Best Normal Type Pokemon

Normal Type Pokemon are known for having only one weakness to Fighting and their immunity to Ghost. Learn what are the best Normal Type Pokemon for Competitive, Tera Raids and the Story, as well as the best Pokemon to give a Normal Tera Type to in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

Best Normal-type Pokemon for Tera Raids

Best Normal-type Pokemon for Tera Raids
Chansey	Farigiraf

Chansey

Chansey Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Calm (↑ Sp.Def, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp.Def: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Natural Cure	・ Life Dew ・ Helping Hand ・ Tera Blast ・ Skill Swap
Held Item
Eviolite

Letting Chansey hold an Eviolite will boost its defenses, which makes it a great support Pokemon to use in Tera Raids.

Other than keeping its allies alive with Life Dew and healing cheers, it can also use Skill Swap to transfer its Ability to the raid Pokemon which effectively removes it during the raid.

Chansey Best Tera Raid Build

Farigiraf

Farigiraf Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Def: 4		Sp.Atk: 252
Ability	Moveset
Armor Tail	・ Hyper Voice ・ Nasty Plot ・ Twin Beam ・ Tera Blast
Held Item
Shell Bell

Even though its kit mostly relies on Twin Beam, Farigiraf, during Tera Raids, can use Hyper Voice to deal damage, which utilizes its high Special Attack.

Additionally, even though it is a Psychic-type, it will not be damaged by Ghost-type moves thanks to its other type which is Normal.

Farigiraf Best Tera Raid Build

Best Normal-type Pokemon for Competitive Ranked Battle

Best Normal-type Pokemon for Ranked Battles
Maushold	Grafaiai	Dudunsparce

Maushold

	Maushold Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Jolly (↑ Spe, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 180 / Def 140 / Spe 188
Final Stat Values	HP 150 / Atk 127 / Def 90 / Sp.Def 95 / Spe 179
Ability	Technician
Tera Type
Held Item	Wide Lens
Moveset	・ Population Bomb ・ Bite ・ Baton Pass ・ Tidy Up

Maushold makes use of its Technician Ability by using low base power moves such as Population Bomb, its signature move, to deal damage. This is paired with Wide Lens, which boosts the accuracy of its attacks.

Maushold can also use Tidy Up to boost stats and clear up hazards present in the field, then use Baton Pass to transfer its stat boosts to another Pokemon in your team.

Its EV spread allows it to withstand most attacks and outspeed several Pokemon who are fairly quick.

Maushold Movesets and Best Builds

Grafaiai

	Grafaiai Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Careful (↑ Sp.Def, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Def 4 / Sp.Def 252
Final Stat Values	HP 170 / Atk 115 / Def 86 / Sp.Def 136 / Spe 130
Ability	Prankster
Tera Type
Held Item	Black Sludge
Moveset	・ Doodle ・ Knock Off ・ Super Fang ・ Parting Shot

Grafaiai is a great lead support in Doubles thanks to Prankster giving priority to its status moves.

Doodle changes Grafaiai and its ally's Ability to the targeted Pokemon. This is a powerful support move that can turn the tables against the opposing team. Keep in mind that once Grafaiai uses Doodle, it loses Prankster so it will have to switch out to get priority on status moves again.

Black Sludge is the preferred item for this build to give it recovery and improve its survivability.

Grafaiai Movesets and Best Builds

Dudunsparce

	Dudunsparce Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Bold (↑ Def, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	HP 232 / Def 121 / Sp.Def 118 / Spe 75
Final Stat Values	HP 232 / Def 121 / Sp.Def 118 / Spe 75
Ability	Rattled
Tera Type
Held Item	Mental Herb
Moveset	・ Coil ・ Calm Mind ・ Baton Pass ・ Substitute

This Dudunsparce build aims to be as defensive as possible, accumulating boosts from Coil, Calm Mind, and Rattled and passing it to a teammate with Baton Pass.

Passing a Substitute is also very powerful, allowing a teammate to come in with a Substitute to protect it.

Dudunsparce is vulnerable to Taunt, so letting it hold Mental Herb will help it shake off.

Dudunsparce Movesets and Best Builds

Best Normal-type Pokemon for Story Playthrough

Best Normal-type Pokemon for the Story
Ursaring	Dudunsparce	Arboliva

Ursaring

	Ursaring Best Build for the Story
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 252 / Def 252
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Silk Scarf
Moveset	・ Thrash ・ Slash ・ Shadow Claw ・ Play Rough

Ursaring has a high Attack stat, which makes it a great offensive Pokemon to use during a story playthrough. You can power up its Normal-type moves further with Silk Scarf.

Ursaring can learn the move Play Rough, which is effective against Fighting-type Pokemon, while it can use Shadow Claw against Ghost-type Pokemon.

Ursaring Best Moveset for the Story

Dudunsparce

	Dudunsparce Best Build for the Story
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252
Ability	Run Away
Tera Type
Held Item	Sitrus Berry
Moveset	・ Hyper Drill ・ Coil ・ Zen Headbutt ・ Body Slam

Dudunsparce is a bulky physical attacker which can stand on its own in most story battles. Let it hold a Sitrus Berry to improve its survivability during a battle.

Dudunsparce Best Moveset for the Story

Arboliva

	Arboliva Best Build for the Story
Nature	Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Sp.Atk 252
Ability	Seed Sower
Tera Type
Held Item	Wise Glasses
Moveset	・ Giga Drain ・ Hyper Voice ・ Mirror Coat ・ Petal Dance

Arboliva's high Special Attack and Special Defense stats make it function well as a bulky special attacker, and its Ability Seed Sower will constantly restore its health.

Arboliva will mainly rely on its Grass-type attacks, but it can use Hyper Voice against Pokemon that resist Grass-type moves.

