Defensive
OUItem
Heavy-Duty Boots
Heavy-Duty BootsAbility["Big Pecks","Overcoat"]
Nature["Bold","Impish"]
TeraWater
EV spread
HP248
Def244
Spe16
Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 39.5 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender0.0% ♂ · 100.0% ♀
Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky
Base friendship35Low
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP179
Base stats
HP
110
Attack
65
Defense
105
Sp. Atk
55
Sp. Def
95
Speed
80
Total
510
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Mandibuzz
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Mandibuzz can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bone Rush Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Ground | Physical | 25 | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Flatter Raises the target’s Special Attack by one stage and confuses the target. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Fury Attack Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air. | Flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Mirror Move Uses the target’s last used move. | Flying | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Sky Attack User charges for one turn before attacking. Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Physical | 140 | 90 | 5 |
| 1 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 18 | Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed. | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 23 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 24 | Knock Off Target drops its held item. | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 28 | Punishment Power increases against targets with more raised stats, up to a maximum of 200. | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 30 | Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 36 | Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 42 | Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| 48 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Embargo Target cannot use held items. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 57 | Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 64 | Defog Lowers the target’s evasion by one stage. Removes field effects from the enemy field. | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 72 | Attract Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 80 | Brave Bird User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Flying | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Mandibuzz can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
15 sprites & renders for Mandibuzz.
Across the games
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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Mandibuzz”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/mandibuzz.
Species data from PokéAPI.