Mankey

No. 0056 · Gen 1

Mankey weakness and type

Hit MANKEY with Flying, Psychic and Fairy for 2× damage.

Moves against Mankey

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

Test a matchup against Mankey

Abilities

  • Vital SpiritNo change to type matchups
  • Anger PointNo change to type matchups
  • DefiantNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack80
  • Defense35
  • Sp. Atk35
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed70
  • Total305

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Mankey gives 1 Attack EV.

Calculate Mankey's stats

How Mankey evolves

MankeyFighting
All evolutions

What Mankey 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
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
FireOverheatSpecial130
DragonOutragePhysical120
PoisonGunk ShotPhysical120
ElectricThunderSpecial110
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
SteelIron TailPhysical100
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
GrassSeed BombPhysical80
IceIce PunchPhysical75
BugU-turnPhysical70
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60

Type counters to Mankey

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.