Combusken

No. 0256 · Gen 3

Combusken weakness and type

Hit COMBUSKEN with Water, Ground, Flying and Psychic for 2× damage.

Moves against Combusken

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

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

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Abilities

  • BlazeNo change to type matchups
  • Speed BoostNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP60
  • Attack85
  • Defense60
  • Sp. Atk85
  • Sp. Def60
  • Speed55
  • Total405

Best nature

AdamantFor a physical moveset: more Attack, less Sp. Atk.
ModestFor a special moveset: more Sp. Atk, less Attack.

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

Defeating Combusken gives 1 Attack EV, 1 Sp. Atk EV.

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How Combusken evolves

TorchicFire
All evolutions

What Combusken 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
FightingFocus Punchsame typePhysical150
NormalLast ResortPhysical140
FireOverheatsame typeSpecial130
FlyingBouncePhysical85
GroundDigPhysical80
PoisonPoison JabPhysical80
ElectricThunder PunchPhysical75
RockRock SlidePhysical75
DarkNight SlashPhysical70
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
BugFury CutterPhysical40
DragonDual ChopPhysical40

Type counters to Combusken

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.