Steelix

Steelix has 510 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (85) and a Speed of 30. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 340, which makes it a defensive wall.

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What Steelix is weak to

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

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Best teammates for Steelix

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

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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4. Kilowattrel ElectricFlying

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

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5. Dedenne ElectricFairy

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

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6. Emolga ElectricFlying

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

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Counters to Steelix

1. Great Tusk

   Ground and Fighting STAB hits Steelix super effectively.

2. Quaquaval

   Water and Fighting STAB hits Steelix super effectively.

3. Blaziken

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Steelix super effectively.

4. Infernape

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Steelix super effectively.

5. Emboar

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Steelix super effectively.

6. Swampert

   Water and Ground STAB hits Steelix super effectively.

Where you can use Steelix

Steelix is in the regional Pokédex of 6 games we cover: