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terrakion
#639

Terrakion

Cavern Pokémon

RockFighting

Its charge is strong enough to break through a giant castle wall in one blow. This Pokémon is spoken of in legends.

Base Stats

HP 91
Attack 129
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 72
Sp. Def 90
Speed 108
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Cavern Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 260.0 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

terrakion Front Front
terrakion Back Back
terrakion Front Shiny Front Shiny
terrakion Back Shiny Back Shiny
terrakion Official Art Official Art
terrakion Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Life Orb
Moves
Swords Dance / Stealth Rock
Close Combat / High Jump Kick
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Terrakion is a very versatile and strong attacker that has a good base 108 Speed and base 129 Attack, which let it outspeed and easily KO threatening Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y. It also checks dangerous attackers, especially Dark-types such as Bisharp, Tyranitar, and Weavile, and its Rock / Fighting typing gives it a nice resistance to Normal-type moves such as Fake Out and Extreme Speed. Not only that, Terrakion has access to priority in Mach Punch, which lets it finish off weakened threats. Terrakion has access to almost no viable coverage moves bar Iron Head, but it doesn't really need coverage moves to be usable, as it has access to Close Combat and Diamond Storm, both of which are boosted by STAB and have almost perfect neutral coverage. However, Terrakion has a bad defensive typing that leaves it weak to common attacking types in Fighting, Ground, Fairy, and Psychic. Adding onto that, Terrakion also has mediocre 91 / 90 / 90 bulk, which means it can easily be KOed by a lot of common threats in STABmons, such as Landorus-T, Mega Lopunny, Mega Scizor, and Keldeo. Terrakion is also KOed really quickly due to the fact that it commonly uses Life Orb, and the prevalence of priority users in STABmons makes it difficult for it to stay healthy.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc