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drapion
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Drapion

Ogre Scorpion Pokémon

PoisonDark

It has the power in its clawed arms to make scrap of a car. The tips of its claws release poison.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 90
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 75
Speed 95
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

drapion Drapion Lv. 40

Moves

Details

Category Ogre Scorpion Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 61.5 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug ,Water3

Sprites

drapion Front Front
drapion Back Back
drapion Front Shiny Front Shiny
drapion Back Shiny Back Shiny
drapion Official Art Official Art
drapion Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 11.2%
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sniper
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
All-Out Attacker
Item
Choice Band / Life Orb
Ability
Sniper
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Bulky Swords Dance
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 252
SpD 120
Spe 136
Specially Defensive
Moves
Toxic Spikes / Sleep Talk
Taunt / Knock Off / Rest
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Lead
Item
Lum Berry / Leftovers
Ability
Sniper
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 32
Atk 252
Spe 224

Strategy Overview

The first thing you may notice about this odd-looking Pokemon is its correspondingly odd Poison/Dark typing. This typing is critical to much of Drapion's success, both as a sweeper and as a defensive utility counter. Offensively, the Dark subtype grants a great offensive STAB, which in turn complements Drapion's nice movepool. Defensively, Drapion's Dark subtype gives it useful resistances to Ghost-, Psychic-, and Dark-type attacks, while its Poison subtype neutralizes the Fighting-type coverage attacks typically used by Pokemon with those STABs and offers resistances to Grass- and Poison-type attacks. This Pokemon is not a common sight in UU, but don't let that fool you--Drapion is very good at what it does, both as a sweeper and as a defensive stronghold.

Most Used Moves

Crunch
88.1%
Taunt
52.3%
Whirlwind
24.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
29.6%
Life Orb
12.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc