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bruxish
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Bruxish

Gnash Teeth Pokémon

WaterPsychic

When it unleashes its psychic power from the protuberance on its head, the grating sound of grinding teeth echoes through the area.

Base Stats

HP 68
Attack 105
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 70
Speed 92
Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

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Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Gnash Teeth Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 19.0 kg
Base Exp 166
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 80
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

bruxish Front Front
bruxish Back Back
bruxish Front Shiny Front Shiny
bruxish Back Shiny Back Shiny
bruxish Official Art Official Art
bruxish Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 0.5%
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Strong Jaw
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Strong Jaw
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Bruxish is a potentially threatening attacker in the RU metagame thanks to its plethora of valuable offensive traits. Its high Attack alongside an obscenely powerful STAB- and Strong Jaw-boosted Psychic Fangs allows Bruxish to perfectly complement its access to Swords Dance and decent Speed tier as a sweeper or wallbreaker on offensive teams. Alongside its powerful Psychic Fangs, Bruxish has access to useful STAB priority in the form of Aqua Jet as well as a powerful coverage option in Strong Jaw-boosted Crunch, which further bolsters its offensive presence. Unfortunately, said offensive presence is slightly offset by Bruxish's abysmal bulk, as it will often struggle to survive attacks from Pokemon that it fails to KO, which are quite common in the metagame. Bruxish's Speed, while good, can also hamper it at times, as it is still outsped and heavily threatened by common Pokemon such as Ninetales, Mismagius, and Shaymin. Bruxish also struggles from four-moveslot syndrome in that it often has to decide between running Crunch or Liquidation, meaning that it will always struggle to break through a certain foe. Lastly, choosing Bruxish's nature can also be a struggle, as Bruxish will slightly lack power with a Jolly nature and be slightly slow with an Adamant nature.

Most Used Moves

Aqua Jet
74.5%
Crunch
73.8%
Ice Fang
34.1%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
24.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc