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Skarmory, a Steel and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Skarmory: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

SteelFlyingUU

Skarmory is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (140) and Attack (80), with a base stat total of 465. Competitively it is a leading pick in the UnderUsed tier. It currently appears on 2.0% of OU teams.

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What is Skarmory weak to?

How much damage Skarmory takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricFire
0.5×ResistsDragonFairyFlyingNormalPsychicSteel
0.25×ResistsBugGrass
0×Immune toGroundPoison

Skarmory takes super-effective damage from Electric, Fire. It resists Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Steel, Bug, Grass and is immune to Ground, Poison.

Best moveset for Skarmory

The most-used moves on Skarmory in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • RoostFlying-25%
  • Body PressFighting8019.7%
  • SpikesGround-18%
  • WhirlwindNormal-11.8%
  • Iron DefenseSteel-11.7%
  • Brave BirdFlying1207%

Best nature for Skarmory

Bold. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Bold with 252/0/160/0/0/96 EVs (31.3% of sets).

Abilities

  • Keen EyeThis Pokemon's accuracy can't be lowered by others; ignores their evasiveness stat.
  • SturdyIf this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO.
  • Weak ArmorIf a physical attack hits this Pokemon, Defense is lowered by 1, Speed is raised by 2.

Best counters for Skarmory

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Skarmory:

Best teammates for Skarmory

Pokémon most often paired with Skarmory on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (58 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Sky AttackFlying14090%Physical
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Brave BirdFlying120100%Physical
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Drill PeckFlying80100%Physical
Drill RunGround8095%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Steel WingSteel7090%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Wing AttackFlying60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
FeintNormal30100%Physical
Fury AttackNormal1585%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
RoostFlying--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status