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rampardos
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Rampardos

Head Butt Pokémon

Rock

If two were to smash their heads together, their foot-thick skulls would keep them from fainting.

Base Stats

HP 97
Attack 165
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 50
Speed 58
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Head Butt Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 102.5 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

rampardos Front Front
rampardos Back Back
rampardos Front Shiny Front Shiny
rampardos Back Shiny Back Shiny
rampardos Official Art Official Art
rampardos Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 12.7%
Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Rampardos is a famous example of a glass cannon, and its role in PU is no different. With sky-high Attack, Mold Breaker, and Stealth Rock, it takes on the role of a suicide lead that specializes in brutally beating down the other lead and entry hazard removal competition. Mold Breaker is what sets Rampardos up to be a strong lead by giving it the ability to negate Sturdy, Magic Bounce, and Levitate. This means that common hazard setters and control options such as Dwebble, Natu, and Bronzor are beaten handily by Rampardos. Even other hazard removal options such as Tentacool are scared out by the threat of Rampardos's incredible Attack. However, its low defenses and Speed mean that it struggles in any other role.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
57.3%
Crunch
32.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
31.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc