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skarmory
#227

Skarmory

Armor Bird Pokémon

SteelFlying

Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 80
Defense 140
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 70
Speed 70
Total 465

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Armor Bird Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 50.5 kg
Base Exp 163
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 25
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

skarmory Front Front
skarmory Back Back
skarmory Front Shiny Front Shiny
skarmory Back Shiny Back Shiny
skarmory Official Art Official Art
skarmory Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 5.6%
Specially Defensive
Moves
Spikes / Stealth Rock
Toxic / Taunt
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 16
SpD 240

Strategy Overview

Skarmory is among the premier Steel-types of Ubers for a reason. It has a key Dragon resistance that gives it the ability to check many common Pokemon such as Rayquaza and Groudon that lack Overheat. It's also got a quadruple Grass resistance and a resistance to Flying-type attacks, making Skarmory one of the best Shaymin-S checks around. Additionally, Skarmory is a hard stop to Scizor, as well as Latios and Latias that lack Thunder, Surf, and Hidden Power Fire. Setting up Spikes is a niche for which it competes with Forretress, but Skarmory is arguably better at it thanks to its access to Taunt. The combination of Taunt and Spikes makes Skarmory a decent lead, checking Groudon without a Fire-type attack and Deoxys-S to boot. Regardless of these positive attributes, Forretress is used more because it also has access to Toxic Spikes and Rapid Spin. However, Skarmory is still a great Pokemon as it has its niches over its competition that make it a solid choice.

Most Used Moves

Roost
100.0%
Spikes
99.7%
Whirlwind
92.0%
Toxic
69.8%
Taunt
18.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc