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zubat
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Zubat

Bat Pokémon

PoisonFlying

Even though it has no eyes, it can sense obstacles using ultrasonic waves it emits from its mouth.

Base Stats

HP 40
Attack 45
Defense 35
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 40
Speed 55
Total 245

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golbat Golbat Lv. 22
crobat Crobat Happiness 160

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bat Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 7.5 kg
Base Exp 49
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

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

Competitive

lc
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 36
Atk 236
Spe 236
Lead
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 36
Atk 196
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Zubat seems to be pretty terrible due to its poor stats across the board, limited coverage, and weakness to Stealth Rock. However, it does have some moves that most other Flying-type Pokemon would kill for, namely Nasty Plot, which can boost Zubat's Special Attack to decent levels. In addition, Zubat's Poison / Flying typing offers it useful quad resistances to Bug, Fighting, and Grass. Overall, while Zubat may be inferior to many of the other Flying-type Pokemon in LC, it does have some unique qualities to that prevent it from being completely outclassed.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc