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grumpig
#326

Grumpig

Manipulate Pokémon

Psychic

It uses black pearls to amplify its psychic power. It does a strange dance to control foes’ minds.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 45
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 110
Speed 80
Total 470

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

grumpig Grumpig Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Manipulate Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 71.5 kg
Base Exp 165
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

grumpig Front Front
grumpig Back Back
grumpig Front Shiny Front Shiny
grumpig Back Shiny Back Shiny
grumpig Official Art Official Art
grumpig Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 6.4%
Substitute + Calm Mind
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 80
SpA 252
Spe 176
Offensive Utility
Moves
Taunt / Thunder Wave
Item
Colbur Berry / Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 80
SpA 252
Spe 176
Specially Defensive
Moves
Thunder Wave / Toxic
Taunt / Protect / Toxic
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 248
Def 36
SpD 224

Strategy Overview

Grumpig's good HP and Special Defense stats in conjunction with Thick Fat allow it to take on a lot of Fire-, Ice-, and Psychic-types like Ninetales, Cryogonal, and Mr. Mime. A wide movepool gives it access to many tools like Thunder Wave for offensive teams and Taunt and Toxic for taking on stall. It also has access to Shadow Ball and Focus Blast, giving it coverage against other Psychic-types like Mr. Mime and Dark- and Steel-types like Pawniard and Probopass. Unfortunately, its less-than-stellar Defense leaves it with a weakness to physical attackers like Dodrio and Leafeon on top of being weak to Dark-type moves, which are fairly common. Grumpig also does not possess any reliable recovery, meaning it can get chipped down pretty easily and relies on Leftovers to gain any HP by itself. Nonetheless, due to the number of positive traits that Grumpig possesses, it isn't very hard to stick on teams, especially when looking at the number of Pokemon it can check regardless if it runs its offensive set for balanced and bulky offensive playstyles or specially defensive set for stall and semi-stall.

Most Used Moves

Psychic
82.9%
Taunt
37.2%
Calm Mind
28.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
72.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc