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skarmory
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Skarmory

Armor Bird Pokémon

SteelFlying

SKARMORY is entirely encased in hard, protective armor. This POKéMON flies at close to 190 mph. It slashes foes with its wings that possess swordlike cutting edges.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 80
Defense 140
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 70
Speed 70
Total 465

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Armor Bird Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 50.5 kg
Base Exp 163
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 25
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

skarmory Front Front
skarmory Back Back
skarmory Front Shiny Front Shiny
skarmory Back Shiny Back Shiny
skarmory Official Art Official Art
skarmory Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 34.9%
Standard
Moves
Drill Peck / Toxic
Protect / Toxic / Taunt / Thief
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
SpD 252
Spe 4
Offensive Spikes
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Skarmory is simultaneously the tier's premier Spikes user and a heavily utilized physical wall, using its access to Toxic and Roar among other moves to distinguish itself from other Spikers. Its Steel / Flying typing is also perfect for its role as a wall, leaving it without any physical weaknesses and with a resistance to all but two physically attacking types, namely Rock and Fighting. However, two exploitable weaknesses to specially attacking types make it vulnerable to Fire- and Electric-type attacks. Despite this, Skarmory is an incredible floor-raising Pokemon that should be considered on everything from Spikes stall to offensive Spikes teams.

Most Used Moves

Spikes
99.9%
Roar
96.7%
Toxic
55.3%
Protect
49.0%
Taunt
19.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
93.4%
Nothing
5.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc