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Nuzleaf, a Grass and Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Nuzleaf: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Nuzleaf is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (70) and Attack (70), with a base stat total of 340. Competitively it is not fully evolved, so it mostly sees use with Eviolite or in lower tiers.

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What is Nuzleaf weak to?

How much damage Nuzleaf takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toBug
2×Weak toFairyFightingFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricGhostGrassGroundWater
0×Immune toPsychic

Nuzleaf takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison (Bug hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Water and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Nuzleaf

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

  • ExplosionNormal250
  • Leaf StormGrass130
  • Foul PlayDark95
  • DigGround80

Best nature for Nuzleaf

Careful or Bold. Nuzleaf's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • ChlorophyllIf Sunny Day is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
  • Early BirdThis Pokemon's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1.
  • PickpocketIf this Pokemon has no item and is hit by a contact move, it steals the attacker's item.

Evolution line

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Nuzleaf
Shiftry
Full learnset (69 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Solar BladeGrass125100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Leaf BladeGrass90100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
ExtrasensoryPsychic80100%Special
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
Razor LeafGrass5595%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Fake OutNormal40100%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
GrowthNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
TormentDark-100%Status