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drapion
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Drapion

Ogre Scorpion Pokémon

PoisonDark

It takes pride in its strength. Even though it can tear foes apart, it finishes them off with powerful poison.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 90
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 75
Speed 95
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

drapion Drapion Lv. 40

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Ogre Scorpion Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 61.5 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug ,Water3

Sprites

drapion Front Front
drapion Back Back
drapion Front Shiny Front Shiny
drapion Back Shiny Back Shiny
drapion Official Art Official Art
drapion Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 14.9%
Swords Dance
Item
Lum Berry / Shuca Berry
Ability
Battle Armor / Sniper
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Sniper
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Drapion is a very prominent Pokemon in the RU metagame, possessing a very nice defensive typing with only one weakness and an immunity to Psychic-type attacks. This typing makes its STAB combination very threatening offensively as well. Furthermore, Drapion can function in a variety of roles, including setup sweeper, revenge killer, and occasionally a specially defensive set. Drapion possesses a variety of effective moves such as Knock Off, Poison Jab, Pursuit, and Toxic Spikes. This gives Drapion plenty of utility as a Pursuit trapper and a Toxic Spikes setter. Furthermore, Drapion checks and counters many top-tier Psychic-type threats, such as Meloetta and Sigilyph, while also being able to revenge kill troublesome Pokemon like Virizion with Choice Scarf. Accordingly, Drapion fits on a plethora of builds. However, Drapion's awkward Speed tier leaves it outsped by Pokemon like Flygon and Sigilyph, and its low base Special Defense makes it hard for Drapion to switch into even resisted moves like Leaf Storm from a Life Orb Venusaur frequently.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
92.8%
Pursuit
31.3%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
17.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc