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blaziken
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Blaziken

Blaze Pokémon

FireFighting

Flames spout from its wrists, enveloping its knuckles. Its punches scorch its foes.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 120
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 70
Speed 80
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

combusken Combusken Lv. 16
blaziken Blaziken Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Blaze Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 52.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

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

Competitive

Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb / Leftovers / Air Balloon
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Baton Pass
Moves
Substitute / Protect
High Jump Kick / Flare Blitz
Item
Leftovers / Focus Sash
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Mixed Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Expert Belt
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Rash / Naive
EVs
Atk 80
SpA 200
Spe 228

Strategy Overview

Blaziken was one of the Pokemon that was released from Ubers to reign free in the Dream World OU tier. With its Dream World ability, Speed Boost, Blaziken can remedy its low Speed and become an immensely powerful sweeper. While Blaziken can still sweep outside of sun, its effectiveness is somewhat reduced. Rain, however, is very detrimental to Blaziken's success as a sweeper, as it cuts the power of Blaziken's Flare Blitz. Additionally, low defenses leave Blaziken susceptible to priority, though it should be noted that no priority user in the tier can safely switch in. Despite all these difficulties, amazing offensive typing and high offensive stats keep Blaziken a top-tier Pokemon. All these advantages and disadvantages combine to make a downright amazing Pokemon that can sweep nearly any team under the right conditions.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc