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Walrein, a Ice and Water type Pokémon, official artwork

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Walrein: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Walrein is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (110) and Sp. Atk (95), with a base stat total of 530.

Build a team with Walrein

What is Walrein weak to?

How much damage Walrein takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricFightingGrassRock
0.5×ResistsWater
0.25×ResistsIce

With Thick Fat, Fire attacks do half damage instead of normal damage and Ice attacks do 0.125x damage instead of quarter damage.

Walrein takes super-effective damage from Electric, Fighting, Grass, Rock. It resists Water, Ice. That is by type alone: with Thick Fat, Fire attacks do half damage instead of normal damage and Ice attacks do 0.125x damage instead of quarter damage.

Best moveset for Walrein

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Steel RollerSteel130
  • BlizzardIce110
  • Hydro PumpWater110

Best nature for Walrein

Modest. Walrein leans special (95 Sp. Atk vs 80 Attack) and isn't winning speed ties, so Modest (+Sp. Atk, −Attack) maximises damage.

Abilities

  • Thick FatFire-/Ice-type moves against this Pokemon deal damage with a halved offensive stat.
  • Ice BodyIf Snow is active, this Pokemon heals 1/16 of its max HP each turn.
  • ObliviousThis Pokemon cannot be infatuated or taunted. Immune to Intimidate.

Evolution line

Spheal
Sealeo
Walrein
Full learnset (73 moves; tap to expand)

Walrein is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel RollerSteel130100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Iron TailSteel10075%Physical
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DiveWater80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Signal BeamBug75100%Special
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Aurora BeamIce65100%Special
BrineWater65100%Special
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Frost BreathIce6090%Special
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Echoed VoiceNormal40100%Special
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Powder SnowIce40100%Special
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
Water GunWater40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Ice BallIce3090%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Icicle SpearIce25100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Sheer ColdIce?30%Special
Super FangNormal?90%Physical
AttractNormal-100%Status
BlockNormal--Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
HailIce--Status
MimicNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status