Ting-Lu
Ruinous Pokémon
It slowly brings its exceedingly heavy head down upon the ground, splitting the earth open with huge fissures that run over 160 feet deep.
Details
Abilities
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Ting-Lu can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Sand Tomb Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Ground | Physical | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 1 | Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 5 | Spikes Scatters Spikes, hurting opposing Pokémon that switch in. | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 10 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Stomp Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 35 | Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 40 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 45 | Stomping Tantrum Has double power if the user’s last move failed. | Ground | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 50 | Ruination | Dark | Special | 1 | 90 | 10 |
| 55 | Throat Chop Prevents the target from using sound-based moves for two turns. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 60 | Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| 65 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 70 | Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users. | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| 75 | Fissure Causes a one-hit KO. | Ground | Physical | — | 30 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
6 sprites & renders for Ting-Lu.




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Cite this page
“Ting-Lu”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/ting-lu.
Species data from PokéAPI.