#0394 · Generation 4

Prinplup

Water

Prinplup has 405 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (81) and a Speed of 50. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 208, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Prinplup is weak to

Weak to: Electric, Grass. Resists: Fire, Water, Ice, Steel. Immune to: none.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Electric×2
Grass×2
Fire×0.5
Water×0.5
Ice×0.5
Steel×0.5

Base stats

HP64
Atk66
Def68
SpA81
SpD76
Spe50
Total405

Best teammates for Prinplup

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

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

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

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

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

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

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

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  4. Celesteela SteelFlying

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

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  5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

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

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  6. Skarmory SteelFlying

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

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Counters to Prinplup

  1. Kartana

    Grass STAB hits Prinplup super effectively and it resists everything Prinplup can hit it with by type.

  2. Iron Leaves

    Grass STAB hits Prinplup super effectively and it resists everything Prinplup can hit it with by type.

  3. Raging Bolt

    Electric STAB hits Prinplup super effectively and it resists everything Prinplup can hit it with by type.

  4. Meowscarada

    Grass STAB hits Prinplup super effectively and it resists everything Prinplup can hit it with by type.

  5. Roserade

    Grass STAB hits Prinplup super effectively and it resists everything Prinplup can hit it with by type.

  6. Rillaboom

    Grass STAB hits Prinplup super effectively and it resists everything Prinplup can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Prinplup

Prinplup is in the regional Pokédex of 1 game we cover:

Platinum