Best Team for Donphan

Donphan Overview

#232 Donphan

Ground

Strengths

Hits Fire SEHits Electric SEHits Poison SEHits Rock SEHits Steel SE

Resists: Poison, Rock. Immune to: Electric

Weaknesses to Cover

WaterGrassIce

Step-by-Step Teammate Guide

Fill each slot with a teammate that patches Donphan's weaknesses and adds offensive coverage.

1. Slot 2 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   Aegislash ShieldSteelGhostRecommended

   Resists grass, ice; hits ice, psychic super-effectively

   +14% coverage gain

   

   CorviknightFlyingSteel

   Resists grass; hits grass, ice super-effectively

   +14% coverage gain

   

   ForretressBugSteel

   Resists grass, ice; hits grass, ice super-effectively

   +13% coverage gain

2. Slot 3 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   GyaradosWaterFlyingRecommended

   Resists water, fire, ground; hits grass, fighting super-effectively

   +7% coverage gain

   

   DragoniteDragonFlying

   Resists water, fire, ground; hits grass, fighting super-effectively

   +7% coverage gain

   

   AltariaDragonFlying

   Resists water, fire, ground; hits grass, fighting super-effectively

   +7% coverage gain

3. Slot 4 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   PawmotElectricFightingRecommended

   Resists dark; hits normal, water super-effectively

   +5% coverage gain

   

   Iron HandsFightingElectric

   Resists dark; hits normal, water super-effectively

   +5% coverage gain

   

   GrimmsnarlDarkFairy

   Resists ghost, dark; hits dragon, dark super-effectively

   +4% coverage gain

4. Slot 5 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   GrimmsnarlDarkFairyRecommended

   Resists ghost; hits dragon super-effectively

   +2% coverage gain

   

   SnorlaxNormal

   Resists ghost

   +1% coverage gain

   

   MiltankNormal

   Resists ghost

   +1% coverage gain

5. Slot 6 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   SnorlaxNormalRecommended

   Adds normal coverage

   

   MiltankNormal

   Adds normal coverage

   

   LopunnyNormal

   Adds normal coverage

Suggested Complete Team

98/100Excellent balance

Donphan

Aegislash Shield

Gyarados

Pawmot

Grimmsnarl

Snorlax

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Alternative Builds

Other strong team compositions built around Donphan:

Build 2

98/100

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Ground/flying/steel focused variant

DonphanCorviknightWeavilePrimarinaPawmotAlakazam

Build 3

98/100

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Ground/bug/steel focused variant

DonphanForretressGyaradosRotomGrimmsnarlMachamp

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