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ferroseed
#597

Ferroseed

Thorn Seed Pokémon

GrassSteel

When threatened, it attacks by shooting a barrage of spikes, which gives it a chance to escape by rolling away.

Base Stats

HP 44
Attack 50
Defense 91
Sp. Atk 24
Sp. Def 86
Speed 10
Total 305

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Thorn Seed Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 18.8 kg
Base Exp 61
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant ,Mineral

Sprites

ferroseed Front Front
ferroseed Back Back
ferroseed Front Shiny Front Shiny
ferroseed Back Shiny Back Shiny
ferroseed Official Art Official Art
ferroseed Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 5.6%
Defensive
Moves
Spikes / Stealth Rock
Gyro Ball / Knock Off
Protect / Thunder Wave
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Relaxed / Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 148
SpD 112

Strategy Overview

Ferroseed has a unique defensive typing that gives it nine resistances and one immunity, as well as Eviolite-boosted defenses to complement them, allowing it to check a multitude of threats in NU such as Samurott, Kabutops, and Ludicolo. Ferroseed also serves as a reliable entry hazard setter thanks to its typing and access to both Spikes and Stealth Rock. Ferroseed's ability, Iron Barbs, allows it to punish physical attackers such as Scyther and Barbaracle. Its low Speed also works in its favor, powering up Gyro Ball against fast threats. However, Ferroseed has a crippling 4x weakness to common Fire-type moves as well as a 2x weakness to Fighting. Both of these weaknesses make Ferroseed easy to lure, as many Pokemon have access to Fire- and Fighting-type coverage. Ferroseed also relies on Leech Seed to recover from damage, which hinders its walling capabilities. Its STAB types are also commonly resisted, allowing many Pokemon to take advantage of it, most notably Substitute users.

Most Used Moves

Gyro Ball
60.3%
Spikes
54.5%
Protect
38.8%
Knock Off
29.8%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
99.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc