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greninja
#658

Greninja

Ninja Pokémon

WaterDark

It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.

Base Stats

HP 72
Attack 95
Defense 67
Sp. Atk 103
Sp. Def 71
Speed 122
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Torrent Protean (Hidden)

Forms

Evolution Chain

frogadier Frogadier Lv. 16
greninja Greninja Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Ninja Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 40.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

greninja Front Front
greninja Back Back
greninja Front Shiny Front Shiny
greninja Back Shiny Back Shiny
greninja Official Art Official Art
greninja Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Mixed Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Protean
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Greninja has very high Speed, a great movepool, and the excellent ability Protean, which gives it STAB on every attack. However, it has pretty weak defensive stats and is thus easily KOed by common priority moves. It doesn't match up well against common Pokemon in the metagame, such as Mega Kangaskhan, which can KO it with the combination of Fake Out + Sucker Punch, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T, which can dispatch of it with U-turn or Superpower. Greninja's Special Attack is sufficient only when using super effective moves; its neutral attacks won't do much damage. It also loses pretty badly against speed control; Trick Room, Tailwind, and rain teams with Swift Swim sweepers destroy it pretty easily.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
78.7%
Protect
53.6%
Mat Block
41.7%
Low Kick
25.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
40.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc