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pheromosa
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Pheromosa

Lissome Pokémon

BugFighting

One of the dangerous Ultra Beasts, it has been spotted running across the land at terrific speeds.

Base Stats

HP 71
Attack 137
Defense 37
Sp. Atk 137
Sp. Def 37
Speed 151
Total 570

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Lissome Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 25.0 kg
Base Exp 257
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

pheromosa Front Front
pheromosa Back Back
pheromosa Front Shiny Front Shiny
pheromosa Back Shiny Back Shiny
pheromosa Official Art Official Art
pheromosa Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

All-out Attacker
Item
Fightinium Z
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Pheromosa can be a threatening attacker in the right conditions, usually on hyper offensive teams, with powerful attacking stats, colorful coverage, and a deadly All-Out Pummeling that helps with weakening Steel-types for its allies as well as dealing a huge blow or even threatening an OHKO against many Trick Room setters such as Diancie, Bronzong, and Porygon2. Its ability to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame naturally is also very positive, and this holds especially true when Pheromosa is backed up with Tailwind support. U-turn is also a very helpful tool, letting it pivot out of rough matchups while still doing notable amounts of damage. However, non-existent bulk makes Pheromosa susceptible to drop to nearly any hit it takes; U-turn and Protect help mitigate this issue, but it's still not enough to make up for it. This is especially glaring when the opponent manages to successfully use up their method of speed control, be it Tailwind, Icy Wind, or Trick Room, as an outsped Pheromosa is a fainted Pheromosa most of the time.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
73.6%
Protect
50.8%
U-turn
39.9%
Bug Buzz
36.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc