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aurorus
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Aurorus

Tundra Pokémon

RockIce

An Aurorus was found frozen solid within a glacier, just as it appeared long ago, which became quite a big event in the news.

Base Stats

HP 123
Attack 77
Defense 72
Sp. Atk 99
Sp. Def 92
Speed 58
Total 521

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

aurorus Aurorus Lv. 39

Moves

Details

Category Tundra Pokémon
Height 2.7 m
Weight 225.0 kg
Base Exp 104
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

aurorus Front Front
aurorus Back Back
aurorus Front Shiny Front Shiny
aurorus Back Shiny Back Shiny
aurorus Official Art Official Art
aurorus Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Aurora Veil Lead
Moves
Encore / Thunder Wave
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Snow Warning
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Aurorus's niche is as a lead for Aurora Veil hyper offense teams. It sets up Stealth Rock and hail, allowing Alolan Sandslash, which it is always partnered with, to set up Aurora Veil itself. Aurorus's typing allows it to deal with most Defog users, such as Mega Altaria, Gligar, and Hydreigon, and its support movepool, featuring Encore and Thunder Wave, allows it to play around those it can't beat. However, an atrocious defensive typing coupled with low Speed leaves Aurorus extremely vulnerable to a lot of Pokemon in the metagame, so it is unable to do much other than function as a one-dimensional suicide lead for Aurora Veil teams.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc