#0658 · Generation 6

Greninja

WaterDark

Greninja has 530 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (103) and a Speed of 122. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 210, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Greninja is weak to

Weak to: Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, Fairy. Resists: Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel. Immune to: Psychic (×0).

Attacking typeDamage taken
Electric×2
Grass×2
Fighting×2
Bug×2
Fairy×2
Fire×0.5
Water×0.5
Ice×0.5
Ghost×0.5
Dark×0.5
Steel×0.5
Psychic×0

Base stats

HP72
Atk95
Def67
SpA103
SpD71
Spe122
Total530

Best teammates for Greninja

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

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists grass, bug, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists grass, bug, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists grass, bug, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  4. Celesteela SteelFlying

    Resists grass, bug, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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  5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

    Resists grass, bug, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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  6. Skarmory SteelFlying

    Resists grass, bug, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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Counters to Greninja

  1. Breloom

    Grass and Fighting STAB hits Greninja super effectively and it resists everything Greninja can hit it with by type.

  2. Chesnaught

    Grass and Fighting STAB hits Greninja super effectively and it resists everything Greninja can hit it with by type.

  3. Whimsicott

    Grass and Fairy STAB hits Greninja super effectively and it resists everything Greninja can hit it with by type.

  4. Shiinotic

    Grass and Fairy STAB hits Greninja super effectively and it resists everything Greninja can hit it with by type.

  5. Pheromosa

    Bug and Fighting STAB hits Greninja super effectively.

  6. Iron Valiant

    Fairy and Fighting STAB hits Greninja super effectively.

Where you can use Greninja

Greninja is in the regional Pokédex of 2 games we cover:

X and YLegends: Z-A