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terrakion
#639

Terrakion

Cavern Pokémon

RockFighting

This Pokémon came to the defense of Pokémon that had lost their homes in a war among humans.

Base Stats

HP 91
Attack 129
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 72
Sp. Def 90
Speed 108
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Cavern Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 260.0 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

terrakion Front Front
terrakion Back Back
terrakion Front Shiny Front Shiny
terrakion Back Shiny Back Shiny
terrakion Official Art Official Art
terrakion Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Swords Dance
Item
Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Terrakion is one of the strongest wallbreakers in the UU tier thanks to its high Attack stat and amazing STAB combination. It can also work as a fearsome setup sweeper with Swords Dance, as it's able to pressure and break through a lot of stall and balance teams. Despite facing competition from other Fighting-types like Infernape and Cobalion, Terrakion sets itself apart from them due to its ability to beat common Fighting-type answers like Togekiss and Moltres, its better Attack stat, and its access to Justified. However, Terrakion's typing is very poor defensively, making it easily exploitable and weak to a lot of priority moves like Bullet Punch, Mach Punch, and Aqua Jet and common typings, such as Steel, Psychic, Ground, and Fighting. The Defense and Special Defense drops caused by using Close Combat only aggravate this weakness. On sets utilizing a Z-Move, Terrakion can be easily exploited by bulky threats like Hippowdon and Alomomola that can tank a hit from it and cripple it after it has used its Z-Move. Terrakion is also outsped by a lot of common threats in the metagame, such as Latias and Gengar, meaning it can have a hard time sweeping.

Most Used Moves

Protect
23.2%

Most Used Items

Rockium Z
44.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc