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omastar
#139

Omastar

Spiral Pokémon

RockWater

Its tentacles are highly developed as if they are hands and feet. As soon as it ensnares prey, it bites.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 60
Defense 125
Sp. Atk 115
Sp. Def 70
Speed 55
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

omastar Omastar Lv. 40

Moves

Details

Category Spiral Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 35.0 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Water3

Sprites

omastar Front Front
omastar Back Back
omastar Front Shiny Front Shiny
omastar Back Shiny Back Shiny
omastar Official Art Official Art
omastar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 2.5%
Shell Smash
Item
Shuca Berry
Ability
Weak Armor
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Weak Armor
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Omastar finds its place on most teams as a deadly late-game cleaner thanks to its great base 115 Special Attack and access to Shell Smash, one of the best boosting moves in the game. Its solid base 75 / 125 physical bulk combined with its Rock / Water typing gives it a decent number of setup opportunities against Pokemon such as Fletchinder, Drapion, and Choice-locked Emboar. Sadly, its below-average special bulk and low Speed prior to using Shell Smash mean it can get KOed by decently strong special attacks before it manages to get a boost up. Its typing also gives it uncomfortable weaknesses to Fighting- and Electric-type moves on top of a 4x weakness to Grass-type ones. This is further worsened by the presence of Pokemon such as Venusaur and Virizion, which are bulky enough to tank an unboosted Ice Beam from Omastar and can OHKO it with their Grass-type STAB moves. Omastar's access to both Stealth Rock and Spikes makes it a decent suicide lead, although it struggles heavily against Blastoise, the tier's most popular spinner.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
86.4%
Surf
45.6%
Scald
33.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
22.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc