#0056

Mankey

Pig Monkey Pokémon

Fighting

An agile Pokémon that lives in trees. It angers easily and will not hesitate to attack anything.

In Pokémon GO · 1164 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.5 m

Weight28.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate190

Base friendship70

Growth ratemedium

Abilities

Vital Spirit

Prevents sleep.

Anger Point

Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.

DefiantHidden

Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.

Egg groups: Field

Appears in these games

Red · Blue · Yellow#056 Gold · Silver · Crystal#134 HeartGold · SoulSilver#136 Sun · Moon#079 Ultra Sun · Ultra Moon#093 Let's Go Pikachu · Eevee#056 Scarlet · Violet#158 SV — The Teal Mask#099

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

305

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Flying2×

Psychic2×

Fairy2×

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Dark½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon · Gen 9

Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.

Choice Scarf

Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: {"Vital Spirit","Defiant"}
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 36 HP / 196 Atk / 76 Def / 196 Spe
Tera: Fighting

Evolution

#0056Mankey

Lv. 28

#0057Primeape

use move

#0979Annihilape

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Mankey can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

25 sprites & renders for Mankey.

Across the games

Moves

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
8	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
8	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
8	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
12	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
15	Karate Chop	Fighting	Physical	50	100	25
15	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100	5
17	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
21	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
22	Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80	5
26	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
27	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30
29	Punishment	Dark	Physical	—	100	5
29	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	130	100	10
29	U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100	20
33	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
33	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
36	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
39	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10
40	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
44	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
48	Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	—	100	5