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Tepig, a Fire type Pokémon, official artwork

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Tepig: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Tepig is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (65) and Attack (63), with a base stat total of 308. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Tepig weak to?

How much damage Tepig takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGroundRockWater
0.5×ResistsBugFairyFireGrassIceSteel

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

Tepig takes super-effective damage from Ground, Rock, Water. It resists Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, Steel. 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 Tepig

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

  • Head SmashRock150
  • OverheatFire130
  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • Solar BeamGrass120

Best nature for Tepig

Adamant. Tepig is a physical attacker (63 Attack vs 45 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 (51 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Head SmashRock15080%Physical
OverheatFire13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Fire PledgeFire80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
EmberFire40100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
RolloutRock3090%Physical
SmogPoison3070%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status
YawnNormal--Status