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Palkia, a Water and Dragon type Pokémon, official artwork

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Palkia: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

WaterDragonUber

Palkia is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (150) and Attack (120), with a base stat total of 680. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats.

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What is Palkia weak to?

How much damage Palkia takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDragonFairy
0.5×ResistsSteel
0.25×ResistsFireWater

Palkia takes super-effective damage from Dragon, Fairy. It resists Steel, Fire, Water.

Best moveset for Palkia

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Draco MeteorDragon130
  • Focus BlastFighting120
  • BlizzardIce110

Best nature for Palkia

Timid. Palkia is a special attacker (150 Sp. Atk) with usable 100 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • PressureIf this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP.
  • TelepathyThis Pokemon does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
Full learnset (70 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Spacial RendDragon10095%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
Aura SphereFighting80-Special
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Power GemRock80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon BreathDragon60100%Special
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Aqua RingWater--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GravityPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SnowscapeIce--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status