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armaldo
#348

Armaldo

Plate Pokémon

RockBug

It lived on land and went out into the sea to hunt for prey. Its sharp claws were its greatest weapon.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 125
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 80
Speed 45
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

armaldo Armaldo Lv. 40

Moves

Details

Category Plate Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 68.2 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water3

Sprites

armaldo Front Front
armaldo Back Back
armaldo Front Shiny Front Shiny
armaldo Back Shiny Back Shiny
armaldo Official Art Official Art
armaldo Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.7%
Offensive Spinner
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 92
Spe 164

Strategy Overview

While a sky-high Attack stat and access to Rapid Spin give Armaldo the facade of being a viable offensive spinner, it's completely outclassed. Its horrendous typing gives it few useful resistances and weaknesses to common types like Water and Rock, which also makes it weak to Stealth Rock on top of being vulnerable to every other entry hazard. This, combined with its very low Speed stat, makes it hard for Armaldo to remove entry hazards as consistently as other spinners, as it'll often be taking a lot of damage in the process. It also can't remove entry hazards against common setters like Aggron and Regirock. All of these facts combined make it mostly outclassed by other offensive entry hazard removers such as Hitmonchan, Skuntank, and Alolan Sandslash.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Life Orb
46.2%
Rockium Z
26.5%
Leftovers
10.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc