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rampardos
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Rampardos

Head Butt Pokémon

Rock

The result of repeated headbutts is a skull grown thick and hard. However, its brain has shrunk in size compared with Cranidos’s.

Base Stats

HP 97
Attack 165
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 50
Speed 58
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Head Butt Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 102.5 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

rampardos Front Front
rampardos Back Back
rampardos Front Shiny Front Shiny
rampardos Back Shiny Back Shiny
rampardos Official Art Official Art
rampardos Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

zu Usage: 2.7%
Wallbreaker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Rampardos is a destructive wallbreaker in ZU. With a monstrous Attack stat, a great ability in Sheer Force, and access to coverage moves like Zen Headbutt and Ice Beam, Rampardos has virtually no defensive counterplay, a feat that other wallbreakers like Marowak fail to achieve. Unfortunately, poor bulk and mediocre Speed mean that Rampardos can be easily revenge killed by common offensive threats like Swanna and Electivire. This is further compounded by Rampardos's Rock typing, which, while solid offensively, leaves it with nasty weaknesses to common Grass-, Water-, Fighting-, and Ground-type moves. These factors can make Rampardos hard to fit onto a team, especially in comparison to other wallbreakers like Marowak and Choice Band Komala, which, while lacking the raw power of Rampardos, have moderately better bulk and access to pivoting in Komala's case.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Life Orb
41.1%
Wide Lens
12.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc