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breloom
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Breloom

Mushroom Pokémon

GrassFighting

BRELOOM closes in on its foe with light and sprightly footwork, then throws punches with its stretchy arms. This POKéMON’s fighting technique puts boxers to shame.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 130
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 70
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mushroom Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 39.2 kg
Base Exp 161
Growth Rate Fast Then Very Slow
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Fairy ,Plant

Sprites

breloom Front Front
breloom Back Back
breloom Front Shiny Front Shiny
breloom Back Shiny Back Shiny
breloom Official Art Official Art
breloom Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

battlespotsingles Usage: 12.0%
Offensive Spore
Moves
Rock Tomb / Swords Dance
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Technician
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With an amazing Attack stat, access to Spore to put its opponents to sleep, and an ability in Technician to power up its weaker moves, Breloom can be quite the annoying foe to face as a lead or a late-game sweeper. However, Breloom is pretty frail and slow, making it hard to use without a Focus Sash to protect it from Pokemon that outspeed and OHKO it easily. The newly introduced terrain setters in Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Tapu Fini also mess with Breloom’s usage, as Tapu Lele can prevent Breloom from using Mach Punch on opposing foes and both Tapu Koko and Tapu Fini make grounded Pokemon immune to Spore. It is worth mentioning that none of the Pokemon mentioned earlier can switch into Breloom safely to set up their respective terrains. However, these terrains are still fairly common in the Battle Spot Singles metagame, making Breloom tough to bring into battles.

Below are some sample sets. These sets are likely to be standard, but they will be expanded upon and updated as the metagame progresses.

Most Used Moves

Spore
99.6%
Rock Tomb
74.9%

Most Used Items

Toxic Orb
11.9%
Nothing
0.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc