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haxorus
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Haxorus

Axe Jaw Pokémon

Dragon

They are kind but can be relentless when defending territory. They challenge foes with tusks that can cut steel.

Base Stats

HP 76
Attack 147
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 70
Speed 97
Total 540

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

fraxure Fraxure Lv. 38
haxorus Haxorus Lv. 48

Moves

Details

Category Axe Jaw Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 105.5 kg
Base Exp 243
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster ,Dragon

Sprites

haxorus Front Front
haxorus Back Back
haxorus Front Shiny Front Shiny
haxorus Back Shiny Back Shiny
haxorus Official Art Official Art
haxorus Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

1v1 Usage: 1.4%
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Band
Moves
Iron Tail / Poison Jab
Rock Slide / Superpower
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 148
SpD 108
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Haxorus is one of the few viable Pokemon that have the ability Mold Breaker, allowing it to bypass abilities like Multiscale and Sturdy from common Pokemon like Dragonite and Magnezone. Additionally, its pure Dragon typing gives it only three weaknesses and one resistance, allowing it to take on a lot of Pokemon in the metagame thanks to its high Attack stat and vast movepool with high-Base Power moves like Outrage, Iron Tail, and Superpower let it break past Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, Tapu Lele, and Mega Tyranitar. However, Haxorus does suffer from mediocre HP, Special Defense, and Defense stats, which means it cannot take a Z-Move from Aegislash or live a super effective attack from Garchomp, Magearna, and Naganadel. Furthermore, Haxorus has an awkward Speed tier that allows it to outpace Tapu Lele, but not Pokemon like Mega Charizard X without having to run Choice Scarf and losing power. It is also outclassed by other Mold Breaker Pokemon like Mega Gyarados, which can check physical attackers like Landorus-T thanks to its pre-Mega Evolution ability Intimidate and can take care of Sturdy Pokemon that Haxorus can like Magnezone thanks to Earthquake while also taking care of Pokemon that Haxorus cannot take care of, like Donphan.

Most Used Moves

Outrage
96.4%
Iron Tail
41.9%
Fling
9.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc