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probopass
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Probopass

Compass Pokémon

RockSteel

It exudes strong magnetism from all over. It controls three small units called Mini-Noses.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 55
Defense 145
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 150
Speed 40
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

probopass Probopass Level Up

Moves

Details

Category Compass Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 340.0 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

probopass Front Front
probopass Back Back
probopass Front Shiny Front Shiny
probopass Back Shiny Back Shiny
probopass Official Art Official Art
probopass Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 0.6%
Steel Trapper
Moves
Stealth Rock / Flash Cannon
Earth Power / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Air Balloon
Ability
Magnet Pull
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 172
SpA 252
Spe 84

Strategy Overview

Probopass has a unique niche as the only viable Pokemon with access to Magnet Pull in the NU metagame. Rock / Steel typing and impressive defenses allow Probopass to check a myriad of relevant threats such as Vivillon, Swellow, Mega Audino, and Mesprit, but its typing also leaves Probopass weak to common attacking types such as Fighting, Water, and Ground and gives it heavy competition from Rhydon, Regirock, and Steelix as a Stealth Rock setter and Normal- and Flying-type check. Being weak to such common attacking types means that despite Probopass's impressive defenses, any kind of defensive set is outclassed, and Probopass should only be running an offensive Steel-type trapping set. Also, a lack of recovery makes Probopass very easy to wear down throughout a battle. Due to its lackluster offensive stats and movepool, Probopass is often very passive and easy to take advantage of when not trapping Steel-types. Unless a team has a sweeper such as Linoone that absolutely requires the removal of Steel-types, it is not strictly necessary to use Probopass to trap them. Oftentimes running a lure set such as Hidden Power Fire Mesprit is better. Lastly, due to a lack of solid Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokemon, Steel-types have a less prominent role in the NU metagame than in most other tiers. This diminished role lessens Probopass's niche as a Steel-type trapper and often makes it dead weight against teams without a Steel-type.

Most Used Moves

Power Gem
88.4%
Taunt
85.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc