Malamar

Malamar has 482 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (92) and a Speed of 73. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 249, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

Build a team with Malamar

What Malamar is weak to

Weak to: Bug (×4), Fairy. Resists: none. Immune to: Psychic (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Bug does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Malamar

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

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

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

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

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

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

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

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4. Celesteela SteelFlying

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

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5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

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

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6. Skarmory SteelFlying

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

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Counters to Malamar

1. Ribombee

   Bug and Fairy STAB hits Malamar super effectively.

2. Grimmsnarl

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

3. Lokix

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

4. Tinkaton

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

5. Klefki

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

6. Mawile

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

Where you can use Malamar

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