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smeargle
#235

Smeargle

Painter Pokémon

Normal

It marks its territory by using its tail like a paintbrush. There are more than 5,000 different marks.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 20
Defense 35
Sp. Atk 20
Sp. Def 45
Speed 75
Total 250

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Painter Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 58.0 kg
Base Exp 88
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

smeargle Front Front
smeargle Back Back
smeargle Front Shiny Front Shiny
smeargle Back Shiny Back Shiny
smeargle Official Art Official Art
smeargle Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Suicide Lead
Moves
Spore / Dark Void
Explosion / Whirlwind / Nuzzle
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Own Tempo / Technician
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Smeargle is capable of learning nearly every move in the game thanks to Sketch, which gives it a slew of options on paper. Sadly, its extremely low offensive and defensive stats mostly limit its options to status moves. Even with said drawbacks, though, it finds a niche as an entry hazard setter due to the fact that it is the only Pokemon with access to both Stealth Rock and Spore and is also the most viable Sticky Web setter in the tier. Although not bad, Smeargle's base 75 Speed leaves it slower than several offensive Pokemon in the tier, usually limiting it to a single entry hazard once it puts a foe to sleep. Smeargle's low offensive stats also make it setup fodder for many Pokemon in the tier, although this can be taken care of depending on its moves. Smeargle also happens to struggle against Taunt users due to the fact that it uses status moves most of the time, although Magic Coat can be used to help mitigate this.

Most Used Moves

Spore
69.2%
Spikes
33.9%
Icy Wind
24.3%
Dark Void
20.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc