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Entei

Volcano Pokémon

Fire

Volcanoes erupt when it barks. Un­ able to restrain its extreme power, it races headlong around the land.

Base Stats

HP 115
Attack 115
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 75
Speed 100
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Volcano Pokémon
Height 2.1 m
Weight 198.0 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

entei Front Front
entei Back Back
entei Front Shiny Front Shiny
entei Back Shiny Back Shiny
entei Official Art Official Art
entei Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Choice Band Entei is a solid wallbreaker that punishes conventional Fire-type answers such as Flygon, Diancie, and Suicune with a burn from Sacred Fire. Furthermore, Entei can act as a revenge killer with Extreme Speed, letting it pick off many dangerous sweepers like Cloyster, Flygon, and Sharpedo. Entei also has a great Speed tier for a wallbreaker and outspeeds key offensive threats such as Mimikyu, Obstagoon, and Xurkitree. The team compression provided by being both a wallbreaker and revenge killer, as well as sporting great natural bulk and a key Speed tier, makes it particularly sought after on sun teams. Under sun, Entei's counterplay dwindles, as once hard stops like Gastrodon, Quagsire, and Snorlax have a high chance of getting 2HKOed by sun-boosted Flare Blitz after Stealth Rock and burn. However, Entei's Stealth Rock weakness severely limits it, especially on sun teams, which generally lacks thorough entry hazard removal. Outside of sun teams, Entei faces far harsher competition from other wallbreakers, especially Darmanitan, which can afford to run Heavy-Duty Boots, is about as strong as Choice Band Entei, and can keep up momentum with U-turn.

Most Used Moves

Toxic
30.8%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc