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combusken
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Combusken

Young Fowl Pokémon

FireFighting

Its kicking mastery lets it loose 10 kicks per second. It emits sharp cries to intimidate foes.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 85
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 60
Speed 55
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

combusken Combusken Lv. 16
blaziken Blaziken Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Young Fowl Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 19.5 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

combusken Front Front
combusken Back Back
combusken Front Shiny Front Shiny
combusken Back Shiny Back Shiny
combusken Front ♀ Front ♀
combusken Back ♀ Back ♀
combusken Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
combusken Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
combusken Official Art Official Art
combusken Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 1.9%
Swords Dance
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Special Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Combusken is a unique threat, one of the only viable Pokemon with Speed Boost in NU with a powerful STAB combination. These factors combined make Combusken a fantastic late-game cleaner to finish off the opponent's weakened team. It can also set up with Swords Dance while forcing out an opponent and immediately become threatening despite its weak offenses. However, Combusken isn't very bulky, making it rather weak to priority, and opposing priority users have to be removed before Combusken can even attempt to sweep. Similarly, it isn't very strong, making it hard to beat bulkier opponents, and it needs to run a Speed increasing nature in order to outrun the most common Choice Scarf users at +2.

Most Used Moves

Protect
100.0%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc