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grimmsnarl

Grimmsnarl #861

Type Matchups

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Resistant to (½x damage):

Immune to (0x damage):

Grimmsnarl

Generation VIII · #0861: Bulk Up Pokémon

Grimmsnarl is a Dark/Fairy-type Pokémon, known as the Bulk Up Pokémon, first introduced in Generation VIII. Its base stats total 510, with Attack (120) the highest and Speed (60) the lowest. It has Prankster or Frisk as its ability, with Pickpocket as its Hidden Ability.

Base Stats

HP95
Attack120
Defense65
Sp. Atk95
Sp. Def75
Speed60
Total510
Height

1.5m

Weight

61.0kg

Category

Bulk Up Pokémon

Gender

100% Male

Color

purple

Shape

humanoid

Abilities
Prankster

Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.

Frisk

Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

PickpocketHidden

Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact.

Pokedex Numbers

national#861
galar#240
crown tundra#39
paldea#287
kitakami#192

Training

EV Yield3 Attack
Catch Rate45
Base Happiness50
Base Exp.255
Growth Ratemedium

Breeding

Egg GroupsFairy, Human-Like
Gender100% Male
Egg Cycles20 (5355 steps)

Sprites

grimmsnarl Front
Front
grimmsnarl Back
Back
grimmsnarl Shiny Front
Shiny Front
grimmsnarl Shiny Back
Shiny Back
grimmsnarl Home
Home
grimmsnarl Home Shiny
Home Shiny
grimmsnarl Showdown
Showdown
grimmsnarl Showdown Shiny
Showdown Shiny

TMs & HMs

tm00

sword shield

tm01

yellow

tm01

red blue

tm01

platinum

tm01

emerald

tm01

diamond pearl

tm01

firered leafgreen

tm01

ruby sapphire

tm01

xd

tm01

colosseum

tm01

heartgold soulsilver

tm01

blue japan

tm01

red green japan

tm01

sword shield

tm02

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

tm03

sword shield

tm04

sword shield

tm05

red blue

tm05

yellow

tm05

sword shield

+489 more TMs/HMs

Regional & Special Forms

Grimmsnarl also has a related form: Gigantamax Grimmsnarl.

Where to Find

Grimmsnarl isn't listed as a wild encounter in our game data. It is usually obtained by evolving its earlier stage. See the evolution chain above for how.

Pokedex Entries

sword

With the hair wrapped around its body helping to enhance its muscles, this Pokémon can overwhelm even Machamp.

shield

Its hairs work like muscle fibers. When its hairs unfurl, they latch on to opponents, ensnaring them as tentacles would.

Learnable Moves

Grimmsnarl can learn 75 moves:

Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
PP
assurancedark
Physical
6010010
attractnormal
Status
—10015
bitedark
Physical
6010025
body pressfighting
Physical
8010010
body slamnormal
Physical
8510015
brick breakfighting
Physical
7510015
bulk upfighting
Status
——20
burning jealousyfire
Special
701005
chilling waterwater
Special
5010020
confidenormal
Status
——20
crunchdark
Physical
8010015
dark pulsedark
Special
8010015
darkest lariatdark
Physical
8510010
dazzling gleamfairy
Special
8010010
drain punchfighting
Physical
7510010
draining kissfairy
Special
5010010
endurenormal
Status
——10
facadenormal
Physical
7010020
fake outnormal
Physical
4010010
fake tearsdark
Status
—10020
false surrenderdark
Physical
80—10
fire punchfire
Physical
7510015
flatterdark
Status
—10015
flingdark
Physical
—10010
focus blastfighting
Special
120705
focus energynormal
Status
——30
focus punchfighting
Physical
15010020
foul playdark
Physical
9510015
giga impactnormal
Physical
150905
hammer armfighting
Physical
1009010
hyper beamnormal
Special
150905
ice punchice
Physical
7510015
imprisonpsychic
Status
——10
lash outdark
Physical
751005
leech lifebug
Physical
8010010
light screenpsychic
Status
——30
low kickfighting
Physical
—10020
low sweepfighting
Physical
6510020
mega kicknormal
Physical
120755
mega punchnormal
Physical
808520
metronomenormal
Status
——10
misty terrainfairy
Status
——10
nasty plotdark
Status
——20
play roughfairy
Physical
909010
power swappsychic
Status
——10
power whipgrass
Physical
1208510
power up punchfighting
Physical
4010020
protectnormal
Status
——10
reflectpsychic
Status
——20
restpsychic
Status
——5
retaliatenormal
Physical
701005
revengefighting
Physical
6010010
roundnormal
Special
6010015
scary facenormal
Status
—10010
shadow clawghost
Physical
7010015
sleep talknormal
Status
——10
snorenormal
Special
5010015
spirit breakfairy
Physical
7510015
stomping tantrumground
Physical
7510010
substitutenormal
Status
——10
sucker punchdark
Physical
701005
superpowerfighting
Physical
1201005
swaggernormal
Status
—8515
take downnormal
Physical
908520
tauntdark
Status
—10020
tera blastnormal
Special
8010010
thiefdark
Physical
6010025
throat chopdark
Physical
8010015
thunder punchelectric
Physical
7510015
thunder waveelectric
Status
—9020
tormentdark
Status
—10015
trailblazegrass
Physical
5010020
trickpsychic
Status
—10010
uproarnormal
Special
9010010
wonder roompsychic
Status
——10

Commonly Asked Questions About Grimmsnarl

What type is Grimmsnarl?

Grimmsnarl is a dark and fairy type Pokemon.

What does Grimmsnarl evolve from?

Grimmsnarl evolved from morgrem that evolved from impidimp.

What are Grimmsnarl's weaknesses?

Grimmsnarl is weak to poison, steel and fairy type moves.

Grimmsnarl Trading Cards

Grimmsnarl first appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card Game in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019) and has since featured on 13 cards across 10 sets. Its most recent card is from Mega Rising (2025). Its most valuable card is Grimmsnarl VMAX (Shining Fates) at around €10.84.

Cards by rarity

Rare · 2Holo Rare · 2Three Diamond · 1Double rare · 1Uncommon · 1Shiny rare · 1Shiny rare V · 1Shiny rare VMAX · 1Holo Rare VMAX · 1Holo Rare V · 1None · 1
Grimmsnarl: Mega Rising card #165

Grimmsnarl

Mega Rising · #165

Three Diamond · 2025

illus. DOM

Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex: Destined Rivals card #136

Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex

Destined Rivals · #136

Double rare · 2025

illus. PLANETA Mochizuki

€0.70

Grimmsnarl: Journey Together card #073

Grimmsnarl

Journey Together · #073

Uncommon · 2025

illus. Nisota Niso

€0.26

Grimmsnarl: Stellar Crown card #096

Grimmsnarl

Stellar Crown · #096

Rare · 2024

illus. Kazumasa Yasukuni

€0.17

Grimmsnarl: Brilliant Stars card #094

Grimmsnarl

Brilliant Stars · #094

Rare · 2022

€0.25

Grimmsnarl: Fusion Strike card #178

Grimmsnarl

Fusion Strike · #178

Holo Rare · 2021

illus. kawayoo

€0.31

Grimmsnarl: Shining Fates card #SV085

Grimmsnarl

Shining Fates · #SV085

Shiny rare · 2021

illus. Kouki Saitou

€7.93

Grimmsnarl V: Shining Fates card #SV116

Grimmsnarl V

Shining Fates · #SV116

Shiny rare V · 2021

illus. PLANETA Mochizuki

€4.31

Grimmsnarl VMAX: Shining Fates card #SV117

Grimmsnarl VMAX

Shining Fates · #SV117

Shiny rare VMAX · 2021

illus. 5ban Graphics

€10.84

Grimmsnarl VMAX: Darkness Ablaze card #115

Grimmsnarl VMAX

Darkness Ablaze · #115

Holo Rare VMAX · 2020

illus. 5ban Graphics

€7.49

Grimmsnarl V: Darkness Ablaze card #114

Grimmsnarl V

Darkness Ablaze · #114

Holo Rare V · 2020

illus. 5ban Graphics

€1.32

Grimmsnarl: Rebel Clash card #125

Grimmsnarl

Rebel Clash · #125

Holo Rare · 2020

illus. nagimiso

€0.62

Grimmsnarl V: SWSH Black Star Promos card #SWSH057

Grimmsnarl V

SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH057

None · 2019

illus. 5ban Graphics

€1.47

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