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durant
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Durant

Iron Ant Pokémon

BugSteel

They lay their eggs deep inside their nests. When attacked by Heatmor, they retaliate using their massive mandibles.

Base Stats

HP 58
Attack 109
Defense 112
Sp. Atk 48
Sp. Def 48
Speed 109
Total 484

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Iron Ant Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 33.0 kg
Base Exp 169
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

durant Front Front
durant Back Back
durant Front Shiny Front Shiny
durant Back Shiny Back Shiny
durant Official Art Official Art
durant Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.8%
All-out Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability
Hustle
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Durant has the unique combination of Hustle, First Impression, and a solid Speed stat, making it seem appealing as a niche wallbreaker and revenge killer, It's able to revenge kill common Pokemon like Nihilego and Cobalion, as well as OHKOing faster threats like Azelf, Choice Scarf Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10%. It also possesses other good attacks like Rock Slide to hit Salamence and Rotom-H, Superpower to KO Cobalion, and Iron Head to better threaten the likes of Nihilego, Mamoswine, and Hatterene. However, it's near-entirely outclassed by fellow Bug / Steel type Scizor, and to a lesser extent Cobalion. Besides those two providing utility options like pivoting, Knock Off, and Stealth Rock, both have much better defensive presences. In practice, Durant fails to come in safely and efficiently wallbreak, since it has poor bulk and can't significantly damage common Pokemon like Rotom-W and Slowking after it uses First Impression. It is also easily worn down through Life Orb recoil, Rocky Helmet users like Skarmory and Amoonguss, and entry hazards. Hustle also makes Durant incredibly inconsistent as a wallbreaker, and since it is incredibly frail, it is likely to be KOed in the same turn after missing a move.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
95.7%
X-Scissor
15.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
81.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc