#262

Mightyena

Bite Pokémon

Dark

MIGHTYENA gives obvious signals when it is preparing to attack. It starts to growl deeply and then flattens its body. This POKéMON will bite savagely with its sharply pointed fangs.

Base Stats

HP 70

Attack 90

Defense 70

Sp. Atk 60

Sp. Def 60

Speed 70

Total 420

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

fighting 2x bug 2x fairy 2x

Resistant to

ghost ½x dark ½x

Immune to

psychic 0x

Abilities

Intimidate Quick Feet Moxie (Hidden)

Held Items

Pecha Berry 5%

Evolution Chain

Poochyena

→

Mightyena Lv. 18

Moves

Details

Category Bite Pokémon

Height 1.0 m

Weight 37.0 kg

Base Exp 147

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 127

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Grassland

Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.1%

All-out Attacker

Moves

Item

Life Orb

Ability

Moxie

Nature

Adamant / Jolly

EVs

Atk 252

SpD 4

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Subpar stats across the board leave Mightyena completely outclassed by Absol and Alolan Raticate, which sport far higher Attack stats and better Speed tiers. The aforementioned Pokemon also have access to Swords Dance and possess a more useful Dark-type STAB move in Knock Off. Mightyena's niche lies in attempting to revenge kill opposing Pokemon to get Attack boosts from Moxie, but it does not do its job properly because it ends up being too weak to defeat anything and it lacks the defenses to stay in for long periods of time.