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relicanth
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Relicanth

Longevity Pokémon

WaterRock

A rare Pokémon discovered during a deep-sea exploration. It has not changed in over 100 million years.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 90
Defense 130
Sp. Atk 45
Sp. Def 65
Speed 55
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
grass 4xfighting 2xground 2xelectric 2x
Resistant to
fire ¼xnormal ½xflying ½xpoison ½xice ½x

Abilities

Swift Swim Rock Head Sturdy (Hidden)

Held Items

Green Shard 5%Deep Sea Scale 5%

Evolution Chain

relicanth Relicanth

Moves

Locations

Unova Route 4

Details

Category Longevity Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 23.4 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 25
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Water2

Sprites

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

Competitive

vgc2012
VGC2012RUNU
Swift Swim Attacker
Moves
Waterfall / Aqua Tail
Rock Slide
Head Smash / Earthquake / Rain Dance
Protect
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 52
Atk 252
Spe 204

Strategy Overview

Relicanth is an underappreciated Swift Swim Pokemon, similar in role to Kabutops. While it lacks the Speed and power of its ancient brethren, it makes up for this with a sizable amount of added bulk and access to Head Smash. While Relicanth's Water / Rock typing doesn't do it many favors, making it weak to many of the common types in the metagame, it can become a serious threat if taken lightly.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc