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zubat
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Zubat

Bat Pokémon

PoisonFlying

Even though it has no eyes, it can sense obstacles using ultrasonic waves it emits from its mouth.

Base Stats

HP 40
Attack 45
Defense 35
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 40
Speed 55
Total 245

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golbat Golbat Lv. 22
crobat Crobat Happiness 160

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bat Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 7.5 kg
Base Exp 49
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

zubat Front Front
zubat Back Back
zubat Front Shiny Front Shiny
zubat Back Shiny Back Shiny
zubat Front ♀ Front ♀
zubat Back ♀ Back ♀
zubat Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
zubat Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
zubat Official Art Official Art
zubat Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.2%
Support
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 196
Atk 76
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

Zubat has a 4x resistance to Grass-, Bug-, and Fighting-type attacks, as well as an immunity to Ground-type attacks. It also has access to Brave Bird, which hits most of those types super effectively. Zubat has access to Infiltrator, which allows it to attack through Substitutes, and it gets Defog, which clears away all entry hazards and screens on the field. With these resistances and abilities, Zubat works well as a support Pokemon. However, Zubat's subpar stats keep it from being able to take advantage of these good traits. Zubat has several good special moves, but it has a terrible Special Attack stat to back them up and it lacks good physical attacking moves. Zubat only hits 16 Speed, which means that it is outsped by many common threats such as Mienfoo, Archen, Trubbish, and Drilbur. Its pitiful defenses make it hard to use for extended periods of time, and its Stealth Rock weakness makes it hard to switch in, which it should be doing a lot.

Most Used Moves

Roost
73.5%
U-turn
68.3%
Defog
47.7%
Toxic
32.1%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
70.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc