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yveltal
#717

Yveltal

Destruction Pokémon

DarkFlying

When this legendary Pokémon’s wings and tail feathers spread wide and glow red, it absorbs the life force of living creatures.

Base Stats

HP 126
Attack 131
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 131
Sp. Def 98
Speed 99
Total 680

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Destruction Pokémon
Height 5.8 m
Weight 203.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

yveltal Front Front
yveltal Back Back
yveltal Front Shiny Front Shiny
yveltal Back Shiny Back Shiny
yveltal Official Art Official Art
yveltal Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

balancedhackmons Usage: 3.8%
Poison Heal
Moves
Spiky Shield / King's Shield / Recover
Taunt / Leech Seed / Swords Dance
Item
Toxic Orb
Ability
Poison Heal
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 128
SpD 128

Strategy Overview

One of the more underrated defensive choices the Balanced Hackmons metagame has to offer, Yveltal stands out as one of the best checks to Mega Gengar and other Ghost-type Judgment users in the metagame due to its unique typing. Yveltal also functions as an excellent stallbreaker thanks to its great Speed tier, allowing it to outspeed common uninvested base 90 and 95 Speed Pokemon in the metagame and Taunt them. In addition, Yveltal's relatively high offensive stats for a wall mean it isn't as passive as most other walls, and its Dark STAB type makes Yveltal one of the few walls that can take advantage of Knock Off as both a primary attack and a utility move in addition to being able to absorb it as well. However, while Yveltal's bulk is not terrible, it isn't exceptional either, meaning Yveltal must more often than not rely on its typing in order to wall foes. Due to this downside, which means that it can only wall specific Pokemon, Yveltal isn't an ideal choice on most offensive teams as a wall, and it is better used with a defensive core on more defensively oriented teams. In addition, a weakness to Rock-type moves means Yveltal cannot perform as well when Stealth Rock is on the field, and weaknesses to Electric, Ice, and Fairy-type moves mean it cannot stand up to most Refrigerate and Pixilate users.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
70.3%
Roost
14.5%

Most Used Items

Toxic Orb
56.2%
Leftovers
14.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc