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dracovish
#882

Dracovish

Fossil Pokémon

WaterDragon

Powerful legs and jaws made it the apex predator of its time. Its own overhunting of its prey was what drove it to extinction.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 90
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 80
Speed 75
Total 505

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fossil Pokémon
Height 2.3 m
Weight 215.0 kg
Base Exp 177
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 50
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

dracovish Front Front
dracovish Back Back
dracovish Front Shiny Front Shiny
dracovish Back Shiny Back Shiny
dracovish Official Art Official Art
dracovish Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Sand Rush
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

This prehistoric fish wreaks havoc as a powerful attacker on sand teams! Its access to Fishious Rend allows it to heavily damage most of the tier as long as it's moving first, which Sand Rush makes significantly easier, allowing it to outspeed the entire tier under sand. Dracovish also has a decent defensive typing for an attacker of its caliber, able to switch in on attackers like Heatran and Metagross and survive a hit. However, Dracovish struggles to break past common Pokemon that resist Fishious Rend, mainly Rillaboom, which 2HKOes it while weakening Fishious Rend with priority Grassy Glide, and Tapu Fini and Kyurem-B, both which threaten to OHKO or 2HKO Dracovish after minimal chip damage. Volcanion can ignore Dracovish locked into Fishious Rend entirely with Water Absorb, either attempting to burn Dracovish or attacking its partner. In addition, Dracovish heavily relies on sand to maintain a strong offensive presence, as its damage is utterly mediocre if it's outsped, which also means opposing speed control like Tailwind or Trick Room is bad for it. Its Attack is also low, making all non-Fishious Rend attacks relatively weak. Tyranitar is a near mandatory partner due to it not only setting sand, but also easily beating Kyurem-B. Incineroar and Rillaboom handle opposing Rillaboom and Tapu Fini, respectively, and Incineroar is yet another Kyurem-B check.

Most Used Moves

Crunch
63.2%
Ice Fang
60.1%
Outrage
29.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc