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Varoom, a Steel and Poison type Pokémon, official artwork

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Varoom: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Varoom is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (70) and Defense (63), with a base stat total of 300. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

Build a team with Varoom

What is Varoom weak to?

How much damage Varoom takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGround
2×Weak toFire
0.5×ResistsDragonFlyingIceNormalRockSteel
0.25×ResistsBugFairyGrass
0×Immune toPoison

Varoom takes super-effective damage from Ground, Fire (Ground hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dragon, Flying, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel, Bug, Fairy, Grass and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Varoom

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

  • Self-DestructNormal200
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Gunk ShotPoison120
  • Zen HeadbuttPsychic80

Best nature for Varoom

Adamant. Varoom is a physical attacker (70 Attack vs 30 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • OvercoatThis Pokemon is immune to powder moves, Sandstorm damage, and Effect Spore.
  • Slow StartOn switch-in, this Pokemon's Attack and Speed are halved for 5 turns.

Evolution line

Varoom
Revavroom
Full learnset (47 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Self-DestructNormal200100%Physical
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Gunk ShotPoison12080%Physical
Spin OutSteel100100%Physical
Sludge WavePoison95100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
SludgePoison65100%Special
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Acid SprayPoison40100%Special
LickGhost30100%Physical
SmogPoison3070%Special
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HazeIce--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
Parting ShotDark-100%Status
Poison GasPoison-90%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status