Pokédex · VIII (Galar)

Falinks#870

Its greatest asset is Attack — higher than 74% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. Defensively it can rely on 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances.

Falinks
Shiny version
Fighting
Height: 3.0 m (9′10″) Weight: 62.0 kg (136.7 lbs)

Base stats

HP
65
44%
Atk
100
74%
Def
100
82%
SpA
70
55%
SpD
60
36%
Spe
75
61%
TOTAL
470
55%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Defense.

Attack and Defense share first place here, so any nature that raises one of them will do. The list of natures shows what each one does.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (100) is 30 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 61% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 4

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.

Galar #345 Sword / Shield
Paldea #300 Scarlet / Violet
Lumiose City #212 Legends: Z-A
Pokémon Champions #870 Champions

Abilities

  • Battle Armor Protects against critical hits.
  • Defiant Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.

Pokédex entry

Five of them are troopers, and one is the brass. The brass’s orders are absolute.

Egg Group: Fairy Egg Group: Mineral Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: hard (45/255) Base friendship: 50/255 Base EXP: 165
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Falinks takes when it is hit by a move of each type.

Weak to Flying ×2 Psychic ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Bug ×½ Rock ×½ Dark ×½

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Falinks — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Falinks — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Falinks — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Falinks — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

TCG cards (6)

All Falinks cards →

Falinks has 6 cards in 3 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.

This species is genderless, so its only possible partner is Ditto.

The Egg hatches after 25 cycles, which is roughly 6,600 steps. The exact cycle length depends on the game — newer titles shortened it noticeably — so treat this number as an order of magnitude, not a countdown. Having the Flame Body Ability in your party halves the wait.

Where to catch it (16)

All locations →

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Galar

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (51 via TM/TR, 1 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Protect Normal Status — — 10
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100% 35
5 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 40 100% 15
10 Focus Energy Normal Status — — 30
15 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100% 15
20 Bulk Up Fighting Status — — 20
25 Endure Normal Status — — 10
30 Reversal Fighting Physical — 100% 15
35 First Impression Bug Physical 90 100% 10
40 No Retreat Fighting Status — — 5
45 Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15
50 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5
55 Megahorn Bug Physical 120 85% 10
60 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20