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durant
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Durant

Iron Ant Pokémon

BugSteel

They attack in groups, covering themselves in steel armor to protect themselves from Heatmor.

Base Stats

HP 58
Attack 109
Defense 112
Sp. Atk 48
Sp. Def 48
Speed 109
Total 484

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Iron Ant Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 33.0 kg
Base Exp 169
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

durant Front Front
durant Back Back
durant Front Shiny Front Shiny
durant Back Shiny Back Shiny
durant Official Art Official Art
durant Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

1v1 Usage: 0.1%
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Hustle
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 60
Atk 196
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Durant is a lesser-used but powerful Bug / Steel type in the 1v1 metagame, with very good stats that match its archetype very well. Durant's Speed is enough to outspeed the majority of the relevant metagame, such as both Mega Charizard X and Y and Meloetta, allowing Durant to pick up KOs before it gets hurt. Durant can hit extremely hard due to its ability in Hustle; combined with a Choice Band, Durant gains the capability to OHKO some of the naturally bulkiest Pokemon in the metagame, such as Meloetta, Tapu Lele, and Heatran. Unfortunately, Hustle is also one of Durant's biggest drawbacks, as its accuracy drop makes it less reliable in matchups it should theoretically win, especially against Substitute stallers such as Whimsicott and Serperior. Additionally, Durant's one weakness, Fire, is a very common offensive type, and the 4x effectiveness prevents Durant from surviving almost any Fire-type hits, leaving it weak to several Pokemon like Genesect and Dragonite, which all wield Fire-type coverage moves. Lastly, Durant is very lacking in HP and Special Defense, making it vulnerable to sufficiently powerful special hits from Pokemon like Greninja and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
100.0%
Superpower
100.0%
X-Scissor
100.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc