The Best Nature for Every Battle Role

Boost the stat that wins you games; hinder the one you never use. Every choice below is just that rule applied to a role. Two corollaries: never hinder the stat a move you run keys off (0-Attack special attackers still need their Speed), and HP is never affected by any nature, so no nature ever contains HP as boost or hindrance. If two roles argue over the same Pokémon, decide which one actually sees battle time — a wall that almost never attacks happily drops its offensive stat for extra Defense.

For physical and special sweepers, the fast (Jolly/Timid) versus bulky (Adamant/Modest) choice is decided by speed tiers, not preference. If a Pokémon's base Speed, with a positive Speed nature and maximum Speed EVs, outruns the relevant speed tier of the current meta, it takes the +Speed nature; if it can't meaningfully outrun anything important, a +Attack/SpAtk nature that lands it more KOs is worth more. Base 100 is the classic threshold — Timid/Jolly base-100s like Gengar and Garchomp are cheap-effort speedsters — while base-65-and-below physical attackers almost always prefer raw power because no Speed nature fixes a stat floor that low. Our IV calculator is the fastest way to check: load your spread, toggle the nature, and watch which stat value flips first.

Two build types break the “boost your speed” default. Trick Room teams want to be slow — slower Pokémon move first under the field — so they run Brave (physical) or Quiet (special) to actively reduceSpeed while gaining power, and Relaxed or Sassy for walls. Gyro Ball works the same way: the move's damage scales inverselywith the user's Speed, so a high Speed stat makes Gyro Ball weaker. Slow, bulky Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Copperajah live on Relaxed or Brave. The principle is always the same — hinder the stat your strategy doesn't need — Trick Room just changes which stat that is.

Lightning-round versions of most teams only use the six or so natures above. This complete table covers every possibility so you can read any catch instantly:

The five neutral natures (Serious, Hardy, Docile, Bashful, Quirky) have no effect — they appear when a Pokémon rolls a combination that cancels out, and are always worth breeding over if you need the 10%.

Nature is the last multiplier in the stat formula, applied after base, IV and EV are combined and scaled by level. That means it compounds: a 10% speed boost on a Pokémon that already maxed Speed EVs and IVs lands a much larger absolute number than the same nature on a poked speed stat. This is why you read the IV/EV/nature guide before optimizing a build: optimize the base first, then let the nature push you over the breakpoint. A nature can never fix bad IVs or a wrong EV budget — it only multiplies what is already there.

• Fast physical attacker → Jolly
• Bulky physical attacker → Adamant
• Fast special attacker → Timid
• Bulky special attacker → Modest
• Physical wall → Impish; special wall → Calm
• Trick Room attacker → Brave / Quiet
• Gyro Ball user → Relaxed
• Struggling? Start with Adamant or Modest — power is never wasted in casual play.