Base stats
Abilities
Causes 1/8 max HP in damage each turn during strong sunlight, but heals for 1/8 max HP during rain. Increases damage from Fire moves to 1.25×, but absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Increases Special Attack to 1.5× but costs 1/8 max HP after each turn during strong sunlight.
Competitive usage
Ladder snapshot Jun 2026 · 1,163,315 battles·Win rate: not published by this source
Moves
- Hyper Voice12.3%
- Volt Switch11.9%
- Thunderbolt10.2%
- Discharge10.1%
- Protect9.0%
- Shed Tail8.5%
- Grass Knot6.1%
- Weather Ball5.1%
- Electroweb4.6%
- Rising Voltage3.8%
Items
- Choice Scarf54.1%
- Life Orb13.0%
- Focus Sash11.2%
- Magnet8.4%
- Sitrus Berry3.3%
- Chople Berry2.2%
- Expert Belt1.9%
- Wide Lens1.5%
Abilities
- Dry Skin68.7%
- Solar Power29.4%
- Sand Veil1.9%
Natures
- Timid67.3%
- Modest30.3%
- Adamant1.1%
- Hardy0.7%
- Quiet0.3%
Common teammates
- Sceptile-Mega5.6%
- Whimsicott4.5%
- Sinistcha4.1%
- Pelipper3.9%
- Basculegion3.7%
- Raichu-Mega-X3.3%
- Torkoal3.2%
- Garchomp3.2%
Stat-Point spreads
- Timid · 2/0/0/32/0/32 SP53.1%
- Modest · 2/0/0/32/0/32 SP19.4%
- Timid · 0/0/2/32/0/32 SP4.3%
- Modest · 7/0/0/32/0/27 SP2.2%
- Timid · 0/0/0/32/2/32 SP1.7%
- Modest · 0/0/0/32/2/32 SP1.6%
Ladder spreads in Champions Stat Points (stat order HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) — the ladder's Champions formats use SP natively.
Source: Smogon / Pokémon Showdown usage statistics (Champions ladder) — Showdown ladder, not the official in-game ranked ladder. 1,163,315 battles, snapshot 2026-06. Methodology
Notable moves
Its hardest-hitting attacks, one per type — from a movepool of 83 legal moves.