Whirlipede

Whirlipede has 360 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (55) and a Speed of 47. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 218, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

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What Whirlipede is weak to

Weak to: Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock. Resists: Grass (×0.25), Fighting (×0.25), Poison, Bug, Fairy. Immune to: none.

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Best teammates for Whirlipede

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

1. Camerupt FireGround

   Resists fire, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Tinkaton FairySteel

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

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3. Klefki SteelFairy

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

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4. Iron Treads GroundSteel

   Resists flying, psychic, rock, 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. Steelix SteelGround

   Resists flying, psychic, rock, 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. Gliscor GroundFlying

   Hits fire, electric, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Whirlipede

1. Archeops

   Rock and Flying STAB hits Whirlipede super effectively and it resists everything Whirlipede can hit it with by type.

2. Aerodactyl

   Rock and Flying STAB hits Whirlipede super effectively and it resists everything Whirlipede can hit it with by type.

3. Magcargo

   Fire and Rock STAB hits Whirlipede super effectively and it resists everything Whirlipede can hit it with by type.

4. Coalossal

   Rock and Fire STAB hits Whirlipede super effectively and it resists everything Whirlipede can hit it with by type.

5. Minior

   Rock and Flying STAB hits Whirlipede super effectively and it resists everything Whirlipede can hit it with by type.

6. Iron Boulder

   Rock and Psychic STAB hits Whirlipede super effectively.

Where you can use Whirlipede

Whirlipede is in the regional Pokédex of 4 games we cover: