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Best Team for Heracross

A step-by-step guide to building the perfect team around Heracross. Discover the best teammates, understand why they work, and load the full team into the builder with one click.

Heracross Overview

Heracross

#214 Heracross

Weaknesses to Cover

Step-by-Step Teammate Guide

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

  1. Slot 2 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Empoleon
    EmpoleonWaterSteelRecommended

    Resists flying, psychic, fairy; hits fire, ground super-effectively

    +13% coverage gain

    Excadrill
    ExcadrillGroundSteel

    Resists flying, psychic, fairy; hits fire, electric super-effectively

    +13% coverage gain

    Aggron
    AggronSteelRock

    Resists flying, psychic, fairy; hits fire, flying super-effectively

    +12% coverage gain

  2. Slot 3 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Gliscor
    GliscorGroundFlyingRecommended

    Resists electric; hits electric, fighting super-effectively

    +5% coverage gain

    Golem
    GolemRockGround

    Resists fire, electric; hits electric, poison super-effectively

    +6% coverage gain

    Rhydon
    RhydonGroundRock

    Resists fire, electric; hits electric, poison super-effectively

    +6% coverage gain

  3. Slot 4 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Rotom
    RotomElectricGhostRecommended

    hits water, flying super-effectively

    +3% coverage gain

    Grimmsnarl
    GrimmsnarlDarkFairy

    hits ghost, dragon super-effectively

    +3% coverage gain

    Weavile
    WeavileDarkIce

    hits flying, ghost super-effectively

    +4% coverage gain

  4. Slot 5 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Grimmsnarl
    GrimmsnarlDarkFairyRecommended

    Resists ghost; hits dragon super-effectively

    +2% coverage gain

    Hydreigon
    HydreigonDarkDragon

    Resists fire, ghost; hits dragon super-effectively

    +3% coverage gain

    Sylveon
    SylveonFairy

    hits dragon super-effectively

    +1% coverage gain

  5. Slot 6 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Swampert
    SwampertWaterGroundRecommended

    Resists fire

    +1% coverage gain

    Gastrodon
    GastrodonWaterGround

    Resists fire

    +1% coverage gain

    Blastoise

    Resists fire

    +1% coverage gain

Suggested Complete Team

Alternative Builds

Other strong team compositions built around Heracross:

Bug/fighting/ground focused variant

Bug/fighting/steel focused variant