Nosepass

#299 (Hoenn)

#300 Skitty ›

Pokémon type

Rock

Nosepass weaknesses

Nosepass is weak to Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water and Grass-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Nosepass is resistant to Normal, Flying, Poison and Fire-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Nosepass

The best moves for Nosepass are Rock Throw and Rock Slide when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. This combination also deals the most damage per turn in Trainer Battles.

Attacking

Rock Throw

15.6DPS

Rock Slide

36DPS

Defending

Rock Throw

15.6DPS

Rock Slide

36DPS

Trainer Battles

Rock Throw

2.5EPT

Rock Slide

2DPE

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Evolution calculator »

Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Nosepass family. Nosepass evolves into Probopass for 50 Candy.

Nosepass

Probopass

Game images

Nosepass, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Events

Steeled Resolve

28th Apr

Summary

Nosepass is a Rock Pokémon. It is weak to Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water and Grass moves. Nosepass's best moveset is Rock Throw & Rock Slide and it has a Max CP of 1,123. Nosepass evolves into Probopass.

About

"Nosepass's magnetic nose is always pointed to the north. If two of these Pokémon meet, they cannot turn their faces to each other when they are close because their magnetic noses repel one another."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Rock Throw	13	8	15.6
Spark	4	12	8

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Rock Blast	50	3	1.82
Rock Slide	75	2	1.8
Thunderbolt	80	2	1.6
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Spark	5	2	2.5	3.5
Rock Throw	8	2	4.8	2.5

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Rock Slide	75	45	2
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Thunderbolt	90	55	1.64
Rock Blast	50	40	1.5
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	5	100%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Rock Blast 30 DPS	4.7	95%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	4.7	95%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	4.7	94%
Spark 8 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	4.6	93%
Spark 8 DPS	Rock Blast 30 DPS	4.4	88%
Spark 8 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	4.3	87%
Spark 8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	4.1	82%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.8	77%
Spark 8 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.7	54%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	1.9	100%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	1.8	95%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Rock Blast 30 DPS	1.8	95%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.5	78%
Spark 8 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	1.2	65%
Spark 8 DPS	Rock Blast 30 DPS	1.2	63%
Spark 8 DPS	Thunderbolt 32 DPS	1.1	61%
Rock Throw 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.1	60%
Spark 8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	0.8	44%
Spark 8 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	0.6	30%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Rock Throw 2.5 EPT	Rock Slide 2 DPE	18	9.8	100%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Rock Slide 2 DPE	14	9.5	97%
Rock Throw 2.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	28	9.4	96%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	9	92%
Rock Throw 2.5 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.64 DPE	22	8.9	91%
Rock Throw 2.5 EPT	Rock Blast 1.5 DPE	16	8.6	87%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Thunderbolt 1.64 DPE	16	8.2	84%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Rock Blast 1.5 DPE	12	7.8	79%
Rock Throw 2.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	28	5.2	53%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	3	31%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Nosepass?

Nosepass is weak to Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water and Grass moves.

The best counter to Nosepass is Mega Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere, followed by Mega Mewtwo X, Crowned Sword Zacian and Dusk Mane Necrozma.

The top Nosepass counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Lucario	Force Palm Aura Sphere	100%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Dynamic Punch+	99%
Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw Behemoth Blade	99%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Focus Blast	96%
Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw Sunsteel Strike	95%
Mega Blaziken	Counter Aura Sphere	94%
Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw Behemoth Bash	92%
Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut Sunsteel Strike	91%
Mega Lucario	Force Palm Meteor Mash	91%
Mega Lucario	Counter Aura Sphere	89%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		82
Defense		215
Stamina		102

Max HP

Level 40

Size

Height	0.99 m
Weight	97 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	425
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	567
Level 30 Max wild	851
Level 40	993
Level 50	1,123

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	709
Level 35 (wild)	922