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kyurem
#646

Kyurem

Boundary Pokémon

DragonIce

This legendary ice Pokémon waits for a hero to fill in the missing parts of its body with truth or ideals.

Base Stats

HP 125
Attack 130
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 90
Speed 95
Total 660

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Boundary Pokémon
Height 3.0 m
Weight 325.0 kg
Base Exp 297
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

kyurem Front Front
kyurem Back Back
kyurem Front Shiny Front Shiny
kyurem Back Shiny Back Shiny
kyurem Official Art Official Art
kyurem Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 1.0%
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Substitute + Roost
Item
Leftovers / Metronome
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 56
SpA 252
Spe 200

Strategy Overview

Kyurem, while uncommon in the OU tier, is a strong special wallbreaker able to threaten a number of Pokemon with its great STAB moves that are difficult to switch into, such as Clefable, which gets 2HKOed by Ice Beam. Despite facing competition from Kyurem-B as a wallbreaker, as its ability is not as useful as Kyurem-B's Teravolt as well as being unable to run Roost due to needing Choice Specs, it has a higher Special Attack stat than its counterpart, allowing it to run a Choice Specs set more viably. Good bulk along with valuable resistances to Water, Electric, and Grass moves allows it to check threats such as Rotom-W, Manaphy, Serperior, and Mega Manectric. However, weaknesses to common types such as Fighting and Rock with a vulnerability to all types of entry hazard, mainly Stealth Rock, can limit its ability to switch in, and its Speed, although not bad, leaves Kyurem outsped by a number of threats sitting at the base 100 Speed benchmark.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
100.0%
Roost
81.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
65.0%
Metronome
14.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc