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medicham
#308

Medicham

Meditate Pokémon

FightingPsychic

It gains the ability to see the aura of its opponents by honing its mind through starvation.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 60
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 75
Speed 80
Total 410

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Meditate Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 31.5 kg
Base Exp 144
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

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

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.1%
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Medicham's most notable quality is its great ability, Pure Power, which doubles its otherwise pitiful Attack stat to a monstrous 480. Combine that with a 130 Base Power STAB in High Jump Kick and you have a seriously threatening Pokemon on your hands. Its secondary STAB move, Psycho Cut, has decent coverage with Fighting and does not contact the opponent, preventing abilities such as Mummy and Flame Body from triggering. Medicham is most notable for being able to deal serious damage to all of Heracross's counters, meaning it partners well with one of the best Pokemon in UU. Unfortunately, while Medicham has a great Attack stat, the rest of its stats are nothing to write home about; its base 80 Speed and defensive typing are disappointing to say the least. For these reasons, many of its potential sets are outclassed by Heracross and Mienshao, but Medicham still has a niche as a powerful wallbreaker that can rip huge holes in teams if you manage to bring it in safely.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
99.5%
Trick
85.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc