Primeape | Pokémon guide

While it might not be the prettiest Pokémon, Primeape is a Kanto original and a valuable member of any trainer's team. In this guide, we go over everything it has to offer, including its strengths and weaknesses, moveset, and where to catch one for yourself.

As we make our way through the Pokédex, make sure to take a look at our lists of the best fighting Pokémon and the best gen 1 Pokémon to get acquainted with Primeape's powerful friends.

Here's everything in our Primeape guide:

Evolution
Locations
Base stats
Strengths and weaknesses
Moveset

Here's the key information you need to know about Primeape:


National Pokédex #	0,057
Type	Fighting
Abilities	Vital Spirit or Anger Point (gen 4 onwards)
Hidden ability	Defiant
Gender ratio	Male - 50% Female - 50%
Catch rate	17.5%
Egg groups	Field
EV yield	Two attack

Primeape's evolution

Primeape evolves from Mankey starting at level 28. From the gen 9 Pokémon games onwards, you can evolve it into Annihilape by leveling up after using Rage Fist at least 20 times.

Primeape's locations

Here are all the locations you can find Primeape in each Pokémon game:

Gen 1 locations


Red	Evolve Mankey
Blue	Trade
Yellow	Route 23

Gen 2 locations


Gold	Route 9
Silver	Trade
Crystal	Trade

Gen 3 locations


Ruby / Sapphire	Trade
Emerald	Trade
FireRed / LeafGreen	Route 23, Cerulean Cave, and Victory Road
Colosseum	Trade
XD	Cipher Key Lair

Gen 4 locations


Diamond / Pearl	Routes 225 and 226
Platinum	Routes 225 and 226
HeartGold	Route 9 and Cerulean Cave
SoulSilver	Trade

Gen 5 locations


Black / White	Evolve Mankey
Black 2 / White 2	Evolve Mankey

Gen 6 locations


X / Y	Evolve Mankey
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire	Evolve Mankey

Gen 7 locations


Sun / Moon	Poni Plains
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon	Poni Plains
Let's Go Pikachu	Evolve Mankey
Let's Go Eevee	Trade

Gen 8 locations


Sword / Shield	Unobtainable
Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl	Routes 225 and 226, and Grand Underground - Spacious Cave, Grassland Cave, and Sunlit Cavern
Legends: Arceus	Unobtainable

Gen 9 locations


Scarlet / Violet	North Province: Area One, North Province: Glaseado Mountain (poison Tera type), South Province: Area Four, West Province: Area One, West Province: Area Three, and four-star Tera Raid Battles
The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero	Kitakami Wilds and Timeless Woods
Legends: Z-A	Trade
Mega Dimension	Hyperspace Lumiose

Primeape's base stats

Primeape's base stats are as follows. As you level it up, these stats grow.

HP - 65
Attack - 105
Defense - 60
Sp. Atk - 60
Sp. Def - 70
Speed - 95

Primeape's type strengths and weaknesses

As a mono-fighting type Pokémon, Primeape has a decent type matchup chart, resisting three types by taking half damage, and only being weak to three types. Watch out against Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-types as they do double damage.


Normal damage	Dragon, Electric, Fighting, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Steel, Water
Weak	Fairy, Flying, Psychic
Resistant	Bug, Dark, Rock
Immune	None

Primeape's moveset

In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Primeape can learn the following moves:

Level up moves in Scarlet and Violet

Level	Move	Type
One	Fling	Dark
One	Scratch	Normal
One	Leer	Normal
One	Focus Energy	Normal
Five	Fury Swipes	Normal
Eight	Low Kick	Fighting
15	Seismic Toss	Fighting
17	Swagger	Normal
22	Cross Chop	Fighting
26	Assurance	Dark
30	Thrash	Normal
35	Rage Fist	Ghost
39	Close Combat	Fighting
44	Screech	Normal
48	Stomping Tantrum	Ground
53	Outrage	Dragon
57	Final Gambit	Fighting

Level up moves in Legends: Z-A

Level	Move	Type
One	Tackle	Normal
One	Leer	Normal
One	Focus Energy	Normal
Eight	Rock Throw	Rock
Ten	Rock Smash	Fighting
13	Take Down	Normal
16	Low Sweep	Fighting
18	Knock Off	Dark
22	Bulldoze	Ground
25	Brick Break	Fighting
28	Facade	Normal
35	Rage Fist	Ghost
40	Screech	Normal
44	Close Combat	Fighting
50	Outrage	Dragon
54	Dynamic Punch	Fighting

Learnable TMs in Scarlet and Violet

Move	Type
Acrobatics	Flying
Body Slam	Normal
Brick Break	Fighting
Bulk Up	Fighting
Bulldoze	Ground
Close Combat	Fighting
Curse	Ghost
Dig	Ground
Double-Edge	Normal
Drain Punch	Fighting
Earthquake	Ground
Encore	Normal
Endeavor	Normal
Endure	Normal
Facade	Normal
Fire Punch	Fire
Fling	Dark
Focus Blast	Fighting
Focus Punch	Fighting
Giga Impact	Normal
Gunk Shot	Poison
Helping Hand	Normal
Hyper Beam	Normal
Ice Punch	Ice
Lash Out	Dark
Low Kick	Fighting
Low Sweep	Fighting
Metronome	Normal
Outrage	Dragon
Overheat	Fire
Poison Jab	Poison
Protect	Normal
Rain Dance	Water
Rest	Psychic
Reversal	Fighting
Rock Slide	Rock
Rock Tomb	Rock
Scary Face	Normal
Seed Bomb	Grass
Shadow Claw	Ghost
Sleep Talk	Normal
Smack Down	Rock
Spite	Ghost
Stealth Rock	Rock
Stomping Tantrum	Ground
Stone Edge	Rock
Substitute	Normal
Sunny Day	Fire
Swift	Normal
Take Down	Normal
Taunt	Dark
Tera Blast	Normal
Thief	Dark
Throat Chop	Dark
Thunder	Electric
Thunder Punch	Electric
Thunderbolt	Electric
U-turn	Bug
Uproar	Normal
Vacuum Wave	Fighting

Learnable TMs in Legends: Z-A

Move	Type
Body Slam	Normal
Brick Break	Fighting
Bulk Up	Fighting
Bulldoze	Ground
Circle Throw	Fighting
Close Combat	Fighting
Comet Punch	Normal
Curse	Ghost
Dig	Ground
Double-Edge	Normal
Drain Punch	Fighting
Dual Chop	Dragon
Earthquake	Ground
Endure	Normal
Facade	Normal
Fire Punch	Fire
Focus Blast	Fighting
Giga Impact	Normal
Gunk Shot	Poison
Headbutt	Normal
Hyper Beam	Normal
Ice Punch	Ice
Knock Off	Dark
Low Sweep	Fighting
Metronome	Normal
Night Slash	Dark
Outrage	Dragon
Overheat	Fire
Pay Day	Normal
Poison Jab	Poison
Power-Up Punch	Fighting
Protect	Normal
Roar	Normal
Rock Slide	Rock
Rock Smash	Fighting
Rock Tomb	Rock
Seed Bomb	Grass
Shadow Claw	Ghost
Stealth Rock	Rock
Stone Edge	Rock
Storm Throw	Fighting
Substitute	Normal
Swagger	Normal
Swift	Normal
Taunt	Dark
Thunder	Electric
Thunder Punch	Electric
Thunderbolt	Electric
Torment	Dark
U-turn	Bug
Vacuum Wave	Fighting
Work Up	Normal

Egg moves

Move	Type	Breed with
Beat Up	Dark	Sneasel, Weavile, Houndour, Houndoom, Shiftry, Scraggy, Scrafty, Passimian
Counter	Fighting	Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking, Zangoose, Lucario, Lycanroc (Dusk and Midnight forms), Mudbray, Mudsdale, Scorbunny, Robot, Cinderace, Skwovet, Greedent, Annihilape
Curse	Ghost	Numel, Camerupt, Torkoal, Zangoose, Hisuian Zorua, Hisuian Zoroark
Encore	Normal	Seel, Dewgong, Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking, Oshawott, Dewott, Samurott, Hisuian Samurott, Minccino, Cinccino, Popplio, Brionne, Primarina, Finizen, Palafin
Night Slash	Dark	Dugtrio, Alolan Dugtrio, Alolan Meowth, Alolan Persian, Zangoose, Stunky, Skuntank, Weavile, Zoroark, Meowscarada
Spite	Ghost	Vulpix, Alolan Vulpix, Ninetales, Alolan Ninetales, Hisuian Zorua, Hisuian Zoroark

That's everything you need to know about Primeape.