#0898 · Generation 8

Calyrex

PsychicGrass

Calyrex has 500 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (80) and a Speed of 80. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 260, which makes it a balanced physical attacker. It is a legendary or mythical Pokémon, so it is rarely allowed in casual in-game teams.

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What Calyrex is weak to

Weak to: Bug (×4), Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Dark. Resists: Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Psychic. Immune to: none. The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Bug does huge damage.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Bug×4
Fire×2
Ice×2
Poison×2
Flying×2
Ghost×2
Dark×2
Water×0.5
Electric×0.5
Grass×0.5
Fighting×0.5
Ground×0.5
Psychic×0.5

Base stats

HP100
Atk80
Def80
SpA80
SpD80
Spe80
Total500

Best teammates for Calyrex

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Calyrex: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Scizor BugSteel

    Resists ice, poison, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  2. Escavalier BugSteel

    Resists ice, poison, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  3. Durant BugSteel

    Resists ice, poison, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  4. Forretress BugSteel

    Resists ice, poison, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  5. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists ice, poison, flying, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  6. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists ice, poison, flying, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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Counters to Calyrex

  1. Iron Jugulis

    Dark and Flying STAB hits Calyrex super effectively and it resists everything Calyrex can hit it with by type.

  2. Honchkrow

    Dark and Flying STAB hits Calyrex super effectively and it resists everything Calyrex can hit it with by type.

  3. Houndoom

    Dark and Fire STAB hits Calyrex super effectively and it resists everything Calyrex can hit it with by type.

  4. Overqwil

    Dark and Poison STAB hits Calyrex super effectively and it resists everything Calyrex can hit it with by type.

  5. Lokix

    Bug and Dark STAB hits Calyrex super effectively and it resists everything Calyrex can hit it with by type.

  6. Incineroar

    Fire and Dark STAB hits Calyrex super effectively and it resists everything Calyrex can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Calyrex

Calyrex is not in the regional Pokédex of any game we cover yet, so it only appears when you build with the latest type chart.