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bronzor
#436

Bronzor

Bronze Pokémon

SteelPsychic

Implements shaped like it were discovered in ancient tombs. It is unknown if they are related.

Base Stats

HP 57
Attack 24
Defense 86
Sp. Atk 24
Sp. Def 86
Speed 23
Total 300

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bronze Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 60.5 kg
Base Exp 60
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

bronzor Front Front
bronzor Back Back
bronzor Front Shiny Front Shiny
bronzor Back Shiny Back Shiny
bronzor Official Art Official Art
bronzor Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

zu Usage: 9.0%
Specially Defensive
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Bronzor is able to check a wide array of threats in the metagame, including Golem, Chatot, and Muk, thanks to its great defensive typing, Levitate, and Eviolite-boosted bulk. It can use its ability to switch into many prominent threats to reliably set Stealth Rock, and being able to beat common Defoggers such as Altaria and Swanna makes it more consistent than other setters. However, Bronzor's solid typing does have exploitable weaknesses to Fire- and Dark-type moves. Bronzor has almost no room for variation, making it extremely predictable. It is extremely passive and slow, making it setup fodder for threatening sweepers such as Pinsir, and its weaknesses render it easily trapped by Pokemon like Silvally-Dark and Probopass. This passivity alongside its low Speed also makes it extremely susceptible to Taunt. Furthermore, its lack of recovery outside of Rest and susceptibility to Knock Off limit its defensive capabilities.

Most Used Moves

Toxic
99.8%
Psywave
99.8%
Rest
91.2%
Protect
4.6%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc