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dunsparce
#206

Dunsparce

Land Snake Pokémon

Normal

It digs into the ground with its tail and makes a mazelike nest. It can fly just a little.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 70
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 65
Speed 45
Total 415

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

dudunsparce Dudunsparce Hyper Drill

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Land Snake Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 14.0 kg
Base Exp 145
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

dunsparce Front Front
dunsparce Back Back
dunsparce Front Shiny Front Shiny
dunsparce Back Shiny Back Shiny
dunsparce Official Art Official Art
dunsparce Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu
ParaFlinch
Moves
Body Slam / Thunder Wave
Bite / Zen Headbutt
Earthquake / Rock Slide
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 144
Atk 252
Def 36
SpD 76
Substitute + Paralysis
Moves
Thunder Wave / Body Slam
Earthquake / Bite
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 212
Spe 44

Strategy Overview

Dunsparce is a really cool Pokemon, but unfortunately, he isn't a great choice competitively. Dunsparce is very similar to most generic Normal-types; he has a large movepool, but mediocre stats. Due to this, Dunsparce can't effectively utilize many of the useful moves in his repertoire, as he is either too frail or too weak to make good use of them.

Fortunately, Dunsparce has one utterly amazing advantage that turns this extremely generic-but-cool Pokemon into a ridiculously aggravating opponent to face. This advantage is his ability: Serene Grace. With Serene Grace, Dunsparce is essentially a Jirachi or Togekiss of UU. If you've ever faced a Jirachi or Togekiss in OU, you should know just how annoying Serene Grace complemented by paralysis support can be. Serene Grace alone makes Dunsparce have unique, high flinch-rate moves; therefore, when using him, make sure to abuse it as much as possible.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc