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tentacruel
#073

Tentacruel

Jellyfish Pokémon

WaterPoison

Tentacruel has large red orbs on its head. The orbs glow before lashing the vicinity with a harsh ultrasonic blast. This Pokémon’s outburst creates rough waves around it.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 70
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 120
Speed 100
Total 515

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Jellyfish Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 180
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water3

Sprites

tentacruel Front Front
tentacruel Back Back
tentacruel Front Shiny Front Shiny
tentacruel Back Shiny Back Shiny
tentacruel Official Art Official Art
tentacruel Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 6.3%
Defensive Pivot
Moves
Haze / Toxic / Toxic Spikes / Sludge Bomb
Item
Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Liquid Ooze
Nature
Jolly / Timid
EVs
HP 252
Def 120
Spe 136
Tera Type
Dark

Strategy Overview

Tentacruel is a role-compression extraordinaire, with access to a myriad of utility moves like Knock Off, Rapid Spin, and Haze all in a neatly packed bulky Water-type that is immune to Toxic and can pivot with Flip Turn. Tentacruel's typing lets it take on many threats like Paldean Tauros-F, Inteleon, and Sylveon. Tentacruel also has a niche in thwarting HP-draining attacks like Uxie's Draining Kiss and Brambleghast's Strength Sap thanks to Liquid Ooze. Although Tentacruel boasts a lot of utility options, it's quite passive and can often get overwhelmed attempting to make use of every support move in a battle. Because of this, Tentacruel is best used as a bulky pivot to allow powerful wallbreakers like Porygon-Z and Flamigo to hit the field safely. Despite its great typing and Special Defense, Tentacruel's lack of recovery and poor physical bulk often leave it getting overwhelmed quite easily.

Most Used Moves

Flip Turn
79.8%
Knock Off
66.1%
Toxic
31.6%
Haze
21.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
51.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc