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greninja
#658

Greninja

Ninja Pokémon

WaterDark

It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.

Base Stats

HP 72
Attack 95
Defense 67
Sp. Atk 103
Sp. Def 71
Speed 122
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
fighting 2xbug 2xgrass 2xelectric 2xfairy 2x
Resistant to
ghost ½xsteel ½xfire ½xwater ½xice ½xdark ½x
Immune to
psychic 0x

Abilities

Torrent Protean (Hidden)

Forms

Greninja Battle Bond Greninja Battle Bond
Greninja Ash Greninja Ash
Greninja Mega

Evolution Chain

froakie Froakie
→
frogadier Frogadier Lv. 16
→
greninja Greninja Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Ninja Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 40.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

greninja Front Front
greninja Back Back
greninja Front Shiny Front Shiny
greninja Back Shiny Back Shiny
greninja Official Art Official Art
greninja Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Standard
Item
Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability
Protean
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Greninja has an incredible base 122 Speed, which makes it capable of outspeeding nearly every viable Pokemon in the VGC metagame. Protean is one of the best abilities in the game as well, giving Greninja STAB on all of its attacks. On top of that, Greninja has a diverse movepool which allows it to hit most threats for super effective damage. However, Greninja is very frail, which means many things can OHKO it; it also loses easily to priority. While Greninja is definitely a fun Pokemon to use, it should fill an important role if it is used.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc