Primeape

No. 0057 · Gen 1

Primeape weakness and type

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

Moves against Primeape

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

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

Base stats

  • HP65
  • Attack105
  • Defense60
  • Sp. Atk60
  • Sp. Def70
  • Speed95
  • Total455

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 Primeape gives 2 Attack EVs.

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How Primeape evolves

MankeyFighting
All evolutions

What Primeape 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
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
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 Primeape

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.