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grimmsnarl
#861

Grimmsnarl

Bulk Up Pokémon

DarkFairy

With the hair wrapped around its body helping to enhance its muscles, this Pokémon can overwhelm even Machamp.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 120
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 75
Speed 60
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

morgrem Morgrem Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Bulk Up Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 61.0 kg
Base Exp 255
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 50
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Fairy ,Humanshape

Sprites

grimmsnarl Front Front
grimmsnarl Back Back
grimmsnarl Front Shiny Front Shiny
grimmsnarl Back Shiny Back Shiny
grimmsnarl Official Art Official Art
grimmsnarl Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Dual Screens
Moves
Spirit Break / Foul Play
Scary Face / Thunder Wave
Item
Light Clay
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 140
SpD 116
Trick
Moves
Spirit Break / Foul Play
Scary Face / Thunder Wave / Light Screen
Item
Iron Ball / Lagging Tail
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 140
SpD 116

Strategy Overview

With Prankster, dual screens, speed control, and a typing that's useful for staving off the likes of Yveltal and Calyrex-S, Grimmsnarl is one of the best support Pokemon in VGC 2022, fitting on a wide variety of teams. Dual screens and speed control are even more valuable in a format with Restricted Pokemon and Dynamax, as they simply have more influence and effect with the higher power level. Grimmsnarl sees play on various different compositions such as Zacian-C + Kyogre, Groudon + Zacian-C, and Groudon + Lunala teams. Grimmsnarl can also run a Trick set that debilitates foes by giving them Iron Ball or Lagging Tail and taking away a useful item like Life Orb or Weakness Policy. Grimmsnarl is destroyed by the format's most relevant Restricted Pokemon, Zacian-C, which makes checks to Zacian-C such as Incineroar, Zapdos, Groudon, and Landorus-T good teammates.

Most Used Moves

Reflect
91.9%
Trick
59.8%

Most Used Items

Iron Ball
24.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc