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Purrloin

#509

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An image of the Pokemon Purrloin #509 in the Pokedex
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Weakness Table

This is a list of Purrloin's weaknesses. These Pokemon types in the green zone will be strong against Purrloin:
2x
Bug
Fairy
Fighting
1x
Dragon
Electric
Fire
Flying
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Dark
Ghost
Immune
Psychic
: Types marked with this symbol will receive extra damage from Purrloin's STAB attacks.

Purrloin will receive the same damage from both Special Attacks and Physical Attacks!

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Purrloin's Weaknesses

Best Counters

The types that are strong against Purrloin are Bug, Fairy, Fighting type Pokemon.

Bug
Fairy
Fighting

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

Fighting
Fairy

Weaknesses

Purrloin's type is Dark.

Purrloin has a weakness to Bug, Fairy, Fighting types. These Pokemon types will be strong against Purrloin, causing Purrloin to take a super effective double (2x) damage from attacks of those types.

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

Please keep in mind that Purrloin is resistant to attacks from Dark and Ghost types, and these attacks are not very effective and cause reduced damage, so they should be avoided.

Strong against Purrloin:

Pokemon of these types will deal effective damage against Purrloin, without suffering any extra damage:
2x
Bug
Fairy
Fighting
1x
Dragon
Electric
Fire
Flying
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Dark

Strength Table

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

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