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amoonguss
#591

Amoonguss

Mushroom Pokémon

GrassPoison

It lures prey close by dancing and waving its arm caps, which resemble Poké Balls, in a swaying motion.

Base Stats

HP 114
Attack 85
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 80
Speed 30
Total 464

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mushroom Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 10.5 kg
Base Exp 162
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant

Sprites

amoonguss Front Front
amoonguss Back Back
amoonguss Front Shiny Front Shiny
amoonguss Back Shiny Back Shiny
amoonguss Official Art Official Art
amoonguss Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Black Sludge
Item
Black Sludge
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 248
Def 56
SpD 204
Assault Vest
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 252
Def 96
SpD 160

Strategy Overview

With a large HP stat and a good defensive typing that allows it to handle metagame staples such as Ash-Greninja, Tapu Koko, Tapu Bulu, and Tangrowth, Amoonguss is a decent defensive Pokemon. Amoonguss also has five key resistances to Grass, Water, Electric, Fairy, and Fighting and access to a wide number of valuable utility moves such as Spore, Stun Spore, and Clear Smog. Amoonguss's excellent defensive ability in Regenerator only further bolsters Amoonguss's defensive prowess, as it keeps Amoonguss from having to waste time recovering, meaning it doesn't lose momentum as easily and can be a good pick on more offensively oriented teams despite not having a strong offensive presence. Unfortunately, Amoonguss's defensive typing also gives it some nasty weaknesses to common offensive types in Flying, Ice, Fire, and Psychic, making it vulnerable to threats like Tornadus-T, Weavile, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele, and its low Speed and attacking stats can make it somewhat passive, giving setup opportunities or free switches to a vast number of offensive Pokemon once it has used Spore.

Most Used Moves

Spore
80.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc