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Pawniard, a Dark and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Pawniard: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Pawniard is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (85) and Defense (70), with a base stat total of 340. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Pawniard weak to?

How much damage Pawniard takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFighting
2×Weak toFireGround
0.5×ResistsDarkDragonFlyingGhostGrassIceNormalRockSteel
0×Immune toPoisonPsychic

Pawniard takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Ground (Fighting hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Dragon, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel and is immune to Poison, Psychic.

Best moveset for Pawniard

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

  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Stone EdgeRock100
  • Foul PlayDark95
  • Take DownNormal90

Best nature for Pawniard

Adamant. Pawniard 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

  • DefiantThis Pokemon's Attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
  • Inner FocusThis Pokemon cannot be made to flinch. Immune to Intimidate.
  • PressureIf this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP.

Evolution line

Pawniard
Bisharp
Kingambit
Full learnset (54 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
RetaliateNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
GuillotineNormal?30%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Quick GuardFighting--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TormentDark-100%Status