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Rufflet, a Normal and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

#0627

Rufflet: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Rufflet is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (83) and HP (70), with a base stat total of 350. Competitively it is not fully evolved, so it mostly sees use with Eviolite or in lower tiers.

Build a team with Rufflet

What is Rufflet weak to?

How much damage Rufflet takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricIceRock
0.5×ResistsBugGrass
0×Immune toGhostGround

Rufflet takes super-effective damage from Electric, Ice, Rock. It resists Bug, Grass and is immune to Ghost, Ground.

Best moveset for Rufflet

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

  • Brave BirdFlying120
  • Close CombatFighting120
  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • Heat WaveFire95

Best nature for Rufflet

Adamant. Rufflet is a physical attacker (83 Attack vs 37 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Keen EyeThis Pokemon's accuracy can't be lowered by others; ignores their evasiveness stat.
  • Sheer ForceThis Pokemon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
  • HustleThis Pokemon's Attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.

Evolution line

Rufflet
Braviary
Full learnset (45 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Brave BirdFlying120100%Physical
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Crush ClawNormal7595%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Wing AttackFlying60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
PeckFlying35100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
DefogFlying--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Feather DanceFlying-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoostFlying--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status