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Walking Wake, a Water and Dragon type Pokémon, official artwork

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Walking Wake: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Walking Wake is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (125) and Speed (109), with a base stat total of 590. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 6.6% of OU teams.

Build a team with Walking Wake

What is Walking Wake weak to?

How much damage Walking Wake takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDragonFairy
0.5×ResistsSteel
0.25×ResistsFireWater

Walking Wake takes super-effective damage from Dragon, Fairy. It resists Steel, Fire, Water.

Best moveset for Walking Wake

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

  • Draco MeteorDragon13024.5%
  • Hydro SteamWater8022.2%
  • FlamethrowerFire9013.7%
  • Dragon PulseDragon8513%
  • Flip TurnWater608.9%
  • Weather BallNormal508.3%

Best nature for Walking Wake

Timid. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Timid with 12/0/0/244/0/252 EVs (46.8% of sets).

Abilities

  • ProtosynthesisSunny Day active or Booster Energy used: highest stat is 1.3x, or 1.5x if Speed.

Best counters for Walking Wake

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

Best teammates for Walking Wake

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

Full learnset (53 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Hydro SteamWater80100%Special
ScaldWater80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
Dragon BreathDragon60100%Special
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Flip TurnWater60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Aqua JetWater40100%Physical
TwisterDragon40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Noble RoarNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status