Heracross

Heracross has 500 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (125) and a Speed of 85. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 250, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

Build a team with Heracross

What Heracross is weak to

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

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Best teammates for Heracross

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

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists flying, psychic, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, fairy super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists flying, psychic, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, fairy super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists flying, psychic, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, fairy super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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4. Celesteela SteelFlying

   Resists flying, psychic, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, bug, fairy super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

   Resists flying, psychic, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, bug, fairy super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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6. Skarmory SteelFlying

   Resists flying, psychic, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, bug, fairy super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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Counters to Heracross

1. Togekiss

   Fairy and Flying STAB hits Heracross super effectively and it resists everything Heracross can hit it with by type.

2. Charizard

   Fire and Flying STAB hits Heracross super effectively and it resists everything Heracross can hit it with by type.

3. Oricorio

   Fire and Flying STAB hits Heracross super effectively and it resists everything Heracross can hit it with by type.

4. Talonflame

   Fire and Flying STAB hits Heracross super effectively and it resists everything Heracross can hit it with by type.

5. Delphox

   Fire and Psychic STAB hits Heracross super effectively.

6. Gardevoir

   Psychic and Fairy STAB hits Heracross super effectively.

Where you can use Heracross

Heracross is in the regional Pokédex of 8 games we cover: