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mawile
#303

Mawile

Deceiver Pokémon

SteelFairy

It uses its docile-looking face to lull foes into complacency, then bites with its huge, relentless jaws.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 85
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 55
Speed 50
Total 380

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Deceiver Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 11.5 kg
Base Exp 133
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Ground ,Fairy

Sprites

mawile Front Front
mawile Back Back
mawile Front Shiny Front Shiny
mawile Back Shiny Back Shiny
mawile Official Art Official Art
mawile Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
All-out Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Naughty
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Physically Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Mawile has a great typing that allows it to check popular Normal- and Grass-types such as Stoutland, Roselia, and Cacturne. Great offensive prowess with Sheer Force-boosted attacks further augmented by Life Orb and the option of going mixed make it a great wallbreaker capable of destroying common defensive cores. Despite mainly being a wallbreaker, it can also sweep offensive teams with Swords Dance-boosted Sucker Punches if given a setup opportunity. Mawile can also pull off a defensive set to check common physical attackers and provide Stealth Rock, though unfortunately, bad natural bulk prevents Mawile from making full use of its great typing because most specially offensive Pokemon such as Mr. Mime will still 2HKO it. It is also overreliant on Sucker Punch against faster Pokemon, which can be exploited with moves such as Substitute and Will-O-Wisp and also makes it not very hard to revenge kill by faster Pokemon that can take one hit.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
61.4%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
48.0%
Leftovers
40.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc