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absol
#359

Absol

Disaster Pokémon

Dark

It senses coming disasters and appears before people only to warn them of impending danger.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 130
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 60
Speed 75
Total 465

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Disaster Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 47.0 kg
Base Exp 163
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

absol Front Front
absol Back Back
absol Front Shiny Front Shiny
absol Back Shiny Back Shiny
absol Official Art Official Art
absol Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 4.6%
All-Out Attacker
Moves
Superpower / Fire Blast
Play Rough / Iron Tail / Pursuit
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Super Luck
Nature
Adamant / Naughty
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb / Dread Plate
Ability
Super Luck
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Absol is one of RU's strongest wallbreakers and is backed up by many positive traits. Its combination of STAB Knock Off and great coverage options in Superpower, Play Rough, and Iron Tail make it extremely hard to switch into. Absol's Sucker Punch is the strongest priority move in RU, giving it a favorable matchup versus offensive teams in addition to mitigating its mediocre base 75 Speed. It can also run a Swords Dance set, making it a formidable sweeper if left unchecked, or Pursuit, helping it support its team by taking out threatening Pokemon such as Slowking and Meloetta more easily. Sadly, Absol's defensive stats are quite poor, and its relatively low Speed stat means it has to rely on Sucker Punch to deal with faster threats, which can play around it with Substitute or priority moves.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
76.9%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
41.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc