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marowak
#105

Marowak

Bone Keeper Pokémon

Ground

It is small and was originally very weak. Its temperament turned ferocious when it began using bones.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 80
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 50
Sp. Def 80
Speed 45
Total 425

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

marowak Marowak Lv. 28

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bone Keeper Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 45.0 kg
Base Exp 149
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

marowak Front Front
marowak Back Back
marowak Front Shiny Front Shiny
marowak Back Shiny Back Shiny
marowak Official Art Official Art
marowak Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 0.1%
Bone Crusher (Wallbreaker)
Moves
Double-Edge / Stone Edge
Swords Dance / Substitute / Stone Edge
Item
Thick Club
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

When holding its signature item, Thick Club, Marowak gains a titanic Attack stat, which, along with its good coverage, allows it to 2HKO almost every Pokemon in the NU metagame. Unfortunately, Marowak suffers from various flaws that make it a very mediocre Pokemon. Chief among this is the competition from other Ground-types, as Marowak is very hard to justify using over the likes of Rhydon, Golurk, Torterra, and Piloswine, all of which possess better bulk and typings, allowing them to check far more of the metagame. In addition, Marowak is cripplingly slow, leaving it easily revenge killed, which isn't helped by its common weaknesses to Grass-, Water-, and Ice-type moves.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
46.9%
Iron Head
44.7%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc