Taillow

No. 0276 · Gen 3

Taillow weakness and type

Hit TAILLOW with Electric, Ice and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Taillow

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

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

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Abilities

  • GutsNo change to type matchups
  • ScrappyNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack55
  • Defense30
  • Sp. Atk30
  • Sp. Def30
  • Speed85
  • Total270

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Taillow gives 1 Speed EV.

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How Taillow evolves

TaillowNormalFlying
All evolutions

What Taillow 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
FlyingSky Attacksame typePhysical140
NormalBoomburstsame typeSpecial140
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
SteelSteel WingPhysical70
BugU-turnPhysical70
DarkThiefPhysical60
GhostOminous WindSpecial60
DragonTwisterSpecial40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Taillow

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.