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Orthworm, a Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Orthworm: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

SteelZU

Orthworm is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (145) and Attack (85), with a base stat total of 480. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Orthworm weak to?

How much damage Orthworm takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingFireGround
0.5×ResistsBugDragonFairyFlyingGrassIceNormalPsychicRockSteel
0×Immune toPoison

With Earth Eater, Ground attacks do nothing instead of double damage.

Orthworm takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Ground. It resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel and is immune to Poison. That is by type alone: with Earth Eater, Ground attacks do nothing instead of double damage.

Best moveset for Orthworm

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Body PressFighting80

Best nature for Orthworm

Adamant. Orthworm is a physical attacker (85 Attack vs 60 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Earth EaterThis Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Ground moves; Ground immunity.
  • Sand VeilIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to Sandstorm.
Full learnset (45 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Iron TailSteel10075%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
WrapNormal1590%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Metal BurstSteel?100%Physical
CoilPoison--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Shed TailNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status