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liepard
#510

Liepard

Cruel Pokémon

Dark

These Pokémon vanish and appear unexpectedly. Many Trainers are drawn to their beautiful form and fur.

Base Stats

HP 64
Attack 88
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 88
Sp. Def 50
Speed 106
Total 446

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Cruel Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 37.5 kg
Base Exp 156
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

liepard Front Front
liepard Back Back
liepard Front Shiny Front Shiny
liepard Back Shiny Back Shiny
liepard Official Art Official Art
liepard Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 0.5%
Weather Support
Moves
Rain Dance / Sunny Day
Taunt / Thunder Wave
Item
Damp Rock / Heat Rock
Ability
Prankster
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Nasty Plot
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Prankster
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Liepard was once considered a useless Pokemon in RU; it had considerably poor stats except for a good base 106 Speed, and its non-existent bulk did it no favors. However, Liepard gained Prankster from the Dream World, which better utilizes its rather good support movepool. With Prankster, Liepard has the ability to set up guaranteed weather, and it also gains priority on moves such as Thunder Wave and Encore. Additionally, Liepard's combination of support moves isn't entirely the same as that of other Prankster users. In contrast to other Prankster Pokemon, Liepard can actually go on the offensive instead of completely relying on its ability as a support Pokemon. It has access to Nasty Plot to boost its base 88 Special Attack with, which is a lot more useful than an offensive Tail Glow Volbeat with base 47 Special Attack. Unlike Volbeat, however, it cannot Baton Pass its boosts to teammates. Much like most other Prankster users, Liepard is rather frail and can sometimes be hard to use effectively. Still, Liepard is a usable Pokemon, and although it might not be a top-tier threat, it is nevertheless a threat to be wary of in its own right.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
91.3%
Knock Off
68.6%
Sunny Day
67.2%
Taunt
53.0%
Fake Out
47.0%

Most Used Items

Damp Rock
24.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc