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oranguru
#765

Oranguru

Sage Pokémon

NormalPsychic

Known for its extreme intelligence, this Pokémon will look down on inexperienced Trainers, so it’s best suited to veteran Trainers.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 60
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 110
Speed 60
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Sage Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 76.0 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

oranguru Front Front
oranguru Back Back
oranguru Front Shiny Front Shiny
oranguru Back Shiny Back Shiny
oranguru Official Art Official Art
oranguru Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

vgc2017 Usage: 1.2%
Trick Room
Item
Mental Herb
Ability
Inner Focus / Telepathy
Nature
Sassy / Relaxed
EVs
HP 252
Def 140
SpA 20
SpD 92

Strategy Overview

  • Oranguru is a Pokemon designed to set up Trick Room for its teammates.
  • Once Trick Room is set, Oranguru can proceed to use Instruct, a move unique to it that allows its teammate to use powerful moves twice in one turn.
  • A large number of relevant Pokemon can function well in Trick Room, including Alolan Marowak, Hariyama, and Celesteela.
  • Its typing gives it only one immunity and one resistance, and it is reliant on teammates for its matchups.
  • In addition, repeated neutral hits will quickly KO it, and its lack of recovery is a liability.
  • If your team requires a Trick Room setter but cannot make good use of Instruct, then Porygon2 is a better choice.

Most Used Moves

Instruct
100.0%
Foul Play
70.5%
Protect
58.9%
Psyshock
40.4%
Psychic
15.6%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc