Forms
Linoone
Rushing Pokémon
It uses its explosive speed and razor-sharp claws to bring down prey. Running along winding paths is not its strong suit.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Linoone
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Linoone can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Baby-Doll Eyes Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Pin Missile Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Play Rough Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Rototiller Raises the Attack and Special Attack of all Grass Pokémon in battle. | Ground | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Switcheroo User and target swap items. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 9 | Covet Takes the target’s item. | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 12 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 13 | Odor Sleuth Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 15 | Hone Claws Raises the user’s Attack and accuracy by one stage. | Dark | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 17 | Mud Sport Halves all Electric-type damage. | Ground | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 18 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 23 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 27 | Bestow Gives the user’s held item to the target. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 28 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 33 | Fling Throws held item at the target; power depends on the item. | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| 38 | Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 43 | Belly Drum User pays half its max HP to max out its Attack. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 48 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Linoone.






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Cite this page
“Linoone”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/linoone.
Species data from PokéAPI.