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naganadel
#804

Naganadel

Poison Pin Pokémon

PoisonDragon

It stores hundreds of liters of poisonous liquid inside its body. It is one of the organisms known as UBs.

Base Stats

HP 73
Attack 73
Defense 73
Sp. Atk 127
Sp. Def 73
Speed 121
Total 540

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

naganadel Naganadel Dragon Pulse

Moves

Details

Category Poison Pin Pokémon
Height 3.6 m
Weight 150.0 kg
Base Exp 243
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

naganadel Front Front
naganadel Back Back
naganadel Front Shiny Front Shiny
naganadel Back Shiny Back Shiny
naganadel Official Art Official Art
naganadel Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Fast Attacker
Moves
Protect / Draco Meteor
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Outside of its relatively high Speed, decent coverage, and nifty access to Tailwind for a fast attacker, Naganadel leaves a lot to be desired, relegating it to being a mere niche pick for hyper offense teams. With its noteworthy Special Attack, base 121 Speed that allows it to get the jump on numerous key threats, and Dragon / Poison / Fire coverage that lends it the ability to hit virtually everything in the metagame, Naganadel can be an easy way of applying pressure to numerous high-profile Pokemon in DOU such as Mega Metagross, Tapu Fini, Zygarde, Kyurem-B, and Tapu Bulu. Naganadel relies on its Speed to do its job quite heavily, and it even has an ability in Beast Boost that supplements that, as it gets a Speed boost for every KO; this reliance, however, is also easily punishable, as its frailty can leave it helpless when facing opposing speed control in Tailwind or Trick Room, though Beast Boost can help against the former somewhat. Naganadel's frailty also means it has no defensive value whatsoever, being unable to safely switch in most of the time, and at times, it has an overreliance on its coverage to get KOs. Often, unless on a team bent on applying overwhelming pressure, Naganadel is simply overshadowed by other threats such as Tapu Koko that provide more utility and flexibility to their teams.

Most Used Moves

Heat Wave
49.7%
Protect
47.3%
Tailwind
30.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
34.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc