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mightyena
#262

Mightyena

Bite Pokémon

Dark

It chases down prey in a pack. It will never disobey the commands of a skilled Trainer.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 90
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 70
Total 420

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bite Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 37.0 kg
Base Exp 147
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 127
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

mightyena Front Front
mightyena Back Back
mightyena Front Shiny Front Shiny
mightyena Back Shiny Back Shiny
mightyena Official Art Official Art
mightyena Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu
Physical Attacker
Item
Black Glasses / Lum Berry
Ability
Moxie
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mightyena has never been the best Dark-type in the lower tiers, having strong competition with other Dark-type such as Skuntank, Mandibuzz, and Liepard, but Mightyena has one thing going for it: Moxie. Although its base stats aren't that good, Mightyena is fast enough to outspeed a good amount of Pokemon in the tier, is strong enough to abuse Moxie, and has access to a powerful priority move in Sucker Punch. Sadly, Mightyena relies a lot on Sucker Punch because of its Speed, which makes it prone to being set up on by faster opponents such as Serperior, Scolipede, and Jynx. It also has problems with the popular Fighting-types in NU and lacks Pursuit to make the most of its typing. Despite that, the hyena is hard to stop when it gains an Attack boost, which makes it quite threatening.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc