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granbull
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Granbull

Fairy Pokémon

Normal

GRANBULL has a particularly well- developed lower jaw. The enormous fangs are heavy, causing the POKéMON to tip its head back for balance. Unless it is startled, it will not try to bite indiscriminately.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 120
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 45
Total 450

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Fairy Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 48.7 kg
Base Exp 158
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground ,Fairy

Sprites

granbull Front Front
granbull Back Back
granbull Front Shiny Front Shiny
granbull Back Shiny Back Shiny
granbull Official Art Official Art
granbull Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 13.8%
Offensive Utility
Moves
Return / Body Slam
Focus Punch / Earthquake
Heal Bell / Rest
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 40
Def 216
Bulk Up
Moves
Return / Body Slam
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 40
Def 216
Choice Band
Moves
Body Slam / Return / Focus Punch
Double-Edge / Return
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 156
Atk 252
Spe 100

Strategy Overview

Granbull is one of ADV UU's best physical wallbreakers and physical walls, serving as one of the tier's best checks to Kangaskhan. Its good physical bulk, combined with Intimidate and the fact that it is only weak to Focus Punch, means it is very reliable at switching into Kangaskhan and pressuring it on the physical side. These qualities also allow it to check many other physical attackers such as Scyther, Solrock, Nidoqueen, and opposing Granbull. Granbull can also pose a potential sweeping threat if it runs Bulk Up, turning many physical attackers into setup fodder and hitting very hard in return, or it can have devastating power when holding a Choice Band.

Although Granbull takes hits well on the physical side, its lower Special Defense means it often loses interactions against common special attackers such as Arcanine, Ampharos, and Walrein. Granbull is also very slow to where even defensive Pokemon such as Omastar and Ampharos are able to move before Granbull can respond, limiting its offensive pressure and hurting its ability to switch in, especially when Spikes are up. Granbull's Normal typing means it lacks key resistances that other physical walls such as Omastar and Hitmontop have, meaning if it hasn't used Intimidate on a physical attacker, it can't fall back on its typing to check the opposing threat.

Most Used Moves

Heal Bell
53.9%
Return
52.0%
Body Slam
34.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
84.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc