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Trapinch, a Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Trapinch: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Trapinch is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (100) and HP (45), with a base stat total of 290. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Trapinch weak to?

How much damage Trapinch takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGrassIceWater
0.5×ResistsPoisonRock
0×Immune toElectric

Trapinch takes super-effective damage from Grass, Ice, Water. It resists Poison, Rock and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Trapinch

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

  • Hyper BeamNormal150
  • SuperpowerFighting120
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Stone EdgeRock100

Best nature for Trapinch

Adamant. Trapinch is a physical attacker (100 Attack vs 45 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Hyper CutterPrevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon's Attack stat stage.
  • Arena TrapPrevents opposing Pokemon from choosing to switch out unless they are airborne.
  • Sheer ForceThis Pokemon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.

Evolution line

Trapinch
Vibrava
Flygon
Full learnset (39 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
First ImpressionBug90100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
BiteDark60100%Physical
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
GustFlying40100%Special
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
FeintNormal30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FissureGround?30%Physical
FlailNormal?100%Physical
EndureNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status