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noivern
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Noivern

Sound Wave Pokémon

FlyingDragon

Although it has a violent disposition, if you give it a nice ripe fruit that it loves, Noivern will suddenly become tame.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 70
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 97
Sp. Def 80
Speed 123
Total 535

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

noivern Noivern Lv. 48

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Sound Wave Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 85.0 kg
Base Exp 187
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Flying ,Dragon

Sprites

noivern Front Front
noivern Back Back
noivern Front Shiny Front Shiny
noivern Back Shiny Back Shiny
noivern Official Art Official Art
noivern Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 5.7%
Support
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Noivern's fantastic Speed tier, access to Taunt and Roost, and decent bulk allow it to act as an effective revenge killer and stallbreaker. Noivern's Speed in particular allows it to outpace the majority of unboosted Pokemon in RarelyUsed, including threats like Virizion and Salazzle. The defensive perks of Noivern's Dragon / Flying typing, notably resistances to Fighting-, Fire-, Bug-, and Grass-type moves, let it act as a workable switch-in to common offensive Pokemon, such as Virizion, Arcanine, Golisopod, and Roserade, and force prediction from stronger wallbreakers like Flame Orb Machamp. Noivern has a fully customizable fourth moveslot with options such as Super Fang, U-turn, Flamethrower, and Draco Meteor, which allows it to improve bad matchups. For example, if a wallbreaking teammate such as Choice Band Pangoro needs opportunities to break defensive cores, Noivern can opt for U-turn to give it free turns. Choice Scarf Noivern is one of the best revenge killers in the tier, able to handle extremely quick setup sweepers such as Shell Smash Barbaracle and Rock Polish Tyrantrum while still providing utility in U-turn and Switcheroo. However, Noivern's bulk, while great for an offensive Pokemon, only allows it to barely avoid KOs from attacks like Virizion's Stone Edge, so any residual damage from sources such as Toxic and Stealth Rock severely cuts into its ability to switch into threats.

Most Used Moves

Hurricane
65.7%
U-turn
47.4%
Roost
33.2%
Boomburst
32.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc