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vikavolt
#738

Vikavolt

Stag Beetle Pokémon

BugElectric

It zips around, on sharp lookout for an opening. It concentrates electrical energy within its large jaws and uses it to zap its enemies.

Base Stats

HP 77
Attack 70
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 145
Sp. Def 75
Speed 43
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

charjabug Charjabug Lv. 20
vikavolt Vikavolt Level Up

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Stag Beetle Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 45.0 kg
Base Exp 225
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

vikavolt Front Front
vikavolt Back Back
vikavolt Front Shiny Front Shiny
vikavolt Back Shiny Back Shiny
vikavolt Official Art Official Art
vikavolt Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 0.9%
Bulky Pivot
Item
Rocky Helmet
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 196
Spe 60

Strategy Overview

With its unique resistances to Fighting, Grass, and Steel to deal with Pokemon such as Machamp, Virizion, and Metagross, Vikavolt appears as a promising bulky pivot in RU. Vikavolt is one of the slowest Volt Switch users in the tier, allowing it to safely bring in a teammate. It also has access to Levitate, which makes it immune to Spikes as well as Ground-type attacks barring Thousand Arrows, such as Flygon's Earthquake and Nidoqueen's Earth Power. Vikavolt can even keep itself healthy with Roost. Despite those great traits, Noivern, Forretress, and Tsareena give Vikavolt an immense amount of competition for the same role; Noivern is much faster and has better offensive presence, Forretress can also set up Spikes for its team and is much bulkier, and Tsareena resists Thousand Arrows and is immune to priority moves thanks to Queenly Majesty. Additionally, Vikavolt has a Stealth Rock weakness, which limits the amount of times it can pivot. It is also vulnerable to Toxic damage, which detriments its decent bulk and puts it on a timer, and threatened out by faster Rock- and Fire-type Pokemon like Tyrantrum, Salazzle, and Arcanine.

Most Used Moves

Bug Buzz
100.0%
Air Slash
13.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc