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Pupitar, a Rock and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Pupitar: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Pupitar is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (84) and HP (70), with a base stat total of 410. Competitively it is not fully evolved, so it mostly sees use with Eviolite or in lower tiers.

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What is Pupitar weak to?

How much damage Pupitar takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrassWater
2×Weak toFightingGroundIceSteel
0.5×ResistsFireFlyingNormalRock
0.25×ResistsPoison
0×Immune toElectric

Pupitar takes super-effective damage from Grass, Water, Fighting, Ground, Ice, Steel (Grass and Water hit it for 4x damage). It resists Fire, Flying, Normal, Rock, Poison and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Pupitar

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • OutrageDragon120
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Stone EdgeRock100

Best nature for Pupitar

Adamant. Pupitar is a physical attacker (84 Attack vs 65 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Shed SkinThis Pokemon has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.

Evolution line

Larvitar
Pupitar
Tyranitar
Full learnset (52 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
Rock ThrowRock5090%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
CurseGhost--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status