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huntail
#367

Huntail

Deep Sea Pokémon

Water

It lives deep in the sea. With a tail shaped like a small fish, it attracts unsuspecting prey.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 104
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 94
Sp. Def 75
Speed 52
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Deep Sea Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 27.0 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

huntail Front Front
huntail Back Back
huntail Front Shiny Front Shiny
huntail Back Shiny Back Shiny
huntail Official Art Official Art
huntail Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.7%
Shell Smash
Item
White Herb / Life Orb
Ability
Water Veil
Nature
Modest / Naughty
EVs
0 [object Object]
1 [object Object]

Strategy Overview

Huntail is a fearsome setup sweeper in PU with the help of Shell Smash. The boost from Shell Smash gives Huntail just enough Speed to outrun the entire unboosted metagame, and the dual boosts to Attack and Special Attack make Huntail a truly difficult Pokemon to stop late-game that can shred weakened teams. However, Huntail can struggle to find a time to set up in the face of offensive pressure from threats like Zebstrika and Stoutland and is relatively weak and slow without the Shell Smash boost.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
98.0%
Waterfall
23.8%
Surf
15.4%

Most Used Items

Nothing
0.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc