Munchlax, a Normal type Pokémon, official artwork

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Munchlax: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

Munchlax is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (135) and Attack (85), with a base stat total of 390. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Munchlax weak to?

How much damage Munchlax takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFighting
0×Immune toGhost

With Thick Fat, Fire attacks do half damage instead of normal damage and Ice attacks do half damage instead of normal damage.

Munchlax takes super-effective damage from Fighting. It resists nothing and is immune to Ghost. That is by type alone: with Thick Fat, Fire attacks do half damage instead of normal damage and Ice attacks do half damage instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Munchlax

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

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • BelchPoison120
  • Solar BeamGrass120

Best nature for Munchlax

Adamant. Munchlax is a physical attacker (85 Attack vs 40 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • PickupIf this Pokemon has no item, it finds one used by an adjacent Pokemon this turn.
  • Thick FatFire-/Ice-type moves against this Pokemon deal damage with a halved offensive stat.
  • GluttonyThis Pokemon eats Berries at 1/2 max HP or less instead of their usual 1/4 max HP.

Evolution line

Full learnset (66 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Last ResortNormal140100%Physical
BelchPoison12090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Gunk ShotPoison12080%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
CovetNormal60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
LickGhost30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
CounterFighting?100%Physical
FissureGround?30%Physical
FlailNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
Belly DrumNormal--Status
CharmFairy-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RecycleNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
StockpileNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwallowNormal--Status