Greninja

No. 0658 · Gen 6

Greninja weakness and type

Hit GRENINJA with Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug and Fairy for 2× damage.

Moves against Greninja

½×Not very effective
0×No effect

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

Test a matchup against Greninja

Abilities

  • TorrentNo change to type matchups
  • ProteanNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP72
  • Attack95
  • Defense67
  • Sp. Atk103
  • Sp. Def71
  • Speed122
  • Total530

Best nature

JollyFor a physical moveset: more Speed, less Sp. Atk.
TimidFor a special moveset: more Speed, less Attack.

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

Defeating Greninja gives 3 Speed EVs.

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How Greninja evolves

FroakieWater
All evolutions

What Greninja 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
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
WaterHydro Cannonsame typeSpecial150
PoisonGunk ShotPhysical120
IceBlizzardSpecial110
FlyingBouncePhysical85
GroundDigPhysical80
DarkDark Pulsesame typeSpecial80
PsychicExtrasensorySpecial80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
FightingBrick BreakPhysical75
BugU-turnPhysical70
GrassTrailblazePhysical50
GhostShadow SneakPhysical40

Type counters to Greninja

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.

Other forms