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bisharp
#625

Bisharp

Sword Blade Pokémon

DarkSteel

No matter how strong the Bisharp, it’s said that if the blade on its head is chipped, it will retire from its position as the boss.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 125
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 70
Speed 70
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

bisharp Bisharp Lv. 52
kingambit Kingambit Three Defeated Bisharp

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Sword Blade Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 70.0 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

bisharp Front Front
bisharp Back Back
bisharp Front Shiny Front Shiny
bisharp Back Shiny Back Shiny
bisharp Official Art Official Art
bisharp Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 2.5%
Swords Dance
Item
Darkinium Z / Black Glasses
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Bisharp's combination of two strong STAB moves, a powerful priority move, and the means to boost its Attack makes it a threatening physical attacker in the OU tier. Dark is one of the most devastating offensive typings in the game, which allows Bisharp to pose a big threat to defensive teams with its powerful Knock Off. In addition to this, Swords Dance + Sucker Punch gives Bisharp a powerful cleaning tool that enables it to also be a pretty threatening Pokemon for offensive teams under the right circumstances. Bisharp's Defiant ability bolsters its sweeping capabilities, gaining an Attack boost any time one of its stats is lowered. Its Dark / Steel typing is also somewhat decent, giving Bisharp resistances to Dragon, Ice, Flying, and Ghost. On the flip side, Bisharp's relatively low base 70 Speed leaves it outsped by the majority of the offensive metagame, making it heavily reliant on Sucker Punch, a move that can be circumvented if the foe does not use an attacking move. Bisharp is also relatively frail, unable to take most moderately strong attacks if it does not resist them. Bisharp is often vulnerable due to its weaknesses to common Fire-, Ground-, and Fighting-types, such as Mega Charizard X, Gliscor, and Mega Lopunny.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
99.9%
Knock Off
98.2%
Pursuit
4.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
43.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc