Paras

Paras has 285 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (70) and a Speed of 25. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 145, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

Build a team with Paras

What Paras is weak to

Weak to: Fire (×4), Flying (×4), Ice, Poison, Bug, Rock. Resists: Water, Electric, Grass (×0.25), Fighting, Ground (×0.25). Immune to: none. The ×4 weaknesses are the danger: one hit of Fire or Flying does huge damage.

Base stats

Best teammates for Paras

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

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

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

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

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

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3. Iron Treads GroundSteel

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

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4. Steelix SteelGround

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

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5. Excadrill GroundSteel

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

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6. Mawile SteelFairy

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

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Counters to Paras

1. Iron Moth

   Fire and Poison STAB hits Paras super effectively and it resists everything Paras can hit it with by type.

2. Volcarona

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

3. Ninjask

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

4. Salazzle

   Poison and Fire STAB hits Paras super effectively and it resists everything Paras can hit it with by type.

5. Yanmega

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

6. Charizard

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

Where you can use Paras

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