Muk

No. 0089 · Gen 1

Muk weakness and type

Hit MUK with Ground and Psychic for 2× damage.

Moves against Muk

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • StenchNo change to type matchups
  • Sticky HoldNo change to type matchups
  • Poison TouchNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP105
  • Attack105
  • Defense75
  • Sp. Atk65
  • Sp. Def100
  • Speed50
  • Total500

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 Muk gives 1 HP EV, 1 Attack EV.

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How Muk evolves

All evolutions

What Muk 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
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
ElectricZap CannonSpecial120
PoisonGunk Shotsame typePhysical120
FireFire BlastSpecial110
FairyMoonblastSpecial95
GroundDigPhysical80
DarkDark PulseSpecial80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
BugLungePhysical80
IceIce PunchPhysical75
GrassGiga DrainSpecial75
RockRock SlidePhysical75

Type counters to Muk

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.

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