Grimer

Grimer has 325 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (80) and a Speed of 25. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 180, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

Build a team with Grimer

What Grimer is weak to

Weak to: Ground, Psychic. Resists: Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy. Immune to: none.

Base stats

Best teammates for Grimer

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

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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4. Camerupt FireGround

   Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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5. Iron Treads GroundSteel

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

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6. Steelix SteelGround

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

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Counters to Grimer

1. Claydol

   Ground and Psychic STAB hits Grimer super effectively and it resists everything Grimer can hit it with by type.

2. Iron Boulder

   Psychic STAB hits Grimer super effectively and it resists everything Grimer can hit it with by type.

3. Garchomp

   Ground STAB hits Grimer super effectively and it resists everything Grimer can hit it with by type.

4. Excadrill

   Ground STAB hits Grimer super effectively and it resists everything Grimer can hit it with by type.

5. Great Tusk

   Ground STAB hits Grimer super effectively and it resists everything Grimer can hit it with by type.

6. Sandy Shocks

   Ground STAB hits Grimer super effectively and it resists everything Grimer can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Grimer

Grimer is in the regional Pokédex of 7 games we cover: