Great Tusk weaknesses, resistances & strengths explained in Pokemon

Great Tusk is a formidable threat in any Pokemon Scarlet and Violet battle. To help you make the most of this powerful Paradox Pokemon, here’s all you need to know about the weaknesses, resistances, strengths, and best moves of Great Tusk.

The introduction of Paradox Pokemon like Roaring Moon, Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Great Tusk in Scarlet and Violet shook the meta, as these mysterious Pokemon are blessed with incredible stats, moves, and abilities.

If you want to destroy your opponents with the Ground/Fighting-type Great Tusk in Pokemon, here are its weaknesses, resistances, strengths, and recommended moveset.

• Great Tusk weaknesses explained
• Great Tusk resistances explained
• Great Tusk strengths explained
• Best Great Tusk moves

Great Tusk weaknesses explained in Pokemon

Great Tusk is weak to Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Psychic, and Water-type attacks in Pokemon.

That said, Great Tusk has an incredible Defense stat of 130 and 115 HP, making it super bulky to Physical moves, even if they do super-effective damage. But, with a low Special Defense stat of 53, you need to be careful when this Paradox Pokemon faces Special Attackers like Flutter Mane, Iron Bundle, Greninja, or Walking Wake.

You can also Terastallize Great Tusk to Steel or Water-type to negate its weaknesses and throw the opposition off-guard.

Great Tusk resistances explained in Pokemon

Great Tusk resists Bug, Dark, Poison, and Rock-type attacks and is immune to Electric-type attacks in Pokemon.

The immunity to Electric-type moves is one of the biggest USPs of Great Tusk, as it helps you shrug off attacks from monstrous threats such as Regieleki, Miraidon, Iron Thorns, and Raging Bolt, among others.

Also, Great Tusk completely ignores the commonly used move Thunder Wave, which paralyzes Pokemon and decreases their Speed by 50%.

Great Tusk strengths explained in Pokemon

Great Tusk does super-effective damage to Dark, Electric, Fire, Ice, Normal, Poison, Rock, and Steel-type Pokemon with its STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus) Ground and Fighting-type moves.

This Pokemon has an Attack stat of 131, making it a brutal force in the meta alongside its ability Protosynthesis, which boosts its Speed by 50% or any other stat by 30% under Sun or when carrying the Held Item Booster Energy. Koraidon and Torkoal are excellent teammates to set up Sun and automatically boost Great Tusk.

It is best to boost Great Tusk’s Attack, as there are other ways to increase its Speed, like the move Rapid Spin. With the 30% boost to its Attack, you can threaten some of the top picks in the meta. You can also use Grimmsnarl as a teammate to set up Reflect and Light Screen to lower damage from opponents and bring out Great Tusk to the battlefield stress-free.

Best Great Tusk moves in Pokemon

The best Great Tusk moves in Pokemon are Headlong Rush, Close Combat, Rapid Spin, and Knock Off.

• Headlong Rush is a powerful Ground-type move with a whopping 120 base power but lowers the Defense and Special Defense by one stage.
• Close Combat is a Fighting-type version of Headlong Rush, with the same stats and effects. Both moves get STAB and are capable of OHKOI’ing the toughest Pokemon.
• Rapid Spin is one of the most useful moves in Pokemon as it removes hazards like Rocks, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, etc from your side of the battlefield and also increases your Speed by 50%.
• Ice Spinner is a powerful Ice-type move, that removes any form of Terrain, and is Great Tusk’s main weapon against Dragon Pokemon and the Flying-types it’s weak to. This move particularly excels in hindering Miraidon by eliminating its Electric Terrain and doing super-effective damage to the Legendary.

Some other good moves are Earthquake, Knock Off, Temper Flare, Bulk Up, and Stealth Rock. Keep in mind that Great Tusk is a very versatile Pokemon, and can don offensive, defensive, or support roles with ease.

So it’s always best to include this Paradox Pokemon only after you’ve chosen the other species in your team and fit Great Tusk as per your need.

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