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omastar
#139

Omastar

Spiral Pokémon

RockWater

A prehistoric POKéMON that died out when its heavy shell made it impossible to catch prey.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 60
Defense 125
Sp. Atk 115
Sp. Def 70
Speed 55
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Evolution Chain

omastar Omastar Lv. 40

Moves

Details

Category Spiral Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 35.0 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Water3

Sprites

omastar Front Front
omastar Back Back
omastar Front Shiny Front Shiny
omastar Back Shiny Back Shiny
omastar Official Art Official Art
omastar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Tank
Moves
Hydro Pump / Surf
Body Slam / Seismic Toss

Strategy Overview

Omastar's typing is almost unique in OU, being shared only with Kabutops. It provides it with useful resistances to Normal and Ice, which allow it to punish Hyper Beam and Explosion, and let it check Snorlax and Tauros lacking Earthquake. This is backed up by its solid bulk and good Special, which enables it to do significant damage with Hydro Pump. Its movepool contains decent utility and coverage options such as Ice Beam, Seismic Toss, Submission, and Body Slam.

Omastar is not recommended for most OU teams, though, as it is plagued by several crippling flaws that outweigh these qualities. It is walled by the omnipresent Chansey and the common Starmie. Slowbro also has little trouble walling it and can use it as an opportunity to set up with Amnesia. Omastar's typing is a double-edged sword that gives it weaknesses to Earthquake and Thunderbolt, which are both common in the metagame. Even if it avoids both, Omastar has to rely on Rest for recovery, which renders it useless for two turns, giving offensive threats such as Tauros and Zapdos opportunities to switch into it and wreak havoc.

Most Used Moves

Blizzard
81.4%
Body Slam
53.2%
Rest
51.8%

Most Used Items

Nothing
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc