Varoom

No. 0965 · Gen 9

Varoom weakness and type

Hit VAROOM with Ground for 4× damage. Fire also deal 2×.

Moves against Varoom

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Ground deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Varoom

Abilities

  • OvercoatNo change to type matchups
  • Slow StartNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP45
  • Attack70
  • Defense63
  • Sp. Atk30
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed47
  • Total300

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Varoom gives 1 Attack EV.

Calculate Varoom's stats

How Varoom evolves

VaroomSteelPoison
All evolutions

What Varoom 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
NormalSelf-DestructPhysical200
SteelSteel Beamsame typeSpecial140
PoisonGunk Shotsame typePhysical120
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
DarkThiefPhysical60
GroundBulldozePhysical60
GhostLickPhysical30

Type counters to Varoom

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.