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aurorus
#699

Aurorus

Tundra Pokémon

RockIce

Aurorus was restored from a fossil. It’s said that when this Pokémon howls, auroras appear in the night sky.

Base Stats

HP 123
Attack 77
Defense 72
Sp. Atk 99
Sp. Def 92
Speed 58
Total 521

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

aurorus Aurorus Lv. 39

Moves

Details

Category Tundra Pokémon
Height 2.7 m
Weight 225.0 kg
Base Exp 104
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

aurorus Front Front
aurorus Back Back
aurorus Front Shiny Front Shiny
aurorus Back Shiny Back Shiny
aurorus Official Art Official Art
aurorus Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 7.8%
Wallbreaker
Moves
Stealth Rock / Freeze-Dry / Rock Polish
Item
Power Herb
Ability
Snow Warning
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Dedicated Lead
Moves
Earth Power / Encore / Thunder Wave
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Snow Warning
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Aurorus has incredibly powerful STAB attacks that are accentuated by great coverage options in Earth Power and Freeze-Dry, making it quite difficult to answer defensively. Furthermore, it can use Rock Polish to negate one of its biggest weaknesses: lacking Speed. Beyond its offensive capabilities, Aurorus also has an amazing support movepool, using Aurora Veil, Stealth Rock, Encore, and Thunder Wave to greatly help itself and its teammates. Despite its Speed advantage over other wallbreakers like Golurk and Alolan Exeggutor, though, Aurorus is generally quite slow, exposing its horrible defensive profile and leaving it vulnerable to a multitude of revenge killers like Silvally-Steel, Tsareena, and Duraludon.

Most Used Moves

Blizzard
100.0%

Most Used Items

Focus Sash
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc