#0089 · Generation 1

Muk

Muk has 500 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (105) and a Speed of 50. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 280, which makes it a bulky physical attacker.

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What Muk is weak to

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

Attacking typeDamage taken
Ground×2
Psychic×2
Grass×0.5
Fighting×0.5
Poison×0.5
Bug×0.5
Fairy×0.5

Base stats

HP105
Atk105
Def75
SpA65
SpD100
Spe50
Total500

Best teammates for Muk

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Muk: 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 Muk

  1. Claydol

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

  2. Iron Boulder

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

  3. Garchomp

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

  4. Excadrill

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

  5. Great Tusk

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

  6. Sandy Shocks

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

Where you can use Muk

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