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huntail
#367

Huntail

Deep Sea Pokémon

Water

It lives deep in the sea where no light ever filters down. It lights up its small fishlike tail to attract prey.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 104
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 94
Sp. Def 75
Speed 52
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Deep Sea Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 27.0 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

huntail Front Front
huntail Back Back
huntail Front Shiny Front Shiny
huntail Back Shiny Back Shiny
huntail Official Art Official Art
huntail Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 1.3%
Shell Smash
Item
White Herb / Wacan Berry
Ability
Water Veil / Swift Swim
Nature
Naughty / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Huntail is a solid setup sweeper thanks to its access to both Shell Smash and Sucker Punch, its barely passable bulk that allows it to set up somewhat reliably, and its low number of true counters once it has set up. However, it faces major competition from the large number of Water-types in PU, with Gorebyss's greater effectiveness versus bulky Pokemon, Relicanth's extra Rock typing, Kingler's far superior unboosted Attack, and Simipour's much better Speed. It can also be checked by a number of Choice Scarf users that outspeed it at +2 and can survive a boosted Sucker Punch, as well as Taunt users and strong attackers before setting up.

Most Used Moves

Waterfall
85.6%
Ice Beam
52.0%
Ice Fang
31.8%
Crunch
8.7%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc