#794
Buzzwole
Swollen Pokémon
BugFighting
This Ultra Beast appeared from another world. It shows off its body, but whether that display is a boast or a threat remains unclear.
Base Stats
HP 107
Attack 139
Defense 139
Sp. Atk 53
Sp. Def 53
Speed 79
Total 570
Type Effectiveness
Resistant to
Abilities
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Swollen Pokémon
Height 2.4 m
Weight 333.6 kg
Base Exp 257
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat —
Egg Groups No Eggs
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Physical Wall
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 184
SpD 76
Strategy Overview
- Amazing physical bulk, reliable recovery, and a Bug / Fighting typing that grants it resistances to Fighting and Ground without weaknesses to Rock, Ghost, or Steel allow Buzzwole to wall many threatening physical attackers, such as Marshadow, Zygarde-C, Arceus-Ground, Mega Lucario, and Extreme Killer Arceus.
- Buzzwole's decently powerful Fighting-type STAB moves allow it to KO many of the threats it checks, break Substitutes, and threaten out certain Pokemon immune to Toxic.
- However, Buzzwole's low Special Defense stat and crippling weaknesses to Flying, Fire, and Fairy leave it easily exploited by the majority of the metagame, including threats like Primal Groudon, Yveltal, Xerneas, Mega Salamence, Ho-Oh, and Primal Kyogre.
- Buzzwole is also deadweight against defensive teams due to its inability to threaten walls such as Mega Sableye and Zygarde-C.
- Due to its reliance on Toxic for damage against threats that do not fear Hammer Arm, Buzzwole is unable to beat certain Substitute users such as Bulk Up Marshadow.
- Buzzwole's lack of free moveslots leaves it unable to run both Earthquake and Taunt, rendering it vulnerable to being trapped by either Gothitelle or Mega Gengar if not carrying Shed Shell.
Most Used Moves
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc