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incineroar
#727

Incineroar

Heel Pokémon

FireDark

This Pokémon has a violent, selfish disposition. If it’s not in the mood to listen, it will ignore its Trainer’s orders with complete nonchalance.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 115
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 90
Speed 60
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Blaze Intimidate (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

torracat Torracat Lv. 17

Moves

Details

Category Heel Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 83.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

incineroar Front Front
incineroar Back Back
incineroar Front Shiny Front Shiny
incineroar Back Shiny Back Shiny
incineroar Official Art Official Art
incineroar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Swords Dance
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
PoisonFairyGhost
Defensive Pivot
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 248
SpD 212
Spe 48
Tera Type
FairyDragonWater

Strategy Overview

The combination of Knock Off, good typing, and Intimidate makes Incineroar a great wallbreaker while being a solid defensive Pokemon. Sword Dance sets can make Incineroar into a great wallbreaker, since many defensive staples like Amoonguss, Galarian Slowbro, and Registeel just drop to its Swords Dance-boosted STAB attacks. Also, Incineroar easily checks the common Ghost-, Grass-, and Steel-types like Chandelure, Decidueye, and Klefki, meaning it can take advantage of its utility moves with a defensive pivot set if it wishes. It has Will-O-Wisp and Knock Off to cripple incoming physical wallbreakers like Toxicroak, Flygon, and Paldean Tauros-W and item-reliant Pokemon like Diancie, Avalugg, and Swampert. Defensive Incineroar is also solid for handling special wallbreakers such as Chandelure, Porygon-Z, and Heavy-Duty Boots Munkidori. However, Incineroar's low Speed stat makes it very easy for wallbreakers with a middling Speed tier like Basculegion, Breloom, and Heracross to outspeed and destroy it with their own STAB attacks. Incineroar's reliance on Heavy-Duty Boots can be felt, since it has to be wary of switching into opposing Knock Off from Tsareena, Alolan Muk, and Wo-Chien. It even has to worry about switching into the Pokemon it checks best, Chandelure, as it carries Trick to cripple Incineroar. Incineroar also lacks any form of recovery, making it easily worn down over the course of a battle.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
96.5%
U-turn
29.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc