Drilbur

No. 0529 · Gen 5

Drilbur weakness and type

Ground

Hit DRILBUR with Water, Grass and Ice for 2× damage.

Moves against Drilbur

2×Super effective
WaterGrassIce
½×Not very effective
PoisonRock
0×No effect
Electric

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

Test a matchup against Drilbur

Abilities

  • Sand RushNo change to type matchups
  • Sand ForceNo change to type matchups
  • Mold BreakerNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP60
  • Attack85
  • Defense40
  • Sp. Atk30
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed68
  • Total328

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 Drilbur gives 1 Attack EV.

Calculate Drilbur's stats

How Drilbur evolves

DrilburGround
All evolutions

What Drilbur 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
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
GroundEarthquakesame typePhysical100
PoisonSludge BombSpecial90
FightingSubmissionPhysical80
BugX-ScissorPhysical80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
SteelMetal ClawPhysical50

Type counters to Drilbur

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.