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camerupt
#323

Camerupt

Eruption Pokémon

FireGround

CAMERUPT has a volcano inside its body. Magma of 18,000 degrees F courses through its body. Occasionally, the humps on this POKéMON’s back erupt, spewing the superheated magma.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 100
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 105
Sp. Def 75
Speed 40
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

camerupt Camerupt Lv. 33

Moves

Details

Category Eruption Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 220.0 kg
Base Exp 161
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 150
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

camerupt Front Front
camerupt Back Back
camerupt Front Shiny Front Shiny
camerupt Back Shiny Back Shiny
camerupt Front ♀ Front ♀
camerupt Back ♀ Back ♀
camerupt Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
camerupt Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
camerupt Official Art Official Art
camerupt Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Solid Rock
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Specially Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Solid Rock
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Camerupt is a terrifying wallbreaker thanks to its amazing power and almost unresisted STAB Fire / Ground coverage. Its access to the horrifyingly powerful Eruption is complemented by its secondary Ground STAB and allows it to greatly threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Bronzor, Mareanie, and Mawile. Camerupt's unique Fire / Ground typing also gives it an interesting niche defensively as a check to certain Electric-types such as Rotom-S and Raichu. It also packs some good support options, such as Stealth Rock and Lava Plume. However, Camerupt is unfortunately handicapped by a terrible Speed stat that leaves it outpaced by common offensive Pokemon such as Swanna, Exeggutor, and Torterra. This can limit Camerupt's utility in matchups against offensive teams. Camerupt's STAB combination, while very good, can often be played around by many common defensive cores, making Camerupt a very prediction-reliant wallbreaker at times. Its weakness to common Water- and Ground-type attacks also gives it poor matchups against common offensive Pokemon like Swanna, Floatzel, and Marowak. Said weaknesses greatly limit the defensive set as well, and it tends to require more support from its teammates than its competition as a result. It also has notably less bulk than other Stealth Rock setters, such as Golem and Torterra, and has a much narrower defensive niche than they do.

Most Used Moves

Eruption
41.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
44.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc