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bronzong
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Bronzong

Bronze Bell Pokémon

SteelPsychic

It brought rains by opening portals to another world. It was revered as a bringer of plentiful harvests.

Base Stats

HP 67
Attack 89
Defense 116
Sp. Atk 79
Sp. Def 116
Speed 33
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Bronze Bell Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 187.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

bronzong Front Front
bronzong Back Back
bronzong Front Shiny Front Shiny
bronzong Back Shiny Back Shiny
bronzong Official Art Official Art
bronzong Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Trick Room
Moves
Imprison / Light Screen
Protect / Explosion
Item
Sitrus Berry / Mental Herb / Occa Berry
Nature
Sassy / Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

With a fabulous Steel typing, a Ground-type immunity, a great movepool, and decent stats, one might wonder why Bronzong is not seen very often in the VGC metagame. The answer is simple: its low HP stat lowers its bulk tremendously, and its low Speed restricts it to being used on Trick Room and anti-Trick Room teams. Its only weakness to common Fire-type moves does not assist Bronzong either, as any STAB Fire-type move, especially in sun, will likely make quick work of it. However, these shortcomings should not deter one from choosing it. Bronzong is perfectly capable of providing support to any team, and can be a major nuisance for the opponent.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc