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buneary
#427

Buneary

Rabbit Pokémon

Normal

Its arms and legs are weak, but when it rolls its ears up tight and then unleashes them with its full force, it can smash boulders to dust.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 66
Defense 44
Sp. Atk 44
Sp. Def 56
Speed 85
Total 350

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

lopunny Lopunny Happiness 160

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Rabbit Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 5.5 kg
Base Exp 70
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 0
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Humanshape

Sprites

buneary Front Front
buneary Back Back
buneary Front Shiny Front Shiny
buneary Back Shiny Back Shiny
buneary Official Art Official Art
buneary Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.7%
Offensive Utility
Moves
Drain Punch / Jump Kick / Fire Punch
Thunder Wave / Switcheroo / Quick Attack
Item
Eviolite / Choice Band
Ability
Limber
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 228
Def 4
Spe 236
Z-Splash
Moves
Fire Punch / Quick Attack
Item
Normalium Z
Ability
Limber
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 228
Def 4
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

Despite its stiff competition as an offensive Normal-type from Zigzagoon and Bunnelby, Buneary carves itself a unique niche in the LC metagame in its access to Healing Wish and Z-Splash. When using Splash with a Normalium-Z, Buneary is able to gain a +3 boost in its Attack and make great use of its ability to hit 19 Speed to sweep. Furthermore, Buneary has ideal coverage options in Drain Punch, Jump Kick, and the elemental punches to complement its powerful STAB Return, as well as having two unique abilities in Limber and Klutz and an expansive utility movepool consisting of gems in Healing Wish, Thunder Wave, and Heal Bell, providing it with quite a bit of versatility. Unfortunately, Buneary is unable to hold an Eviolite when attempting to sweep and is thus extremely frail and susceptible to priority, especially considering its lack of resistances and weakness to the ever-present Fighting-types like Mienfoo and Timburr. Furthermore, Buneary faces stiff competition from Zigzagoon due to the latter's access to Extreme Speed, is walled by Ghost-type Pokemon if it's running Quick Attack due to its lack of a move to hit them super effectively, and struggles to find setup opportunities due to its frailty. As a result, Buneary requires a lot of support to effectively sweep or support its team. Nevertheless, Buneary packs quite the punch as a Pokemon capable of either supporting its team with Healing Wish or sweeping late-game and definitely deserves consideration as your team's offensive Normal-type.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
86.5%
Return
70.5%
Jump Kick
53.6%
Nothing
29.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
26.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc