
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Donphan
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Donphan is a new B Tier Type Armor Pokémon, with a growth rate and a 1 Attack, 1 Defense EV Yield. Donphan has a chance of having as an Ability, and based on 500 Total Base Stats; we recommend a Brave Nature for Donphan in Pokemon SV.
Donphan Forms
Donphan has 1 alternative forms in the Scarlet and Violet Series.
ID | TIER | Donphan Forms | Type | Total | HP | Atk | Def | Sp.Atk | Sp.Def | Speed |
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#123 | B Tier | 500 | 90 | 120 | 120 | 60 | 60 | 50 | ||
#382 | S Tier | 570 | 90 | 112 | 120 | 72 | 70 | 106 |


Donphan Stats
Donphan highest IV stat is Attack (120) and the lowest being Speed (50).
Rank | Value | Stat | |
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E | 90 | HP | |
S | 120 | Atk | |
B | 120 | Def | |
D | 60 | Sp.Atk | |
E | 60 | Sp.Def | |
F | 50 | Speed | |
B | 500 | Total |
Donphan Abilities
Abilities | Description |
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Sturdy Ability 1 | Sturdy allows the Pokémon to survive with 1 HP if attacked at full HP with an attack that would otherwise knock it out. It also prevents One-Hit-KO moves (Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine or Sheer Cold). |
Sand Veil Hidden Ability | Sand Veil raises the ability-bearer's evasion by 20% in a sandstorm. It also gives immunity to sandstorm damage (if they are not already protected by being Ground/Rock/Steel type). |
Donphan Guide
Donphan has a 1 Attack, 1 Defense EV Yield, which means the best nature to have with Donphan is a Brave nature due to the highest IV stat being Attack.
Breeding Donphan
Donphan can breed with pokemon who share the Field Egg Group.
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How To Evolve Donphan in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
Phanpy Regular Evolution requires Level 25 to evolve into Donphan.
- Phanpy#122
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25Evolves at level 25
- Donphan#123
The Donphan Regular Evolution biggest stat increase will be the Atk stat.
Where To Find Donphan Locations in Pokemon SV
Donphan has 2 spawn locations in pokemon scarlet and violet. You can find the evolved form Phanpy appearing at level 25 - 44, within the Asado Desert, West Province (Area Two) location.

Donphan Locations
Location | How To Catch | Pokemon Spawns |
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Tera Raid Spawn |
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Lv. 45
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Donphan Raid Rewards in Pokemon SV
Pokemon SV Donphan has 1 Tera Raids. The Donphan Tera Raid will be a Lv.45 4-Star Raid.
Raid | Rewards | Raid Moves |
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15%
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4.71%
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12.35%
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9.86%
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10.94%
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17.54%
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31.91%
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15.63%
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Pokemon SV Donphan Weakness
Donphan is a Water, Grass, Ice type moves, and Less Damage from Poison, Rock, Electric type moves.
Type pokemon. This will cause Donphan to take More Damage fromTier | Pokemon | Damage Taken Based on Move Type |
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Best Moves for Donphan in Scarlet and Violet
Donphan Best Moves to use when choosing a Moveset, includes leveling moves such as Bulldoze and TM Moves like Hyper Beam, and Dig.
Unlock | Move | Description |
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Earthquake
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Tier: B Tier Power: 100Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokemon around it. | |
Giga Impact
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 90PP: 5![]() Effect: The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. | |
Hyper Beam
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 90PP: 5![]() Effect: The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn. | |
Egg |
Head Smash
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 80PP: 5![]() Effect: The user attacks the target with a hazardous full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly. |
Dig
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Tier: C Tier Power: 80Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user burrows into the ground on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn. |
List of Donphan Moves in
Donphan can learn 15 Moves from Leveling Up and 38 TM Moves. Moves like Fury Attack which, Donphan will learn by reaching level Evolution. You can also learn TM tutor moves such as Hyper Beam, Dig and Earth Power.
Donphan Level Up Moves
List of the 15 Moves Donphan can learn from leveling up.
Lv | Move | Description |
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Lv.1 |
Bulldoze
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Tier: D Tier Power: 60Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: The user strikes everything around it by stomping down on the ground. This lowers the Speed stats of those hit. |
Lv.1 |
Defense Curl
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 40![]() Effect: The user curls up and boosts its Defense stat. |
Lv.1 |
Fire Fang
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 95PP: 15![]() Effect: The user bites with flame-cloaked fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with a burn. |
Lv.1 |
Growl
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 100PP: 40![]() Effect: The user growls in an endearing way, making opposing Pokemon less wary. This lowers their Attack stats. |
Lv.1 |
Horn Attack
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 100PP: 25![]() Effect: The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed horn to inflict damage. |
Lv.1 |
Thunder Fang
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 95PP: 15![]() Effect: The user bites with electrified fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with paralysis. |
Lv.6 |
Rapid Spin
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Tier: E Tier Power: 50Acc: 100PP: 40![]() Effect: The user performs a spin attack that can also eliminate the effects of such moves as Bind, Wrap, and Leech Seed. This also boosts the user's Speed stat. |
Lv.10 |
Rollout
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Tier: E Tier Power: 30Acc: 90PP: 20![]() Effect: The user continually rolls into the target over five turns. This attack becomes more powerful each time it hits. |
Lv.15 |
Assurance
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Tier: E Tier Power: 60Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: This move's power is doubled if the target has already taken some damage in the same turn. |
Lv.19 |
Knock Off
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: The user slaps down the target's held item, making it unusable for that battle. This move does more damage if the target has a held item. |
Lv.24 |
Slam
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Tier: D Tier Power: 80Acc: 75PP: 20![]() Effect: The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, or the like to inflict damage. |
Lv.37 |
Scary Face
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat. |
Lv.43 |
Earthquake
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Tier: B Tier Power: 100Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokemon around it. |
Lv.50 |
Giga Impact
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 90PP: 5![]() Effect: The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. |
Lv.Evolution |
Fury Attack
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Tier: F Tier Power: 15Acc: 85PP: 20![]() Effect: The user attacks by jabbing the target with a horn, a beak, or the like. This move hits two to five times in a row. |
Donphan TM Moves
List of the 38 Moves Donphan can learn from Technical Machines (TMs).
TM | Move | Description |
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Body Slam
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Tier: D Tier Power: 85Acc: 100PP: 15![]() Effect: The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |
Bulldoze
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Tier: D Tier Power: 60Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: The user strikes everything around it by stomping down on the ground. This lowers the Speed stats of those hit. | |
Charm
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers the target's Attack stat. | |
Dig
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Tier: C Tier Power: 80Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user burrows into the ground on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn. | |
Earth Power
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Tier: C Tier Power: 90Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat. | |
Earthquake
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Tier: B Tier Power: 100Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokemon around it. | |
Encore
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 100PP: 5![]() Effect: The user compels the target to keep using the move it encored for three turns. | |
Endure
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 10![]() Effect: The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession. | |
Facade
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Tier: D Tier Power: 70Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. | |
Fire Fang
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 95PP: 15![]() Effect: The user bites with flame-cloaked fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with a burn. | |
Giga Impact
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 90PP: 5![]() Effect: The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. | |
Gunk Shot
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Tier: C Tier Power: 120Acc: 80PP: 5![]() Effect: The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. This may also poison the target. | |
Heavy Slam
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Tier: F Tier Power: 1Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user slams into the target with its heavy body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power. | |
Helping Hand
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 20![]() Effect: The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack. | |
Hyper Beam
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 90PP: 5![]() Effect: The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn. | |
Hyper Voice
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Tier: D Tier Power: 90Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user attacks by letting loose a horribly loud, resounding cry. | |
Ice Fang
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 95PP: 15![]() Effect: The user bites with cold-infused fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it frozen. | |
Iron Defense
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 15![]() Effect: The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply boosting its Defense stat. | |
Iron Head
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Tier: D Tier Power: 80Acc: 100PP: 15![]() Effect: The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch. | |
Play Rough
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Tier: D Tier Power: 90Acc: 90PP: 10![]() Effect: The user attacks by playing rough with the target. This may also lower the target's Attack stat. | |
Poison Jab
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Tier: D Tier Power: 80Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: The target is stabbed with a tentacle, an arm, or the like steeped in poison. This may also poison the target. | |
Protect
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 10![]() Effect: This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. | |
Rain Dance
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 5![]() Effect: The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type attacks. The rain also lowers the power of Fire-type attacks. | |
Rest
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 5![]() Effect: The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions. | |
Rock Slide
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Tier: D Tier Power: 75Acc: 90PP: 10![]() Effect: Large boulders are hurled at opposing Pokemon to inflict damage. This may also make the opposing Pokemon flinch. | |
Rock Tomb
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Tier: E Tier Power: 60Acc: 95PP: 15![]() Effect: The user hurls boulders at the target to inflict damage. This also lowers the target's Speed stat by cutting off its movement. | |
Sandstorm
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 10![]() Effect: A five-turn sandstorm is summoned to damage all Pokemon except Rock, Ground, and Steel types. The sandstorm also boosts the Sp. Def stats of Rock types. | |
Scary Face
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat. | |
Seed Bomb
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Tier: D Tier Power: 80Acc: 100PP: 15![]() Effect: The user attacks by slamming a barrage of hard-shelled seeds down on the target from above. | |
Sleep Talk
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 10![]() Effect: The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep. | |
Smart Strike
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Tier: D Tier Power: 70Acc: 101PP: 10![]() Effect: The user stabs the target with a sharp horn. This attack never misses. | |
Stealth Rock
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 20![]() Effect: The user lays a trap of levitating stones around the opposing team. The trap damages opposing Pokemon that switch into battle. | |
Stone Edge
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Tier: D Tier Power: 100Acc: 80PP: 5![]() Effect: The user stabs the target with sharpened stones. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. | |
Substitute
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 10![]() Effect: The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy. | |
Sunny Day
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 5![]() Effect: The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type attacks. The sunlight also lowers the power of Water-type attacks. | |
Take Down
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Tier: D Tier Power: 90Acc: 85PP: 20![]() Effect: A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little. | |
Thief
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Tier: E Tier Power: 60Acc: 100PP: 25![]() Effect: The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item. | |
Thunder Fang
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Tier: E Tier Power: 65Acc: 95PP: 15![]() Effect: The user bites with electrified fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with paralysis. |
Donphan Egg Moves
List of the 12 Moves Donphan can learn from being hatched from an egg.
Move | Description |
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Head Smash
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Tier: B Tier Power: 150Acc: 80PP: 5![]() Effect: The user attacks the target with a hazardous full-power headbutt. This also damages the user terribly. |
High Horsepower
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Tier: C Tier Power: 95Acc: 95PP: 10![]() Effect: The user fiercely attacks the target using its entire body. |
Body Slam
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Tier: D Tier Power: 85Acc: 100PP: 15![]() Effect: The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
Play Rough
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Tier: D Tier Power: 90Acc: 90PP: 10![]() Effect: The user attacks by playing rough with the target. This may also lower the target's Attack stat. |
Ancient Power
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Tier: E Tier Power: 60Acc: 100PP: 5![]() Effect: The user attacks with a prehistoric power. This may also boost all the user's stats at once. |
Ice Shard
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Tier: E Tier Power: 40Acc: 100PP: 30![]() Effect: The user flash-freezes chunks of ice and hurls them at the target. This move always goes first. |
Snore
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Tier: E Tier Power: 50Acc: 100PP: 15![]() Effect: This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch. |
Counter
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Tier: F Tier Power: 1Acc: 100PP: 20![]() Effect: A retaliatory attack that counters any physical move, inflicting double the damage taken. |
Endeavor
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Tier: F Tier Power: 1Acc: 100PP: 5![]() Effect: The user inflicts damage by cutting down the target's HP to roughly equal the user's HP. |
Fissure
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Tier: F Tier Power: 1Acc: 30PP: 5![]() Effect: The user opens up a fissure in the ground and drops the target in. The target faints instantly if this attack hits. |
Focus Energy
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Tier: F Tier Power: 0Acc: 101PP: 30![]() Effect: The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that its future attacks have a heightened chance of landing critical hits. |
Heavy Slam
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Tier: F Tier Power: 1Acc: 100PP: 10![]() Effect: The user slams into the target with its heavy body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power. |
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