#051

Dugtrio

Mole Pokémon

Ground

In battle, it digs through the ground and strikes the unsuspecting foe from an unexpected direction.

Base Stats

HP 35

Attack 100

Defense 50

Sp. Atk 50

Sp. Def 70

Speed 120

Total 425

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

water 2x grass 2x ice 2x

Resistant to

poison ½x rock ½x

Immune to

electric 0x

Abilities

Sand Veil Arena Trap Sand Force (Hidden)

Held Items

Soft Sand 5%

Evolution Chain

Diglett

→

Dugtrio Lv. 26

Moves

Locations

Kalos Route 13

Citadark Isle Dome Bf1

Details

Category Mole Pokémon

Height 0.7 m

Weight 33.3 kg

Base Exp 149

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 50

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Cave

Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 0.0%

Mole Man

Moves

Stealth Rock

Memento

Earthquake

Toxic / Stone Edge

Item

Focus Sash

Ability

Sand Force

Nature

Jolly

EVs

Atk 252

Def 4

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Being able to trap and secure KOes against various threats to stall such as Heatran and Choice Band Tyranitar were the main reasons Dugtrio was originally OU. With the banning of Arena Trap, Dugtrio is left in a rather unfortunate situation where it was OU by usage but is by no means a viable OU Pokemon. It is outclassed by other Ground-types such as Landorus-T and Excadrill that have options to boost their Attack or Speed with greater efficiency than Dugtrio. While Dugtrio also sports utility moves such as Memento and Stealth Rock, it is severely outdone by Landorus-T as a suicide lead most of the time. Under no circumstances should you use Dugtrio over any other Pokemon in a serious team.