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smeargle
#235

Smeargle

Painter Pokémon

Normal

SMEARGLE marks the boundaries of its territory using a body fluid that leaks out from the tip of its tail. Over 5,000 different marks left by this POKéMON have been found.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 20
Defense 35
Sp. Atk 20
Sp. Def 45
Speed 75
Total 250

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Painter Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 58.0 kg
Base Exp 88
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

smeargle Front Front
smeargle Back Back
smeargle Front Shiny Front Shiny
smeargle Back Shiny Back Shiny
smeargle Official Art Official Art
smeargle Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 2.7%
Standard Spikes Lead
Moves
Whirlwind / Encore / Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave / Substitute
Destiny Bond / Explosion / Endeavor / Transform / Baton Pass
Item
Salac Berry / Leftovers / Lum Berry
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 68
SpD 188
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Smeargle unsurprisingly has tremendous flexibility, but it is overwhelmingly seen as a Spiker or sleep lead run on hyper offense teams. Unlike other aggressive Spikes leads, Smeargle has the advantage of sometimes being able to set up all three layers or trade favorably with foes by putting one to sleep then using Explosion, Destiny Bond, or Endeavor on another. However, Smeargle's terrible base stats and dependence on getting a good lead matchup tend to make it less common than more reliable Spikers like Skarmory, Forretress, and Cloyster. It also requires a fast-paced team and usually needs to be paired with Gengar to defend the Spikes from Rapid Spin users.

Most Used Moves

Spore
100.0%
Spikes
92.3%
Explosion
29.9%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
28.0%
Nothing
0.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc