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ferrothorn
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Ferrothorn

Thorn Pod Pokémon

GrassSteel

By swinging around its three spiky feelers and shooting spikes, it can obliterate an opponent.

Base Stats

HP 74
Attack 94
Defense 131
Sp. Atk 54
Sp. Def 116
Speed 20
Total 489

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Thorn Pod Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 110.0 kg
Base Exp 171
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant ,Mineral

Sprites

ferrothorn Front Front
ferrothorn Back Back
ferrothorn Front Shiny Front Shiny
ferrothorn Back Shiny Back Shiny
ferrothorn Official Art Official Art
ferrothorn Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Standard
Moves
Gyro Ball / Thunder Wave / Substitute
Item
Lum Berry
Nature
Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 204
SpD 52

Strategy Overview

Ferrothorn has high defenses along with a fantastic defensive typing that grants it nine resistances and one immunity, allowing it to be one of the most capable walls in VGC. Ferrothorn's typing also gives it immunity to Spore and Sleep Powder and lets it take on Fairy-types. Ferrothorn's fairly high Attack stat allows it to hit with its powerful STAB moves, Gyro Ball and Power Whip, the latter having the capability to OHKO Rotom-W on the switch, though Ferrothorn does have to watch out for a burn. Ferrothorn's horrid Fire-type weakness is exploited by common threats such as Mega Charizard Y and Talonflame. Furthermore, Ferrothorn faces competition from Mega Mawile as a defensive Steel-type and from Amoonguss and Gourgeist as a bulky Grass-type.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc