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Ting-Lu, a Dark and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Ting-Lu: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

DarkGroundOU

Ting-Lu is a bulky attacker, led by its HP (155) and Defense (125), with a base stat total of 570. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 13.1% of OU teams.

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What is Ting-Lu weak to?

How much damage Ting-Lu takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFairyFightingGrassIceWater
0.5×ResistsDarkGhostPoisonRock
0×Immune toElectricPsychic

Ting-Lu takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ice, Water. It resists Dark, Ghost, Poison, Rock and is immune to Electric, Psychic.

Best moveset for Ting-Lu

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

  • EarthquakeGround10023.4%
  • RuinationDark020.9%
  • Stealth RockRock-17.2%
  • WhirlwindNormal-17.1%
  • SpikesGround-10.5%
  • PaybackDark504.3%

Best nature for Ting-Lu

Careful. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Careful with 252/0/4/0/252/0 EVs (63.8% of sets).

Abilities

  • Vessel of RuinActive Pokemon without this Ability have their Special Attack multiplied by 0.75.

Best counters for Ting-Lu

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

Best teammates for Ting-Lu

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

Full learnset (46 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
StompNormal65100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FissureGround?30%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
RuinationDark?90%Special
EndureNormal--Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
MementoDark-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status