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purugly
#432

Purugly

Tiger Cat Pokémon

Normal

It would claim another Pokémon’s nest as its own if it finds a nest sufficiently comfortable.

Base Stats

HP 71
Attack 82
Defense 64
Sp. Atk 64
Sp. Def 59
Speed 112
Total 452

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

purugly Purugly Lv. 38

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Tiger Cat Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 43.8 kg
Base Exp 158
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

purugly Front Front
purugly Back Back
purugly Front Shiny Front Shiny
purugly Back Shiny Back Shiny
purugly Official Art Official Art
purugly Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.5%
Physical Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability
Defiant
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

As one of the two viable users of Defiant in PU, Purugly is effective on Spikes-stacking and Sticky Web teams for its ability to discourage and punish the use of Defog. In addition, its access to multiple strong priority moves as well as its fantastic Speed make it one of the best revenge killers in PU and help it stand out from its Normal-type brethren. However, Purugly's horrible bulk and lack of resistances mean that it provides nothing defensively to a team and has trouble switching into the Defoggers it wants to take advantage of, particularly Swanna. Purugly is also a bit lacking in power if it cannot get a Defiant boost; this is not helped by the fact that it is easily walled by common Pokemon such as Golem and Probopass, which easily resist all of its moves and can set up or hit it back hard.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
68.3%
U-turn
59.9%
Knock Off
59.3%
Return
48.3%
Assist
21.7%
Thief
20.7%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
19.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc