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rillaboom
#812

Rillaboom

Drummer Pokémon

Grass

By drumming, it taps into the power of its special tree stump. The roots of the stump follow its direction in battle.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 125
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 70
Speed 85
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

thwackey Thwackey Lv. 16
rillaboom Rillaboom Lv. 35

Moves

Details

Category Drummer Pokémon
Height 2.1 m
Weight 90.0 kg
Base Exp 265
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 50
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Plant

Sprites

rillaboom Front Front
rillaboom Back Back
rillaboom Front Shiny Front Shiny
rillaboom Back Shiny Back Shiny
rillaboom Official Art Official Art
rillaboom Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Bulky Pivot
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Grassy Surge
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
Def 4

Strategy Overview

Rillaboom is among the best pivots in the metagame thanks to its excellent ability, useful utility moves, and strong priority STAB attack. Grassy Surge lets Rillaboom set Grassy Terrain on switch-in, providing passive healing for teammates and slowing down threats that benefit from Psychic Terrain such as Necrozma. Grassy Glide is given priority and boosted by Grassy Terrain, letting Rillaboom soft check a wide variety of threats regardless of Speed, such as boosted Dragon Dance Zygarde and Diancie under Trick Room, as well as picking off any Pokemon low on health. Rillaboom works well on a variety of team archetypes thanks to the sheer utility it provides. For example, structures that rely on Trick Room or setup appreciate Rillaboom’s ability to create safe turns through the use of Fake Out, while the latter also appreciates Grassy Terrain's passive healing to keep wincons healthy. Volcanion and Urshifu-R synergize well with Rillaboom, as they remove Fire-types and Kyurem-B, respectively, and in return, Rillaboom checks Water-types such as Tapu Fini. Rillaboom is not without faults, though; its Grass typing leaves it with a plethora of weaknesses that are exposed by common Pokemon such as Kyurem-B and Genesect, and it can be tricky to use alongside other Terrain setters. It's also worn down quickly by pivoting in and out, especially with entry hazards up, as it typically has no recovery besides Grassy Terrain and doesn't carry Protect, leaving it open to being attacked every turn and susceptible to double targets.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
78.5%
Fake Out
78.3%
Knock Off
43.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
16.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc