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Malamar

#687

Dark
Psychic
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An image of the Pokemon Malamar #687 in the Pokedex
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Weakness Table

This is a list of Malamar's weaknesses. These Pokemon types in the green zone will be strong against Malamar:
4x
Bug
2x
Fairy
1x
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Rock
Steel
Water
Immune
Psychic
: Types marked with this symbol will receive extra damage from Malamar's STAB attacks.

Malamar will receive 13% more damage from a Special Attack compared to a Physical Attack.

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Malamar's Weaknesses

Best Counters

Malamar is especially weak against Bug type Pokemon, they will deal 4x damage to it!

The types that are strong against Malamar are Bug and Fairy type Pokemon.

Bug
Fairy

For the best defense, Dark types have very effective defense against Malamar, and will be resistant to damage from Malamar's STAB attacks:

Dark

Weaknesses

Malamar's type is Dark and Psychic.

Malamar is especially vulnerable to Bug attacks, it will receive a super effective four times (4x) the amount of damage! Since Bug type Pokemon are especially strong against Malamar, you should attack with this type of Pokemon.

Malamar has a weakness to Bug and Fairy types. These Pokemon types will be strong against Malamar, causing Malamar to take a super effective quadruple (4x) damage from Bug type attacks, and causing Malamar to take a super effective double (2x) damage from Fairy type attacks.

Psychic type attacks will have no effect on Malamar, as Malamar is immune to this type of damage! Please avoid these types of attacks.

Strong against Malamar:

Pokemon of these types will deal effective damage against Malamar, without suffering any extra damage:
4x
Bug
2x
Fairy
1x
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fire
Flying
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Rock
Steel
Water

Strength Table

Here is what Malamar is strong against:
2x
Fighting
Ghost
Poison
Psychic
1x
Bug
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fire
Flying
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Dark

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Attacks that are Super-effective (4x, 2x), Effective (1x), or Not Very Effective (less than 0.5x) will be listed, including moves that have No Effect.

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