#395
Empoleon
Emperor Pokémon
WaterSteel
If anyone were to hurt its pride, it would slash them with wings that can cleave through an ice floe.
Base Stats
HP 84
Attack 86
Defense 88
Sp. Atk 111
Sp. Def 101
Speed 60
Total 530
Type Effectiveness
Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to
Abilities
Torrent Competitive (Hidden)
Evolution Chain
Moves
Details
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
vgc2012
Supporter
Item
Chople Berry / Wacan Berry
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpA 252
Trick Room Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Chople Berry
Nature
Quiet
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpA 252
Strategy Overview
Back in the days before the 5th Generation and the year of the Ubers, Empoleon had some wide usage in VGC. While its typing let it resist lots of moves, Empoleon gets hit fairly hard by common moves such as Earthquake, Close Combat, and Thunderbolt. However, with a nice Special Attacking stat along with bulky base defenses and low base Speed, Empoleon makes good use out of being under Trick Room to easily produce a sweep.
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc