Tinkaton is a heavy-duty Pokémon that can act as an offense or support for your team. It has some unique moves that will be of use during Ranked Battles. In this guide, we will see the best build for Tinkaton to use during Ranked Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Best Tinkaton Build for Ranked Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Tinkaton has a few weaknesses but can handle itself well in battle. Here we will see the best Tinkaton build for ranked battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
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Let’s take a look at some of Tinkaton’s stats
- Type: Fairy/ Steel
- Weakness: Fire, Ground
- Takes Damage: Ghost, Steel, Water, Electric, Fighting
- Immune: Poison, Dragon
- Resistance: Normal, Ice, Grass, Flying, Rock, Psychic, Fairy, Dark
Best Tinkaton Build
- Ability: Mold Breaker – Tinkaton can use moves without the opponent’s restricting Abilities
- Tera Type: Steel
- Held Item: Sitrus Berry: Helps regenerate a small amount of HP during battle
- Nature: Impish
- EV Spread: HP – 244 / DEF – 252 / SPL DEF – 12
- Final Stat: HP – 191 / ATK – 95 / DEF – 141 / SPL DEF – 127 / Speed – 114
Best Tinkaton Moveset
- Gigaton Hammer
- Knock Off
- Stealth Rock
- Encore
Whether you plan to use Tinkaton as a support or offense Pokémon, you should always have Gigaton Hammer as your main move, as it is highly effective against Ice, Rock, and Fairy Pokémon. Its Mold Breaker ability can help Tinkaton attack without the opponent’s ability hampering it, such as when Mimikyu uses Disguise. Since most of Tinkaton’s stats are stacked on Defense, the Impish nature will further improve it. Stealth Rock can be used with Pokémon who are weak to Rock moves, and the more their weakness is the more damage they will take.
Encore can be swapped with Play Rough or Tera Blast to increase Tinkaton’s attacks and lower the opponent’s Attack. If you plan on using Tinkaton as a support Pokémon, you can change the EV spread and final stats to focus more on HP and Special Defense, and also use the Careful nature.
Best Tinkaton Team
- Bulky Offense: Dragonite
- Support / Physical Attacker: Tinkaton
- Defense: Wash Rotom
These three Pokémon can complement each other and work on their weaknesses. Dragonite has immunity to Ground moves, so it can take an offensive stance in a Ranked battle. Tinkaton and Wash Rotom can switch roles to not get overpowered by the opponent. All three are great to break down defense barriers set up by the opposing Pokémon.
That’s all there is to know about the best Tinkaton build for Ranked Battle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. If you like this guide you can check out our other guides as well.