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ferroseed
#597

Ferroseed

Thorn Seed Pokémon

GrassSteel

When threatened, it attacks by shooting a barrage of spikes, which gives it a chance to escape by rolling away.

Base Stats

HP 44
Attack 50
Defense 91
Sp. Atk 24
Sp. Def 86
Speed 10
Total 305

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Thorn Seed Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 18.8 kg
Base Exp 61
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant ,Mineral

Sprites

ferroseed Front Front
ferroseed Back Back
ferroseed Front Shiny Front Shiny
ferroseed Back Shiny Back Shiny
ferroseed Official Art Official Art
ferroseed Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 16.3%
Wall
Item
Eviolite / Berry Juice
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 84
Atk 36
Def 108
SpD 228
Spe 36

Strategy Overview

With great bulk and a decent movepool, Ferroseed acts as a solid wall in the metagame, taking on a multitude of threats such as Staryu, Tirtouga, and Magnemite. Additionally, its learnset includes both Spikes and Stealth Rock, making it one of LC's best entry hazard stackers. Ferroseed's ability, Iron Barbs, works well with its role as a wall, wearing foes down and discouraging them from making contact. However, Ferroseed has several downsides that limit its potential. While its typing grants it many resistances, its typing also gives it a weakness to the incredibly common Fighting-types like Mienfoo and Timburr, along with a 4x weakness to Fire, which leaves it vulnerable to any Pokemon with Fire-type coverage, such as Ponyta and Pumpkaboo-XL. Additionally, it has rather underwhelming offenses and a low Speed stat, so it is forced to primarily rely on its support moves to contribute to the battle, making it setup bait for Pokemon like Scraggy. The prevalence of Knock Off means that Ferroseed can easily lose its Eviolite or Berry Juice, limiting its defensive capabilities. Ferroseed also lacks a recovery move aside from Rest, so it gets gradually worn down throughout the battle.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
87.5%
Spikes
42.8%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
89.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc