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infernape
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Infernape

Flame Pokémon

FireFighting

Its crown of fire is indicative of its fiery nature. It is beaten by none in terms of quickness.

Base Stats

HP 76
Attack 104
Defense 71
Sp. Atk 104
Sp. Def 71
Speed 108
Total 534

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Blaze Iron Fist (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

monferno Monferno Lv. 14
infernape Infernape Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Flame Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 240
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Humanshape

Sprites

infernape Front Front
infernape Back Back
infernape Front Shiny Front Shiny
infernape Back Shiny Back Shiny
infernape Official Art Official Art
infernape Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

All-Out Attacker
Moves
Fire Blast / Flare Blitz
Grass Knot / Hidden Power Ice
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 100
SpA 156
Spe 252
Physically Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 248
Def 88
SpD 124
Spe 48

Strategy Overview

While it may not be a popular choice in OU due to how much competition it suffers from other Fighting-type wallbreakers such as Keldeo and Terrakion as well as Fire-types like mixed Victini and bulky Mega Charizard X, Infernape still has a few tools at its disposal that make it a decent choice on certain teams. It sports a unique typing that, despite not being particularly good, enables it to check powerful threats like Bisharp, Weavile, and Scizor. It also has an outstanding movepool, with not only multiple coverage moves that give it the ability to deal significant damage to the vast majority of the OU tier, especially given its mixed offensive capabilities enabling it to break past both physical and special walls, but also a great support movepool, with moves like Slack Off, Will-O-Wisp, Taunt, and Stealth Rock. Unfortunately, while Infernape's typing and movepool are impressive, its stats are not. Its defenses are lacking, and while 104 / 104 / 108 offenses aren't bad, by ORAS standards they aren't very impressive either. Furthermore, Infernape's weaknesses to Water, Ground, Psychic, and Flying are all very crippling, given how common all of these types are in OU.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc