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absol
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Absol

Disaster Pokémon

Dark

Long ago, superstitions were spread about it, saying it brought disaster. This fed a hatred of it, and it was driven deep into the mountains.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 130
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 60
Speed 75
Total 465

Type Effectiveness

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Details

Category Disaster Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 47.0 kg
Base Exp 163
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

absol Front Front
absol Back Back
absol Front Shiny Front Shiny
absol Back Shiny Back Shiny
absol Official Art Official Art
absol Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.0%
All-out Attacker
Moves
Fire Blast / Superpower
Sucker Punch / Iron Tail
Item
Absolite
Ability
Justified
Nature
Naive / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Absol has a niche in UU as a fast offensive trapper that's able to utilize its relatively high Speed and good movepool featuring Pursuit and Knock Off to outspeed and trap threats such as Latias and Gengar. Mega Absol also boasts solid coverage, with moves such as Superpower, Iron Tail, and Fire Blast allowing it to hit some of its switch-ins such as Terrakion, Sylveon, and Scizor. Magic Bounce is a decent ability as well, giving Absol the capability to bounce back Thunder Wave and Will-O-Wisp as well as potentially dissuade the use of entry hazards. However, Absol is immensely frail, which makes it very difficult to get into battle safely as well as very vulnerable to priority. It is somewhat weak overall, as its moves have somewhat low power, and it cannot hold any items to boost its damage output. Its typing also burdens it with three very common weaknesses, leaving it vulnerable to popular threats such as Cobalion, Scizor, and Mega Altaria. Finally, Absol also faces major competition as a Pursuit trapper from Alolan Muk, Bisharp, and Krookodile, since they do not occupy a Mega slot, have more bulk, and also possess strong secondary typings to give them defensive utility as well as better coverage offensively. Thus, Absol's combination of power, speed, and coverage become its main selling points over its competition; make sure to take advantage of these traits well to ensure Absol doesn't become outclassed.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
28.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc