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breloom
#286

Breloom

Mushroom Pokémon

GrassFighting

BRELOOM closes in on its foe with light and sprightly footwork, then throws punches with its stretchy arms. This POKéMON’s fighting technique puts boxers to shame.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 130
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 70
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mushroom Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 39.2 kg
Base Exp 161
Growth Rate Fast Then Very Slow
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Fairy ,Plant

Sprites

breloom Front Front
breloom Back Back
breloom Front Shiny Front Shiny
breloom Back Shiny Back Shiny
breloom Official Art Official Art
breloom Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 5.3%
Spore
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Breloom is the most reliable sleep inducer, thanks to Spore, the only fully accurate sleep move. It exploits sleep excellently with the most powerful Focus Punch in OU, possibly 2HKOing even physical walls and resistant switch-ins like Skarmory and Zapdos. To generate Spore opportunities, it makes use of its great defensive typing to switch into Water-type attacks from Swampert, Milotic, and Suicune and Crunch from special Tyranitar. It also resists the Rock Slide + Earthquake coverage of the tier's most potent physical threat: Tyranitar. To top it off, Breloom has Mach Punch to revenge kill Dragon Dance Tyranitar, limit Dugtrio's ability to revenge kill it, and generally finish off weakened foes.

Breloom, however, is incredibly frail, and the Pokemon that it switches into frequently carry moves like Ice Beam, Fire Blast, and Focus Punch that can severely damage or OHKO it. Breloom is also rather slow; while it can outspeed most defensive Pokemon, the vast majority of offensive threats can easily revenge kill it. Breloom also has poor coverage; it relies on a weak Hidden Power or status moves to cripple Pokemon that resist Fighting. This limits its utility outside of the initial Spore + Focus Punch sequence, lets Ghost-types and Psychic-types with Recover wall it, and renders it setup fodder for Dragon Dance Salamence and Gyarados. Finally, Breloom is easily trapped and revenge killed by healthy Dugtrio.

Most Used Moves

Spore
99.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
74.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc