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simisear
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Simisear

Ember Pokémon

Fire

It loves sweets because they become energy for the fire burning inside its body.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 98
Defense 63
Sp. Atk 98
Sp. Def 63
Speed 101
Total 498

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Gluttony Blaze (Hidden)

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Ember Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 28.0 kg
Base Exp 174
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

simisear Front Front
simisear Back Back
simisear Front Shiny Front Shiny
simisear Back Shiny Back Shiny
simisear Official Art Official Art
simisear Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Substitute + Nasty Plot
Item
Salac Berry
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
All-Out Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Blaze
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With good Speed, power, and offensive typing, Simisear has the makings of an effective and fabulous sweeper. It is fast enough to outrun prominent threats such as Haunter, Charizard, and Sawsbuck and has the movepool to nail most of them hard. To top it off, it has good mixed attacking stats as well as Nasty Plot, the latter of which allows it to stand out amongst the other Fire-types of NU. However, Simisear has a couple of traits that do cramp up its style. It is frail and has many exploitable weaknesses to Water, Ground, and Rock, all of which are common. Even though it has a less severe Stealth Rock weakness than Charizard, it still faces stiff competition from the "cliché dragon" due to the ape's lesser power, bulk, and movepool, most notably having no healing move to offset any damage taken. Simisear does boast the advantage of playing around Stealth Rock better than the its fellow fast Fire-types, Charizard and Rapidash, so if you want a Fire-type that has an easier time hopping in and out of battle while laying the hurt, give Simisear a try.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc