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donphan
#232

Donphan

Armor Pokémon

Ground

It has sharp, hard tusks and a rugged hide. Its TACKLE is strong enough to knock down a house.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 120
Defense 120
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 50
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Sturdy Sand Veil (Hidden)

Held Items

Evolution Chain

donphan Donphan Lv. 25

Moves

Details

Category Armor Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 120.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

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

Competitive

1v1 Usage: 3.6%
Groundium Z
Moves
Head Smash / Stone Edge
Counter / Bulldoze
Item
Groundium Z
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
Spe 4
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Donphan is an excellent physical bulky offensive presence in the 1v1 metagame with powerful moves, good offensive stats, decent bulk, and an invaluable ability in Sturdy. Donphan's wide movepool with access to Ground- and Rock-type moves allows it to hit the entire tier for at least neutral damage, if not super effective. With Ice Shard, Donphan has a consistent priority move to finish off faster Pokemon. However, it faces stiff competition from other Rockium Z Sturdy users such as Crustle, Carracosta, and Golem. It also struggles with bulky offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados. With no way of boosting its stats reliably, Donphan is vulnerable to setup stallers or even just naturally bulky Pokemon, such as Chansey and Porygon2.

Most Used Moves

Ice Shard
97.0%
Counter
50.3%
Gunk Shot
26.4%
Bulldoze
13.7%

Most Used Items

Rockium Z
23.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc