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mantine
#226

Mantine

Kite Pokémon

WaterFlying

Postcards and posters featuring Mantine leaping elegantly above the waves are popular souvenirs of Alola.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 40
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 140
Speed 70
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

mantine Mantine Level Up

Moves

Details

Category Kite Pokémon
Height 2.1 m
Weight 220.0 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 25
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

mantine Front Front
mantine Back Back
mantine Front Shiny Front Shiny
mantine Back Shiny Back Shiny
mantine Official Art Official Art
mantine Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 2.2%
Defog
Moves
Air Slash / Haze
Item
Flyinium Z / Leftovers
Ability
Water Absorb
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
SpD 120
Spe 136

Strategy Overview

Mantine's typing and excellent special bulk let it handle menacing, commonplace attackers like Mega Blastoise, Ninetales, and Roserade. The high usage of these attackers means it gets opportunities to switch in against many teams, letting it use Defog with decent consistency, and the ability to run any two of Air Slash, Scald, and Toxic can make it tricky for offensive teams to safely respond to early-game. However, vulnerability to Electric-type attacks and Toxic renders it easily forced out by Pokemon that might have those moves. Registeel and Bronzong are prevalent Stealth Rock users that practically always have Toxic, so it's extremely difficult for Mantine to keep entry hazards away against teams with them. A Stealth Rock weakness means it often switches in with significant HP lost and is under a lot of pressure to clear hazards, and the high number of Stealth Rock setters that run Toxic makes this job even harder. It faces significant competition from Milotic, which boasts greater versatility by not requiring three specific moves and the ability to beat Steel-types by using Refresh. Only having one customizable moveslot means it'll be helpless against certain setup users depending on its fourth move; for example, using Haze over Air Slash makes Toxicroak and Machamp a counter, and using Air Slash allows bulky Pokemon like Curse Snorlax to be a problem.

Most Used Moves

Roost
93.0%
Scald
79.6%
Defog
73.2%
Toxic
53.7%
Air Slash
41.5%
Haze
34.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
95.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc