Physical
Balanced
DTier
69Speed · Below Avg

Scorbunny's spread isn't flashy. Attack leads, Defense trails, 0 stats clear the bar. Tough to catch and worth 1 Speed EV, on a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats
Avg
HP50
D
Attack71
C
Defense40
D
Sp. Atk40
D
Sp. Def40
D
Speed69
C
Total310
Details
Catch Rate
Challenging45 / 255
Growth Rate
Medium Slow1.06M XP
Height0.3 m
1'00"Tiny
Weight4.5 kg
9.9 lbsFeather
Base XP62
Low Yield
Abilities
BlazeRare
Strengthens fire moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
LiberoHATop Pick
Libero changes the Pokémon's type to that of its previously used attack.
EV Yield
HPAtkDefSpASpDSpe+1
Speed training source
Pokedex Entries

A warm-up of running around gets fire energy coursing through this Pokémon’s body. Once that happens, it’s ready to fight at full power.

Water, Ground, and Rock moves hit Scorbunny for super-effective damage. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that.

Scorbunny Weakness and Resistance Chart
DamageTypes
2x (Weak)Water, Ground, Rock
0.5x (Resist)Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy
Type ChartAvg
3Weak
6Resist
0Immune
Score0
4xCritical
None
2xWeak
WaterGroundRock
½xResist
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
¼xResist
None
0xImmune
None
STAB (4)
GrassIceBugSteel
How to Beat Scorbunny (Best Counters)

Greninja can KO Scorbunny with Surf (221-260%). Garchomp threatens a KO with Earthquake (276-325%).

Greninja
Greninja
WaterDark
S
Recommended Build
AbilityBattlebond
ItemLife Orb
NatureTimid
Moves
  • Dark Pulse
  • Ice Beam
  • SurfSTAB
  • U Turn
Damage vs Scorbunny
Dark Pulse
98-115%KO
Ice Beam
37-43%
Surf 2x
221-260%KO
U Turn
24-28%
View Greninja builds →

Scorbunny is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Raboot first, then eventually reaches Cinderace. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 220 total stats over Scorbunny. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

3 Forms
Scorbunny
#813Scorbunny
16
Level 16
Raboot
#814Raboot
35
Level 35
Cinderace
#815Cinderace
Stat Comparison 3 Stages
Scorbunny
Fire
Raboot
Fire
Cinderace
Fire
HP
50
65+15
80+15
ATK
71
86+15
116+30
DEF
40
60+20
75+15
SP.ATK
40
55+15
65+10
SP.DEF
40
60+20
75+15
SPE
69
94+25
119+25
BST
310D-Tier
420C-Tier+110
530A-Tier+110
ROLE
Balanced
Balanced
Sweeper
TYPE
Physical
Physical
Physical

Breeding

Easy

Breed Scorbunny easily with 278 breeding partners from the Ground and Humanshape egg groups.

Egg Groups
GroundHumanshape
Gender
♂87.5%♀12.5%
Hatch Time
20 cycles·5,140 steps
Quick~5 min with Flame Body
Breed With (best first)
raichupikachunidokinggolduckampharosgardevoirinfernapegalladerhydonlopunnydewgongcacturne
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Flare Blitz is the safe click most turns. Choice Scarf locks Scorbunny into it but rewards with speed patching through item lock. Adamant nature and spread EVs maximize that first hit. Libero helps on the margins.

Best Build

Experimental
Utility
Ability
Libero
Item
Choice ScarfSPEED
Best Nature for Scorbunny
Adamant+ATK

Scorbunny best EVs are Speed and Attack

EVs

Utility Moveset

  • Flare BlitzSTAB
  • U Turn
  • High Jump Kick
  • Sucker Punch

Recommended Teammates

Mienfoo
MienfooGood
Grookey
GrookeyDecent
Drifloon
DrifloonDecent

Moves

Without TMs, Scorbunny's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 7 types on top of Overheat and Flare Blitz for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1
Growl
D—10040Normal
Lv 1
Tackle
D4010035Normal
Lv 6
Ember
—4010025Fire
Lv 8
Quick Attack+1
D4010030Normal
Lv 12
Double Kick
D3010030Fighting
Lv 17
Flame Charge
D5010020Fire
Lv 20
Agility
C——30Psychic
Lv 24
Headbutt
D7010015Normal
Lv 28
Counter-5
D—10020Fighting
Lv 32
Bounce
D85855Flying
Lv 36
Double-Edge
C12010015Normal

TM Moves

TM
TM14
Acrobatics
D5510015Flying
TM04
Agility
C——30Psychic
TM132
Baton Pass
C——40Normal
TM195
Burning Jealousy
D701005Fire
TM204
Double-Edge
C12010015Normal
TM72
Electro Ball
D—10010Electric
TM47
Endure+4
C——10Normal
TM25
Facade
D7010020Normal
TM141
Fire Blast
D110855Fire
TM08
Fire Fang
C659515Fire
TM144
Fire Pledge
D8010010Fire
TM24
Fire Spin
D358515Fire
TM38
Flame Charge
D5010020Fire
TM125
Flamethrower
D9010015Fire
TM165
Flare Blitz
S12010015Fire
TM102
Gunk Shot
B120805Poison
TM118
Heat Wave
D959010Fire
TM130
Helping Hand+5
C——20Normal
TM12
Low Kick
D—10020Fighting
TM39
Low Sweep
D6510020Fighting
TM157
Overheat
C130905Fire
TM07
Protect+4
C——10Normal
TM85
Rest
C——5Psychic
TM134
Reversal
D—10015Fighting
TM70
Sleep Talk
C——10Normal
TM103
Substitute
C——10Normal
TM49
Sunny Day
C——5Fire
TM183
Super Fang
D—9010Normal
TM32
Swift
D60—20Normal
TM01
Take Down
D908520Normal
TM87
Taunt
C—10020Dark
TM207
Temper Flare
C7510010Fire
TM171
Tera Blast
D8010010Normal
TM20
Trailblaze
D5010020Grass
TM60
U-turn
S7010020Bug

Egg Moves

Scorbunny doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Scorbunny can't learn any Tutor moves

Scorbunny is not available as a wild encounter in this game.

This is an event-exclusive or special distribution.

  • Raboot at level 16 is the mid-stage. Push through to Cinderace at level 35 for the final form. 310 BST right now won't cut it long-term.

  • Level 16 gets you Raboot. Quick enough that Scorbunny barely slows you down.

  • Scorbunny does the job early-game if you need a Fire type on your team. Evolve it into Raboot before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.

  • Limited availability for Scorbunny. 2 games total. Debuted in Scarlet & Violet. Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet are the most recent.

Introduced in Sword & Shield, Scorbunny has appeared in 2 games across 3 generations. Later debuts mean fewer total appearances, but it's been a consistent presence since its introduction.

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