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Pignite, a Fire and Fighting type Pokémon, official artwork

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Pignite: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Pignite is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (93) and HP (90), with a base stat total of 418. Competitively it is not fully evolved, so it mostly sees use with Eviolite or in lower tiers.

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What is Pignite weak to?

How much damage Pignite takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFlyingGroundPsychicWater
0.5×ResistsDarkFireGrassIceSteel
0.25×ResistsBug

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

Pignite takes super-effective damage from Flying, Ground, Psychic, Water. It resists Dark, Fire, Grass, Ice, Steel, Bug. That is by type alone: with Thick Fat, Fire attacks do quarter damage instead of half damage and Ice attacks do quarter damage instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Pignite

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

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Head SmashRock150
  • OverheatFire130
  • Double-EdgeNormal120

Best nature for Pignite

Adamant. Pignite is a physical attacker (93 Attack vs 70 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • BlazeAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Fire attacks.
  • Thick FatFire-/Ice-type moves against this Pokemon deal damage with a halved offensive stat.

Evolution line

Tepig
Pignite
Emboar
Full learnset (67 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Head SmashRock15080%Physical
OverheatFire13090%Special
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Fire PledgeFire80100%Special
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
EmberFire40100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
RolloutRock3090%Physical
SmogPoison3070%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Arm ThrustFighting15100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Bulk UpFighting--Status
CoachingFighting--Status
CurseGhost--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status