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mandibuzz
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Mandibuzz

Bone Vulture Pokémon

DarkFlying

They fly in circles around the sky. When they spot prey, they attack and carry it back to their nest with ease.

Base Stats

HP 110
Attack 65
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 95
Speed 80
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bone Vulture Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 39.5 kg
Base Exp 179
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 35
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

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Competitive

almostanyability Usage: 2.1%
Physically Defensive
Moves
Foul Play / Knock Off
Taunt / Whirlwind
Defog / Toxic
Item
Toxic Orb / Leftovers
Ability
Poison Heal / Magic Bounce / Intimidate / Prankster
Nature
Bold / Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 216
Spe 44
Specially Defensive
Moves
Knock Off / Foul Play
Taunt / Whirlwind
Defog / Toxic
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Delta Stream / Volt Absorb / Prankster
Nature
Careful / Calm
EVs
HP 248
SpD 216
Spe 44

Strategy Overview

With great mixed defensive stats as well as a fantastic defensive typing, Mandibuzz finds it place as one of the best Defoggers in the metagame. Furthermore, with a great movepool, decent Speed for a defensive Pokemon, and access to greater abilities than its original ones such as Poison Heal, Delta Stream, and Prankster, it's one tough Pokemon to bring down overall. As for its movepool, it has a wide variety of support moves such as Taunt, Defog, Knock Off, and Whirlwind. However, Mandibuzz has a Stealth Rock weakness, cutting a fourth of its health lost each time it switches in, which is is pretty crippling for a Defogger. It's also worth mentioning that while Mandibuzz is a Taunt user, its also susceptible to Taunt itself, considering that the majority of its movesets won't have attacking moves. Lastly, its offensive stats are pretty lackluster, which is detrimental considering that the metagame mostly revolves around offensive playstyles.

Most Used Moves

Roost
99.5%
Defog
85.2%
Foul Play
58.2%
Knock Off
41.8%
Heat Wave
37.3%
Toxic
34.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
78.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc