Pokemon Go: How to defeat Kangaskhan, weakness and counters

ByAdam B Hours
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Kangaskhan in the Pokemon anime 2

Last Updated on: 29th July 2021, 06:09 pm

Kangaskhan is a classic Pokemon from back in Generation I, but do you remember what weakness Kangaskhan has? Here are some counter tips for you, to help out.

This is a fairly simple guide piece that aims to provide the best counter-Type to Kangaskhan in Pokemon Go. The answer itself for this

What is the biggest weakness of Kangaskhan in Pokemon Go?

The biggest weakness of Kangaskhan in Pokemon Go is Fighting-Type Pokemon. Kangaskhan is a normal-Type, and thus weak to Fighting-Type attacks. There is no other Super-Effective alternative to battle Kangaskhan with.

It should also be noted that you should avoid Ghost-Type attacks, as they’ll deal massively reduced damage to Kangaskhan.

How did we find the most exploitable weakness?

As is typical in any Pokemon title, including Go, precisely how strong a Pokemon is and what moves it uses may vary depending on the individual, but there are a few things that remain consistent across all of any given species of Pokemon.

The easiest of these to exploit is often the Pokemon’s Type.

Kangaskhan is a pure Normal-Type Pokemon, meaning that the biggest counter and only weakness is always the same Type, regardless of what moves Kangaskhan knows, as there are simply no other Super-Effective damage weakness options to use in any Pokemon game.

Kangaskhan in the Pokemon anime
Credit: Bulbapedia

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Kangaskhan Type Interactions in Pokemon Go

Being a Normal-Type Pokemon, Kangaskhans type interactions are very simple. Kangaskhan will be strong against Ghost-Type attacks, taking only 39% damage, and will take 160% damage from any Fighting-Type attacks.

This pretty much settles what the best Type to fight Kangaskhan is already, but I’ll cover what moves Kangaskhan can use anyway just in case anyone is curious about them.

What moves does Kangaskhan use in battle?

Fast Attacks
  • Low Kick (Fighting)
  • Mud-Slap (Ground)
Charged Attacks
  • Crunch (Dark)
  • Earthquake (Ground)
  • Outrage (Dragon)
  • Power-Up Punch (Fighting)
  • Brick Break (Fighting)
  • Stomp (Normal)
Kangaskhan chose violence
Judging by this move set, Kangaskhan does sometimes choose Violence and employ Fighting-Type moves as well.
Credit: Pokemon.com

Kangaskhan counters and weakness Summary

Pretty simple one to answer really, there is only one Type that does enhanced damage to Kangaskhan via hitting a weakness, so the main counter to Kangaskhan in Pokemon Go is quite simply Fighting-Types.

There’s nothing else really left to say on this one, good luck fighting Kangaskhan trainers!

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