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braviary
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Braviary

Valiant Pokémon

NormalFlying

Known for its bravery and pride, this majestic Pokémon is often seen as a motif for various kinds of emblems.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 123
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 57
Sp. Def 75
Speed 80
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Valiant Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 41.0 kg
Base Exp 179
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

braviary Front Front
braviary Back Back
braviary Front Shiny Front Shiny
braviary Back Shiny Back Shiny
braviary Official Art Official Art
braviary Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 11.5%
Setup Sweeper
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability
Defiant
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Braviary is a decent setup sweeper and stallbreaker thanks to its great coverage, solid offensive stats, and access to recovery. Its typing allows it to check Grass-types like Decidueye, Dhelmise, and Vileplume, and excellent coverage from Close Combat lets it beat Steel-types like Galarian Stunfisk, Copperajah, and Stakataka, which usually have no issue checking Flying-types. Braviary's also good at dissuading Vileplume's Strength Sap and Mantine's or Silvally-Steel's Defog thanks to Defiant. Unfortunately, Braviary's really easy to revenge kill with common Electric- and Rock-types such as Rotom-C, Heliolisk, Aerodactyl, and Diancie. Braviary also faces competition from other setup sweepers like Toxicroak and Silvally-Ground, which are faster and possess better overall defensive utility.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
54.7%
Heat Wave
47.8%
U-turn
37.9%
Roost
26.1%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
50.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc