Shelmet

No. 0616 · Gen 5

Shelmet weakness and type

Hit SHELMET with Fire, Flying and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Shelmet

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • HydrationNo change to type matchups
  • Shell ArmorNo change to type matchups
  • OvercoatNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP50
  • Attack40
  • Defense85
  • Sp. Atk40
  • Sp. Def65
  • Speed25
  • Total305

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 Shelmet gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Shelmet evolves

ShelmetBug
All evolutions

What Shelmet 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
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
PoisonSludge BombSpecial90
GrassEnergy BallSpecial90
BugBug Buzzsame typeSpecial90
GroundMud ShotSpecial55
DarkPursuitPhysical40

Type counters to Shelmet

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.