Arboliva Best Moveset for the Story

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Normal

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Normal
Dragonite	Ursaring	Greninja

Dragonite

	Dragonite Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Jolly (↑ Spe, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 167 / Atk 186 / Def 115 / Sp.Def 120 / Spe 145
Ability	Multiscale
Tera Type
Held Item	Weakness Policy
Moveset	・ Outrage ・ Hurricane ・ Extreme Speed ・ Fire Punch

Dragonite works well with having a Normal Tera Type to boost its Extreme Speed, an already powerful 120 Base Power Normal Type Priority move even further, and deal massive damage to most Pokemon who do not resist Normal-type moves.

Dragonite Movesets and Best Builds

Ursaring

	Ursaring Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 197 / Atk 200 / Def 95 / Sp.Def 95 / Spe 75
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Swords Dance ・ Facade ・ Crunch ・ Close Combat

Ursaring can take advantage of damage boosts from STAB, Terastallizing it to Normal and its Guts Ability to inflict massive damage with the Normal-type move Facade

Ursaring Movesets and Best Builds

Greninja

Greninja Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Protean	・ Swords Dance ・ Fling ・ Taunt ・ Facade
Held Item
Flame Orb

Letting Greninja have a Normal Tera Type will synergize well with the Tera Raid strategy that revolves around inflicting burn on raid bosses by Flinging a Flame Orb towards them, then using Facade to deal damage.

Greninja Best Tera Raid Build

Best Tera Type for Normal-type Pokemon

Normal Tera Type

A great Tera Type for Normal-type Pokemon is Normal itself, as this boosts the firepower of Normal-type moves that the Pokemon can use.

Having a Normal Tera Type can power up the damage dealt of moves like Hyper Voice, Body Slam, and Uproar. It also allows the Pokemon to retain its only weakness, which is Fighting.

Fighting Tera Type

You can also let a Normal-type Pokemon have a Fighting Tera Type to let it resist Fighting-type moves.

If you expect that your opponent is about to use a Fighting-type move to exploit your weakness, you can Terastallize your Pokemon and make it a Fighting-type to make it receive neutral damage instead.

This also boosts the damage of Fighting-type moves that you can include in your moveset, like Brick Break or Drain Punch.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Fighting with Fighting Tera Shards.

Ghost Tera Type

Normal-type and Fighting-type moves will not be able to hit Ghost-type Pokemon, so if you want to have some offensive power against this type, you can let your Pokemon have a Ghost Tera Type.

This will boost the power of moves like Shadow Ball and Shadow Claw, which are super-effective against Ghost-type Pokemon.

Do take note that in doing this, you will also make your Pokemon vulnerable to Ghost-type moves and other Ghost-type weaknesses, such as Dark-type moves like Crunch.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Ghost with Ghost Tera Shards.

Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Best Normal Type Pokemon by Base Stat

Best Normal Type Pokemon by Base Stats

Pokémon	H	A	B	C	D	S	Total
Arceus	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Terapagos (Stellar Form)	160	105	110	130	110	85	700
Regigigas	110	160	110	80	110	100	670
Slaking	150	160	100	95	65	100	670
Meloetta (Pirouette Forme)	100	128	90	77	77	128	600
Meloetta (Aria Forme)	100	77	77	128	128	90	600
Terapagos (Terastal Form)	95	95	110	105	110	85	600
Bloodmoon Ursaluna	113	70	120	135	65	52	555
Ursaluna	130	140	105	45	80	50	550
Snorlax	160	110	65	65	110	30	540
Blissey	255	10	10	75	135	55	540
Porygon-Z	85	80	70	135	75	90	535
Wyrdeer	103	105	72	105	75	65	525
Farigiraf	120	90	70	110	70	60	520
Dudunsparce	125	100	80	85	75	55	520
Arboliva	78	69	90	125	109	39	510
Hisuian Zoroark	55	100	60	125	60	110	510
Braviary	100	123	75	57	75	80	510
Pyroar	86	68	72	109	66	106	507
Porygon2	85	80	90	105	95	60	505
Cyclizar	70	95	65	85	65	121	501
Ursaring	90	130	75	75	75	55	500
Oranguru	90	60	80	90	110	60	490
Tauros	75	100	95	40	70	110	490
Oinkologne (Female)	115	90	70	59	90	65	489
Oinkologne (Male)	110	100	75	59	80	65	489
Staraptor	85	120	70	50	60	100	485
Toucannon	80	120	75	75	75	60	485
Grafaiai	63	95	65	80	72	110	485
Ambipom	75	100	66	60	66	115	482
Komala	65	115	65	75	95	65	480
Sawsbuck	80	100	70	60	70	95	475
Indeedee (Male)	60	65	55	105	95	95	475
Indeedee (Female)	70	55	65	95	105	85	475
Dodrio	60	110	70	60	60	110	470
Maushold	74	75	70	65	75	111	470
Cinccino	75	95	60	65	60	115	470
Stantler	73	95	62	85	65	85	465
Greedent	120	95	95	55	75	20	460
Zangoose	73	115	60	60	60	90	458
Noctowl	100	50	50	86	96	70	452
Terapagos	90	65	85	65	85	60	450
Persian	65	70	60	65	65	115	440
Wigglytuff	140	70	45	85	50	45	435
Gumshoos	88	110	60	55	60	45	418
Squawkabilly	82	96	51	45	51	92	417
Furret	85	76	64	45	55	90	415
Ditto	48	48	48	48	48	48	288
Smeargle	55	20	35	20	45	75	250

This is a list of fully-evolved Normal-type Pokemon by total base stats. For a full comparison of all Pokemon including unevolved forms, try our List of Pokemon by Base Stats.

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