Palafin

No. 0964 · Gen 9

Palafin weakness and type

Hit PALAFIN with Electric and Grass for 2× damage.

Moves against Palafin

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • Zero To HeroNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP100
  • Attack70
  • Defense72
  • Sp. Atk53
  • Sp. Def62
  • Speed100
  • Total457

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Palafin gives 2 HP EVs.

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How Palafin evolves

FinizenWater
  • Level 38 in a Union Circle with another player
    PalafinWater
All evolutions

What Palafin 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
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
WaterWave Crashsame typePhysical120
DragonOutragePhysical120
IceBlizzardSpecial110
FlyingBouncePhysical85
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
SteelIron HeadPhysical80
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
FairyDraining KissSpecial50
GhostAstonishPhysical30

Type counters to Palafin

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.