Primeape

When Primeape becomes furious, its blood circulation is boosted. In turn, its muscles are made even stronger. However, it also becomes much less intelligent at the same time.

Dex No

#057

Primeape Weaknesses and Strengths

Primeape is a Fighting type Pokemon. When dealing damage with Fighting Type Moves, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Flying	160%
Psychic	160%
Fairy	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Rock	62.5%
Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%

Best Moves for Primeape in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Primeape.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Counter	Close Combat	68.17	452.71
Counter	Cross Chop	56.00	436.32
Karate Chop	Close Combat	64.17	430.82
Karate Chop	Cross Chop	52.00	405.50
Counter	Ice Punch	42.32	403.32
Low Kick	Close Combat	64.17	402.39
Counter	Low Sweep	41.26	396.07
Counter	Night Slash	38.73	386.21
Low Kick	Cross Chop	52.00	379.54
Karate Chop	Ice Punch	38.32	372.87

All Moves for Primeape

Below are all the moves that Primeape can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Close Combat	Charged	100	52.17	2300ms	-100
Low Sweep	Charged	40	25.26	1900ms	-33
Night Slash	Charged	50	22.73	2200ms	-33
Ice Punch	Charged	50	26.32	1900ms	-33
Cross Chop EliteTM	Charged	50	40	1500ms	-50
Low Kick	Quick	6	12	600ms	6
Counter	Quick	12	16	900ms	8
Karate Chop EliteTM	Quick	8	12	800ms	10

Primeape Evolution

Mankey	Requires 50x Candy	Primeape
Primeape	Requires 100x Candy Defeat 30 Ghost-Type or Psychic Type Pokemon with Primape as your buddy.	Annihilape

Best Primeape Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Primeape Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Primeape in a raid.