#264

Linoone

Rushing Pokémon

Normal

LINOONE always runs full speed and only in straight lines. If facing an obstacle, it makes a right-angle turn to evade it. This POKéMON is very challenged by gently curving roads.

Base Stats

HP 78

Attack 70

Defense 61

Sp. Atk 50

Sp. Def 61

Speed 100

Total 420

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

fighting 2x

Immune to

ghost 0x

Abilities

Pickup Gluttony Quick Feet (Hidden)

Held Items

Potion 50%Max Revive 5%Oran Berry 50%Sitrus Berry 5%

Evolution Chain

Zigzagoon

→

Linoone Lv. 20

→

Obstagoon Lv. 35

Moves

Details

Category Rushing Pokémon

Height 0.5 m

Weight 32.5 kg

Base Exp 147

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 90

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Grassland

Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 1.5%

Belly Drum Sweeper

Moves

Item

Figy Berry

Ability

Gluttony

Nature

Adamant

EVs

HP 148

Atk 248

Def 8

SpD 88

Spe 16

Strategy Overview

Linoone is the only Pokemon with access to both Belly Drum and Extreme Speed, making it a unique cleaner and sweeper in UU. Linoone is able to outspeed and beat most bulky Pokemon after setting up due to its coverage moves, Seed Bomb and Stomping Tantrum, that can KO most Pokemon resistant to Extreme Speed. Linoone's ability Gluttony, with a Figy Berry, means Linoone can almost always use Belly Drum. However, even after using Belly Drum, Linoone is revenge killed by every faster Normal-resistant or -immune Pokemon such as Cobalion, Gengar, and Scizor, which uses Bullet Punch to deal massive damage. Because of its low defensive stats, Linoone can be OHKOed by many offensive threats, which makes setting up against offensive teams difficult even at full health. Furthermore, Linoone's subpar stats leave it outclassed by other setup sweepers that use priority moves like Bisharp and Scizor. Linoone is a one-time sweeper that is utterly useless before setting up and is quite frail.