Nosepass

No. 0299 · Gen 3

Nosepass weakness and type

Hit NOSEPASS with Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground and Steel for 2× damage.

Moves against Nosepass

½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • SturdyNo change to type matchups
  • Magnet PullNo change to type matchups
  • Sand ForceNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP30
  • Attack45
  • Defense135
  • Sp. Atk45
  • Sp. Def90
  • Speed30
  • Total375

Best nature

ImpishRaises its best defense and drops Sp. Atk, which it won't use.

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

Defeating Nosepass gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Nosepass evolves

NosepassRock
  • Use Thunder StoneS/V, Arceus
    6 other methodsLevel up at Mt. CoronetBD/SP, D/P/PtLevel up at Blush Mountain or Vast Poni CanyonUS/UMLevel up at Vast Poni CanyonS/MLevel up at New MauvilleOR/ASLevel up at Route 13X/YLevel up at Chargestone CaveB/W
All evolutions

What Nosepass 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
RockHead Smashsame typePhysical150
SteelSteel BeamSpecial140
ElectricZap CannonSpecial120
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
FightingDynamic PunchPhysical100
FairyDazzling GleamSpecial80
FireFire PunchPhysical75
IceIce PunchPhysical75

Type counters to Nosepass

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.