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donphan
#232

Donphan

Armor Pokémon

Ground

It attacks by curling up, then rolling into its foe. It can blow apart a house in one hit.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 120
Defense 120
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 50
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Sturdy Sand Veil (Hidden)

Held Items

Evolution Chain

donphan Donphan Lv. 25

Moves

Details

Category Armor Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 120.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

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

Competitive

ou Usage: 3.4%
Support
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
Spe 4

Strategy Overview

With sun's decreased viability following Dugtrio's ban, Donphan is no longer viable. While Donphan may have access to a workable support movepool, solid Attack and Defense stats, and the ability to switch into common Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Garchomp, these traits aren't enough for it to establish a niche. Excadrill far outclasses it as a spinner with its additional Steel typing and an ability to better pressure crucial Pokemon such as Jellicent and Reuniclus. It even struggles to find a place on modern sun teams, as most players instead use Xatu for its Magic Bounce and ability to preserve momentum with U-turn.

Most Used Moves

Rapid Spin
100.0%
Ice Shard
85.3%
Knock Off
23.5%
Toxic
15.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
77.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc