Honedge

Honedge has 325 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (80) and a Speed of 28. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 182, which makes it a physical tank.

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What Honedge is weak to

Weak to: Fire, Ground, Ghost, Dark. Resists: Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug (×0.25), Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy. Immune to: Normal (×0), Fighting (×0), Poison (×0).

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Best teammates for Honedge

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

1. Gliscor GroundFlying

   Resists ground, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, grass super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Camerupt FireGround

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

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3. Tinkaton FairySteel

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

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4. Klefki SteelFairy

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

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5. Mawile SteelFairy

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

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6. Kilowattrel ElectricFlying

   Resists ground, which your team is weak to. Hits water, grass, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Honedge

1. Houndoom

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

2. Incineroar

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

3. Blacephalon

   Fire and Ghost STAB hits Honedge super effectively.

4. Chandelure

   Ghost and Fire STAB hits Honedge super effectively.

5. Ceruledge

   Fire and Ghost STAB hits Honedge super effectively.

6. Krookodile

   Ground and Dark STAB hits Honedge super effectively.

Where you can use Honedge

Honedge is in the regional Pokédex of 3 games we cover: