Bonsly

No. 0438 · Gen 4

Bonsly weakness and type

Hit BONSLY with Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground and Steel for 2× damage.

Moves against Bonsly

½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Bonsly

Abilities

  • SturdyNo change to type matchups
  • Rock HeadNo change to type matchups
  • RattledNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP50
  • Attack80
  • Defense95
  • Sp. Atk10
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed10
  • Total290

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Bonsly gives 1 Defense EV.

Calculate Bonsly's stats

How Bonsly evolves

BonslyRock
  • Level up knowing MimicS/V, BD/SP, Sw/Sh, US/UM, S/M, OR/AS, X/Y, B/W, HG/SS, D/P/PtKnowing MimicArceus
All evolutions

What Bonsly can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalExplosionPhysical250
RockHead Smashsame typePhysical150
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
FightingBrick BreakPhysical75
GrassTrailblazePhysical50

Type counters to Bonsly

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.